Sad to say, but the big record companies have their set formula of what kind of sound will sell music. It's extremely rare that any of the non-independents will even consider trying to buck that formula( recordings made "hot" sounding in order to cut through, offending no one but audiophiles apparently). Back in the late 60's or early 70's even the major companies would take a chance on a respected engineer or producer's idea of how a recording ought to sound- no longer. Wonder how many good artists careers have been negatively affected by the recording companies not giving their artists the best chance to flourish by seeing to it that their sound is presented in the best light possible. And yet there are still great sounding recordings being produced, like Bon Iver or Iron and Wine. Have to agree with Shadorne on the paucity of good soul or R&B. Where are today's Temptations, Commodores, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding? Adele seems like she would flourish if given a chance by her label.
Adele cd...bad mix/recording
Anyone heard this new release from Adele..The track Chasing pavements sounds great through my car radio,bought the cd and played it through a better than good system and it sucks.Took to my main system and tried it,even worse.The mix is all wrong,guitars are recorded with distortion and IMO the backing band is unnatural sounding like computer generated tracks.Drums are totally recorded wrong..Columbia records sure did get this one wrong from a promissing young artist