there's probably been loads of threads in the past.
i'll nominate the new beck record, stellar work from mr dangermouse.
Reply
*insert 'these' in between 'of' and 'threads'
obviously there have been loads of threads before.
Burial
on both records. He is so raw and just lays down some serrious sounds with primitive computer programs and minimal knowlendge. Both records are sonic master peices.
the drums are a bit sharp and forward
imho
they are pretty
in ya face at times. but other times they are covered in fuzz and you can bearly hear them I like that its like its always changing and moving.
hmm
i find their standard position is far too upfront, and it does kind of take away from the depth of what's happening beneath them. Maybe Burial would be better as a more ambient artist (his drumless mood pieces are pretty great really)
I love his rhythems
his loops are propper swingin and wicked.
I bet he is only a young lad and he is still learnin and using soundforge god knows what he will mature into.
Joy Division - Closer
Martin Hannett really was a genius
he really was
thats beautiful
it was a toss-up between that
and Unknown Pleasures. the echoes on She's Lost Control are making me shiver just thinking about them.
I'll agree with you on Modern Guilt
It sounds fantastic.
Besides that, I thought the production on In Rainbows was really good, easy on the ears, but still sharp and clear.
difficult to say really
so much music is well produced, especially if you look to the past a bit - it was just a given that things had to sound good
if you said "best production on a 2008 album" then there's be a lot more to discuss (because good production is definitely not a given)
^ this
Where to start? The Shangri La's or Marvin's Revolt? ;)
Although
Good production doesn't always equal good sound quality.
Aphex Twin
on everything he has ever done ever.
Well, if we're talking instrumental music
then I love Clark's production, it's so full of depth and crackle. Justice as well, that album sounds amazing. Matmos too, the clarity of their field recordings is just so tactile.
As for 'indie', it's probably not the best, but I've always loved the production on Electrelane's Power Out. It's really raw, but sort of restrained at the same time.
That Justice album
I love it for all its choppy wonder, but there's no bass, it's all mid-rangey fuzz (which doesn't give it enough... weight, to knock you about), it seems hollow sounding somehow :( I wish so much for some more bass
It does very well through my modest speakers.
Maybe you have something that can usually find more bass?
It is kind of hollow sounding, but I see it more like the hollowness of a gigantic, austere metal sculpture rather than any thinness of sound.
Yeah...
Its
impossible to say really, but Return to Cookie Mountain is the first one that jumps to mind. Sitek's control over all the different aspects of TVOTR's sound is incredible.
bit muddy in places, don't you think?
may well be on purpose, but i wouldn't say it sounded particularly great when the music gets busy
Anything Steve Albini puts his hands on
is usually brilliant. Especally his work with McLusky, Pixies and Yourcodenameis:milo
the drum sound
on any Shellac album = swoon.
Absolutely.
When the drums kick in on "Prayer To God"... kills me every time.
Cookie Mountain was the first that jumped to my mind as well
really thick and dense textures going on, really liked it.
^ i agree
one of my favourite albums in terms of how it's produced.
might be a bit sentimental here
but I nominate 'Disintegration' by the cure. So so so many different layers to the music, but it all works, sounds coherent and never muddied.
neil young - tonight's the night
rolling stones - beggars banquet
seconded on tonights the night
it complements the loose, end-of-tether feel wonderfully. but then i always get confused by these threads, i dont know extricable the production is from the record itself. im out of my depth, but for example when people say raw power would be better without the fuzz...isnt the fuzz the record?
this question makes my head hurt
Low and Fear of Music are my instinctive answers
also (don't laugh) Lexicon of Love by ABC
Tricky's Maxinquaye and the first Portishead LP
modern guitar, drums bass vox -Silent Alarm, and Frengers
and for a live LP - The Who live at Leeds
Sergeant Pepper's and Pet Sounds should get a mention for a bunch of reasons as should Innervisions and What's Going On
There would be a Pixies album or two in here as well if it wasn't for the fact that I always disliked their snare sound
Thankyou
I'm shocked it's taken this long for someone to say Pet Sounds. Kudos on Innervisions and What's Going On too. All fantastically produced albums.
indeed indeed
indeed
which version of Lexicon have you got?
i've got the standard CD edition and it's pretty badly compressed really. I imagine the original record sounds great though (and apparently the most recent deluxe reissue is much better as well)
great, great album
the vinyl sounds
and always has sounded unbelievably erm ALIVE for want of a better word
Trevor Horn knew what he was doing - the art of noise stuff was always super well produced too- the first time I heard 'Dragnet' as a young teen was a moment I'll not forget
and I totally forgot to mention in my original reply
GOLDIE - TIMELESS ... which is probably the Burial-Untrue of my age bracket
Dragnet
Horn wasn't involved in that track. The Art Of Noise left Horn and ZTT in mid-85, and Dragnet came out in mid-1987.
