Difference Between Versions
The Eclipse Records version contains a hidden prank call at the end of "Bwomp" extended mix. It was originally due to appear on the Universal Records release, but because of a law suit filed by Eclipse for the way Mushroomhead left the label, it was omitted from the album. The band said that the only reason they originally included the prank call was because the man that made it included Mushroomhead in the conversation, as he was said to have been a big fan of the band.
The Eclipse Records release included an instrumental track titled "Epiphany" as well as a bonus hidden track, which is the same prank phone call skit that concludes M3. The Universal Records release included the additional tracks "Fear Held Dear," "Too Much Nothing" and a cover of Pink Floyd’s "Empty Spaces". The version of "Empty Spaces" is placed directly in front of "Born of Desire" on the track listing to duplicate Mushroomhead's live version that would allow "Empty Spaces" as a sort of introduction to begin "Born of Desire".
The Eclipse version has all of the tracks re-recorded from their original albums. The Universal versions of the songs are re-mixed and in some cases certain parts are re-recorded from the versions on the Eclipse release. So the songs on both albums are different versions of each other, and of the original versions on previous releases.
There is a change in members shown in the booklets for the two versions. The Eclipse edition lists J.J. Righteous on guitar and Bronson as samples below a picture of the band. The alternative mixed version available from Universal has a different inside picture listing Bronson on guitar and the introduction of St1tch on samples. Because of the masked conformed nature of the members, Righteous is still on the cover of both versions. Part of the reason XX was re-mixed/re-recorded was so that St1tch could appear on the recordings, and Bronson could do some guitar work.
Read more about this topic: XX (album)
Famous quotes containing the words difference between, difference and/or versions:
“Man is the only animal that laughs or weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be. We weep at what thwarts or exceeds our desires in serious matters; we laugh at what only disappoints our expectations in trifles.”
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830)
“The difference between our decadence and the Russians’ is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.”
—James Thurber (1894–1961)
“The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man’s ability to adapt to changing circumstances.”
—Stephen Bayley (b. 1951)