PianoRocker

Now I totaly understand how the record ended up so overproduced.. :dozey: Mr. Simpson seems to be totaly in the 'extra' plug-ins. Reverb here, reverb there.. extra stereo here, extra stereo there. Trying to keep the 'atmosphere' effects high in the record. The multitracks are huge, lots of reverb and over the top effects, lots of overdubbing. He can't talk about anything else. Let's imagine, Hurts Like Heaven has around 50 tracks in its multitrack. 10 for the band themself and the others for the 'extra's'? However I think it could be even more, which is pretty common by the way.

Compare him on this album with him in songs like: Parachutes: - Shiver - Spies - Sparks - Yellow - Trouble - High Speed - Everything's Not Lost AROBTTH: - In My Place - God Put A Smile Upon Your Face - Clocks - Daylight - Amsterdam X&Y: - What If - White Shadows - Fix You - Talk - X&Y - Speed of Sound - Low - The Hardest Part VLV: - Life in Technicolor - Cemeteries of London - 42 - Yes - Violet Hill - Death And All His Friends Prospekt's March: - Life in Technicolor II - Glass of Water - Rainy Day Nearly any b-side. Now let's see what for songs MX brings with songs where Guy does more than just following the pattern. MX: - Paradise - Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall - Major Minus The whole album has the same amount of 'interresting basslines' as an EP...

I agree at some point about Guy's part in this album. Here the point of view from me, a bassplayer: Including a bass and drum rating between 1 and 10 In general he's mixed to the background(at first, there's where the basic rhythm should be, and hey.. bass is rhythm! But that doesn't mean that it should be covered up by other instruments, which happens a way to much in this album.) Let me start from the beginning to the end, song by song. 1: Mylo Xyolo: | N.A If this song was done before the live version, then I assume that Guy added the bass for the live versions, in the recording I can't hear any of it. Live he plays all trough the song an A# 2: Hurts Like Heaven: | 5/10 Bass has to much low, the higher notes and hammer-ons are barely noticeable. This song has also to much of the kick. I think the sound engineer doesn't know how to mix Drums and Bass correctly. 3: Paradise: | 8/10 Finaly, how it should be! But again, the bass and drums are mixed in a bad way! 4: Charlie Brown: | 7/10 What is going on with this highly irritating kick all over the album? It doesn't do the bass any good. 5: Us Against The World: | N.A This is a good mix for the bass. Here Guy is clearly noticeable. 6: M.M.I.X: | N.A I'll skip this one. 7: Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall: | 8/10 The bass and kick mix is good, at the end. The low synth and bass however, horrible! The synth pushes away the bass completely, nearly not hearable. 8: Major Minus: | 9/10 Great hearable bass! Why is this the only song with the correct mix? I don't understand this engineer anymore! 9: U.F.O: | N.A The bass and drum mix in this album is horrible, but this song is even more. How can a Electric bass and upright bass(or low cello in this case) EVER sound good together? 10: Princess of China: | 3/10 See the description for Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall. 11: Up in Flames: | 2/10 There is bass, I know there is.. however.. why is this kick hiding it? Poor mixing, very poor. Even with this heavy, low and unusual kick, with correct mixing the bass could be made more noticeable. 12: A Hopeful Transmission: | N.A I'll skip this one. 13: Don't Let It Break Your Heart: | 9/10 Great bassline and good balance between drum and bass, well mixed song! 14: Up With the Birds: | 3/10 This is horrible, the bass is even hiding behind the rhythm guitars, the bassline itself seems to be great! But it's not noticeable enough to make it any better. As you all see, it could be so much better, even with the materials they used for the songs. The poor mixing just made it worse than it could be. If i have to rate the album and the overall mix it would be: Album: 8/10 Mix: 4/10

It's already posted in another thread a time ago: http://www.4shared.com/document/A8sCBQhM/The_Singles__B-Sides__Full_Boo.html?

Can't believe nobody sees the connection between Viva La Vida and DLIBYH!

Sheetmusicdirect.com has them. For PVG and Guitar Tab.

*has lots of theories what made that happen.

Every Tear.

So ETIAW now?

I'm from Arnhem(Netherlands) but am living in Brazil now! :lol:

LOL That would be funny :laugh3:

OMG neighbor with sh*t music OMG :veryangry2:

As I expected.. Fix You! :)

Clocks!

Encore now.. so 19 songs in total I guess: Clocks... Fix You ETIAW

3 left... ..or.. The photoblog did not count the encore songs?

6 MX songs played till now, so for sure they won't play all of them. //LIFL

Quality is not changeble :(

And used to be an acoustic song! :shocked2:

The sound seems like LQ MP3 :(

Finaly!! CB :D

According to the photoblog there would be 19 songs. Viva La Vida is song 14.

OMG IAN!! THIS IS SUPER GREAT! CONGRATS!!! :dance:

5 songs left! Where are CB, Clocks, Us Against The World?

Viva La Vida