Horn, when he was firing on all cylinders [1982-1988], was really great. Shame he's been so MOR ever since.
ROCKNROLL by Ryan Adamsx
Its so CRISP and you can hear the twangilicious guitars in the background like diamonds.
I reckon my alltime fave
would be Computer World by Kraftwerk. It's one of the most beautiful, organic and heartfelt albums ever, something you wouldn't normally associate with electronic music. It also has that dark, weird and scary futuristic vibe to it, much like Ok Computer.
or
Mt Eerie - Microphones
In The Aeroplane.. - Neutral Milk Hotel
Both gigantic and imaginatively produced albums.
isnt the NMH thing really compressed
i read that somewhere, werent people complaining about that on the other thread
Listening to You've Passed on headphones is like having a duvet wrapped around your head.
A warm fuzzy tape machine blanket of warm love fuzz
I really need to get that Kraftwerk album
I have man machine, radio activitie and trans europe express. they are all damn wll produced too.
I think it's their best
I adore all the Kraftwerk albums, but Computer World steals the biscuit for me, for the complete little package that it is, not just being a list of songs.
nice
I will have to grab that one
times new viking present the paisley reich
SILLY BOY
man, 3 minutes it took you to post that
are you getting slow in your old age douchebag
get off my lawn you bloody whippersnapper
youre such an old man douchebag
i know
i'm bringing a bit of well needed maturity to all you pre-pubes
are you gonna start telling me to turn that bloody racket down in a minute
i only ever realised what the lyrics to la bamba were
a couple of months ago when a friend's band played it at an open mic night
'I'm not a sailor, I'm the captain, I'm the captain'
incredible, huh
that's some deep shit
did you know bamboleo by the gipsy kings is actually about swinging
those zany Hispans
they sure love their swinging
do you think now would be a good time to listen to da capo
i feel like listening to da capo, what do you think
i think you should do it
you're already doing it, right?
i am i just found it im listening to it
right now with orange skies, carnivals cotton candy and you douchebag...
aww, gee
x
The Thermals - More Parts Per Million
<3
Not BEST, but FAVOURITES
include:
Dan the Automator's production on the Deltron 3030 album (writes something about the beats and swirling grandious cinematic clarity), the sounds of the drums (obvs.) and how they seem to drone and fill space on Drums Not Dead, the sound of the drums again on the Slint e.p (don't know what it's called) (especially Glenn! it's also a love of what the drummer is playing though, and that oppressive mood in the guitars and bass). The two albums by the Unicorns had great (self?) production full of little post-production touches that just rose it above 99% of that sort of indie pop. Likewise Deerhoof's Milk Man, the clinical production makes that album what it is ((amateur) dramatics, mysterious, well-defined).
Deltron 3030
:D
brilliant stuff
Hell yeah for Deltron.
The reissued edition's out on the 21st. Thought I may as well replace my oink copy. Automator's production on Dr. Octagonecolegyst is rather good, as well. :-)
well id vote for
In Rainbows, it took me by suprise at first, but i think its so nice, very little production which leaves the sound so beautifully untouched and natural.. so really underproduced in a really good way...
and also Isis - Panoptican, one of the best produced albums ever, the drums are magnificent, and everything else just encapsulates the band perfectly.
Good call on In Rainbows.
I wouldn't have thought of it but you're right, it's really clean and open.
oh and Songs for the Deaf
how good are the drums on that? bloody great. again the sound of the album perfectly represents the band i think..
Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring
Perfect
ând this
there are just too many to think about
and no one's even mentioned a Björk record yet
^this is true
4real?
