excluding pumpkins albums.

dj shadow- endtroducing/the private press
black rebel motorcycle club - baby 81
my vitriol - finelines
cocteau twins - blue bell knoll / treasure
smiths - anything
muse - anything. there is a glassy majesty to the production of every muse song imo.
limp bizkit - chocolate starfish (WHAT. leavemealone)

in the aeroplane over the sea
ok computer.
automatic for the people.

^i would inklude NMH on my list but i'm not sure whether i think the magic of the album has more to do with the instrumentation than the finer touches of the production.

Unknown Pleasures - although Joy Division famously hated it.
LA Woman
All the George Young produced AC/DC albums.

isle i think i hate you

yeah sorry, magik markers just didn't make the cut this time.

nas - illmatic
boris - rock dream
bonnie prince billy - master & everyone
high rise - high rise II
black lips - let it bloom
talk talk - spirit of eden
the sonics - boom
polmo polpo - like hearts swelling
do make say think - & yet & yet

Led Zeppelin - S/T
Streetlight Manifesto - Keasbey Nights
Microphones - The Glow pt. 2
William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops
Glenn Branca - The Ascension
Aphex Twin - Richard D. James
Avalanches - Since I Left You

HUM - Downward is Heavenward

Killing Joke - Revelations, Hosannas from the basements of hell
My Vitriol - Finelines
A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
Vex Red - Start with a strong and persistant desire
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Echo and the bunnymen - Heaven up here
Bush - The Science of things
The Chameleons - Strange Times
The Phychedelic Furs - S/T

Avalanches - Since I Left You

Thank you. I haven't thought of/played that record in five years and it sounds fucking great.

in the aeroplane over the sea


Unknown Pleasures


Microphones - The Glow pt. 2


Actually three of the albums I thought of first.

My main pick would have to be John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band :banging:

Bad Religion - The Empire Strikes First

That album sounds so good.

yeah the glow pt 2 was one of the first ones i think of

also nirvana - in utero

yeah the glow pt 2 was one of the first ones i think of

also nirvana - in utero

How can you say In Utero without mentioning Surfer Rosa?

what because theyre both recorded by albini? are you stupid?

yeah seriously

Nah, I just see so much of In Utero's sound directly mimicking Surfer Rosa. I may be stupid though.

Velvet Underground - White Light, White Heat
Faust - So Far
Neu! - Neu! 2
Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 1
This Heat - Deceit
Cybotron - Enter
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
Radiohead - Kid A
Liars - They Were Wrong So We Drowned

Velvet Underground - White Light, White Heat
oh yeah this

Rage Against The Machine - Self-titled

Radiohead - Amnesiac
Microphones, Mount Eerie - Glow Pt. 2, No Flash Light
Elliott Smith - Either/Or, Basement on a Hill
Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising, Evol, Murray Street
Ariel Pink - (all really, but I'll say) House Arrest
Wu Tang - 36 Chambers
Shooting Spires - selftitled
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum

Was going to give descriptions, but ah nah.

Deceit too

U2 - October
U2 - Boy
The Doors - Strange Days
Talking Heads - Remain In Light

Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique
Beck- Odelay (once again, why do you have to be so awesome/eclectic, Dust Brothers?)
The Cure- Bloodflowers.
Cypress Hill- Black Sunday. (sooo evocative)
Dandy Warhols- Welcome to the Monkey House (yes, yes, yesss)
Mr. Bungle- Mr. Bungle (are you kidding me? So rich, dark, and awesome)
Wyclef- The Carnival (so listenable it's ridiculous)
Naughty by Nature- Naughty by Nature (their first and greatest. Kay Gee really killed it)
Outkast- Stankonia (very bright sounding, awesome)
Weezer- blue album (Ric Ocasic demonstrates sheer genius here. The perfect storm of pop rock perfection with Sharp, Rivers, and Ric at their best.)
Tenacious D- (the production slicks up the skits and songs and pushes them over the top)
Wu Tang- (enter the 36- really coherent, grimy, and just perfect blend on the vocals and music and feel. I heartily second this pick)

*edit* I second the In Utero pick. I was just enjoying this/marveling over it the other day. Very enjoyable. I would say something about the Pixies, but I'm such a Pixies homer I'd feel biased. Anyway, I love Kurt's voice in this production style and how it just cuts through the fuzz.

oh yeah
Sound Tribe Sector 9 - Interplanetary Escape Vehicle
helps that it was recorded in one take I guess
and
Le Loup - The Throne Of The Third Heaven Of The Nations' Millennium General Assembly

Dandy Warhols- Welcome to the Monkey House (yes, yes, yesss)

have you heard the Are Sound (original) version of this? if not, i'll up it. it's waaaaaaay better.

up it!

