In no order:
D'Angelo - Voodoo
Beck - Sea Change
Radiohead - In Rainbows, Kid A, OK Computer, Amnesiac
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Soundtrack
The Meters - The Meters
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Burnin', Natty Dread
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
The Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Dexter Gordon - Dexter's Calling
Fiona Apple -When the Pawn... + Idler Wheel...
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust, Hunky Dory
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Tortoise - TNT
Both Zombies albums
What are the best sounding albums in your opinion?
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- KVRer
- 16 posts since 11 Dec, 2012
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- KVRAF
- 3321 posts since 2 Jul, 2007
That's almost impossibel to answer, rock being rock, jazz being jazz, classical being classical... and then, those same "best-sounding" may not be albums I like the best.
Probably the CD remaster of the original ECM "Music for 18 Musicians" by Steve Reich.
I have been told by professional sound people that "Back in Black" by AC/DC is the finest rock album ever crafted. I can't tell. I like it, but I can't tell.
I am very fond of the way "Brian Wilson Presents Smile" sounds, but I have only heard it as an .mp3 or streaming file, and it is not fair to judge based on a compressed format.
Probably the CD remaster of the original ECM "Music for 18 Musicians" by Steve Reich.
I have been told by professional sound people that "Back in Black" by AC/DC is the finest rock album ever crafted. I can't tell. I like it, but I can't tell.
I am very fond of the way "Brian Wilson Presents Smile" sounds, but I have only heard it as an .mp3 or streaming file, and it is not fair to judge based on a compressed format.
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- KVRAF
- 2648 posts since 20 Jun, 2012
Some of the albums I have been completely blown away because of the quality of sound and editing:
Russell Mills - Strange Familiar / Pearl & Umbra
Paul Schütze - Site Anubis (and basically everything else he's done)
Brian Eno - Nerve Net
Steve Hackett - Darktown
Peter Gabriel - Passion
Coil - Music to Play in the Dark / Moon's Milk in Four Phases
Jon Hassell - Dressing for Pleasure
Adrian Sherwood - Never Trust a Hippie
Tim Story - Buzzle
Robert Rich & Steve Roach - Soma / Strata
Nicola Alesini, Pier Luigi Andreoni & Roger Eno - Marco Polo I & II
Russell Mills - Strange Familiar / Pearl & Umbra
Paul Schütze - Site Anubis (and basically everything else he's done)
Brian Eno - Nerve Net
Steve Hackett - Darktown
Peter Gabriel - Passion
Coil - Music to Play in the Dark / Moon's Milk in Four Phases
Jon Hassell - Dressing for Pleasure
Adrian Sherwood - Never Trust a Hippie
Tim Story - Buzzle
Robert Rich & Steve Roach - Soma / Strata
Nicola Alesini, Pier Luigi Andreoni & Roger Eno - Marco Polo I & II
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- 9590 posts since 17 Sep, 2002 from Gothenburg Sweden
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- KVRian
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- KVRAF
- 2593 posts since 15 Feb, 2006 from Another Green World
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter and Five Leaves Left
Beck - Mutations
Rush - Moving Pictures
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Eno / Lanois - Apollo
Black Dub
Gigi / Bill Laswell - Illuminated Audio
Los Lobos - Kiko
Jaco Pastorius
Steve Tibbetts - Yr
Beck - Mutations
Rush - Moving Pictures
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Eno / Lanois - Apollo
Black Dub
Gigi / Bill Laswell - Illuminated Audio
Los Lobos - Kiko
Jaco Pastorius
Steve Tibbetts - Yr
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- KVRAF
- 3878 posts since 28 Jun, 2009 from Wherever I lay my hat
A difficult question.
I tend to like the sound of albums that are murky, swampy, full of details and overlapping sounds. Most experienced engineers would dislike these records for the same reasons that make me like them:
Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (original version)
Genesis: Lamb lies down on Broadway (original version)
Daniel Lanois: For the Beauty of Wynona
Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie
Santana: Lotus
Among the "clean", wonderfully mixed albums that I can appreciate are:
Peter Gabriel: So (listen to This is the Picture)
Peter Fox: Stadtaffe (a German album that just sounds amazing)
Zappa: Joe's Garage (unbelievably pristine after all these years)
most Cassandra Wilson productions
Faith No More: King for a Day (dry as hell, and yet lively and in-your-face).
Joe Jackson: Body and Soul (wow... just wow).
I'm sure there are others, but these are a start.
I tend to like the sound of albums that are murky, swampy, full of details and overlapping sounds. Most experienced engineers would dislike these records for the same reasons that make me like them:
Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (original version)
Genesis: Lamb lies down on Broadway (original version)
Daniel Lanois: For the Beauty of Wynona
Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie
Santana: Lotus
Among the "clean", wonderfully mixed albums that I can appreciate are:
Peter Gabriel: So (listen to This is the Picture)
Peter Fox: Stadtaffe (a German album that just sounds amazing)
Zappa: Joe's Garage (unbelievably pristine after all these years)
most Cassandra Wilson productions
Faith No More: King for a Day (dry as hell, and yet lively and in-your-face).
Joe Jackson: Body and Soul (wow... just wow).
I'm sure there are others, but these are a start.
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- KVRAF
- 42529 posts since 21 Dec, 2005
Some of the answers on here are FLAT AWESOME!
Jeff Buckley, GRHS.........wow, some FAB stuff there
Rumors? Might be the BEST EVER. I mean, I don't care if you like FM or not....that was mixed and sounds f**king superb.
Steely Dan "Aja" could be a close second. That is a real benchmark in sonic quality imho.
I'ma add something you NEVER thought of
Van Halen I and II. Sonically, these are absolute works of art. imho. (though I have to admit I like the music too
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Jeff Buckley, GRHS.........wow, some FAB stuff there
Rumors? Might be the BEST EVER. I mean, I don't care if you like FM or not....that was mixed and sounds f**king superb.
Steely Dan "Aja" could be a close second. That is a real benchmark in sonic quality imho.
I'ma add something you NEVER thought of
Van Halen I and II. Sonically, these are absolute works of art. imho. (though I have to admit I like the music too
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- KVRian
- 979 posts since 7 Jan, 2011 from UK
vangelis - Soil festivities.
Jarre - Oxygene.
Zero Seven - Simple Things
Zero Seven - When it falls
Thomas Dolby - The golden age of wireless(especially the track Weightless).
Kate Bush - Lion Heart.
Freescha - Whats come inside of you.
Jarre - Oxygene.
Zero Seven - Simple Things
Zero Seven - When it falls
Thomas Dolby - The golden age of wireless(especially the track Weightless).
Kate Bush - Lion Heart.
Freescha - Whats come inside of you.
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- KVRAF
- 9091 posts since 28 May, 2005 from Netherneverlands
Last album that amazed me audio production-wise, not the compositions or playing/singing, was.. Chinese Democracy by Guns N'Roses. Seriously!!
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