The R2D2-esque "beep/whistle" in "All The Beautiful Worlds"

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Originally Posted by APerfectLie

Also on Watch Chain, is it just me or does the sound quality greatly improve at 0:55? Before that it sounds like Stevie is singing into a can and then at 55 seconds her voice becomes louder and crisp, like they did a crap job with the mix at the beginning and then brought her vocal forward for the rest of the song.

Yes, I think this is the song with the most contrast in vocal takes from Nashville to the ones recorded back at her home studio. I may have it wrong, but I imagine the muffled vocals on the album are the Nashville recordings that were recorded along with the band. It bugs me most in this song too. I just don't understand why they didn't master/equalize the vocals to match the way they sounded in Nashville - I don't think any of us would have noticed the vocals sounding nearly as muffled if we didn't have the contrast of the later vocal overdubs that are so crisp and clean. I absolutely love the first "lovely soft faded jeans" vocal - it's sung so sweetly that I don't know if she could re-record that as well a second time.