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Revenge Remastered ...and de-moled

12/02/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Not only has this Italian edition been remastered, but it has a very nice looking digipak sleeve which suffers from one bit of revision: Annie's mole that usually graces her neck has been removed from the cover art! Aside from that strangeness, how is the disc? Well, "remastering" does not mean they had access to the original multitracks, it just means they've brought out as much detail as they could from the album master (or whatever version of the album master they had in Italy). So I'm afraid this isn't a revelatory upgrade, sadly. There is more clarity and detail (the piano tinkling at the opening is now very distinct, for example), however, I did not like the tonal qualities of this remastering. Whoever remastered it (no credit is noted) tended to favor the high end, and I personally prefer much more bass. What we have here is a very bright-sounding version of Revenge. And frankly that is not what we need. We need a meaty, deep sounding Revenge.Perhaps someday DnA will remaster this themselves, or remix it from the ground up. Until then...get this if you want a neat (albeit de-moled) cover sleeve and don't mind if the sound is a bit too bright."