As much as I like Aja and Gaucho the one for me for sound production is the overlooked Royal Scam, love that fantastic drum/bass sound on Haitian Divorce and Kid Charlamagne.Quote:
Originally Posted by dingus
For 'popular' albums with good sound here's a few that spring to mind.
Crowded House - Woodface, produced by Mitchell Froom who is not one of my fave producers but on this album he generally leaves the studio effects alone and concentrates on working with the engineers to capture a lovely warm sound. Mastered by Bob Ludwig as most good pop/rock albums are.
Joan Armatrading - To The limit, produced and engineered by Glyn Johns this one is really good, it's one of the most analog recordings you can hear on CD with some deep deep bass.
Dada - Puzzle, produced by Ken Scott and for a modern uncompressed pop rock recording it's pretty good.
Pearl Jam - Rearview Mirror, a 2 disc greatrest hits compilation I think covers 10 years. One disc loud and proud the other quiter more acoustic. The acoustic album does it for me but overall both albums show the care they put into their recordings. It's rock so expect that punchy slightly compressed sound but has a nice deep soundstage and plenty of width.
Lyle Lovett - Road to Ensenada, another artist who produces quality output and doesn't appear to like an overly compressed sound.
Whiskeytown - Pneumonia, engineered and produced by Ethan Johns (son of Glyn) it has a good open sound and is not overly compressed.
Cheers
Mike