Why are so many albums, compressed, brick walled

[ThinkingBig]

These 'expert' threads have hit a brick wall.

 

I tried to compress my analog record by melting it and pouring into a CD mold.

 

It didn't work.

[Pound of Obscure]

QUOTE (jwoods89 @ Jul 29 2012, 01:49 AM)

I don't have my copy of Clockwork Angels yet, it's still in the mail, but is it brickwalled?

yes.

[WCFIELDS]

QUOTE (Xanadoood @ Jul 14 2012, 05:26 PM)

QUOTE (jnoble @ Jul 14 2012, 06:22 PM) QUOTE (Ancient Ways @ Jul 11 2012, 09:46 PM) It would be interesting to hear a classic older album that is generally considered to sound good remixed/mastered to sound brickwalled to give everyone a solid comparison and get the pros to wake up. I'm imagining two of the best produced rock albums in history, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and GnR's Appetite For Destruction and how completly shitty they'd sound with the modern brickwalled/compressed to hell sound.   It'd be like painting a mustache on the Mona Lisa before setting it on fire. Appetite for Destruction? Are you serious?   How bout Dark Side of the Moon and Aja by Steely Dan?   Appetite for Destruction? The production on AFD is great, so yes he is serious.

[jwoods89]

QUOTE (Pound of Obscure @ Jul 29 2012, 08:18 AM)

QUOTE (jwoods89 @ Jul 29 2012, 01:49 AM) I don't have my copy of Clockwork Angels yet, it's still in the mail, but is it brickwalled? yes. I just typed in on Google, "Is Clockwork Angels brickwalled?" and a lot of people seem to think it isn't...

[WCFIELDS]

QUOTE (jwoods89 @ Jul 29 2012, 10:15 AM)

QUOTE (Pound of Obscure @ Jul 29 2012, 08:18 AM) QUOTE (jwoods89 @ Jul 29 2012, 01:49 AM) I don't have my copy of Clockwork Angels yet, it's still in the mail, but is it brickwalled? yes. I just typed in on Google, "Is Clockwork Angels brickwalled?" and a lot of people seem to think it isn't... yes it is. Go to the Hoffman forums....they'll explain.