![]() ![]() With eyes glued to our screens, the dilemmas and injustices of the real world can easily recede from view. In 2015, television is just one option in an endless array of distractions available to us anytime, anywhere, courtesy of our laptops, tablets and smartphones. Twenty-three years later, Amused to Death speaks to our present moment in ways that could scarcely have been anticipated two decades ago. With Amused to Death, Roger Waters sounded the alarm about a society increasingly - and unthinkingly - in thrall to its television screens. Pink Floyd News, August 2015.Īn unblinking look at an entertainment-obsessed society, Amused to Death addresses issues that have only grown in complexity and urgency over the past two decades. The record pressing is uniformly excellent…” Paul Powell Jr., Brain Damage U.K. Like The Division Bell and The Endless Rivervinyl LPs before it, Analogue Productions has kept their commitment for quality meticulously high with Amused to Death. “Even if you have one of the original issue vinyl LPs, the new version of Amused to Death on the Analogue Productions label is an essential upgrade to your listening experience. The 200g QRP pressing I got (sealed) was perfectly quiet and flat and after sitting through all four sides I felt as if I’d experienced a 3D IMAX movie, only with greater sonic intensity and dimensionality.” - Music = 9/11 Sound = 11/11 - Michael Fremer,. ![]() “I have the original double vinyl issue of this, that until recently went for upwards of $600, and this reissue beats that one in every possible way … The QSound TM “surround sound” is more intensely drawn, dynamics are staggering, deep bass is monumental and the depth and width of the cinematic soundstage is beyond that of every other record I can think of in my collection. The LP surfaces are dead quiet too, allowing you to hear every nuance of cricket chirp and dog bark.” Recording = 9.5/10 Music = 8.5/10 – Dennis D. Back in the day you needed some pretty heady drugs to make DSOTM sound this good, and the stellar line-up of musicians, with Jeff Beck on eight tracks, makes for a pharmaceutical-free audiophile amusement ride. “Despite the bombast and conceit, this long-time audiophile favorite sounds outstanding in this 200-gram vinyl edition. ![]()
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