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@PandaFighter101 You're mistaken. Make sure you're listening to the original RAB, some people uploaded the Vessel recordings as RAB recordings. All 5 of the repurposed tracks from RAB, for the main 12-track release of Vessel, were completely re-imagined on the new album. Of the 4 bonuses, only Lovely was reimagined in the same way. I think they were intending on putting Lovely as a non-bonus, but for whatever reason, they didn't. I'd highly suggest giving the authentic original RAB a re-listen, it blew my mind the first time. Here's a breakdown of the Vessel differences:
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13 Glowing Eyes: has a slightly different mix but no major change.
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14 Kitchen Sink: drums no longer seem bitcrushed and fit into the mix better, given their sibilances are EQ'd out. I'm not sure if they were just poorly mixed, poorly recorded, or intentionally bitcrushed in the original, but it really helps the entire track.
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15 Lovely: COMPLETELY re-imagined for Vessel. You can instantly hear it. If you can't, you're not listening to the original RAB version. No autotune, EXTREMELY different synth choice, re-recorded vocs, removed background vocs in several places and added new background vocs in others, removed bitcrushed noises, additional vocal effects in break in verse 2, added spoken lines with vocal effect in bridge (original is empty), angelic female (?) vocal sample was reworked, Tyler's vocal sample at very end of bridge is quite different, outro piano is simplified to just chords, whereas the original had a very simple counter-melody. Vessel ending is extended an additional 3 seconds for dramatic effect.
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16 Forest: Wider, rounder, healthier mix. The kick in the verse has far less low frequency response, so it distracts from the vocals a lot less. I think you assume the pads weren't there in the original because they were drowned out in the mix, they're just easier to hear in the new version. Though keep in mind, different speakers, headphones, etc have different frequency responses, so that has a huge effect on what you hear as well.
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Overall, the general auditory style of RAB is HARSH. More nasally vocals, a ton of Tyler doing screamy gang vocals by himself, autotune, rougher mixing, harsher and more prominent synths, more electronic/bitcrushed drums, harsher piano. I prefer it over Vessel's polish most the time. But obviously I would love a RAB rerelease that was just more professional mixing like in Kitchen Sink's Vessel rework. Will probably never happen but oh well. Have a good day and stay alive |-/ |