Well, "atrocious" is just a nice sounding word I've been wanting to use some time now, and if it sounds off to you, you might replace it with "shrill and distorted and impossible to crank up".
Since that one sounds pretty much like the LP, and I've been cranking all those versions up for years, I can't agree.
Certainly it's an album that was recorded 'hot' (in analog), but to me an 'atrocious' recording would be, say, something like Velvet Underground 'White Light/White Heat' (which is still a great record). Or maybe the first "Aqualung' CD, which had all sorts of FUBAR mastering issues going on.
I didn't like the 2004 Relayer remaster , since they seem to have lopped off a bunch of treble. But the first CD (Zal Schreiber mastering) and Marinos's 1994 , aren't bad (not even all that different, really), and the HDCD, when decoded, is also fun. Since Steve Wilson likes to give us 'straight up' transfers of the master tapes, it'll be interesting to see how those sound in comparison to what we've had so far.