It's interesting that alot of people in this thread are saying that the 80's albums on cd are too quiet. That they need to be remastered and have the volume boosted.
Nothing could be furthur from the truth. Haven't you guys heard of clipping and 'hot' mastering? It's completely ruining the state of cd's these days. Because everything gets volume boosted, the wav file has its dynamics chopped off and we're not hearing the full recording.
There's a thing on your stereo, it's called 'the volume knob'. By using the volume knob, WE get to decide how loud the music is. Not the record company trying to blast the opposition away for the sake of radio.
loudness war