Quote Originally Posted by Davey
I do agree that there seem to be a lot of somewhat lackluster recordings on the list.
It's a curious list, for sure. I think that much of the motivation for the choices was to increase TAS' indie-cred, as much as pointing out great-sounding LPs. I think they purposely left off anything that HP has mentioned in the past...like Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Dire Straits, or Cowboy Junkies. They made great efforts to include as much contemporary (indie) vinyl as they could, and as such stretched the traditional boundaries of "great sound". The preamble to the list did mention that this was a list of great music as much as great sound and that they wanted to "steer" the reader to "lesser known titles", which I don't think is a bad thing at all. Points for not regurgitating the same old tired list of "audiophile" favorites. And some of the comments about the albums are a making me re-think my decision to pass up on some of these...about "A Ghost is Born" they write; mastered by Kevin Gray at AcousTech and pressed at RTI, (it) is one of the finest and finest sounding rock LPs of any era. period. Well, I wasn't going to buy this one, but I will now.