Received my copy today. Far more energy at both frequency extremes than the LP, which I would expect since CDs don't have to cope with the RIAA curve. However, the vocals seemed to stay at about the same level, so they get kind of buried in the mix. They talk in the liner notes about the sourcing of the vocal samples and the effect they were seeking, so perhaps this is closer to the way they originally envisioned the sound. It's neither better nor worse - just very different from the vinyl. Overall audio quality is very good - no duplicating artifacts or tape hiss.
The extra tracks (7 of them!) are worth the price of the CD. They were all written at the same time as the rest of the material, and they said they would have included them but for the time limitations of the LP format. The liner notes are also terrific, outlining the creative process from start to finish. Another addition is a Quicktime movie by a guy named Bruce Conner, set to Mea Culpa and presented as an early example of video sampling, to go along with Eno/Byrne's audio sampling.
Still a classic, seminal work that sounds totally contemporary even 25 years later...
The extra tracks (7 of them!) are worth the price of the CD. They were all written at the same time as the rest of the material, and they said they would have included them but for the time limitations of the LP format. The liner notes are also terrific, outlining the creative process from start to finish. Another addition is a Quicktime movie by a guy named Bruce Conner, set to Mea Culpa and presented as an early example of video sampling, to go along with Eno/Byrne's audio sampling.
Still a classic, seminal work that sounds totally contemporary even 25 years later...
