[fraseyboy]

I've heard many badly compressed albums but so far none have been as bad as this one. I mean seriously, it's like they just cut off all the peaks and shoved it down a tiny wee tube. And it clips badly too.
 

 
Strangely, they didn't maximize the volume and it's actually quieter than other albums. Still sounds rubbish though. 
 
Why would they do such a thing to what could be a fantastic album?

 

[TheWuss]

that's definitely different.   compressed but not normalized... 

 

[Head Injury]

Compressed but not maximized.
 
The only reason I can think of was by artistic choice. Guess they didn't want their album to participate in the Loudness War, but still wanted a crappy compressed sound.