Best album sound ever, in your opinion ?

[geiristudio]

Hi,

I'm sure this is a question that has often popped up here in the forums but i'm gonna ask anyway.

What do YOU think is the best sounding album you've heard ? Why ?

Me myself am not sure, there are soooo many albums I really like. You guys would probarbly kill me but I kind og like the overcompressed sound (not all though !!!) For example This Was Always Meant To Fall Apart by Scarlet. There is just something that really gets my attention.

[3rd world order]

the Shaggs "Philosophy of the World"

why?

sincerity.

[BobSchwenkler]

Daniel Lanois' Shine.

I was surprised when I head it for the first time. Since he's such a big producer name I expected something really overproduced. This album feels really down to earth. It has a warm and inviting sound to it. The TapeOp article on him a few years ago says that it was recorded pretty much with SM57s and ribbon mics, which agrees with what I hear in it.

[Tom Hakala]

Talk Talk's Spirit Of Eden

And why? Because it's just so damn good.


Tom

[44deluxe]

"Off the wall" by Michael Jackson.

[streaky]

probably not very cool...but..

micheal jackson - off the wall.......(vinyl only).

Listen to that on a great deck on perfect speakers (pmc's) sounds great..

(high bass notes work perfectly)...


or mirwas.

[streaky]

thats v strange...deluxe you posted the same album at the same time...

weird...

[seaneldon]

Super Mario Eldon, "The BEATLES!!!!"

nothing sounds better.

LIYL: Tetris, Bach, Don Caballero, Trains Crashing Repeatedly

hear for yourself.

[sheltersoton]

Understand "Burning bushes and burning bridges"

little known UK hardcore/early emo produced by Chris Sheldon in 1995, sounds unbelievably huge: drums, guitars, vox everythig just sounds monolithic. incredible.... never quite worked out what he did drum wise but jesus.....

Afghan Whigs "1965"

incredible feel to a record, a mix of luxury and bad assedness. at times really intimate and at other times spacious and wonderful. Produced by the singer greg Dulli but engineered at some amazing studios. It hasnt aged at all just beautiful... i guess the production isnt really anything special, it just sounds and feels amazing!

[the tortoise]

Dark Side of the Moon.

Don't care how many times it's been said, it just really is perfect.


Other contenders;

Michael Jackson - Off the Wall/Thriller
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Radiohead - OK Computer
Tortoise - Standards

[nandoanalog]

I like TOOL lateralus.

Why? Because it doesn`t sound too good. It just sounds right.

[Gearbutt]

India Arie - Voyage to india

Damn...so much space, the vocals ....def. ma number 1!!!!

[2012]

There are a lot of "best" sounding albums.

Dark Side of the Moon
Led Zeppelin IV
Thriller
The Black Album
Aenima
The Chronic
Back in Black
Abbey Road
Purple Rain
Come Away With Me
Nevermind
Hysteria

... to name just a few.

These are all very different in sound, and musical style, yet these are all albums that you could find cohabitating together on any given person's CD shelf.

Successful albums sound great to more people, and I think these albums sound great, but not just because of the songwriting. Credit is due to the production teams, in that they painted the appropriate picture to successfully deliver the artist's message.

[1monkey1]

i borrowed a copy of 'electric ladyland' on vinyl about a month ago, and sonically it was everything i could hope for. great drum sound, guitar sounds, effects - it's ambitious and grounded at the same time. just an incredible unautomated tour de force -- you just got to give props to that record.

dark side of the moon is badass sounding and i don't like pink floyd that much.
ok computer works much better for me.
i think 1999 (vinyl) works much better than purple rain.

meat puppets 'up on the sun' sounds great.
minutemen 'double nickels on the dime' also sounds great.
double nickels has been hitting top 100 rock records list so i'm not alone on this one.

one obscure jazz recording to check out is don cherry/ed blackwell 'e corazon' on ecm 1983. if you can't get with the sound of this disc there's something wrong with you.

steven walcott
Engine Studios

[TanTan]

Steely Dan - Aja

[valhallasound]

Led Zeppelin 1

When you consider it was recorded in the late 60's it really is incredible.

