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I have a lot of fav's, but, believe it or not,

McCartney's "Press to Play" has awesome prod-value. Also, two other McCartney albums, "Pipes of Peace" and "Tug of War" are excellently produced albums, at least one or more of these 3 McCartney albums were produced by George Martin. [I haven't checked, recently]. As a matter of fact, almost all of McCartney's solo albums are excellently produced. He's da man.

Not only that, but "In Square Circle" by Stevie Wonder is awesome, production-wise.

No doubt, I can't sign off without mentioning "Quadrophenia" as one of the greatest all-time albums, production-wise and otherwise.

Who could forget "Dark Side of the Moon", or "Electric Ladyland".

Sgt. Pepper, of course, too.

There are others.

/DA
 
Not only that, but "In Square Circle" by Stevie Wonder is awesome, production-wise.
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Wow, I haven't heard anyone mention that album in a long time. I had it on cassette when I was twelve or thirteen... I played it so much, I ended up wearing it completely out.
 
QUOTE: Eurythmic:

"[In Square Circle]. Wow, I haven't heard anyone mention that album in a long time. I had it on cassette when I was twelve or thirteen... I played it so much, I ended up wearing it completely out."
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DA---->> Yeah, now you're 27, and it's on CD, and they're harder to wear out.
 
Henri Devill said:
The Cults "Electric" is great...Wildfower..I used to do that one live when we would slip in a cover..Thats the kind of rock that could come back..Raw nasty energy..love it


Don
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I hear you on that one. The band I am currently working with still plays Peave Dog. In fact, I think that is the only cover we have left. LOL. The Cult is timeless.
 
Belle and Sebastian's stuff is amazingly produced. As well as the neutral milk hotel and the Microphones (a band out of Olymipia WA that many of you probably have not heard). I personally, am not wowed by world-class studio sound, but sounds that emanate straight from the middle of the artist's brain. I know that might not make sense to a lot of you. It barely makes sense to me.

I also cannot get enough of Pet Sounds and Smile (what little of Smile we have, anyway). Unparalled creativity and more beauty per square inch than any production then or since.
 
I'll second those with the opinio of:

Floyd - Dark Side and Wish You Were Here
Tool - Aenima
Sting - Most of his stuff
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese
Cult - Electric and Beyond Good and Evil

I would like to add:

Peter Gabriel - Passion and US
Cowboy Junies - Lay It Down
Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving, Synkronized, Space Odyssey: 2001
Cake - Most of their stuff

I could go on :)
 
Uhhhh

How about Axis:Bold As Love, or Electric Ladyland.. Eddie Kramer knows what he's doin.... Raw and in your face kinda genius I think.. KISS, Zep, Hendrix etc.. No?
 
you're right there, Eddie Kramer really knows what he's doing. And don't forget Chas Chandler's input in the first Hendrix albums

I love btw as well George Martin as Paul Rotchild;
 
You are thinking of Bob Ezrin, He did the KISS records.

Incidentally He also did the Alice Cooper Bands Early stuff, Played lead on Nightmare.

Hes also the dude behind Pink Floyds The Wall.



Too Bad Ezrin and Kramer couldnt touch Gary Katz's work on the Steely Dan records.
 
Who produced the Sugar Ray stuff? I heard some of it on the radio and thought that it sounded very good.
 
Re: best prodution

skaltpunk said:
progress by the rxbandits is an extremely well-produced album. it flows together beautifully, the channel splitting is tastefully done and importance in melodies and rhythms are brought to the forefront in a commendable manner.
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YES!!! I wanted to mention it but I didn't think anyone knew who rxbandits were. BTW it's produced by Chris Fudurich. I'm really excited to see some more of his work.

I'm friends with them (RxB) and I went to the studio when they were doing the record.. Matt borrowed my 79' les paul and thats one of the main guitars on it.

