Do you ask to yourself the question : what is the best edition between the black vinyl, the “beige” vinyl, the red vinyl and the picture disc? For this comparison, we listened to 4 vinyls from Lana Del Rey’s Chemtrails Over The Country Club album.You can find the complete review of this album here withContinue reading “Black Vinyl vs Color Vinyl vs Picture disc Review”
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Lana Del Rey – Chemtrails Over The Country Club Review
This last opus is the result of a new collaboration with the producer Jack Antonoff, who already accompanied Lana Del Rey on her previous album Norman Fucking Rockwell. Lana Del Rey’s seventh album can be listened to as a letter addressed to her country, the United States.This album reveals the immense talent of Lana DelContinue reading “Lana Del Rey – Chemtrails Over The Country Club Review”
Norah Jones – ‘Til We Meet Again – Review
With almost twenty years of career, 9 Grammy Awards, the singer, songwriter and pianist, Norah Jones presents her first live album. The first single from it is a revisited version of the classic “It Was You”. The song was recorded at the 2018 Ohana Festival in California, with Pete Remm on organ, Christopher Thomas onContinue reading “Norah Jones – ‘Til We Meet Again – Review”
Jean-Michel Jarre – AMAZÔNIA Review
Amazonia is a special musical project with the famous photographer Sebastiao Salgado on the theme of the Amazonian forest. It is a specific creation for the Philharmonie de Paris, with an exhibition that will begin on May 20, 2021. Jean-Michel Jarre has composed specially with 52 minutes of music to accompany the photos. Jean-Michel JarreContinue reading “Jean-Michel Jarre – AMAZÔNIA Review”
Dianne Reeves “I Remember”, review now on Youtube
In addition to the review of the album “I remember” here, you can now see the review on youtube with this link. The vidéo is for the moment in French, but English subtitles are available. See you soon,Jeff
Streaming better than CD (Streaming vs CD)
Two supports for music with two different evolutions. The CD Let’s start with the oldest of the two, the CD.CDs have arrived in December 1982 (March 1983 in France) with as argument a better dynamic (90 dB), no surface noise compared to the vinyl. The CD ended up dominating the market from 1988. The loudnesswarContinue reading “Streaming better than CD (Streaming vs CD)”
Brothers in Arms : Abbey Road Studios Vinyl Review
The Brothers in Arms album remastered at Abbey Road Studios is now available.It’s a very nice pressing, find all the details, two samples and its comparison with the other editions here.
The cassette comes back
After the return of the vinyl records, we talk again about the cassette.What is the quality of a cassette?This is what we will find out by comparing the cassette with other media.For this first test of a cassette, we will use a Nakamichi LX3. The cassette will be played without Dolby B and with anContinue reading “The cassette comes back”
Mylène Farmer – Histoires de (Box collector 6 Vinyls , Box collector 3 CDs, Streaming Amazon)
After “Les mots” in 2001 and “2001-2011”, Mylène Farmer releases his third compilation.Available as a CD or vinyl box set, it contains 52 songs. A mix of live concert songs (16 tracks) or studio songs. In ten days, “Histoires de” was certified gold record for 50,000 sales, then within two months platinum record for 100,000Continue reading “Mylène Farmer – Histoires de (Box collector 6 Vinyls , Box collector 3 CDs, Streaming Amazon)”
10th album reviewed
For the 10th album, it’s two great boxes “Histoires de” of the singer Mylène Farmer which will be analyzed. These two boxes represent the 37 and 38 releases tested.In a few statistics :17 vinyl releases of albums12 CD releases of albums3 SACD releases of albums6 Hi-Res releases of albums The resume of the albums reviewedContinue reading “10th album reviewed”