Exemples d'albums bien ou mal masterisés

Nope, c'est pas andy wallace mais Scott Litt qui a effectivement remixé les deux singles. Cela dit, le son général de l'album a apparemment été pas mal adouci au moment du mastering.
Wallace avait par contre mixé Nevermind

Nirvana wanted to do further work on the recorded tracks, and considered working with producer Scott Litt and remixing some tracks with Andy Wallace (who had mixed Nevermind). Albini vehemently disagreed, and claimed he had an agreement with the band that it would not modify the tracks without his involvement. Albini initially refused to give the album master tapes to Gold Mountain, but relented after a phone call from Novoselic. The band decided against working with Wallace and chose to remix and augment the songs "Heart-Shaped Box" and "All Apologies" with Litt at Seattle's Bad Animals Studio in May 1993.

Oui, c'est ce que je disais, non ?

"The band DECIDED AGAINST working with Wallace and chose to remix and augment the songs "Heart-Shaped Box" and "All Apologies" with Litt at Seattle's Bad Animals Studio in May 1993."

Ouais enfin que ce soit l'un ou l'autre, le "son Albini" a totalement disparu... Et promis j'arrete la HS ici  

Citation de Mikel :

Ouais enfin que ce soit l'un ou l'autre, le "son Albini" a totalement disparu...

Ah, c'est marrant, je dirais pas ca... J'ai choppé des masters multitrack de pennyroyal tea, et une simple mise a plat restitue assez bien le son de l'album. Et finalement, on est pas si HS que ca puisqu'on en vient a parler mastering :

Citation de Bob Weston dans Mojo :

The version of In Utero that finnally went into the shops on September 14, 1993 was exactly what Nirvana delivered to Geffen, exactly what the band wanted people to hear. The album was as recorded in Minnesota with Steve Albini, save for the two remixed tracks - both of witch were released as singles - and a remastering session at which, in the assessment of Bob Weston, the band hoped to "change the overall sound of the album. The stereo doesn't sound as wide. The guitar has been flattened out a bit. On the original mixes the guitar would just leap out.
"But," adds Weston, "even with the changes that were made it's a great record. The songs are great and the recording is great and the performances are great. And besides, it's their record. If they wanted to remix a few songs and do a lot in the mastering, that's their prerogative. All the matters when you make a record is that the band is happy with the final result."

Bon allez, d'accord, j'arrête aussi avec ce HS

Petites questions pour voir si j'ai bien cerné ce qu'est le mastering:
Le premier album d'Artic Monkeys: la dynamique me semble bien respéctée, donc je dirais bon master?
Le second album: Son beaucoup plus gros et fatiguant à la longue. Mauvais master?
Sur le troisième album, le son redevient beaucoup plus doux (les compos aussi).

Hors sujet :

En règle générale je trouve que souvent les premiers albums sonnent (et/ou sont) mieux que les suivants.
Exemples: Le premier Arctic Monkeys donc ; le premier Cure ; le premier Bloc Party etc...