Shaun, a couple of months ago I bought a Beautiful South album and got the same result. Now, for me, these things ain't cheap anymore and surely it's not unreasonable to expect a new album to sound good. The turntable is now in the loft and there's an Audiolab 6000CDT in it's place. I can go on to Musicmagpie and buy 8 CDs, to add to my already decent collection for £12 and the Audiolab sounds excellent, making even crappy recordings sound very listenable.
Big Roxy Music fan here too BTW
Regards
Brian
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment . (Rumi )
Korus Computer Audio music server
JustBoom DAC . HRT Musicstreamer 2
Amplifier : Sony TA FB740R
Speakers : Tannoy 637
Interconnects : MS Audio / Klotz MC5000 .
Speaker cables : Western Electric 16AG