MacPhistoPT
Rock n' Roll Doggie
I love COBL and fuck the rest
ultraviolet7 said:
Nellee Hooper shouldn't get all the bashing. The problem here is production which IMV is terrible. I just couldn´t believe my eyes when I read Flood's name on the main production credit for this track.
U2DMfan said:
I always beleived that production credit is from the original part of the song left over from the POP sessions, but this is my own speculation.
The actual song was recorded by Carl Glanville, mixed by Hooper and additional production by Chris Thomas and Jacknife lee.
I'm not sure I would credit Flood with the messy sound, he didn't produce anything else on the album, all he did was mix. Production credits can get precarious, depending on how you look at it. This leads me to believe all Flood did was come in at the very end for 'fresh ears' to do the mixes, because he didn't produce anything else, and he didn't even mix his own production like Lillywhite tends to do.
Flood mixed OOTS, arguably the best mix on the album.
Anyhow my problem is with the drums way back, the guitar too low, the melody piano line WAY too high, the bass way too high. This is all mixing. The production (actual recording) could be just fine we wouldnt know because of the terrible mix.
The song seems to be about 1,000 times better live. It could very well be Flood's fault but his track record seems to say different.
That or I am just apogizing for Flood in my own way.