BEST albusm (BEST, -BLACK/WHITE- & ~ALL SINGLES~) song differences

[ALfromHELLSING]

I know that I'm not the 1st one, who's askin' 'bout it, BUT I've tryed to find thread 'bout it and wasn't able to... And strange, BUT search is giving me this error
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every time.
I hope somebody would be able to help me. Thnank YOU very much in advance!

[Aderianu]

changes/differences in the songs on A COMPLETE

I don't know about any difference in A BEST 2

in A BEST
01. A Song for XX
02. Trust
03. Depend on you
new vocals and music

[waterballoon]

Also in A BEST is End roll, which had new vocals as well, as well as Boys & Girls, which had a different mix, making it sound more pop/rock than para-para/dance.

I couldn't hear any difference in A BEST 2 yet.

In A COMPLETE, all songs were remastered, so you could hear clearer vocals and all, and it's most prominent in the older songs.

Also, songs in A COMPLETE that are different from the ones in their respective albums:
WHATEVER - single version is used, I think it's called Version M (or was it J? oopsy!)

TO BE - single version is used, so the first few seconds sound different and the guitar solo sounds louder in the bridge

monochrome - single version is used, so the guitar at the intro is softer, and there's a guitar solo in the bridge. Also, at the end, just like in A, a man says 'yeah right' and slams a door.

appears - First downbeat is much louder. Could be the effects of remastering...

vogue - Comparing vogue in Duty, the one in A COMPLETE seems to have a few beats cut off at the beginning - i.e. there doesn't seem to be any drum beatings at the start of vogue in A COMPLETE, as compared to the one in Duty.

AUDIENCE - A different mix was used, I suppose. A COMPLETE's AUDIENCE sounds much more dance-y.

M - Guitar solo was cut off, and we can now hear the bridge without the guitar, which is basically the weird poppy/bubbly sounds and strings.

STEP you - the synths in the beginning are now alternating between a loud downbeat and a soft offbeat, as compared to the one in (miss)understood, where every beat of the synth is loud.

The rest of the songs were remastered, so the vocals are much clearer and louder. I mentioned it's prominent in the older songs, but these songs were pretty different in terms of remastering too:
INSPIRE
Mirrorcle World

Others have also mentioned that Dearest has a louder harp (piano?) at the chorus, but I'm not too sure.

I've listed all the above differences based on what I've heard, so if I have missed out on anything, or have made any mistakes, feel free to tell me!

[Delirium-Zer0]

On A BEST 2, "Greatful Days" has an extra bar of that sound effect that fades in at the very beginning. Otherwise everything's the same IIRC.

And AUDIENCE isn't, strictly speaking, different on A COMPLETE - they just used the Dave Ford mix instead of the album version. So it's just another instance (like TO BE and monochrome) of using the single version.

[greggerz189]

Also in A BEST, Trauma was re-sung. If you listen closely to the A BEST version in comparison with the single version or LOVEppears album version, the vocals are different.

[ALfromHELLSING]

Thank you very much 4 the help guys! ^_^

[GRACE]

Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0

On A BEST 2, "Greatful Days" has an extra bar of that sound effect that fades in at the very beginning. Otherwise everything's the same IIRC.

Also, Memorial address is presented without the... "prep part" for back of a better term at the very beginning.

[Delirium-Zer0]

Originally Posted by greggerz189

Also in A BEST, Trauma was re-sung. If you listen closely to the A BEST version in comparison with the single version or LOVEppears album version, the vocals are different.

Seriously? Hang on, lemme go listen o_O

No, there's definitely no difference in the vocals that I can hear. The background vocals seem to be a bit quieter relative to everything else in the remastered version, but that's about it and i had to listen REALLY closely for that.

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0

Seriously? Hang on, lemme go listen o_O

No, there's definitely no difference in the vocals that I can hear. The background vocals seem to be a bit quieter relative to everything else in the remastered version, but that's about it and i had to listen REALLY closely for that.

This is correct. Trauma had the same vocals as the single and LOVEppears.

[jiarongisme]

Basically, everything on A BEST 2 (Claimed to be remastered) has just turned louder.