High Fidelity CD Format

I'm loving these Billy Joel 7-inch SACD releases from Japan, I own them all and Streetlife Serenade is the latest one to be released. For me, the main appeal of these releases has been the 5.1 surround sound mixes. Now, we don't get 5.1 here, but we do get a 4 ch. quadrophonic mix of the album, which I'm happy with. Plus, we're getting some live performances from this era on CD for the first time, so that's just one more reason to pick this up. And the packaging... I really wish all CDs released in Japan came in this 7-inch packaging, I love it! The quality is so good, plus this edition is loaded with lots of extras that longtime Billy Joel fans like myself will really appreciate. When was the last time you bought a CD and spent a lot of time looking over the inserts, well, you will with this release. It's great to see an underrated album like this given such a stunning and high-quality release. I hope Sony continues to release more Billy Joel albums like this... just don't forget the 5.1 mixes next time!

This is it, this album is the commercial breakthrough Ghost has been hoping for. A lot of people will be checking out Ghost for the first time thanks to this album and its breakout single: Lachryma (aka Crying), what a song! There's a lot of melodic and surprisingly pop oriented music on this release. Think less metal and more Def Leppard style hard-pop music. I was very pleased to see Skeletal get the Japanese SHM-CD treatment, so I immediately pre-ordered this one. The SHM-CD really lets this album shine. The music is crystal clear, good instrument spacing and dynamics and the band sounds like they're playing right in my room when I put this CD on. This is a fantastic release and the Japanese SHM-CD format is perfect for showcasing hard rock music, the guitars especially benefit from this format on this release in my opinion. A must buy for long time Ghost fans and a perfect place for new fans to jump in.

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