nightcutter Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Bizzarely on my dad's funky old Sony stereo DAD is played in it's entirety. The beginning isn't clipped off when I play the album. Yet it is always clipped on my stereos. :shrug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5iVe Elements Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Have you guys got the "special edition" a fan created on the Internet? I have that. It omits DAD. The tracklisting order is different. And same tracks have been lengthened or shortened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightcutter Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Have you guys got the "special edition" a fan created on the Internet? I have that. It omits DAD. The tracklisting order is different. And same tracks have been lengthened or shortened. WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apples388 Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 AMERICAN LIFE HOLLYWOOD I'M SO STUPID LOVE PROFUSION NOBODY KNOWS ME NOTHING FAILS INTERVENTION X-STATIC PROCESS MOTHER AND FATHER DIE ANOTHER DAY EASY RIDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightcutter Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 I would be scared to put AL on shuffle in case Intervention or Xstatic Process came on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apples388 Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 I would be scared to put AL on shuffle in case Intervention or Xstatic Process came on. (P.S. I love those two songs!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayofmusic Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Wash your mouth - American Life is Madonna's hidden masterwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shine Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Doesn't Celebration's version of Hollywood have the same problem ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apples388 Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Wash your mouth - American Life is Madonna's hidden masterwork It's one of my favourite Madonna albums and indeed one of the ones I play the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apples388 Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Doesn't Celebration's version of Hollywood have the same problem ? Yes but that's not the main issue we're discussing here. "Hollywood" has the outro of "American Life" intentionally mixed into it as a fade-out on the LP version but the rest of the songs actually are mastered poorly in the sense that you have an unintentional bit of one song still present in the preceding song. It's really bad. The "Nothing Fails" / "Intervention" segue is the most noticeable for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonoka Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 I would be scared to put AL on shuffle in case Intervention or Xstatic Process came on. Because they're so perfect it's scary? I agree then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightcutter Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 You know I'm listening to it right now on shuffle (for the first time ever!) and it's not as bad as I remember! The shuffle feature is a revelation! The album works much better mixed up like this. I have noticed a bit of clipping at the start of tracks but it's very slight and not annoying (yet!). But I have already had to hear X-Static Process. Which means... that Intervention and AL are on the cards. American Life Roulette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightcutter Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Because they're so perfect it's scary? I agree then. I think they are probably her two worst songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5iVe Elements Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 You know I'm listening to it right now on shuffle (for the first time ever!) and it's not as bad as I remember! The shuffle feature is a revelation! The album works much better mixed up like this. I have noticed a bit of clipping at the start of tracks but it's very slight and not annoying (yet!). But I have already had to hear X-Static Process. Which means... that Intervention and AL are on the cards. American Life Roulette. Those three are awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Not4Pussies Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 I purchased the itunes version because I tend to make playlists and I didn't like having intervention start of with NF ending as well as the other songs. Itunes version works for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madonna_fan1988 Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 My album doesn't do this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horn Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Just listen to the album again. Country: Japan Format: CD Catalog number: WPCR-22008 Tracklisting: 1. American Life (4.57) - OK 2. Hollywood (4.24) - Yes, AL fades into Hollywood 3. I'm So Stupid (4.08) - OK 4. Love Profusion (3.38) - OK 5. Nobody Knows Me (4.40) - OK 6. Nothing Fails (4.48) - OK 7. Intervention (4.54) - OK 8. X-Static Process (3.49) - OK 9. Father And Mother (4.33) - OK 10. Die Another Day (4.38) - OK 11. Easy Ride (5.06) - OK I guess it's a version problem? Please note this Japanese version was not the 1st issue, therefore I suspect WBJ corrected those problems. Lum darling, what's your AL version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crux Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 I never even noticed any of this. Neither did I. I specifically listened to it on my headphones this afternoon and I still couldn't spot any of the errors...Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erotica blu Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 If there is an error it's on select pressings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adreeyen Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 I hadn't noticed it before, but it's true. If you play the last second of the last five tracks (excluding Easy Ride) out of order you will hear a tiny bit of the next song on it. It's not that hard to find, and it's definitely not intentional like AL to Hollywood. There is an error, but it's not that big of a deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vocalism Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 ^ Yeah I think these people who aren't hearing it are listening to the album straight through. If you play the CD on shuffle (or on your iPod), you'll definitely hear a split second of the next track at the end of each song, and a split second of the first note is cut off at the beginning of each track. I think it's most noticeable at the beginning of "Intervention." The first guitar note starts "soft" because it's cut off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xela Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 it's on every CD versions. the first second of several songs is at the end of the previous track. some supposed at the time it was a trick to avoid piracy, after the "what the fuck do you think you're doing?" episode... but it's most likely just a mastering mistake, ahead of the Celebration debacle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vocalism Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Yeah it's definitely a mastering error. If you listen to "American Life" the song, you'll hear that there's a second of nothing before her vocals start. Clearly the whole album was started a second late and the breaks were therefore fucked up. So technically they're in the right spots, but the music is actually what's "late." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRVC Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 I would be scared to put AL on shuffle in case Intervention or Xstatic Process came on. hahaha. OMG! the two best songs on the album! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluejean Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Yes this used to annoy the hell out of me. Back in the day I fixed them all in an audio editing program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Leave it to Madonna to force us to listen to her album straight through, lest we get annoyed! Lol! The continuous mix of Confessions on a Dance Floor was a natural progression then? ;-) Actually, I remember when the album was released someone, on some forum, said it was intentional to mess up Internet piracy. Remember the whole "what the fuck do you think your doing??" Mp3 downloads? I downloaded the iTunes version years ago and it was the same, so I gave up. The AL-Hollywood transition was intentional, but from the end of Nothing Fails to the beginning of Die Another Day, every track ends w/ the beginning of the next song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horn Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 it's on every CD versions. Not on my Japanese edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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