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[esactun]

Two more, eclectic.

"Three Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods" by Dizzy Gillespie and the Machito Orchestra (Pablo, c.1976)-- I'm totally addicted to it. Super-clean sound.

"Clandestine" by Entombed (Earache, c.1991?)-- fat, vicious, HUGE, angry, dark, evil... one of the best metal recordings ever. The songs are good but the sound is sick!

 

[elevate]

Tool - Lateralus - I can't get enough of this album
Police - Synchronicity - Though this album gets lambasted by the members of Police, it's my fav - I love the drum sound.

 

[PowerCouple]

Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
The Wall by Pink Floyd
any Faith no More with Mike Patton
mr bungle's last three records (Mr Bungle, Disco Volante, California)
any Sonic Youth
any record by David Geffen, Bob Rock, Jack Douglas

Peace...

PC

 

[musicsdarkangel]

hmm

Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile

Stabbing Westward - Darkest Days

well stabbing westward may not be high budget but i thought that was at least beautifully mixed.

Rival Schools - United By Fate

Thursday - Full Collapse

Alice In Chains - Best of the box

 

[musicsdarkangel]

oops

a few more

Tool - Lateralus
Radiohead - Kid A
Radiohead - Amnesiac


some of the cure's songs are great in that sense, such as "more than this"
(i think that's the name)

anyway peace.

 

[musicsdarkangel]

oo

sorry overseas,
i need to add that i don't like the cure much at all either.


marvin gaye's stuff was well produced (don't like him)

 

[Rockfish]

Steely Dan's Gaucho (1981).

 

[Cakey2]

Well - produced albums:

Human League - Dare and Octpus, but for different reasons. Dare - Martin Rushent was an innovative genius, the album just sounds different to anything else. Octopus is just amazingly clear and bright considering alot of the sounds were sourced on 20 yr old analogue synths. I have it on vinyl and it's still amazingly clear and noiseless, sonic perfection.

For similar reasons, Leftfield's Leftism sounds just incredible, well produced without being over-produced. The way the vocals sit in the mix with all the electronics is a joy.

I agree that The Fragile is well produced, again without being overproduced, but Downward Spiral/ PHM don't sound produced at all, just sound like Trent plugged in and recorded. Which may be exactly what he did! Still good records though.

I also disagree that Diary by Sunny Day Real Estate is well produced: it has a great energetic quality but has a tendency in places to be harsh, as has been mention before the snare does not sit well.

Trans Am Surrender to the Night, drums are amazing but better on Red Line, and the general production on Red Line I feel to be far superior.

For post-rock production value my choice has to be Standards by Tortoise, great recording for a minority band, but I guess it might be the $ talking.

That's more than enough

matt

 

[Speeddemon]

Strange...

I heard a lot of folks saying that "Nightfly" by Donald Fagan was the best engineered/produced album ever, but no one mentioned it here. And only 2 or 3 folks mentioned "Aja"....

BTW. I second the "Powerslave" mentionings, as well as Metallica's "Black Album"
others: Steely Dan-Two Against Nature. boring music, but the sound is really in your face. Very dry too. When listening this one on headphones, it's like sitting behind the drumkit yourself.
Helloween-Master of the rings, great guitar sounds, and great engineering.

But after listening to Powerslave and Two against nature, I can't figure how people call Hendrix's albums best engineered. I mean, I'm an avid Hendrix fan, but a lot of his material sounds quite muddy and distant to me.

 

[kylosius]

since i'm into punk, some of you may not agree.
modern
Green Day- Dookie
Weezer- Pinkerton

old
Ramones- Rocket To Russia
The Clash- London Calling

 

[Executivos]

green day....dookie.....




soooooooo agreed.

 

[Jimmy D.]

I'm kind of fond of Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here' and 'Animals'...

I also think Steve Earl's 'Transcendental Blues' is kind of cool.

and CSN&Y's 'So Far' has some vocal gems.

 

[musicsdarkangel]

regaurding Hendrix

You are absolutely right, Hendrix stuff can be very muddy.

That's not necessarily counts as badly produced for a lot of people (including me).

Hendrix's stuff gives you that GREAT feel, and great sound I've never heard one like before, or in a while.

The solo's were sounding great (compliments of hendrix and his sounds himself), and the overall mix was exellent, maybe a little fuzz? who cares, sounded great.

 

[windowman]

I would agree that every Hendrix album I ever heard sounded like it was poorly engineered. I'm not downing the music, just the engineering.

Now oddly enough one of the best sounding albums I ever heard was also made at Electra Lady studios. You probably never heard of them but The Glass Harp recorded all three of their records there in the early 70's. Lewis Merinstein (sp?) produced them all and they sounded just incredible. I especially thought the last one, "It Makes Me Glad" was an amazing album in every way.

Which I guess goes to prove it's not what you got but how you use it.

 

[Gabriel Sousa]

The second Mr. Bungle album was 'Disco Volante'.

strange, i am Gabriel too, and i have all Mr. Bungle albums, hehehe

 

[cavedog101]

a few of the many

hendrix-axis:bold as love
ive read comments in here about this stuff sounding distant and muddy...this is Not distant Nor is it muddy...and it is a tour-de-force for learning the frikkin guitar
pink floyd-dark side of the moon
blues traveler-four
this has nice 'old school' flavor in the production
traveling wilburys-vol.1
dont know whose house they recorded at but i want that gear
joan osborne-relish
i think the geoff daking mic pres got their start right here on this record..you can hear the 52270's all over the guitars...i might be wrong...but its still a cool sounding record
sting-nothing like the sun
elo-eldorado
i read somewhere that jeff lynne loved the sound of the old tube gear and he wanted this 'concept' record to have that old beatles vibe so he recorded it at de lane lea in london where i guess they still had all that mad old tube compression and mixer going...it is a dark and moody sound but it is one of a kind
the who-whos next

theres a billionmore...all recordings are little time machines and say something about the particular moment they were conceived...one is not necessarily better than the other ..just different....................peace

 

[strmkr]

Stevie Wonder "Songs in the Key of Life"

 

[dudleys100]

Scott Wiley's job on Kalai's first album: Acousticism.
As well as Kalai's own job on his second album: Six Strings and the Rainy Day Man.

www.kalai.cc

 

[deadleafecho]

considering the wide range of whats been laid out here, its amzing we ever agree on anything here heh
Mine, in no order
Jets to brazil-orange rhyming dictionary
Jimmy eat world-Clarity
Sparta-wire tap scars
Rival schools-united by fate
At the drive in-relationship of command
Burning airlines-Idenikit.......kind of a low fi sound yet everything is every clear.
EDIT:i wanna add Alison Kraus and Union stations newest cd, her vocals......wow
OH damn! Queens of the stone age-songs for the deaf and rated R, both incredible albums material and production wise
I could go on forever..

I cant believe someone named And Justice for all......have you listened to the drums on that? or the complete lack of bass guitar???? Ah well to each his own

 

[minimal me]

Beatles, "Abbey Road
Beck, "Sea Change"
Deelite, "World Clique"
Rickie Lee Jones, "Pirates"