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Avril Lavigne - Let Go

Hello folks,

Can someone please tell me if the CD Let Go from Avril Lavigne was mastered ok? I want to buy this cd but I'm not sure about it, because the Album Under My Skin from Avril Lavigne sounds so bad. It's really full of clipping and doesn't sound anything good. I regret that I bought it, even though I like the music. So if the Let Go Album is the same as this I won't buy it, that's why I want to know 

Here's some additional info about the Album I want to buy:
Date of Release: 9/9/2002
Label: Arista Usa (Sony BMG)
ASIN: B00006GEKB
Format: Audio CD (1 CD)
Copy-protected (not like this would hurt me  )

Thanks in advance for any help,
gasmann
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Avril Lavigne - Let Go

Reply #1 –
Analysis done on first track:

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Left   Right
Min Sample Value:   -37627.43   -37372.62
Max Sample Value:   36765.88   36483.17
Peak Amplitude:   1.19 dB   1.14 dB
Possibly Clipped:   1093   1306
DC Offset:   .091  .066
Minimum RMS Power:   -63.5 dB   -66.53 dB
Maximum RMS Power:   -5.14 dB   -4.5 dB
Average RMS Power:   -12.12 dB   -11.91 dB
Total RMS Power:   -11.41 dB   -11.16 dB
Actual Bit Depth:   32 Bits   32 Bits

Using RMS Window of 50 ms




So yes it clips!


PS: Analysis was done on mpc copy but I think it is safe to say that it clips.

Avril Lavigne - Let Go

Reply #2 –
Well, okay, thank you very much!

I'm still thinking, though...

A lot of my CD's have "possible clipping" but I can't hear it, however in Under My Skin I can (so it must be real clipping).
It's not like I have a problem with dynamic compression, for this kind of music it's okay for me, but audible clipping is really something that shouldn't happen. At least not when playing back the original cd in a hifi equipment (well it's not that expensive but it sounds good so it must be the cd that clips).

But thanks, anyway!
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Reply #3 –
how's the quality on avril's latest effort?

*wry smile*

not too good i would imagine

btw, clipping i don't mind so much if it's applied judiciously - it's often masked by transients and noise-like signals in the music.  you can get away with slightly clipping snare drums so long as it doesn't change it's envelope too much (then it'll sound too persistent, and kind of annoying, like andrew wk's albums).

over-compression makes the music boring.  it's as simple as that.  clipping is just insult to injury

Avril Lavigne - Let Go

Reply #4 –
You pretty much has to give up listening to new music. This is not a bad thing. In fact you'll learn soon enough that Avril and the likes are not very original let alone talented.

Avril Lavigne - Let Go

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You pretty much has to give up listening to new music. This is not a bad thing. In fact you'll learn soon enough that Avril and the likes are not very original let alone talented.
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You're right, you just have to listen to bonus track (Nobody's Home Live) from Under My Skin  I wonder how they make it sound that good 

@MugFunky: Really, if you did listen to Under My Skin Album, you would know what I mean... It IS annoying, at least for me.
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You pretty much has to give up listening to new music. This is not a bad thing. In fact you'll learn soon enough that Avril and the likes are not very original let alone talented.
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Avril is good, I've even been to her concert and she rocks. Don't hate just because you're too cool to like pop music!

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Reply #7 –
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Avril cannot sing.  She performed at one of the awards shows once (probably MTV) and she couldn't pitch notes to save herself.  I'm a guitarist (in other words I can't sing) and I can sing better than she can.  For the record I'm not to cool for pop music.  There are some genuienly talented pop artists, you just have to wade through the rubish to find them.
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Reply #8 –
I actually like pop music. Avril is more like punk to me, BTW, but I heard her only once. These days I literally avoid TV radio and anything that sells me this rubbish. For me Tina Turner is a pop icon, or Madonna.

I must admit that beyond the lack of skills I do not like listening to teenagers.

If you want to see vocal skill, but in that age group then I recommend Katie Melua.

Triza

Avril Lavigne - Let Go

Reply #9 –
My sister recently bought the cd Whoa. NELLY from Nelly Furtado. I wanted to listen to it, too because I like Nelly a bit but this CD is so clipped  MUCH worse than Under My Skin from Avril Lavigne. First track already has so much clipping that you can't enjoy listening to it even with the cheapest equipment.
Please, DO NOT BUY THIS CD!!!! While the content is really good, it clips so hard that you can't enjoy it (I can upload a clip that clips if anyone wants me to).

About Madonna, well she was good. Listen to Like a Prayer. It is perfect. And Ray of Light and music is good, too. But her newer Album American Life I don't like. Why is every band/singer/etc. going this way today? I don't like it. And as a result I won't buy her next cd.
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