[rockrev]

So many great ones already mentioned - here's one of my all-time fav's:

Marillion - Brave

It will haunt you it's so damn good.

dj

[Sigma]

what we did on holiday..fairport convention ..john woods eng..joe boyd prod

[dsstudio]

Originally Posted by seaneldon

Super Mario Eldon, "The BEATLES!!!!"

nothing sounds better.

LIYL: Tetris, Bach, Don Caballero, Trains Crashing Repeatedly

hear for yourself.

Beatles sounds nice but I doub everybody here wants their record sound exactly Beatles [minus the performance]
Most of my clients are never agree that Beatles's albums are the best sounding... in fact, they thinks it's sound bad [because it's just simply too old sounding]
Some songs, Vocal on the left and music is on the right, they [the clients] think it's kinda weird and never like that
When they hear songs from David Foster, they said "yeah"
As for me, I think all Abba albums have a very nice sounding, not too old and not too loud [over compressed]
Sonny

[manning1]

my favs...
beatles first album ....with the beatles. it had character..!
the knack.....get the knack...underrated b side imho.
frampton comes alive.
dire straits first album with sultans on.
shadows greatest hits
ventures hits.
deep purple.
cream...white room.
and sooo many others.

[marcan]

Just about sound? Roger Waters - Amused to death

[DowntownScience]

+1 For "Aja"

DTS
www.myspace.com/marxistx

[seaneldon]

Originally Posted by dsstudio

Beatles sounds nice but I doub everybody here wants their record sound exactly Beatles [minus the performance]
Most of my clients are never agree that Beatles's albums are the best sounding... in fact, they thinks it's sound bad [because it's just simply too old sounding]
Some songs, Vocal on the left and music is on the right, they [the clients] think it's kinda weird and never like that
When they hear songs from David Foster, they said "yeah"
As for me, I think all Abba albums have a very nice sounding, not too old and not too loud [over compressed]
Sonny

you seem to be confused. the name of the album is called "The BEATLES!!!". it has nothing to do with the beatles. try listening. there's a link.

[toddburke]

If you get a chance to listen to Muddy Waters' "Folk Singer" record on SACD, do it.

[neilio]

Originally Posted by toddburke

If you get a chance to listen to Muddy Waters' "Folk Singer" record on SACD, do it.

worldwide underground by erykah badu....but all badu's really

bloodsugarsexmagic

when the pawn......

all the marley/wailers tuff gong/island stuff

time out by dave brubeck

[espen askelad]

I really, really like the sound of the last two Spoon records.

OK Computer is another one I love to put headphones on for.

[usamike]

Back In Black

[idylldon]

Originally Posted by dsstudio

Some songs, Vocal on the left and music is on the right, they [the clients] think it's kinda weird and never like that

All of The Beatles' albums up to and including Sergeant Pepper were mixed for mono primarily and the stereo versions were done quickly because the powers that be considered the stereo market miniscule. They spent a lot of time on the mono mixes and very little time on the stereo mixes. If you want to be blown away, put on a mono pressing of Sergeant Pepper and get back to me.

Cheers,
--
Don

[freestyle tromb]

sufjan stevens' "michigan"
calexico, either "feast of wire" or "hot rail"
wilco, "yankee hotel foxtrot"
nickel creek, "why should the fire die?"

those are some of my favorites, sonically and musically.

[Mondo]

[quote=geirisk8@mac.co;1244374]Hi,

I'm sure this is a question that has often popped up here in the forums but i'm gonna ask anyway.

What do YOU think is the best sounding album you've heard ? Why ?

Me myself am not sure, there are soooo many albums I really like. You guys would probarbly kill me but I kind og like the overcompressed sound (not all though !!!) For example This Was Always Meant To Fall Apart by Scarlet. There is just something that really gets my attention.[/quote]

wait, scarlet as in that crappy metalcore band with the makeup contracts and light show?