I just bought this CD and ripped it to my PC. When playing back the sound was not up to par. At first I thought it was my PC or sound card, but when I played the CD on another player I got the same results. The instrumental and chorus was too loud and overshadowed the lead singers. I tried an MP3 version from a friends PC and it played perfectly fine. It is pretty sad when an MP3 version sounds far better then a CD version. I have ordered the second volume and hope it doesn't sould like the first volume, if so it will be the last one I order from here.