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They've also changed some vocals (presumably alt takes from the original sessions). Not sure it's overall better than the original.
I didn’t expect to see it on Spotify. Link if anyone’s interested—> https://open.spotify.com/album/5EIVoKtfgnSc0nPzJS6lzy?si=pkNBIxwjQhC0rq4dZP-ZFg&dl_branch=1
I also think the drummer has got better at fitting in the songs since then, when I listen to that album note there's loads of occasions where there doesn't really need to be drums as it would sound straight away more expressive without them, but he's there changing a cymbal every other bar and tapping the beat on s boat. I know nothing about playing drums but I tend to like drummers who keep out of the way when not needed. Either he's got better at it over time or the songs they write now expose it less
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I think it's in the same category as bright sounds and big reverb on Snares in the '80s, ultra-dry recordings in the '70s, or softer compression-artefact reducing treble in the streaming era. Sonic norms are all relative and shift over time, and since the norms and expectations of the day are often baked into the artistic intent of the composers and producers from the moment of a song's inception it's hard to just say "they should have put less compression on the voice" because honestly, I don't think that would have made it a better record; give the vocal more dynamics and you need to reduce the density of other parts of the arrangement too, and you might end up unpicking so much that it loses what made it magical to so many people.
Also I'm only 36, I was late to the Muse party haha!
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Hopefully they’ll do Absolution next
Bass line sounds a bit like a dry run for Hysteria!
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And I fully understand the reasons why Bellamy's vocals are so compressed on the original recordings, however if you're going into that Muse level of arrangement then maybe it "might" have worked better from a deeper artistic level if they had worked it around the song (ie the voice) rather than the other way round.
Can't really say because it was (and still is) such a seminal work in so many ways.