SFTD is massively overcompressed and totally flat. Sharp it might be, but an enjoyable listen it ain't
I think the production of Rated R is definitely a better representation of QOTSA - warm and druggy to the max
yeah but
Rated R is a messed up sensual orgy of a record whereas SFTD is a cheap meal, a quick blow job and then a punch in the face of a record
the production suits it perfectly
yeah exactly
i know what you're saying
but i don't think it quite works that way - there are some pretty fucked up, drugged out songs on there which don't really work through the AM radio filter, and i just find it all a bit tiring over the course of an album
but by that principle would you say
that all the songs on rated r are perfectly suited to the production of the album? ill have to give it a listen now wont i!
i would say so, yes
R has far more variation in its sound - it grooves out and then crunches when needs be.
SFTD is a bit one-note
ok i take your point
but i still think sftd is more distinctive, it grabs you by the testi straight away.. its one of those albums where the production and sound is immediately noticeable, in this case in a good way. i think so anyways
it grabs you, yeah
but doesn't keep you within its grasp - there just isn't much to discover below the surface
yeah i agree but for the songs on that album i think its really great
you're right though it is overcompressed but i love the way it sounds, punchy and clear. rated r is of course great but you wouldnt call the songs on sftd warm and druggy
Ys
I wish I could agree with you
but something is just not quite right about it. There's not enough punch to the orchestra sometimes, I think.
all zeps albums
considering the extremely poor resources available at that time
who is that
japanese guy with the plinky plonky electronic songs? that is the best
Cornelius?
or another japanese guy with plinky plonky electronic songs
do you mean
sasumu Yakota?
Very very good sound (especially on Sakura), and kudos if this is who you mean.
Atlas Sound
that record is pretty nice sounding.
You Forgot It In People
Is my personal favourite.
Single track, but i love Jon Brion's work on Kanye's 'Gone'.
Both Yourcodenameis:milo's 'Ignoto'
which veers between fuzzy noise and delicate guitar work and PJ Harvey's 'White Chalk', dark and moody textures has been some of the best production I've heard in recent times.
Ignoto
yep
Modest Mouse - Moon & Antarctica
the is just so much going on that even to this day it reveals more n more of it's self! It sounds just as paranoid and lonley as the subject matter suggest as well, genius
dunno if its been said
but Talking Heads - remain in light
obv choice i know but it still sounds like nothing else
Nobody has mentioned
Illinois by Sufjan. That is not only wonderfully produced but sounds amazing too. The warmth is unprecedented for me, if anyone knows of a warmer album please tell me - i don't know if its because of the instruments he's using but it sounds so good.
Plus Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - expertly produced.
both great shouts
YHF would definately have been one of mine.
Everything by Broadcast..
..real ear candy production, especially impressive considering they record everything themselves.
The Blue Album
Absolutely perfect, in my dream world Ric Ocasek would produce all my band's albums.
Telefon Tel Aviv - Map of What is Effortless
Is actually the best production i've ever heard on any album.
Also everything by The Flashbulb, absolutely crystal clear sound all the time.
homogenic, return to cookie mountain, closer, itaots, ( )
.
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Metal Box
is pretty fucking sharp.
Westing (By Musket And Sextant) inspires me to make music like nothing else just through the crackling glow it has going on... see Times New Viking for the completely wrong way to recreate this.
(both very different records, produced in different ways, examples of how production isn't just like a one-size-fits-all deal)
'the wrong way to recreate this'
"examples of how production isn't just like a one-size-fits-all deal"
Glad you're fan
i like rock music
2 polar opposite albums.
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
some say clinical, i say perfect.
i also always liked the job J. Robins did on "Do You Know Who You Are" by Texas is the Reason.
J Robbins has done some good work
Hug the Coast sounded beautiful, such a nice guitar sound.
Stereolab
everything sits perfectly for me
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Kinks - Lola vs Powerman
Camel - The Snow Goose
Low - Trust
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
Grandaddy - Under the Western Freeway
Not all conventionally best, but the best suited to their purpose.
ABC
'Lexicon of Love'. Trevor Horn is a pop producer par excellence.
Tales from Topographic Oce... <abandon reply>
Broken Social Scene
S/t- first time I've actually thought that production really added another element to the songs- listen to the two versions of Major Label Debut for example...
I've always had a soft spot for Ross Robinson's 'hyper'production style- take a band and make them sound like themselves, but with more of it.
*insert 'these' in between 'of' and 'threads'
obviously there have been loads of threads before.
