Brand New Day (Digital Theater System (DTS) version) [DTS Surround Sound]

Sting | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 16, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: DTS Surround Sound
• Label: Digital Sound
• ASIN: B00004T1IG
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,546 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

This DTS CD is an out of print collectible! It is a DTS Entertainment release. Catalog 69286-01061-2-3. There is a saw cut on the spine of the case. The top hinge of the case has broken off. Digital surround requires a DTS-capable playback system.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A different way to hear the album!, March 14, 2002

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Mark Pollock "educator" (Davis, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brand New Day (Digital Theater System (DTS) version) (Audio CD)

I am here writing about the DTS version of Brand New Day.

Having enjoyed the original version of this album for two years now, I thought that the DTS version would simply rehash the original mixes and move a few things into the surround mode.

I was wrong. This is a complete deconstruction of the album, resulting in a completely different listening experience, an experience that is more demanding, more surprising, and more thought-provoking. I can see how this would be a bad thing for some people, who just want to hear the album the same way every time. If you are one of those folks, don't buy this version of the album.

But if you want to hear these songs in new ways, with sounds enveloping you and challenging your previous understanding of this album, then you are in for a treat.

The sound is rich, full, and yet still filled with subtleties. This disc reveals how much got buried in the mix when Sting mixed the original version of "Brand New Day". Those sounds are still buried, but they are more easily heard on this version.

Perhaps the most amazing moment in this cd is "Desert Rose", when the synthesized sounds and percussion start moving around the back of the room, while the bass and main drum kit are rooted firmly in the front. It's a great piece to show off your receiver with!

Once again, this cd is a bit of a challenge, and if you are just looking for a nice background listen, this won't do it for you. But if you want to be surrounded, and constantly going "Hey, I never noticed that before!", then this disc is for you.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great 5.1 disc, but the best version of Brand New Day is the SACD, December 11, 2003

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Stephen "Podhi" Burke (Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brand New Day (Digital Theater System (DTS) version) (Audio CD)

From the opening note of A Thousand Years, coming exclusively through the .1 channel, you will be submerged in a dream like state.

This Sting dts CD is by far the most surreal sound I have ever heard. It's literally audio bliss. When the chorus comes in I shiver. i also have the Police greatest hits and Ten Summoner's Tales on DTS Entertainment's label. They are all thrilling but this is definitely the most wonderful 5.1 mix ever.

UPDATE - AUG 2010 - It has been quite a while since I revisited some older reviews, but some time ago I managed to acquire Brand New Day on Super Audio CD (SACD) and let me tell you, as good as the dts cd is the SACD knocks its socks clean off. Everything that was great about the dts CD is enhanced upon here. Fidelity, wide open soundstage, this recording aside from the wonderful 5.1 mix by Elliot Scheiner is just aural bliss.

If you can find a copy of the SACD before it skyrockets into the oblivion of SACD OOP prices (see Beck's Sea Change on SACD) then grab it. If you have to settle for the dts-cd, it's still very enjoyable.

4 stars for the dts cd
5 stars for the SACD version. Here is a link for the SACD.

Brand New Day (Hybr) (Ms)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING. The sound is so much better, August 2, 2003

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Kent Rogers (Fontana, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brand New Day (Digital Theater System (DTS) version) (Audio CD)

I have to say, thank you so much DTS. This cd was the first album I tried in my new 5.1 system, and I have to say, the difference is incredible. I had originally intended to start with track 2, Desert Rose, but once I heard the opening to track one, A thousand years, I was hooked. The surround effects are incredible. The subwoofer is rarely this active, the sound is so incredibly rich and perfect I'm not sure I'll ever buy another standard cd again.