For anyone that doesn't know who they are, it's definitely something to check out. Elements of reggae, punk, hardcore, ska, some indie rock and pop mixed together. It's not the same boring mix of these styles. It's kind of like a punk/hardcore meets the police. They are on mp3.com but the songs are there are more of the instantly catchy ones. (The one on there to listen to is analog boy) Skaltpunk...is the last track on progess (infection) amazing or what?

Another one I'd like to mention is the new Jimmy Eat World album by mark trombino. I reall like all of his drum sounds.

As for as steve albini, the only record I'm famillar with is Nirvana In Utero. It has a raw sound, some would say is bad...I say it's AWESOME.
 
Hmmm I would have to go with some classics - albums which were remarkable in their time and still sound good today - and some new ones

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon. My #1 choice for best ever.
Hendrix - Electric Lady Land. Hard to appreciate now just how radical some of it was.
Toto - Toto IV. Not one of my favorite bands but I always was stuck by the great sound and production on this album.
Radiohead - OK Computer. Especially "Subterainian Homesick Alien", what a beautiful piece.
Bowie (and Eno) - Low. Brian Eno is one of the few musicians whom if I ever met him, I would turn into a gibbering fan.
Incubus - Morning View. While it doesn't really belong with the classics above, it is my favorite album of the moment, and I really like the production on it, sparse but warm.

I'm sure I'm forgetting some, but thats all I can think at the moment...
 
For the fast readers:

Rid of Me - PJ Harvey - Steve Albini
Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins - Butch Vig
Nevermind - Nirvana - Butch Vig
Aenima/Lateralus - Tool
Unforgettable Fire/Joshua Tree - U2 - Eno/Lanois
Radiohead - Everything after the first album - Nigel Godrich and Radiohead
I can't believe people are dissing Steve Albini! Listen to Rid of Me by PJ Harvey and weep. Yeah, it's got massive dynamics and it's not comped/limited to hell, but it SOUNDS amazing!

I love Butch Vig's production on Siamese Dream and Nevermind. I wish he would quit garbage and get back to producing guitar rock.

Tool on Aenima and Lateralus, that's immaculate production.

U2-Unforgettable Fire and Joshua Tree. I think they're both Eno/Lanois. Unforgettable Fire is still the lushest album I own.

Radiohead's production with Nigel Godrich sounds like the most aurally pleasing elements of the post-Revolver Beatles production crossed with the most aurally pleasing elements of Pink Floyd.
 
Bowie/Low is an excellent album,...

and really well produced, for '77.

Anyway, I think the "Low" album drum sound became the progenitor of abour 85% of the drum sounds you'd hear throughout the 80's.
 
charger said:
I can't believe people are dissing Steve Albini! Listen to Rid of Me by PJ Harvey and weep. Yeah, it's got massive dynamics and it's not comped/limited to hell, but it SOUNDS amazing!
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I think Steves Personality is what kills his music more than his sound....:)

Maybe he is different in real life, but have you ever read an interview he has done for a Recording mag.... He is a total cocky dick.........

BG
 
I can't hear his interview style on his recordings.

There are a million people who are "dicks" in the recording industry, and most of them are well above the level of recording engineer.

That said, Albini does take less money to work with a lot of unknown bands, he gets a great big sound, and he did write The Problem With Music.
 
As I said, Maybe he is different in real life, but thats the vibe I get when I read his interviews...
 
And my point was, and still is, I can't hear that he's a dick when I listen to his recordings.
 
I read a pretty cool thing from him about the record industry. I thought it was interesting.
 
I'd say my personal favorites are in no particular order:

Tool's last 2 albums.
Radiohead's last 3 albums.
Just about anything by Daniel Lanois. (The Willie Nelson album is simply amazing even though I can barely stand country music.)
Nine Inch Nails' "The Fragile"...absolutely blows me away everytime I listen to it.
Siamese Dream...great guitar sounds.
Korn's 3rd album (can't recall the title right at the moment...great mixing job.)
Phillip Glass's stuff (probably just 2 spaced omni's, but I really like the sound of the stuff.)

And I personally thought that Vapor Transmissions sucked more than anything else that has ever sucked before.
 
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