The Blu-ray includes a 5. There are several additions on the Blu-ray, so really, this is the version you will want to get. These include numerous additional stereo and 5. Steven Wilson is still one of the masters of surround sound, and he demonstrates this right out of the gate on Drums and Wires. As the opening track "Making Plans for Nigel" kicks in the drums beat from the rear channels and progress to the front channels as the rest of the band comes in.
Guitars reverberate from the front right channel to the rears, while the accent secondary vocals "wha-hoo" from the back left channel. There is good use of the surround channels throughout the album, but the primary energy of the mixed is focused up front, a common multi-channel mixing style for Wilson. With a change in band members, a new writing direction emerged for XTC.
Digital reverb had arrived, which is so very evident with the big snare drum sound on many of the songs on XTC's third album. As one would expect, Wilson has done an excellent job at reproducing these effects, keeping true to the original mix as close as possible. Naturally, with the surround sound stage, the use of these reverbs has depth from front to rear, not just across the left and right channels. Vocals spread widely from the center channel across the fronts and hitting off the rear channels on "Day In Day Out," an excellent example of the creative license used to bring this album into the 5.
The fourth track, "When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty" with its many parts provides an onslaught of aural ecstasy with backing vocals, keyboards and guitar parts coming from the rear while the bass, drums, guitars and vocals are up front. In general I feel the bass is pleasantly overpowering, it really rounds out the bottom with a nice grumble.
I am hard pressed to say which multi-channel version I enjoy better, as they each have their own benefits. Don't have an account? Sign up! Tags s s XTC. Signed Copy News. Log in to leave a comment.
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