Quick Question: Beautiful Midnight American

[QueenCanadia]

just wanted to confirm which tracks were remixed for the american release. this is what i know of:

 

hello time bomb

strange days

load me up

everything is automatic

 

did i leave anything out? thanks!

[Hyphnip]

I didn't know that they were remixed....

I think I have to go listen to it and play Ocarina Of Time on my N64

[Guest Prosis]

Hello Time Bomb

Strange Days

Deep Six

Everything is Automatic

 

Remixed by Chris Lord-Alge

[Dan #3]

The changes are very subtle and only the tuned ear of a Matt Good fan can pick out. However, the Hello Time Bomb "Remix" has a much more pronounced "ticking" than the original version. As far as remixes go, they aren't very "remix-y."

[hucklel3erry]

Insanity...

[soundless_space]

I can't say I've ever noticed that much of a difference on those songs. Like Dan said, it's very subtle.

Edited December 21, 2006 by soundless_space

[ben is a sandwich]

subtle, but effective. HTB has more guitar, Load Me Up does away with the vocal echo and brings the "e-bow"-y guitar up in the last verse. all in all i think they all are interesting, some (such as HTB) slightly better.

but for some reason i despise the remix of strange days. the piano and acoustic guitar are more balanced, and it ruins it.

 

the album itself is much better in it's canadian form.

but i think the remixes overall are an improvement on those individual songs.

 

(i've been waiting to talk about that for years, man. sorry for the rant.)

[cweb]

subtle, but effective. HTB has more guitar, Load Me Up does away with the vocal echo and brings the "e-bow"-y guitar up in the last verse.

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but for some reason i despise the remix of strange days. the piano and acoustic guitar are more balanced, and it ruins it.

definitely subtle. it seems that Lord-Alge's mixes are a bit "wider" than the originals. HTB also features Matt (asking Dave, probably) "were you smoking lots of grass when you did that?" during the pedal-distortion "solo."

 

Strange Days has that vocal echo and it seems like there's a bit more crispness or something coming from the acoustic in the background. i'm not too fond of the remix either.

 

Everything is Automatic has some noticeably different guitar sounds, which you can pick out during the chorus. it basically sounds like they were placed higher in the mix. the drums sound a little "rounder" too, like they're given an echo. and of course Matt's vocal is overdubbed here and there differently and with more echo. basically, more guitar and echo.

 

all in all, i think the remixes are basically "wider" sounding versions of the songs with louder guitar sounds. probably an attempt to make the singles (and prospective singles) sound more "mainstream." i'm quite satisfied with the old mixes and i don't think remixing these songs was necessary. then again, what the label wants the label gets.

[QueenCanadia]

oh, i know about the differences... i sorta nervously twitch when the wrong version of Load Me Up comes up on my ipod.

 

thanks for the confirmations, guys!

[Shiri]

I never knew there were different mixes. You learn something new every day!

[bishopx]

Definitely different mixes...I have both, and may have only listened to the American version once...

[Jay]

I've never noticed the changes to "Strange Days", but did notice the changes to the other songs, which never bothered me. HTB actually seems a little to better to me on the U.S. release.

[sodamntired]

i've heard the american version and of course, i own the canadian.

the us version just doesn't flow as good as the can.

you agree?

[mrs jesus]

actually, i think it flows surprisingly well

[oneeighty]

HTB also features Matt (asking Dave, probably) "were you smoking lots of grass when you did that?" during the pedal-distortion "solo."

Thank you! I've been trying to figure that out for years ;)

 

Many thanks.

[Rebabaluba]

Can anyone post the american version of HTB for me please?

[LexyGirl]

The differences are subtle, but goo din their own little way.

I do enjoy the Canadian versions of the songs when listening to the full album better, though I agree with Ben is a Sandwich that the individual songs were not harmed any with the "remixing".