Goodbye Baby- question about the audio quality

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by bwboy

Something I've always wondered about is Goodbye Baby on Say You Will- the quality seems very bad in the beginning, almost like a demo rather than a fully produced track. I am not an expert when it comes to terms like 'remastered' or whatever, so for me to notice something about the poor audio quality means it has to be pretty noticeable. I can't believe they just threw the demo on the album, but why does it sound that way?

Anyone else notice what I'm talking about?

Hard to say, really. I don't think it's a matter of poor quality, it's the way it was recorded. I think Stevie's vocals were recorded in the larger room of the studio and so everything has an "airy" quality... the song isn't quite as well crafted as some of the other tunes on Say You Will (one could argue the whole album is a bit of a hot mess)... anyway, check out the Destiny Rules documentary below and you might enjoy it a bit more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQOjptfZLJ4