Jamie xx – In Colour

Worst sounding record in my collection unfortunately. Ultrasonic cleaned, bought sealed, and yet still incredibly noisy with low dynamic range.

I just found this for 12$ at a small town used record store. I was so excited until I got here. Oh well, its in the collection regardless now.

Awful pressing no wonder it comes with a free CD. Thought I had my FX on when I first played it.

it's a shame because i love this album so much but the pressing makes the bass non-existent.

Mine was not a mint copy, it was one of the dirtiest copies I've ever received from someone on discogs so I believe that has probably contributed to a lot of the noise my copy has despite cleaning it.

While a lot of my records sit at -45dB, to achieve the same volume this needs to go at -35dB. It's definitely not a victim of loudness, it allows for better dynamics, but the bad part about this is that it will make any noise on the record louder. And my copy is quite noisey. If it wasn't noisey then the sound would be very good, and that goes for the bass too.

I wouldn't say this is a terrible pressing, yes it's a bit on the quiet side, but there's not a lot of noise on it, at least the pressing I have doesn't.

I'd put the quietness down to the fact that it has 11 tracks on 1 disc and the majority of the songs are quite bassy, resulting in some of the tracks' quality being compromised when the record was pressed. That being said, I haven't got the deluxe version which has 3 discs. My bet is that it is much louder though.

All in all, the record isn't a bad one. Very well produced by Jamie XX!

I'm glad everyone else says this is a terrible pressing - I've exchanged this twice now. The first one I bought has interference on the second half of the A side - now I've just settled with a relatively quiet one. massively disappointed.

Pressing is SO bad. Seems to be common for everyone who bought this. I'm really disappointed Young Turks let this go ahead. The test pressings and early copies would have shown these flaws. Greed.

Vinyl is persistently noisy. The pressing quality leaves some to be desired. The sound is not bad, nice sound stage most of the time, no distortion or shrillness. If you can get past the noise or tame it a little it's a solid record. However with such rich production it's a shame for it to be boxed in a little still.

I'd say this is only worth getting if you really like the album and don't want to pay the $40 for the deluxe. If you're on the fence or only a casual fan, stick to the digital version. It's yet another mediocre press of a new album.

5 stars for music, 3.5 for pressing

Sounds around 6db quieter than anything I've purchased... Definitely requires you to turn up the volume and any surface noise/dust comes up with it. I kind of like it it though... Adds a vintage warmth to it.

I got the delux edition as well and can confirm that it is easily 6db louder (sounds pretty normal), and the highs sound much cleaner and crisper. I usually listen to the standard edition version though - always think it's tough to really get into the album when I'm flipping it every 2 songs.