This is the audiophile review.First off, original version came out on Rykodisc in 1992 and 1993. Remastered edition released on Merge Records in 2012. You get Copper Blue with b-sides, The Beaster EP, a concert from 1992 at the Cabaret Metro and an excellent booklet with lyrics, photos and interviews with all three guys all in one package.The sound.The original CD was low in volume like it was an album transfered to CD vs mastered on CD. It was bass shy which made it sound thin and flat. I did an A/B comparison using a Phillips dual disc recorder that has a record level meter.The remastered version...night and day. Volume competes with CD's released today. Notice how if you shuffle your music and you play something new then Sugar and you have to turn the volume up cause its so low. Remastered version is at zero plus on a vu meter. The original danced up to zero. The remaster has far better bass and treble. Bob's guitar and vocal take on a 3D effect verses the originial. Guitar parts are clear, defined and more stereo like vs the "wall of sound" presented on the original. Tilted sounded so good I felt like moshing! It sounds more lively than the compressed and flat sounding original. Much better detail. I heard guitar parts I hadn't heard. The bass and drums are full, present, weighty and meaty. The bass intro to A Good Idea is more ballsy on remastered version than original. Listening to the original version vs the remastered is like listening to a song on the radio vs CD or the stereo vs live. The remastered has such a vibrant, live, energetic, raw, meaty and exciting sound compared to original. You will listen to it in a whole new way. After a listen to the original cranked, my ears would hurt and ring...not with the remastered version.Hopefully that helps. If anything, get it for the b-sides and the live disc.