Best sounding album you have ever heard?

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I like an album called Disco Volante by Mr. Bungle. First off, it is NOT Disco music. It is a cross between avant-garde, jazz, and a little bit of heavy metal. The performance on the record is absolutely stunning! Definitely one of my favorite records. Give it a listen.
 
and the thread is still going strong... i can't remember if i have already said this but the new chili peppers cd ("stadium arcadium") sounds amazing. i would love to get the sound of the guitar on the last solo in "strip my mind". it almost brings tears to my eyes haha great sounding album though. love the overall sonic characteristics, effects and i would kill for that classic chad smith snare sound...
 
There is a cool live feel to the tracks on Dylan's new album Modern Times. I like the jazzy tone his lead player has on the track Spirit On The Water.

Nobody likes Dylan, so I shall go ignored, but thought I would comment again :)
 
chessrock said:
Dark side of the Moon?

That's not even the best sounding FLOYD album (that title would belong to either Wish you were here or Animals)... let alone best sounding album ? :confused: :confused:

You gotta' be nuts.

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I'm gonna agree with Chessrock on this one. Wish you were here was amazing but (although not really still floyd) I am a big fan of the division bell which sounds amazing.

Recently though I think that Robert Plants album Dreamland is amazing the sound quality of "Darkness, Darkness" or "One More Cup of Coffee" It's a bloody sonic nirvana! Not only does every band member know how to really play their individual instruments but their instruments blend perfectly with each other. Its truly a work of art!


-FK
 
chessrock said:
Dark side of the Moon?

That's not even the best sounding FLOYD album (that title would belong to either Wish you were here or Animals)... let alone best sounding album ? :confused: :confused:

You gotta' be nuts.

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mmmmm.........considering the recording dates (1972-73) of DSOTM, and the quality, I will accept being called nuts....:p:)
 
superspit said:
mmmmm.........considering the recording dates (1972-73) of DSOTM, and the quality, I will accept being called nuts....:p:)
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Why 1973? In 1973 analog recording was already on it's maximum. In 1928 Neumann came with a very good sounding condenser microphone. The same capsule was used for the brilliant sounding U47 and is still used today.

I have heard recordings from 1960 that sound better than anything which gets recorded these days on PT HD.

The quality (soundwise) of the recordings didn't get any better over the last 45 years, only more tracks, more posibilities and much easier and cheaper.
 
Han said:
Why 1973? In 1973 analog recording was already on it's maximum. In 1928 Neumann came with a very good sounding condenser microphone. The same capsule was used for the brilliant sounding U47 and is still used today.

I have heard recordings from 1960 that sound better than anything which gets recorded these days on PT HD.

The quality (soundwise) of the recordings didn't get any better over the last 45 years, only more tracks, more posibilities and much easier and cheaper.
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This is so true. Pretty much by the 70s Tape Recording had reached its peak, it was already getting close as evidence by some late 60s albums such as Abbey Road, Are You Experienced, Tommy, etc.
 
mew - fengers
minus the bear - planet of ice
mewithoutyou - brother, sister
lorien, the ghost in the parlor
 
Han said:
Why 1973? In 1973 analog recording was already on it's maximum. In 1928 Neumann came with a very good sounding condenser microphone. The same capsule was used for the brilliant sounding U47 and is still used today.

I have heard recordings from 1960 that sound better than anything which gets recorded these days on PT HD.

The quality (soundwise) of the recordings didn't get any better over the last 45 years, only more tracks, more posibilities and much easier and cheaper.
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yes...I understand and concur with your words.....just makes this post a little more complex, I guess.:eek:

Should we also consider that studio management/production techniques have changed massively over the years, and has also probably made an impact on the actual recordings and their quality???......generally for the better.
(I certainly aren't negating that there was some brilliant recordings from 40 years ago.....just that there maybe more now!!)

Objectivity and Subjectivity can colide.....:confused:
cheers,
Spit.
 
As for best sounding - all of the Alan Parsons Project albums, all the Steely Dan albums and Robbie Robertson's eponymous first solo album. That one is really incredible sounding, especially when considering how it was recorded. Mostly live in what was being used as a storage space at the Village.
 
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Han said:
Why 1973? In 1973 analog recording was already on it's maximum. In 1928 Neumann came with a very good sounding condenser microphone. The same capsule was used for the brilliant sounding U47 and is still used today.

I have heard recordings from 1960 that sound better than anything which gets recorded these days on PT HD.

The quality (soundwise) of the recordings didn't get any better over the last 45 years, only more tracks, more posibilities and much easier and cheaper.
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I don't think it's really a matter of the technology of 1973, I think the music was just that much better than today. Now, with virtually unlimited tracks and people trying to cram something into every nook and cranny, the idea of a song "breathing" is unheard of..................
 
:cool::D Oh, there are so many; however, it just popped into my mind:

MEL TORME singing at a club in the Catskills.

Sinatra said Mel had the greatest voice in the world--[paraphrasing]

He was was known as "The Velvet Fog." Also, man, could that dude play drums! And, he had an ear that was just fabulous.

A good friend of mine was backing Mel at Don The Beachcombers in the Windy City. He was doing keys and running over Mel's charts at 4 in the AM before the first show next day.

My friend chose to use a more modern chord than was on the chart while Mel was reading the Wall Street Journel and "listening?":cool:

After my friend finished the chart, Mel looked up and said, "Hey kid, you play nice but just play the chords that are on the chart."

Amazing stuff.

Green Hornet

Bet nobody out there knows who was playing keys at Don The Beachcomber in those days of Mel and many others?
 
Forgot one important one which would be Group 87's first album on Columbia. Incredible sounding album with stuff that challenges the listener to figure out just how in the world did they do that? Released in 1980 it was available for a time on the One Way label on CD. Highly recommend!
 
tarnationsauce2 said:
Pink Floyd - the Wall
Tool - Lateralus
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Great great and great... Also the new Tool album 10,000 Days. Love it! Helium was used in the making of this album... How you might ask?> They put helium in the studio to get higher transient highs. Interesting huh.. Read that in Recording Magazine!! Its a good one!
 
When I would have company over at various points of my life and wanted to "show off" my stereo system, these are the songs I would play:

ABC- The look of love
The Simpsons- God Bless the Child ( Lisa Simpson)
Bryan Adams- Summer of 69
Various Michael Jackson songs
Rite of Spring- Cleveland Orch (Telarc)

Except for the Stravinsky, none of them is a particular musical favorite of mine. However, out of 1000s of CDs, those were the ones that made my stereo sound the best.

With my current studio setup, I have thousands and thousands of mp3s. The one that sounds the best? Bryan Adams- Summer of 69.:confused: I dont even like Bryan Adams.:eek: But it just sounds good.
 
JET-Get Born
Vocal come in transparent, and with energy. The druming is phenomenal. And the guitar tone was amazing. Whats more amazing is how it was mixed. You are able to appreciate each of those parts on every track.
 
Lateralus - Tool
10,000 Days - Tool
All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone - Explosions in the Sky
Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree
 
Totally Agree

1. LATERALUS — Tool
2. Elephant — The White Stripes
3. De-Loused — Mars Volta (love the blown out rubin shit)

oh yeah brother
 
Eh, I dojn't particularly like the drum sound on the Black Album. Its a great album no doubt, its just the hi-hats are too.....eh.....overbearing, and the bass tone bugs the crap out of me. Lars tone in the 80s was much better.
 
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