Jump to content
opinion

Unpopular opinion: Mayhem


Blackout19
 Share

Featured Posts

Ladle Ghoulash
12 minutes ago, Cavadour said:

Not in the splitting hair bandwagon. I love Mayhem as a whole. Skipping song here and there might happen, depends on the mood or moment. But...

- I totally dispise the extremely low DR value of the official version.

The mastering is pushed to the limit, which makes it a painful listening experience imho. There's a remaster out there by a Japanese engineer that is much better in this regard. The dynamics are more natural and the music is improved. This current trend of pushing everything into the red is completely unbearable.

The only drawback is that this remaster was generated from multi-track high-res files of the first release, and the two bonus tracks and The Dead Dance do not currently exist in this resolution. Maybe they will in the future.

 

Do you have a link to this remaster?

Edited by Ladle Ghoulash
We have forgotten our public MANNERS
Link to post
Share on other sites

Cavadour
21 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Do you have a link to this remaster?

Well it's a torrent on RuTr@cker. Not sure I can post a live link here.

So, search for '[TR24][HDR] Lady Gaga - Mayhem (2025) - New Version' on RT...

 

It's also mirrored on Sh@rem@ni@ under that name :

Lady Gaga - MAYHEM (High DR Version) [Hi-Res, DR11] [Explicit] [2025] [24-Bit/44.1kHz]

 

 

Below, DR meter results for Killah in that release:

Screenshot-2025-03-12-073713.png

 

Edited by Cavadour
Late to the party but I got a diamond heart
  • Like 2
Link to post
Share on other sites

Gagaism

Well, standard cover is actually AMAZING and still better than any other variants;

Zombieboy is a great song but extremely overrated;

The Beast is EXTREMELY underrated;

Almost everybody here hates Taylor but a collab for HBDUWM would shock all of you and the charts would make you very happy;

Perfect Celebrity is one of the best songs on her career. 

  • Like 3
Link to post
Share on other sites

BELLYACHE

1- Album Photoshoot is one of her WORST photoshoots ever

2- Disease is good but instrumentals could have used different sounds cus it feels cheesy idk

3- Disease mv should have been more green and silent hill/hospital setting/AT NIGHT.

4- Abra is so cheesy but such a guilty pleasure, not even a top 20/30 Gaga song tho

5- GOE is easily the best song on the album and DESERVED EVERYTHING

6- PC could have been better with a better chorus (more singing and lengthier notes)(so riiiiiiiip offffff my faaaace in this pho tooooo graph)

6- VIY falls flat for me sorry

7- CSTH is yall trying to make a dark pop song with an underwhelming chorus. DJ MIGHT TAKE ME HOME is some of the best of the album tho (straight out of BTW)

 

  • LMAO 1
Link to post
Share on other sites

ALGAYDO

CSTH and KFL should’ve been on the standard version because they’re honestly better than half of the other songs

The Abra MV is amazing but slightly overrated 

 

  • Like 4
  • YAAAS 1
  • Thanks 1
Link to post
Share on other sites

Ladle Ghoulash
6 minutes ago, BELLYACHE said:

1- Album Photoshoot is one of her WORST photoshoots ever

2- Disease is good but instrumentals could have used different sounds cus it feels cheesy idk

3- Disease mv should have been more green and silent hill/hospital setting/AT NIGHT.

4- Abra is so cheesy but such a guilty pleasure, not even a top 20/30 Gaga song tho

5- GOE is easily the best song on the album and DESERVED EVERYTHING

6- PC could have been better with a better chorus (more singing and lengthier notes)(so riiiiiiiip offffff my faaaace in this pho tooooo graph)

6- VIY falls flat for me sorry

7- CSTH is yall trying to make a dark pop song with an underwhelming chorus. DJ MIGHT TAKE ME HOME is some of the best of the album tho (straight out of BTW)

 

Ngl calling Abra cheesy while praising GOE is sending me :icant:

We have forgotten our public MANNERS
  • Like 1
  • Thanks 1
Link to post
Share on other sites

BELLYACHE

8- Killah is FUN but not my cup of tea and I’m underwhelmed that this was the Gessff collab

9- ZombieBoy is fun as well

10- TDD ruined by THAT chorus and too commercialized.

11- LoveDrug is a decent pop song and the BELTING is oooooof so good, it’s cute and could’ve easily been a single and radio would’ve eat it up, not my top 5 tho.

12- HBWDUWM only listened to it once, Gaga what are you even singing about you are Lady mf Gaga (it’s an interesting song just cus it stand out in her discog but should’ve been a bonus track)

13- DCT also listened to only half of this song then listened to the bridge once on a separate occasion. I KNOW she has much better songs in the vault but these songs are more her style so :/

14-SOAM a bopppp and that SHADADOW part is soul ASCENDING sorry, reminds me of the BTW again. Some of the best seconds of this album as well and def Top 5.

15- Kill for Love should’ve been on the album cus it EATTTS half of the songs on the standard sorry and it’s groovy and fun and vocalsssss. WHY IS DCT HERE AND NOT KFL

Link to post
Share on other sites

BELLYACHE

16- The Beats feels flat me for sometimes and EATS sometimes, I like it alot maybe 

17- BOG is BEAUTIFUL but it should’ve been on the deluxe only as well as DWAS.

18- The abra mv is GREAT don’t get me wrong it’s just I preferred the red look in the fan made thing and some of the scenes in the fan project more than the video 

19- Paris choreo is mid and too on the nose, she has a few great moments tho

20- THAT and performance of ABRA was horrendous looking and that costume was a CHOP, I decided to erase all memory of that tbh, Killah was fun and a much better performance.

21- wish we had more street looks and Gaga is veryyyy comfortable this era for good or for bad but I don’t really mind it but if I had to nit pick it would be this point but I’m just glad she’s happy and creating.

 

THIS ALBUM IS NO WAY close to the highs of TF TFM BTW AP or JOANNE sorry

Link to post
Share on other sites

BELLYACHE
9 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Ngl calling Abra cheesy while praising GOE is sending me :icant:

GOE doesn’t take itssslf seriously tho unlike abra

Link to post
Share on other sites

Ladle Ghoulash
1 minute ago, BELLYACHE said:

GOE doesn’t take itssslf seriously tho unlike abra

Straight faced camp is basically Gaga’s whole brand, sister lmao 

We have forgotten our public MANNERS
  • Like 1
Link to post
Share on other sites

phantasmas

i hate that Michael had a hand in creating the album :interestinga:

  • Like 1
Link to post
Share on other sites

Ladle Ghoulash
1 minute ago, phantasmas said:

i hate that Michael had a hand in creating the album :interestinga:

???

We have forgotten our public MANNERS
Link to post
Share on other sites

phantasmas
1 minute ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

???

i hate her being with men in general :billie: 

like be inspired and write a cute bop about a man but DATE and MARRY one?? 

Ew.

  • LMAO 5
Link to post
Share on other sites

Ultimecia

Great music, not a great album.

Time. It will not wait, no matter how hard you hold on...
Link to post
Share on other sites

Oriane
7 hours ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Miss Thing in her ragebait era, I live!

You wish it were ragebait :bradley:

The only GGD member who can read / Credits to Celloo Deng for the profile pic!
Link to post
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

 Share


×
×
  • Create New...