Mariah Carey – Daydream

my copy is silent, there are no pops, although the volume is very low. I expected more from this pressing but it generally sounds good.

Not sure about all the complaining about mastering...on my austen this actually sounds fantastic. Deep bass, vocals crystal clear. No surface noise at all and no pops, crackle. It does need to be cranked a bit higher to get all the dynamics, so maybe people are listening to this too softly... this album is meant to be cranked for sure. Don't worry about the neighbors judging. The packaging is a bit meh with the only extra being the gold leaf details. Don't know what more you could ask for.

I compared 2020 US version against this. A lot of surface noise is detected on the MC30 release. No surface noise was detected in VMP release, however, the sound was not remastered, then it is flat and some vocals are not highlighted, however, sound is ok.

The sound is beautiful and much more detailed, powerful and dynamic than the reissues. From a sound quality perspective, this pressing wins hands down. There are details here that you can’t hear elsewhere. The one thing I will say is that the inner sleeve is a bit flimsy compared with the reissues, but as far as sound quality is concerned, this original pressing is unbeatable. Make sure though that you grab a copy in good condition and that you have a high quality stylus and overall system. It’s a long record to fit into two sides only. If your system is not up for it or the record is not well taken care of, you are bound to hear some distortion and sibilancenat the end of each side. But if the record is NM- and you have a high quality stylus, the uptick in price is definitely worth it.

Great pressing!! Don't believe those reviews claiming otherwise, they're probably from people with poor equipment.
This pressing, like all VMP releases I own, is dead quiet, no surface noise whatsoever.

The only complaint I have is that they should have included an inner sleeve. Wonder why they didn't, since their other Mariah releases do have one.

But otherwise, if you want Mariah's Daydream album on vinyl, this is the one!!

The volume on this record is quite low and the sound seems a bit flat, for lack of a better word. There is very little surface noise, although it is noticeable towards the end of side B. I wouldn't say the sound is bad by any means but I am a bit disappointed and I would recommend sticking to digital for this album if you're after sound quality.

Great album, but I recommend not getting it from Amazon, it was poorly packaged, which resulted in bent corners and a warped disc, it also had quite a bit of “debris” on the disc, so I had to clean it quite a bit. But after everything was clean it played just fine. I think this pressing has better sound quality than the VMP version, and it also has a inner sleeve, but obviously it’s not colored, which I think is fine. But from my experience with both versions, get them off of Discogs, not Amazon.

I was expecting more from this release since it was a VMP exclusive. Unfortunately its a letdown, as the entire album sounds very flat. It has no skips or hissing but the overall sound is completely unremarkable. Even the CD & lossless versions sound better than this.

Sounds better than the aweful reissue. That’s enough to pick this up.

The best thing about this repress is the quality of the inner sleave which is actually more solid than the original 1995 pressing. The lack of power and the low volume is an issue, though. You really have to pump up the volume for it to even come close to the original 1995 European issue. Some noise as others mention, yes, but for me the biggest problem is how quiet this pressing is. When it comes to power and volume, the 1995 original pressing wins hands down.