Flying Lotus – You're Dead!

sounds quite good but it being on 2lps is pretty pointless

One of the worst records I own... I don't like the sound stage, it sound so weak and so compressed... Also from the content perspective a very diverse music that I my view must impress but it only confuses. But this is a matter of taste. The runout is weird... And the packaging is good quality but kind of heartless the carton itself is so rough that I'm sure will damage the grooves. The colour and paint is cheap. Disappointed.

the runout is super silly and i like it, nice pressing of a nice album

I really like this album and I'm planning to buy it, but I'm scratching my head over the 2-LP thing. According to experts like Kevin Gray, a 12" record spinning at 33.33 RPM can hold up to 18 minutes of music per side with absolutely no sound quality compromise, and between 19 and 24 minutes per side with still great sound. More than 24 minutes per side result in noticeable sound quality reduction. Now, considering that the total length of this album is 40 minutes (including the vinyl-only final track), I really don't understand why it had to be spread over two records. It would have made all the sense in the world had it been cut at 45 RPM, but it wasn't. At 33.33 RPM, ti would have perfectly fit one single 12" record without having to cram anything.

This cd edition is a sonic delight. Really, this is closer to soundtrack than anything else.

anyone notice that there are two different covers for this release? both have the same artwork but some copies have a gold reflective sheen on some of the details around the face. others are just matte yellow.

is the bonus track on this? I’d rather just grab the LP for an extra track over a big boxset with the instrumentals I could easily listen to online, to be honest.. a good handful of these tracks are instrumental anyways so what’s the point really?

What's the matter with his mastering? All his records on CD are completely squashed. No dynamics left whatsoever. First thing you have to to when you put on a Flying Lotus CD is to go for the volume knob to turn it down.

This album really shines in its Japanese instrumental edition. The music and its almost frenetically busy arrangements are given the space to move and really shine without being held back by the vocals, and whereas the official release comes over as hip hop done in a jazz fusion vein, the instrumental edition comes across as 70's inspired psychedelic sci-fi jazz hip hop.
Why the instrumental edition of You're Dead! wasn't given an official worldwide release as was done with Flamagra is baffling. Get yourselves the instrumental edition before they're all gone.

This LP sounds much better than the 2010 pressing of Cosmogramma. It's much more dynamic and sounds fantastic, it's in a beautiful heavy-duty thick spined card jacket with incredible artwork, and from what I've seen it's not very expensive to pick up a copy these days, I highly highly recommend this LP to any Flylo fans.