Search - Grand Funk Railroad :: We're an American Band

Exceptional Reissue...

Jamie Tate | Franklin, TN | 07/12/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The Audio Fidelity gold CD of 'We're An American Band' may be the best sounding Todd Rundgren recording I've heard. "Transistor Todd's" standard upper midrange boost has been tamed and the typically tinny drum sounds have been expanded to include a deep, solid low end. I don't have too many Grand Funk albums to compare this gold CD to but it certainly sounds better than any I do have.



The remix of the title track is really bad. It's lame, limp and weak but other than that it's remarkably awful. I wonder if it was the band or record label pushed it for inclusion here. Either way the mix doesn't improve on any aspect of the original. It's thin and narrow and the musical balances are off (that's short for awful... get it? :-) ). It's the reason God invented the skip button. Just ignore it and listen to the original album.



The sound on this CD reminds me of the good old DCC gold CDs. A return to form for AF and crew. They even went so far as to reproduce the foil cover of the original release. An all around great reissue. Nicely done!"