Mixing of new Album, Is it me or Options

[LiveRocks]

Did the person in charge of mixing/producing the album really neuter the guitars? I like the majority of the songs but the guitars seem really tempered/low & the "edge" of the songs seems taken off. Am I nuts? Well I know I am but am I wrong on the above?

[andthelettuce]

Everything seems sort of off, honestly. I like what they did with the keyboards and echoes and everything else Railo, and that aspect of it sounds to me like what they tried to do with V but failed miserably. However, a lot of other stuff seems odd. I completely agree about the guitars being stripped from songs, and I think it's most apparent in Show. Ed's voice is also really fucked with; it sounds very shrill in the chorus of Wings, and on a few songs it sounds like there is a constant hissing noise accompanying the vocals. This happened on BOP too with Run Away. Also, they gave him a lisp. Half the lines in Show sound like he's performing at the Birdcage and it happens on Sofia. I guess it isn't a good idea to have two of your best new songs have S words all over the place when you hire someone who likes lisps. Overall though, it's not a bad job and I think the album screams "this is what we wanted to do with V!"