Vote here for the best mixed song ever!

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'Living Years' by Mike and the Mechanics
'We May Never Pass This Way Again' by Seals & Crofts
And, another vote for Steely Dan.
 
radiohead, ok computer, paranoid android!

thru a surround sound system!

wow!
 
Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen and Peg and Black Cow
 
I totally agree with all the Steely Dan songs listed here.

But, just for comparison sake, I'd like to nominate the Beatles 'A Day in the Life' from Sgt. Peppers.

In a time of analogue everything, and 2 or 4 track studio recordings, this track set the whole world agog!

The haunting emptiness of Lennon's vocal - The dropped in orchestial orgasm -the incredible 4 piano chord to close and the 38 second tail.

It has never ceased to amaze me what George Martin and his staff accomplished with the primitive, by todays standards, equipment.
 
michaelst said:
But, just for comparison sake, I'd like to nominate the Beatles 'A Day in the Life' from Sgt. Peppers.
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I believe they did the album with 2 4-tracks, didnt' they? Amazing.
 
michaelst said:
I totally agree with all the Steely Dan songs listed here.

But, just for comparison sake, I'd like to nominate the Beatles 'A Day in the Life' from Sgt. Peppers.

In a time of analogue everything, and 2 or 4 track studio recordings, this track set the whole world agog!

The haunting emptiness of Lennon's vocal - The dropped in orchestial orgasm -the incredible 4 piano chord to close and the 38 second tail.

It has never ceased to amaze me what George Martin and his staff accomplished with the primitive, by todays standards, equipment.
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Totally unbelievable. Even today I hear the Beatles and think WOW! Its complete perfection. The recording are all crystal clear, and so warm and smooth. I was gonna say A DAy In The life but you beat me to it. I would also nominate "Michelle". That was a phenomenal sounding track.
 
undrgrnd studio said:
Totally unbelievable. Even today I hear the Beatles and think WOW! Its complete perfection. The recording are all crystal clear, and so warm and smooth. I was gonna say A DAy In The life but you beat me to it. I would also nominate "Michelle". That was a phenomenal sounding track.
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The more you know, the more amazing it is....

I recently read an interview with George Martin. Among other things, when they bounced guitar tracks (which of course they had to do with limited tracks) it would change the sound of the guitar - they would lose some of the high end, I believe it was. To compensate for that, they would eq the track in the initial recording to boost the frequencies that were going to get squashed in the bounce. The results speak for themselves.
 
MadAudio said:
Sonically, one of my favorite tracks is "Scarecrow People" by XTC from the Oranges and Lemons album.
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There are a lot of great tunes on that album. I am a big XTC fan. Skylarking is one of those albums I'd pick if I were stuck on a deserted island...

Another masterpiece from XTC is Nonsvch.
 
Practically all of Abbey Road. I love the bass sound on that album, and the drums have a cool quality. Another thing about that album that nobody does much anymore is make things jump way out in front, like guitar solos that are just loud and guitar sounds that are just rough. Very cool.

Aimee Mann-"Red Vines" has immense layers, "Just Like Anyone" is stripped almost bare, but the production styles project each song perfectly.

Radiohead-"Lucky" - dramatic production.

Smashing Pumpkins-"Soma" - dramatic production. The closer you listen to it the more you hear.

I agree with most of the other albums mentioned here too, at least the ones I've heard. There is no shortage of great-sounding productions.
 
I'm drawn in two different directions--my two favorite producers are Mutt Lange (hate the bands, but love the sounds) and Steve Albini (depends on which album though, PJ Harvey's "Rid of Me" sounds too dry for me).

I guess you could say that I'm caught somewhere between under and over production. :)
 
AC/DC's Highway to Hell. Now that's how a rock record should sound.
 
diveristy...

That's the very cool thing about "a good mix." There are some that fit very easily into a classic definition, like the Mutt Lange works, and some that do not, like Albini's/Nirvana's Utero. But I think both these guys are amazing. Very different, but both really good at what they do.


Cloneboy Studio said:
I'm drawn in two different directions--my two favorite producers are Mutt Lange (hate the bands, but love the sounds) and Steve Albini (depends on which album though, PJ Harvey's "Rid of Me" sounds too dry for me).

I guess you could say that I'm caught somewhere between under and over production. :)
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revaudio said:
I have my own opinions that range from the Beatles, to Norah Jones to Radiohead. Any suggestions out there?
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IMHO, Beatle Abbey Road album is pretty much the standard by which mix and sonics are compared. even today.
 
"Three Wishes" - Roger Waters, from album "Amused to death"
 
Many Eltons is known for their great mixes. I think it's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" that is used by many when judging monitors. Can someone second that?
 
'ever' covers too much

However, recent mixes i have admired-

RadioHead 'Drunken Punch Out at Wedding'

Keb Mo & Little Milton 'Gimme My Broom' (alot happening simultaneously here)
 
Spiderland by Slint is one of the best sounding albums i've ever heard, couldn't really choose a single track.
 
fenix said:
guns n roses--anything off the Use your Illusions cd. Tape recording at its finest.
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i think all the guitars were triple tracked and an acoustic put over again - so mixing that must have taken a while - but i agree the mixing is near perfect!
 
Davenhurst said:
Spiderland by Slint is one of the best sounding albums i've ever heard, couldn't really choose a single track.
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Fucking great. One of my favorite lp's of all time, but I wouldn't have ever thought someone would mention it in this thread. As long as we're "going there", I'll take The Jesus Lizard's "Goat" LP.
 
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