Velvet Underground - White Light, White Heat
Faust - So Far
Neu! - Neu! 2
Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 1
This Heat - Deceit
Cybotron - Enter
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
Radiohead - Kid A
Liars - They Were Wrong So We Drowned

Metal Box, Isn't Anything, Kid A. Yup, I would call Loveless too I guess, even if it sacrifices some of the subtlety of Isn't Anything.

commando do you have a picture of yourselfr

hmm, i'm not so sure anymore..it's usually a lot more about songs than prod. for me..

cocteau twins in general
i was listening to kate bush 'the kick inside' yesterday on headphones, sounded awesome
np operation ivy right now, the production couldn't be better for their music. band was so great
pearl jam - ten...flawless sound
joy division - everything
i used to really love mer de noms, i could care less now..

oh yeah, sigur ros - agaetis byrjun

u2 sounded best on war and unforgettable fire, btw

what is a produced album versus an un-produced one? can i list my favorite albums that don't exist? this place makes me want to kill myself, and this is my final post forever until i make another one.

My thoughts exactly.

anything by tom dowd and bruce swedien

what is a produced album versus an un-produced one? can i list my favorite albums that don't exist? this place makes me want to kill myself, and this is my final post forever until i make another one.

yeah, for the most part i dont notice production changes unless theres a big difference. but if you have a noticeable change in producer, you can hear it. listen to any other coldplay album and then listen to the new one, you can hear brian eno's influence. its still not very good but you can hear eno, especially to start and end the album. albini has a similar influence to his albums too.

but for the most part in utero sticks out to me so much because of how polished and slick nevermind was in contrast with how raw in utero sounds. just a completely different sound. im also a sucker for lo-fi albums, so ive always loved how phil elverum's music sounds, the way the instruments are always kinda pushed behind him.

commando do you have a picture of yourselfr

what for?

i love the production on Dopethrone

i fucking hate the production on the operation ivy record

anything by fugazi, especially the argument
jesus lizard - goat
tool - aenema
moss - cthonic rites

i love the production on Dopethrone

yeah, I Witchfinder really just defines what a hypnotic stoner doom song should sound like.


I will also submit Burning Witch - Rift.Canyon.Dreams

neil young - year of the horse

it's a live album, but the sound of the big sludgy songs (like when you dance) is one of the best things ever.

oh shit how could I forget Boris - Pink

yeah i love the boris production. whoever records those guys really knows his shit

i can't hear anyone's production on something unless i don't hear it first. so to say i like eno's production on an album is saying he PROBABLY did a good job because i hear tell-tale signs of his production methods but that hardly means a thing. naming off great producers, like tommy dowd is another thing, since he was a talent in his own right. the fact that he was a producer, made recordings of the artists he worked with possible in an age where "producer" meant something, but now i really dont know what to think of 99% of the albums listed here as being great produced albums, because well, what exactly did these producers do that made these albums great? unless the bands are posting here themselves, this thread and life in general will continue to piss the fuck out of me.

some that were mentioned that i agree with:

fugazi albums
unknown pleasures
the glow pt 2
bad moon rising/evol

i'd add any xiu xiu album

i fucking hate the production on the operation ivy record

the sound fits the songs. it's raw and sincere. a band playing their songs with the equpment they owned, in a room [or that's how it sounds, esp. the room ambience of it]

The three Mastodon albums they've done with Matt Bayles. I'm not too sure how this next one is gonna turn out.
Aesop Rock - Labor Days (i know thats not what you meant but whatever)

the sound fits the songs. it's raw and sincere. a band playing their songs with the equpment they owned, in a room [or that's how it sounds, esp. the room ambience of it]

This is exactly what I like about Killing Joke - Hosannas. They have purposely engineered it to sound raw, the primitiveness adds something when it's few and far between within the genre. It has this in your face sound like you are right there, it's fucking great.