I got this on sale for 14.99 CAD at an urban outfitters. I cleaned both discs before playing, using brush and solution. They sound great. Clean.

I just picked this up at urban outfitters in Schaumburg and my red pressing is clean, no distortion, clicks or pops. But the clear pressing has a few soft clicks but you have to look for them in the audio. That's the thing with vinyls you never know what you're going to get even when new.

My experience with this record is completely at odds with supra382. This is an amazing sounding record, the dynamics are crazy. I was worried listening to it based on the reviews here, but listening with a very critical ear, beside about 10 or so clicks per side (really quiet and it’s a stretch to even mention them...) it’s silent. No floor noise. I hear absolutely no difference in quality between Pop 2 and Number 1 Angel. I listened to this using a Rega P3, Ortofon Blue cartridge. I bought the record from the warner music Australia store after they sold out of the first wave of stock and got more in, before they completely sold out. I’m sure crap copies exist, but I’m really happy with my copy!

These sound great on my player! Maybe you should return ones that are not correct. Mine plays 100% fine on my Audio-Technica.

anyone else have a weird sounding copy? there's lots of little high cut fades on the audio on mine. only checked Side A this far, it's all over there...

side b was perfect and all my other tapes play perfect as well. might have to redub side A, not that big of a deal...

Maybe the position of the tape head is not fully aligned. Have you tried messing with the position? Maybe clean your head? If all that doesnt help, maybe you did get a defective one.

Probably the noisiest pressing in my modest vinyl collection. A lot of pops and crackles, fair bit of distortion on the high end - especially on the inner grooves - and a little floor noise on Pop 2. Not a disaster - thankfully we're not dealing with ambient stuff here - so it's perfectly listenable, but it's also a bit of a shame given the quality of the music and the lack of a black vinyl or CD alternative for cleaner sound.That said, my Pop 2 is one of the clearest looking clear LPs I've seen, at odds with other reports.

I disagree. I think you got a bad copy. Mine sounds fine.

Not the best pressings – Number 1 Angel sounds much better than Pop 2 (likely due to the latter being clear/translucent vinyl), which is really disappointing given Pop 2's tracks that demand hi-fidelity tend to run near the inner grooves which were definitely poorly cut. I cleaned both LP's before digitizing and overall, it didn't come out too bad I just had to cut and splice quieter intros and outros with actual digital FLAC audio because the shitty artifacts are unbearable. As far as Number 1 Angel's pressing is concerned, the louder the track, the better it sounds on the LP (ILY2 & Lipgloss sound phenomenal!) The tracks with quiet parts or slow instrumental builds without heavy over-synths or treble get completely washed out by awful floor noises and crackles. Here's a list of my main issues from the pressings - can anyone corroborate and verify they too have these artifacts? Thanks!Number 1 Angel (Red Vinyl)Side ATrack 1: Terrible floor sounds and crackles from Intro's instrumentals to opening vocals, otherwise "good".Track 2: ExcellentTrack 3: Vocals are scratchy at high-octaves, Outro instrumental to Track 4 picks up major floor noise.Track 4: PhenomenalTrack 5: GoodSide BTrack 6: PhenomenalTrack 7: ExcellentTrack 8: PhenomenalTrack 9: PhenomenalTrack 10: PhenomenalPop 2 (Clear Vinyl)Side ATrack 1: Terrible floor sounds and crackles from Intro's instrumentals to opening vocals, otherwise "excellent".Track 2: Outro of Track 1 to Track 2 via inner grooves have tons of residual background noise and crackles, otherwise "good".Track 3: Vocals sporadically distort/scratch at high notes, etc. (This is also right along the inner groove running-line.)Track 4: GoodTrack 5: ExcellentSide BTrack 6: Terrible floor sounds and crackles from Intro's instrumentals to opening vocals, otherwise excellent.Track 7: Really hard to enjoy the deep bass drones with high floor noises and artifacts from inner groove defects; excess crackles. Outro chorus/instrumental is AWFUL – heavy floor noises, scratches & crackles.Track 8: ExcellentTrack 9: Terrible floor sounds and crackles from Intro's instrumentals to opening vocals, otherwise "excellent".Track 10: PhenomenalTL;DR:Number 1 Angel's "Dreamer", "Drugs" & "Lipgloss" are the best sounding tracks from my pressing, down to the waveforms.Pop 2's Side A is a disaster. Side B has a lot of floor noise issues in-between tracks, which sucks because most of the latter tracks have slow, quiet intros and outros before the loudness can muddle out the defects from the pressing.Overall, 6.5/10.

The colours actually look great in person — the clear is slightly murky, but there's a slight marble effect which is still quite cool.The sound, for the most part, is great, but what Maslakoff pointed out below is unfortunately right: the inner grooves aren't cut as well, and while there isn't strong distortion when played on my cart (Grado Black), the highs start to become shrill. Not at all a terrible release (although pricey for what it offers), and many of the songs sound dynamic, but go into this expecting little sonically and owning it as a neat collection piece, especially since these two mixtapes are fantastic and Vroom Vroom is outrageously expensive.

Man, what a lousy job.Both wonderful mixtapes are printed on the crappiest mass possible. The "clear" disc looks like it's "dirty" inside, and it's not even remotely "cute". The "red" one is pale : I have some Soviet red discs that look more sexy than this.The layout of the cover looks cheap : they didn't really spend much time on it, rushed to the best.Knowing that it was printed by Optimal, I expected some decent sonic results. Well...It's playable and even enjoyable for the most part. Clicks (mostly on the second disc), some background noise (not that distracting), but what kills all the fun is a terrible distortion by the end of every (!) side. First I thought that my stylus broke but then by testing it with other discs the realization came through - what the actual F ! One of the best mixtapes of recent times killed by the atrocity of a vinyl. What a shame.

thanks for clarifying. i'm sure some people did receive worse copies; happens all the time. Return it! :)

Mine sounds fine. I think you may have just received an unfortunately bad copy. Maybe you should consider trying to get a replacement copy from wherever you ordered it, or at least a refund.

Listen to Number 1 Angel, especially Emotional. It's a cavalcade of sibilance and mistracking. It's less pronounced on POP 2, since it's recorded on a slightly lower volume, but at440mlb picks all the garbage anyway. I never had a new disc sounding that bad right out of the sleeve.

I just listened to both sides of Pop 2 with headphones and didn't notice any distortion that wasn't supposed to be there. Actually, for being pressed on clear vinyl, the whole disc sounded quite, well, clear.

Could somebody please tell me how limited this vinyl is and the cassettes for that matter? I thought they’d just continue running but I keep on seeing them sell out online, in irl stores, and even on the official Warner page and then restocked I guess? Anyway if anyone could explain the process to me lemme know :) I have both vinyl and cassette x

I would say this is likely a limited pressing considering these r not a proper albums + it’s colored vinyl.

The label hasnt specified them as limited like they did with the Vroom Vroom EP so i suspect that they will keep getting restocked.