“Bury The Hatchet” is available in Dolby Atmos on Apple Music! Unlike EEIDI, the band or the record company never really announced it.
Many thanks to Justin Patten and Ricardo for the info and details… everything you can read below concerns interesting things and other differences they noticed regarding this new release compared to the original album.
– Immersive Mix Engineer listed is David Leonard. Encoded date: UTC 2024-04-23 20:17:32 – Tagged date: UTC 2024-10-11 16:48:53
– The album actually doesn’t show up as a Dolby Atmos release until you click into the Bury The Hatchet album page itself, where Dolby Atmos is listed in the description.
– This version doesn’t seem to be available on iTunes. If you use iTunes Match and already have the original album downloaded, playback can get a little confusing, sometimes it plays the original mix, other times the Atmos version.
– The Atmos release appears to use the demo/session versions of the tracks, while Complete Sessions contains the original album mixes.
– “You and Me” has additional backing vocals in the chorus, similar to the “do do do” parts between the verses and chorus. There are also occasional acoustic guitar strums not found in the album version.
– “Just My Imagination” is missing the electric guitar chord picking layered over the acoustic strumming that’s present on the album version.
– In “Shattered,” there’s an extra “I was” between “Shattered by your weakness” and “Shattered by your smile” compared to the final album mix.
– “Saving Grace” includes a few extra electric guitar notes in the second half of the song.
– Slight differences in pronunciation and delivery in a few spots, particularly toward the end of “Shattered.” Other vocals, like “Desperate Andy,” sounds much closer to the album versions. As you probably all remember, Dolores originally recorded some vocals while pregnant (including “Desperate Andy”), and when she later attempted to re-record them, she couldn’t recreate the same emotional intensity because she wasn’t pregnant anymore. In some cases, the demo vocals were ultimately kept for the final album.
About a week ago the tracks leaked on YouTube, Justin who listened to both Apple Music and YouTube versions says they are the same, but Apple Music is much better quality or more immersive. Both are the “Demo” versions.
…and he concludes with the following reflections:
It’s also puzzling that the band would quietly release a new version of this album without publicizing it — whether this was intended to be a true Dolby Atmos release or a demo/session version — especially so close to the 33rd anniversary release of EEIDI. These are clearly different recordings, or at least partially different recordings, from the final album versions. The band themselves have already said they used parts of demos on the finished album. A mix that simply expands channels into Dolby Atmos does not suddenly generate new vocals, remove existing vocals, or completely add or delete instruments. I’m genuinely wondering if the record company accidentally mixed up the demo/session tapes with the final album masters.
This may be a good sign that something is coming later this year. Maybe someone uploaded it too early by mistake. Let’s see if they take it down in the next few days.
On the other hand, they don’t care about BTH and this was uploaded because they had it and they simply didn’t know what else to do with it.
Well, only time will tell if a great, deserved and complete reissue of this great comeback album is about to happen in autumn 2026
This was released a while ago for what I can see but no one told. How great about the possible demo mixup, it is somehow a different album. So I just played Everybody in atmos again to compare, and this is the exact original album we all know. I then found out that No Need was also available in Atmos on Apple Music, and this is the original album we all know as well, so what happened with Bury?!! Anniversary release on the way or simple mistake?
Yes, exactly my thoughts, I am sure I discovered it more than a year ago in my Apple music subscription, I do not know I should have pointed it out here, I though everyone knew…
I subscribed to Apple Music just to hear this. Firstly, I’ve really enjoyed the new stereo mixes that Stephen did for EEIDISWCW. There are small things that I pick up on that I’ve not noticed before, and it feels like a fresh listen. Now with this, the differences are not subtle at all! It’s very surprising. Especially “Just My Imagination” which uses a completely different lead vocal take (and possibly BVs and instruments too). The first half of the album is definitely a lot more obvious in differences than the second half, for sure. Some things feel like alternative studio takes, but some other elements also feel like they’re pre-EQ/effects being added. I really like it, though. I wouldn’t say that any version of the album is better than the other, but this version just feels like you’re getting a fresh perspective or angle on something you already love. It’s a very enjoyable listen. Whether it’s a mistake or intentional, I hope they leave it up and do a physical release of it. It’s such a treat to get something that’s not just another remaster