If we’re talking sound quality, “Facelift” is terrible; some of the worst sound quality I’ve ever heard on a pro-flight band’s official release. Borderline bootleg quality.
If we’re talking musical quality, well, that’s a different story. Third was the first SM LP I ever heard and I was hooked immediately. Not only is it a fantastic composition, the performance is beyond hot, especially with Ratledge’s fire-and-brimstone organ solo. It’s so great it makes the sound quality [almost] beside the point, and I am just delighted we have it at all.
I have to laugh at people saying how awful [release X] of Third sounds because there’s only so much you can do with something that was recorded poorly in the first place. Remastering engineers are never going to be able to wave a magic wand and make this LP sound like Steely Dan’s Aja. The sooner we realize that, the happier we’ll all be.
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MIKE (a.k.a. "Progbear")
"'Thin Thighs For Your Man.' But I don't *like* men with thin thighs" --Daria
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