QUOTE (My_Shrimp_Cot @ Nov 17 2004, 08:50 AM)
Alex's guitar often sounds like he's playing on rubberbands on that one though, not a great guitar recording.
Agreed. The guitar tone of that whole "era", the thin, tinny sound, grates on me. But, that "era" has passed and now we have Alex back in all his glory
Yes,I agree with you all about the "poppy, eighties sound", but you've got to realize that it was "experimentation-time" for them, then. They've now gone back to their roots with "Vapour Trails" (yes, we use the "u" in England ) and "Earthshine" is just about as heavy as they've ever been, for me!
Besides, in the late eighties and early nineties, vinyl was being phased out and CD's phased in. This left me with the slight problem of having 200 LP's and 150 singles and what to do with them!! Once the needle went on the stereo I was left with no means to listen to them! ( Nowhere sold them in the shops, suddenly!) I have the same problem now in my car, where I can't listen to any new cassettes as they've stopped making 'em!! (I can't afford a CD player!!!) I know how to transfer all the records etc. onto Cd Rom, but I am waiting for some money to upgrade my PC!!