HiRez Poll Propaganda - A SECRET WISH [SACD]

[sjcorne]

Please post your thoughts and comments on the 2004 reissue of this 1985 release from the band Propaganda entitled "A Secret Wish".
The Multichannel layer of the SACD contains a 5.1 surround mix of the album by Dan Vickers & Tim Lambert.





Pre-release thread for all shipping/ordering queries and non-poll related posts:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...-secrect-wish-sacd-are-still-available.12930/

 

[watsontr]

I remember the single on the radio. That could be quite interesting in surround. "Why does it hurt when my heart misses the beat?"

 

[MrSmithers]

Fantastic 5.1 mix on this... Really nice discrete mix that matches the music perfectly. Great album too... I love the juxtaposition of Jewel/Duel having different elements but in effect the same melody. Very clever... Vorsprung durch Technik! A defo 10!

 

[fredblue]

Fantastic 5.1 mix on this... Really nice discrete mix that matches the music perfectly. Great album too... I love the juxtaposition of Jewel/Duel having different elements but in effect the same melody. Very clever... Vorsprung durch Technik! A defo 10!

wowzers.. i remember this one coming across like some kinda upmix better give it another airing, i was clearly mistaken!

1st track has a nifty wee plink-plonk/dink-donk/plink-plonk/dink-donk glockenspiel/percussive effect panning round the room, the bulk of the music itself, drums, bass, vocals are static, it all feels a lot like double stereo.. at the very least there's a lot of front to back replication.. kinda similar style to the Groove Armada mixes in a way.. feels Surround-y but is it, really

edit vorspunk durch technik : musically = love it

edit von wank sputnik : track 2 has this synth stab popping up around the room. i've got the cut of their mixing gib now, gimmicky Surround-y but a lorra fun! i'm so glad this renewed spotlight on the SACD coincided with my rediscovery of Sauvignon Blanc, it makes everything much more Multichannelish like wot this is

edit kraftwerk von tangerine dreamundblast : after all the treble-rolled orf Apple Atmos streaming wotz aye been doin of late, this here SACD is effing BRIGHT on the ol' lugholes! yikes-a-rama

 

[MrSmithers]

wowzers.. i remember this one coming across like some kinda upmix

I think it got banded with the Daft - Art Of Noise release.... which unfortunately is an upmix - even though there's so much scope for a great surround mix on that album... Ridiculous release...

edit von wank sputnik : track 2 has this synth stab popping up around the room. i've got the cut of their mixing gib now, gimmicky Surround-y but a lorra fun! i'm so glad this renewed spotlight on the SACD coincided with my rediscovery of Sauvignon Blanc, it makes everything much more Multichannelish like wot this is

"Von Wank Sputnik"... Very clever old bean... Could be a good contender for xxxPropaganda's next SDE Atmos release?! Yeah, I feel ya... A nice glass of vino does help a listening sesh, but all in moderation, which ain't always easy with all the crazy situ-a-schuuns life can spring up sometimes. Good music always helps... In the best possible taste...

 

[fredblue]

I think it got banded with the Daft - Art Of Noise release.... which unfortunately is an upmix - even though there's so much scope for a great surround mix on that album... Ridiculous release...

"Von Wank Sputnik"... Very clever old bean... Could be a good contender for xxxPropaganda's next SDE Atmos release?! Yeah, I feel ya... A nice glass of vino does help a listening sesh, but all in moderation, which ain't always easy with all the crazy situ-a-schuuns life can spring up sometimes. Good music always helps... In the best possible taste...

oops.. i think it might've got banded/XPropaganda-branded by little ol' moi

ah well, thanks to you wonderfully prompting the revisit (and let's not forget the restorative powers of Chardonnay ) it's getting an "8" to carry that weight

 

[Malhomme]

Interestingly, this is a complete counterpoint of my loving of quad transfers over any 5.1 mixes. Anyone can toss a multichannel reverb on a single source and BIM, multichannel.
This is probably the first album I hear in 5.1 that sounds more produced and more massive sounding than its stereo counterpart, that was already as a stellar Trevor Horn production can be. I casted a 9 only because some movements are a bit overdone and musically unnecessary. Like the mandatory plunging into a tunnel of 3D movies.
Really, at a good level, Murder of Love can behead you.