The Art Of Noise – In Visible Silence

Just listened to my og and realized Max Headroom isn't on A2. What a disappointment. Other than runouts is there any way to tell a Max Headroom version from a non-Max?

Rich, textured, resonant, and politically charged, now that's rock and roll. Disque Americ delivers a beautiful full range transfer, as usual.

I'm a big fan of MOV's reissues, however, I have to concur with Musical_Mainline 100%.
This album needed no cleaning up and now sounds far too harsh and strenuous to the ears.

..and, yes, what isn't mentioned are the extra tracks, and this is the only reason to bother about this release, so, I'd prefer if they'd released that on its own and had made an effort to preserve the original sound with no EQ.
Just go for an original vinyl pressing when it comes to the main 5/5 album.

All great albums should get the "Super Deluxe" treatment....2017 was better late than never. The remastered original album sounds great, but the real draw is disc 2 consisting of all the B-sides, remixes, and outtakes. A true treasure-trove of goodies for what is quite possibly, AON's strongest album.

I have a couple different pressings of this album, and track A2 is not the "Max Headroom" version of Paranoimia on this one. I don't believe the (IMHO, annoying) Max version showed up until 1988, but I may be wrong about that.

I would note that the note in the booklet about the "US and later European pressings" is partly incorrect, as the original US pressing (see https://www.discogs.com/The-Art-Of-Noise-In-Visible-Silence/release/432379) was the album "in its original, intended form".

I am judging this edition as it is because I only have the original release on first press cd. To me, the sound quality here is excellent. Great clarity and punch and superb dynamics. This does not sound flat at all on my set up. (A lot of modern reissues definitely do though). No noise at all from this blue vinyl set, apart from one stubborn dust particle that I eventually removed. The second disc of extras is great. 12" mixes, b sides and early versions. I have had about 5 or 6 albums from MOV and they all sound great, and they are all on coloured vinyl. Like I have said before it doesn't matter what colour the vinyl is, it's the (re)mastering and pressing that matters. (Picture discs are a different story). Most of my best sounding recent purchases are on coloured vinyl.

For me, their best album, hands down--this proved that they really DIDN'T need Trevor Horn. The entire album is great, but "Leg's", "Paranoimia", "Peter Gunn" & "Camilla" are the standouts for me.

Regarding "Leg's" I was always annoyed that the full 12" mix was not on here. As for "Paranoimia", I strongly prefer THIS OG mix without Max Headroom. (Adding him was a bit of a gimmick)

Buy an original. Yes this pressing is a nice thing to own but compared to a mint original it's simply lost it's soul. The sound is rather flat, almost brick wall. There are some dynamic improvements but compared to the original, it's simply not as warm sounding.

More sawtooth than sign if that makes sense sonically.

It's almost like they wanted to clean it up to make it sound like a modern release. In some ways it's worked but in others (the most important ways) it doesn't. The sound in most places is harsh and way too clinical.

Why do people want to bring more resolution in to things when it's simply not needed. It's like putting an EQ on something that simply doesn't need it.

The original release however has this lushness, a velvety sound with ambient dynamics to die for. And it still holds up as a modern sounding and dynamic release.

I'm sad that this release is not as nice as I would have liked. I bought it on a whim to give my original a rest.

One positive is that the vinyl of this pressing is flawless and the package is really nice. But it's also basic, no nice embossing on the sleeve like the original. Not an expensive thing to produce these days so I'm disappointed that they didn't take that extra step.

My advice, buy an original.

Excellent repress and great packaging quality. A first class piece of musical art in the history of experimental electronic music. Brilliant and crazy.