Top music, mastering scrap locally weak CD case

To the music I want to lose at this point actually a few words. For me, the second album of the band members to Marcus Mumford is a musical delight (for more details musicianship of the band use the 5-star reviews read). The guys have been able to break out of formulaic, unfortunately that is omnipresent on the first book, and now offer a wider range of in terms of variations. Vocals and instruments just perfectly staged - very harmonious.

However critical I would note and this feeling with me actually since Sigh No More - the banjo is always playing the same old story with no variations and creativity. It reminds a bit of the bassist of Iron Maiden - which can, for example, only play a galloping bass. Both have in common is that this condition is annoying after a while.

So, now I would like to mention something that is important, but difficult to bring me in person before buying a CD in every experience, since virtually no Rezensist seem to wish to do so - Mastering and sound quality.
The individual instruments are beautifully blended, details clearly visible. The voice of Marcus Mumford sounds just lovely and even more passionate than on their first album. Mastering is transparent and not sterile, so it would be missing some of emotions or the like. The shots look very natural and I suspect that not much has been experimented on the PC when it comes to the voice and the instruments. Very nice also the sometimes very pronounced dynamics - from very soft to loud bombastic.

Here intervenes but also my criticism. The loud parts are unfortunately partially compressed so so rough that the listening pleasure is still limited. While it comes to no one place to today in the music industry very common override, but the loudness War seem not immune overtake Mumford and Sons. When you play loud the volume is in part for several tens of seconds to a constant level (eg: Hopeless Wanderer 4: 12-4: 55, I want to wait 3: 25-4: 27).

Another point of criticism: The Packaging! I ordered the Deluxe version, by the way, for the small fee is worth almost offering and truly. I get a thin, unfoldable CD case that further addresses the limited stock. Unfortunately, it involves one of the bad cardboard sleeves. The CD is the side on and pushed into a Papptasche. If we make this a few times, then you have the result -> CD scratched. Well, I stock the CD now in a separate CD sleeve of good variety.

Conclusion: music is breathtaking, Mastering is good with restrictions on loud passages, packaging falls into practice by.