Burial
on both records. He is so raw and just lays down some serrious sounds with primitive computer programs and minimal knowlendge. Both records are sonic master peices.
the drums are a bit sharp and forward
imho
they are pretty
in ya face at times. but other times they are covered in fuzz and you can bearly hear them I like that its like its always changing and moving.
hmm
i find their standard position is far too upfront, and it does kind of take away from the depth of what's happening beneath them. Maybe Burial would be better as a more ambient artist (his drumless mood pieces are pretty great really)
I love his rhythems
his loops are propper swingin and wicked.
I bet he is only a young lad and he is still learnin and using soundforge god knows what he will mature into.
Joy Division - Closer
Martin Hannett really was a genius
he really was
thats beautiful
it was a toss-up between that
and Unknown Pleasures. the echoes on She's Lost Control are making me shiver just thinking about them.
I'll agree with you on Modern Guilt
It sounds fantastic.
Besides that, I thought the production on In Rainbows was really good, easy on the ears, but still sharp and clear.
difficult to say really
so much music is well produced, especially if you look to the past a bit - it was just a given that things had to sound good
if you said "best production on a 2008 album" then there's be a lot more to discuss (because good production is definitely not a given)
^ this
Where to start? The Shangri La's or Marvin's Revolt? ;)
Although
Good production doesn't always equal good sound quality.
Aphex Twin
on everything he has ever done ever.
Well, if we're talking instrumental music
then I love Clark's production, it's so full of depth and crackle. Justice as well, that album sounds amazing. Matmos too, the clarity of their field recordings is just so tactile.
As for 'indie', it's probably not the best, but I've always loved the production on Electrelane's Power Out. It's really raw, but sort of restrained at the same time.
That Justice album
I love it for all its choppy wonder, but there's no bass, it's all mid-rangey fuzz (which doesn't give it enough... weight, to knock you about), it seems hollow sounding somehow :( I wish so much for some more bass
It does very well through my modest speakers.
Maybe you have something that can usually find more bass?
It is kind of hollow sounding, but I see it more like the hollowness of a gigantic, austere metal sculpture rather than any thinness of sound.
Yeah...
Its
impossible to say really, but Return to Cookie Mountain is the first one that jumps to mind. Sitek's control over all the different aspects of TVOTR's sound is incredible.
bit muddy in places, don't you think?
may well be on purpose, but i wouldn't say it sounded particularly great when the music gets busy
Anything Steve Albini puts his hands on
is usually brilliant. Especally his work with McLusky, Pixies and Yourcodenameis:milo
the drum sound
on any Shellac album = swoon.
Absolutely.
When the drums kick in on "Prayer To God"... kills me every time.
Cookie Mountain was the first that jumped to my mind as well
really thick and dense textures going on, really liked it.
^ i agree
one of my favourite albums in terms of how it's produced.
might be a bit sentimental here
but I nominate 'Disintegration' by the cure. So so so many different layers to the music, but it all works, sounds coherent and never muddied.
neil young - tonight's the night
rolling stones - beggars banquet
seconded on tonights the night
it complements the loose, end-of-tether feel wonderfully. but then i always get confused by these threads, i dont know extricable the production is from the record itself. im out of my depth, but for example when people say raw power would be better without the fuzz...isnt the fuzz the record?
this question makes my head hurt
Low and Fear of Music are my instinctive answers
also (don't laugh) Lexicon of Love by ABC
Tricky's Maxinquaye and the first Portishead LP
modern guitar, drums bass vox -Silent Alarm, and Frengers
and for a live LP - The Who live at Leeds
Sergeant Pepper's and Pet Sounds should get a mention for a bunch of reasons as should Innervisions and What's Going On
There would be a Pixies album or two in here as well if it wasn't for the fact that I always disliked their snare sound
Thankyou
I'm shocked it's taken this long for someone to say Pet Sounds. Kudos on Innervisions and What's Going On too. All fantastically produced albums.
indeed indeed
indeed
which version of Lexicon have you got?
i've got the standard CD edition and it's pretty badly compressed really. I imagine the original record sounds great though (and apparently the most recent deluxe reissue is much better as well)
great, great album
the vinyl sounds
and always has sounded unbelievably erm ALIVE for want of a better word
Trevor Horn knew what he was doing - the art of noise stuff was always super well produced too- the first time I heard 'Dragnet' as a young teen was a moment I'll not forget
and I totally forgot to mention in my original reply
GOLDIE - TIMELESS ... which is probably the Burial-Untrue of my age bracket
Dragnet
Horn wasn't involved in that track. The Art Of Noise left Horn and ZTT in mid-85, and Dragnet came out in mid-1987.
