Bon Iver – 22, A Million

To my ears, this is a great sounding record pressed flat and dead-silent when it ought to be. To my eyes this is another single-LP in a BIG ASS GATEFOLD that fails to respect my finite-shelving capacity, for better or worse.

Echoing what others have said here. Definitely surface noise / light distortion present on side a. My side b is pretty flawless for the most part.

Love the jacket and the lyric book is awesome, but there is distinct surface noise on both sides of the vinyl. I can hear the static quite consistently and especially during the quiet parts.

no noise at all on my copy, sounds fantastic. opaque orange vinyl looks great.

Immaculate... oh, and the 12" is immaculate. Sorry to hear others' experiences.

10/10 pressing for a 10/10 album, the mastering is incredible and I haven't had the other issues some are talking about, the thick lyric book and purple sleeve is a really nice touch too

(marijuana gets u talkin)

Sadly purchasing Bon Iver records feels like a game of roulette - and so far im yet to hit the jackpot which is such a shame as its an incredible record.

Had the same issue with the S/T album too.

For what it's worth, my copy sounds perfectly fine. (word)

A really great pressing. Flat, quiet, dynamic. This is the one to get, if it's for sale

So this is one of my favorite albums, I have a lot of personal attachment to it as it was the album that I listened to constantly during a formative period in my life. I love it, every part.

Now, my vinyl copy of this is terrible. The distortion and clipping makes it practically un-listenable, and I have no idea why. All of my other records sound fine, but this one is just bad, so much distortion (especially on the chorus vocals) that it ruins it for me. I’m really sad that I ended up with a bunk copy, so I’ll be looking to buy another hopefully better copy in the future. This is one of my favorite albums ever and I would like to see it done justice in the vinyl format. Hopefully the next disc I get doesn’t have these issues :(

And before you dismiss this thinking I’m some audiophile that is impossible to please, I’m quite the opposite actually. I’m very forgiving when it comes to this format, so the fact I’m writing this review at all is a bad sign.