The Animals - Retrospective
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Free Music Review: Be careful... SACD layer is gone!
Hit: 2 Stars
The album "Restrospective" is NOT an SACD anymore! However the mfr Abkco has tried to "hide" that fact by not changing the cover and/or even the Part Number from when it WAS an SACD. As many know, record companies have spent large $$$ to remaster records for SACD high-def format, which was introduced around 2002. Unfortunately, due to slow sales they are no longer promoting this format, and Abkco took the dis-ingenuous step of deleting the SACD-layer from this formally Hybrid disc after just one year. Since about 2005, when you buy this (as well as Abkco's Stones discs) all you'll get is CD layer, as they've downgraded these products without telling buyers. A bad business practice for sure! Last, this record IS remastered so its CD sound is probably better than other Animals discs, but don't expect SACD (for that you need to find one produced from 2004-2005 on Ebay perhaps).Free Music Review: excellent
Hit: 5 Stars
I have always been aware of the Animals, but did not know too much about them except for the great singles. This CD showcases that they were a great band that did not get a chance to really shine. The hybrid SACD sound is smooth and delicious.Free Music Review: the ANIMALS Retrospective
Hit: 5 Stars
If you are or ever were a big fan of the Animals, this is your album. If you just remember them from some of their more memorable hits and want to hear more, this is the album to have. It contains just about every single thing they did of note. I won't comment on the quality of the performances because everyone should have heard them countless times before.
What makes this rendition of their greatest hits very special is the recording format. Each selection has been remastered into DSD. That's Direct-Stream Digital and the basis for Sony's SACD, Super Audio Compact Disc, which is one of the best high resolution recording formats in current use. So even if your CD player doesn't have the ability to recognize this format, this album is going to sound noticeably better than the standard PCM, Pulse-Code Modulation, in most cases. PCM at its' best can certainly rival SACD but this album was thoughtfully remastered to the level that you may never hear the Animals sounding this good unless you're a strick vinylphile which is another argument entirely. So based on the content and quality of sound reproduction, this retrospective comes highly reccomended.
Free Music Review: The Animals Retrospective
Hit: 5 Stars
If you really liked the Animals then you'll love this cd. There's plenty of great songs and some you forgot they did. They really take you back in time.Free Music Review: Love the CD
Hit: 5 Stars
CD is great. Exactly what we were looking for. My 7yr old is learning "house of the rising sun" on guitar so we bought this to share the entire song with her. She loves the whole CD!