Horn, when he was firing on all cylinders [1982-1988], was really great. Shame he's been so MOR ever since.
ROCKNROLL by Ryan Adamsx
Its so CRISP and you can hear the twangilicious guitars in the background like diamonds.
I reckon my alltime fave
would be Computer World by Kraftwerk. It's one of the most beautiful, organic and heartfelt albums ever, something you wouldn't normally associate with electronic music. It also has that dark, weird and scary futuristic vibe to it, much like Ok Computer.
or
Mt Eerie - Microphones
In The Aeroplane.. - Neutral Milk Hotel
Both gigantic and imaginatively produced albums.
isnt the NMH thing really compressed
i read that somewhere, werent people complaining about that on the other thread
Dunno
It's nice and loud and fuzzy though. Mmm.
cool
http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/3672515#r3672980
...Without being painful ;)
youre such an old man
;)
Haha
aw
Avery Island is fuzzier though
Listening to You've Passed on headphones is like having a duvet wrapped around your head.
A warm fuzzy tape machine blanket of warm love fuzz
I really need to get that Kraftwerk album
I have man machine, radio activitie and trans europe express. they are all damn wll produced too.
I think it's their best
I adore all the Kraftwerk albums, but Computer World steals the biscuit for me, for the complete little package that it is, not just being a list of songs.
nice
I will have to grab that one
times new viking present the paisley reich
SILLY BOY
man, 3 minutes it took you to post that
are you getting slow in your old age douchebag
get off my lawn you bloody whippersnapper
youre such an old man douchebag
i know
i'm bringing a bit of well needed maturity to all you pre-pubes
are you gonna start telling me to turn that bloody racket down in a minute
im listening to rock music
it's not music
IT'S JUST NOISE
yeah really
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4COLJ5tBUr0
that's what i'm talking about
some Real Music
i only ever realised what the lyrics to la bamba were
a couple of months ago when a friend's band played it at an open mic night
'I'm not a sailor, I'm the captain, I'm the captain'
incredible, huh
that's some deep shit
did you know bamboleo by the gipsy kings is actually about swinging
those zany Hispans
they sure love their swinging
do you think now would be a good time to listen to da capo
i feel like listening to da capo, what do you think
i think you should do it
you're already doing it, right?
i am i just found it im listening to it
right now with orange skies, carnivals cotton candy and you douchebag...
aww, gee
x
The Thermals - More Parts Per Million
<3
Not BEST, but FAVOURITES
include:
Dan the Automator's production on the Deltron 3030 album (writes something about the beats and swirling grandious cinematic clarity), the sounds of the drums (obvs.) and how they seem to drone and fill space on Drums Not Dead, the sound of the drums again on the Slint e.p (don't know what it's called) (especially Glenn! it's also a love of what the drummer is playing though, and that oppressive mood in the guitars and bass). The two albums by the Unicorns had great (self?) production full of little post-production touches that just rose it above 99% of that sort of indie pop. Likewise Deerhoof's Milk Man, the clinical production makes that album what it is ((amateur) dramatics, mysterious, well-defined).
Deltron 3030
:D
brilliant stuff
Hell yeah for Deltron.
The reissued edition's out on the 21st. Thought I may as well replace my oink copy. Automator's production on Dr. Octagonecolegyst is rather good, as well. :-)
well id vote for
In Rainbows, it took me by suprise at first, but i think its so nice, very little production which leaves the sound so beautifully untouched and natural.. so really underproduced in a really good way...
and also Isis - Panoptican, one of the best produced albums ever, the drums are magnificent, and everything else just encapsulates the band perfectly.
Good call on In Rainbows.
I wouldn't have thought of it but you're right, it's really clean and open.
oh and Songs for the Deaf
how good are the drums on that? bloody great. again the sound of the album perfectly represents the band i think..
Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring
Perfect
ând this
there are just too many to think about
and no one's even mentioned a Björk record yet
^this is true
4real?
