St. Vincent – Masseduction

My copy has a few spots where it pops a decent amount and the last track on side A has a pretty bad distortion sound towards the end but overall this record sounds good to me.

Very pleased with my copy, lucked out and found it for $35 at Reckless Records on Milwaukee in Chicago. Give it a clean and swap it into a Mo-Fi sleeve if you DO pick it up though. Definitely needed the cleaning.

This is a terrific, modern inventive album - really shows her depth and innovation in writing and creativity - a child of Bowie! ;)

Needs too much EQ to sound as good as the CD/digital version. I don't think this album is really "meant" for vinyl. At least - I don't think there's much in the way of benefit to having it on vinyl if we're going strictly by sound. I'll be ditching my copy.

definitely not as bright as the digital/streaming version, but overall not terrible. the bass is very pronounced and not muddy, sonically its spaced well. the only problem is that the highs are definitely mixed lower

I got 2 copies, both clicked at the same spots on side A (start of A1 and middle-to-end of A6), so I assume is press-related.

After an ultrasonic bath, my copy has very slight and very sporadic surface noise, and that may just be post-cleaning dust.

More importantly, I'm not sure I have an album where the difference is so obvious between the analog press and digital versions. I've loved this album since release, but only recently bought this vinyl, and I'm thrilled. Full, rich sound, with almost no sharp edges. Such a good album.

fairly staticy even after i cleaned it, but it's not unlistenable to me. like everyone else i hate this packaging so i ended up finding a white cardboard sleeve i had and using the stickers to make my own instead of using the flimsy pvc one lol. but at least my record itself came in a plastic sleeve which doesn't seem to be the case for some other people

Is it rock or is it pop? Yes. Another innovative release by St. Vincent.

This record needs some EQ loving to sound good, it's quite limp without it. If you have a fat EQ I would recommend it better dynamics than digital.