SirNarwhal

This whole ordeal really makes me not want to support Mutemath ever again especially after Paul tried to come after me on Twitter yesterday for calling the pricing absurd...

Such an amazing album. Really glad to see this get a vinyl release since they're such great guys.

Triple LP not double. Three Evils sounds pretty bad because there's 22 minutes of music on Side 1 of the 2LP that's already out. The end of Backend of Forever has this issue too. Sadly, the listing says it's only 2LP though. One can dream.

That was Good Appolo 1. I'm guessing if this is like Second Stage's release we'll get a pre-order version, a retailer version, and a tour version.

Part of the song is literally missing... Of course that ruins the song.

If you want the full song on vinyl grab this single: http://www.discogs.com/Fall-Out-Boy-This-Aint-A-Scene-Its-An-Arms-Race/release/1390015 Yes, I know it says that the B side is It's Hard To Say "I Do," When I Don't, but it's actually G.I.N.A.S.F.S. and the other version is also swapped. I'm guessing whoever pressed them originally either 1) put the labels on the wrong colors or 2) mixed up the song titles, but yeah, the entire song is definitely on there, I just listened to mine a few hours ago.

Wow, that would be really sad if they ripped from the iTunes version. I just find it funny because there's multiple versions of the final 3 tracks of the album (including bonus tracks) and they managed to still bork it up.

I know you were joking, but in your joke you were poking fun at what I was saying when even you agree that there's some truth to it... Back to the topic at hand though, I'd really like to at least see Universal address the issues with this release, but I don't expect that at all.

You literally just contradicted yourself with this statement as just before that you were reinforcing the fact that most major labels that do re-presses specifically for Hot Topic DO suffer from poor QC. I'm not saying everything from Hot Topic sounds awful as I've gotten a few releases from them that are perfectly fine, I'm talking specifically about many of their represses or first releases of albums from a few years ago that are quite problematic and from this release things seem to only be getting worse.

I meant even for things that were recently pressed by other labels such as the recent Blink 182 releases of Enema of the State and the self-titled. Both were pressed by other parties than the labels themselves and then had Hot Topic re-releases shortly after. The Hot Topic releases never come from the same source as those recent releases, which just baffles me. I mean, I understand why it happens, but I wish that Hot Topic cared more about quality with these re-releases.

Just listened to it again. The first 6 notes of the 9 note solo guitar riff at the beginning are 100% missing.

The first like 5 notes are missing.

My mistake then. That being said, it doesn't explain why it only seems to happen with releases distributed by Hot Topic. Last complaint with the album now that I'm done listening to it, the, "Now press repeat," is said twice.

Wow, what the hell? Got to the single worst problem with this press: the intro riff to G.I.N.A.S.F.S. is cut off. Also, the, "Now press repeat," goes at the end of the album if the bonus tracks are there, not before them...

These were pressed by Hot Topic with the license from the record label. That's how like 90% of Hot Topic's releases are. It also would make no sense as every instance of a Hot Topic release coming out that isn't directly at the same time as a major label release results in this exact scenario of it being from a CD source and sounding worse than the original pressings. Some quick examples: Original press of From Under the Cork Tree vs Hot Topic release, OG vs repress of A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, outside of Fueled By Ramen/Universal releases it's happened with both of Linkin Park's represses verses the originals, and that's just a few in recent memory. The only one I have that is relatively good quality is the recent Panic at the Disco Too Weird To Live, Too Young To Die release, which was very clearly done by the original record label at the same time the original was pressed and on the same presses (I've compared the two, they're identical).