https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 02 May 2026 03:15:51 +0000 Sat, 19 Jul 2025 21:37:35 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6202 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6202&PID=67063&title=cranberries-ode-to-my-family#67063 Author: crapfromthepast
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Posted: 19 July 2025 at 9:37pm

Marcelo - I'm not sure about this one.

I assume that the version I have from Top Hits USA T0261 is the "Radio Version", and that the version from No Need To Argue is the "Album Version".

The only difference I can hear is that I think the lead vocals may be a teeny bit louder in one version compared to the other. The difference is so small that I can't tell them apart if I play one after the other.

The only way I could hear any difference is to synch up both versions in Audacity (any multi-track editor will do), swap the left/right channels of one of them, match the volume levels of the two versions (Audacity has a "loudness normalization" feature that does this easily), put one 100% in the left channel and one 100% in the right channel, and listen closely in headphones to see if anything is not dead-center in the soundstage. There are some portions of the song when I hear the lead vocals drift to one side a bit in this test, which tells me that something is different between the two mixes. It could even be an EQ difference, where the producer pulled back or boosted some of the Dolores frequencies.

Assuming that I actually compared the proper versions, this difference (if it exists at all) may be on par with Cheap Trick's "Can't Stop Falling Into Love". You certainly won't be able to hear it in a one-after-the-other comparison.

Hope this helps.]]> Sat, 19 Jul 2025 21:37:35 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6202&PID=67063&title=cranberries-ode-to-my-family#67063 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6202&PID=67062&title=cranberries-ode-to-my-family#67062 Author: kaqueno
Subject: 6202
Posted: 19 July 2025 at 1:39pm

Reading Todd's question: Does any forum member know the differences between the album version and the radio version?

Edited by kaqueno - 19 July 2025 at 3:12pm]]> Sat, 19 Jul 2025 13:39:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6202&PID=67062&title=cranberries-ode-to-my-family#67062 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6202&PID=29938&title=cranberries-ode-to-my-family#29938 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 6202
Posted: 23 April 2011 at 12:04pm

Ed, I'm just curious... Since the radio and album versions have the same run time length, can you tell us what the main difference(s) is/are between the two?]]> Sat, 23 Apr 2011 12:04:22 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6202&PID=29938&title=cranberries-ode-to-my-family#29938 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6202&PID=29926&title=cranberries-ode-to-my-family#29926 Author: edtop40
Subject: 6202
Posted: 22 April 2011 at 8:52pm

i have the us promo cd single for the cranberries song "ode to my family" issued as island prcd 6918-2 and contains the below tracks

1-radio version (4:22 listed; 4:30 actual)
2-album version (4:32 listed; 4:30 actual)

this info s/b added to the db....]]> Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:52:24 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6202&PID=29926&title=cranberries-ode-to-my-family#29926