Kenny Rogers' Life Is Like a Song in atmos. Immersive mix by David Leonard.
https://tidal.com/album/297973310
https://tidal.com/album/297973310
Listening to in Dolby Atmos Streaming, via Tidal/Apple/Amazon
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Bit of a surprise. I was under the impression that a surround mix couldn't be done due to the complexities of how it was originally recorded/mixed.
Glad to see it, but I have to say I'm not blown away by the mix. An upmix, perhaps?
Yeah, my thinking was that nearly all tracks aside from the 'hits' were upmixed:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...ow-streaming-in-dolby-atmos.34354/post-698282(glad to have it just for the "Seven Wonders" mix though)
Certainly doesn't sound like any of the Ken Calliat mixes of the other albums.
No center speaker at all on "Big Love" and then just barely using it on "Seven Wonders"
Caillat unfortunately didn't do any of the Atmos mixes, which is a shame given his fantastic work on Joni Mitchell's Asylum-era albums. As @popshop pointed out elsewhere, they were all done by someone named Chris James (with input from Lindsey Buckingham). With maybe the exception of Tusk, I'd say they're all vastly inferior to the prior 5.1 versions.
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Chris James played with Prince, was a studio engineer at Paisley Park, and has mixed Prince in atmos. Not sure of other credits but just saw he recorded on Self's first album, which I liked a lot 
I was thinking of the 5.1's, I haven't listened to any of the streaming Atmos versions of those albums. Always going to prefer a hi(gher)-rez version if I have a choice.
I'll probably check out Tusk and probably Mirage at some point though. I hear they're closer to the stereo mix. But I also like the different choices Caillat made for the 5.1s.
Live Prince only right, didn't think there were any studio albums yet by Prince in Atmos?Chris James played with Prince, was a studio engineer at Paisley Park, and has mixed Prince in atmos. Not sure of other credits but just saw he recorded on Self's first album, which I liked a lot
Just checked out that Self album (The Half-Baked Serenade - IINM?) and yes sounds great, I'd be all over that in Atmos!
popshop
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Self was pretty awesome for a bit there. The album was Subliminal Plastic Motives Could be awesome in atmos. Cannon was a minor hit, at least in Denver in 1995 haha
ooh, cool playable bandcamp link:
Unique production for that time, slightly ahead of its time mixing electro and rock.
- Half-baked serenade was the end of that era of the band (mostly a solo project).
ooh, cool playable bandcamp link:
Unique production for that time, slightly ahead of its time mixing electro and rock.
- Half-baked serenade was the end of that era of the band (mostly a solo project).
Speaking of Ken Caillat—nice solid mix on this one!
This is great!
I’m liking it! It’s a bit weird but I think it fits the mood of the album.
i've heard some weird mixes in my time but this is surely one of the weirdest..
It’s certainly discreet! And I love this album.
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Pick a speaker! Any speaker!it's a fabulous album and the mixes are Surround-y and all.. but on that one it's a bit disconcerting flip-flopping around the speakers in such a fashion.. not sure it adds anything or enhances it particularly, musically speaking?
also weird, i'm only getting 4 tracks (2. 5, 9 & 11) in Atmos for some spooky reason.. the others are all Stereo
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Just revisiting this one and thought I’d re-post here - what a nice mix of a beautiful song this isYeah. Glad that such a lush, beautiful song got the treatment it deserves.
Atmos the entire album and it'd be a great candidate for SDE release!
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Agreed, I wish they would do whole albumAtmos the entire album and it'd be a great candidate for SDE release!
It’s my wife’s favorite album. Maybe I could get her interested in surround sound if they released it?
Nah…who am I kidding.
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