SFTD is massively overcompressed and totally flat. Sharp it might be, but an enjoyable listen it ain't
I think the production of Rated R is definitely a better representation of QOTSA - warm and druggy to the max
yeah but
Rated R is a messed up sensual orgy of a record whereas SFTD is a cheap meal, a quick blow job and then a punch in the face of a record
the production suits it perfectly
yeah exactly
i know what you're saying
but i don't think it quite works that way - there are some pretty fucked up, drugged out songs on there which don't really work through the AM radio filter, and i just find it all a bit tiring over the course of an album
but by that principle would you say
that all the songs on rated r are perfectly suited to the production of the album? ill have to give it a listen now wont i!
i would say so, yes
R has far more variation in its sound - it grooves out and then crunches when needs be.
SFTD is a bit one-note
ok i take your point
but i still think sftd is more distinctive, it grabs you by the testi straight away.. its one of those albums where the production and sound is immediately noticeable, in this case in a good way. i think so anyways
it grabs you, yeah
but doesn't keep you within its grasp - there just isn't much to discover below the surface
yeah i agree but for the songs on that album i think its really great
you're right though it is overcompressed but i love the way it sounds, punchy and clear. rated r is of course great but you wouldnt call the songs on sftd warm and druggy
Ys
I wish I could agree with you
but something is just not quite right about it. There's not enough punch to the orchestra sometimes, I think.
all zeps albums
considering the extremely poor resources available at that time
who is that
japanese guy with the plinky plonky electronic songs? that is the best
Cornelius?
or another japanese guy with plinky plonky electronic songs
do you mean
sasumu Yakota?
Very very good sound (especially on Sakura), and kudos if this is who you mean.
Atlas Sound
that record is pretty nice sounding.
You Forgot It In People
Is my personal favourite.
Single track, but i love Jon Brion's work on Kanye's 'Gone'.
Both Yourcodenameis:milo's 'Ignoto'
which veers between fuzzy noise and delicate guitar work and PJ Harvey's 'White Chalk', dark and moody textures has been some of the best production I've heard in recent times.
Ignoto
yep
Modest Mouse - Moon & Antarctica
the is just so much going on that even to this day it reveals more n more of it's self! It sounds just as paranoid and lonley as the subject matter suggest as well, genius
dunno if its been said
but Talking Heads - remain in light
obv choice i know but it still sounds like nothing else
Nobody has mentioned
Illinois by Sufjan. That is not only wonderfully produced but sounds amazing too. The warmth is unprecedented for me, if anyone knows of a warmer album please tell me - i don't know if its because of the instruments he's using but it sounds so good.
Plus Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - expertly produced.
both great shouts
YHF would definately have been one of mine.
Everything by Broadcast..
..real ear candy production, especially impressive considering they record everything themselves.
The Blue Album
Absolutely perfect, in my dream world Ric Ocasek would produce all my band's albums.
Telefon Tel Aviv - Map of What is Effortless
Is actually the best production i've ever heard on any album.
Also everything by The Flashbulb, absolutely crystal clear sound all the time.
homogenic, return to cookie mountain, closer, itaots, ( )
.
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Metal Box
is pretty fucking sharp.
Westing (By Musket And Sextant) inspires me to make music like nothing else just through the crackling glow it has going on... see Times New Viking for the completely wrong way to recreate this.
(both very different records, produced in different ways, examples of how production isn't just like a one-size-fits-all deal)
'the wrong way to recreate this'
"examples of how production isn't just like a one-size-fits-all deal"
Glad you're fan
i like rock music
2 polar opposite albums.
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
some say clinical, i say perfect.
i also always liked the job J. Robins did on "Do You Know Who You Are" by Texas is the Reason.
J Robbins has done some good work
Hug the Coast sounded beautiful, such a nice guitar sound.
Stereolab
everything sits perfectly for me
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Kinks - Lola vs Powerman
Camel - The Snow Goose
Low - Trust
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
Grandaddy - Under the Western Freeway
Not all conventionally best, but the best suited to their purpose.
ABC
'Lexicon of Love'. Trevor Horn is a pop producer par excellence.
Tales from Topographic Oce... <abandon reply>
Broken Social Scene
S/t- first time I've actually thought that production really added another element to the songs- listen to the two versions of Major Label Debut for example...
I've always had a soft spot for Ross Robinson's 'hyper'production style- take a band and make them sound like themselves, but with more of it.
I must agree with you
on BSS S/T.
Cornelius - Fantasma
Absolutely amazing.