This is probably a pretty close call between a few candidates, but I'm thinking No Code.
Re: Which Album Has the Best Production?
Posted: Sun January 18, 2015 6:49 pm
by stip
I'd put Vs, vitalogy, and riot act ahead of it
Re: Which Album Has the Best Production?
Posted: Sun January 18, 2015 7:03 pm
by LoathedVermin72
stip wrote:I'd put Vs, vitalogy, and riot act ahead of it
Vs., Riot Act, and Yield would be my runners-up. But No Code has a thick muddiness I find very appealing, especially in the drums.
Re: Which Album Has the Best Production?
Posted: Sun January 18, 2015 7:06 pm
by Jessica Fletcher
I like No Code.
Re: Which Album Has the Best Production?
Posted: Sun January 18, 2015 8:16 pm
by EJ
Vitalogy
Re: Which Album Has the Best Production?
Posted: Sun January 18, 2015 8:19 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Self titled
Re: Which Album Has the Best Production?
Posted: Sun January 18, 2015 8:21 pm
by LetMeSleep
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Self titled
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Re: Which Album Has the Best Production?
Posted: Sun January 18, 2015 8:41 pm
by Norah
No Code
Re: Which Album Has the Best Production?
Posted: Sun January 18, 2015 8:42 pm
by Norah
I mean, just listen to this:
Re: Which Album Has the Best Production?
Posted: Sun January 18, 2015 11:09 pm
by verb_to_trust
Pet sounds
Re: Which Album Has the Best Production?
Posted: Sun January 18, 2015 11:12 pm
by CopperTom
Riot Act by a mile.
Re: Which Album Has the Best Production?
Posted: Sun January 18, 2015 11:20 pm
by BurtReynolds
Bad Radio
Re: Which Album Has the Best Production?
Posted: Sun January 18, 2015 11:43 pm
by Kaius
No Code and by a good margin.
Re: Which Album Has the Best Production?
Posted: Mon January 19, 2015 12:04 am
by ABNorman
Kaius wrote:No Code and by a good margin.
Re: Which Album Has the Best Production?
Posted: Mon January 19, 2015 12:43 am
by stip
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
stip wrote:I'd put Vs, vitalogy, and riot act ahead of it
Vs., Riot Act, and Yield would be my runners-up. But No Code has a thick muddiness I find very appealing, especially in the drums.
I really don't care for the no code sound. Everything is so muted
Re: Which Album Has the Best Production?
Posted: Mon January 19, 2015 12:49 am
by samiad
Ten and Vs. are too "90s" generally - but I do love the reverb filled Oceans original mix.
Yield sounds like the band playing in a room - which is great, but doesn't work for everything. For example, In Hiding, should be as big a stadium-filler as Given to Fly, but falls a little flat production wise.
Binaural works, and sounds lovely on headphones - but loses some grit on the way.
Riot Act is fine, but the vocals sometimes get lost. Seems like production is an after thought on this record.
Avocado is a nightmare from which I'll never wake up.
Backspacer and Lightning bolt have far too much of a pop-sheen.
However, Vitalogy has energy and bite, while the slower songs resonate beautifully - THAT guitar tone on Nothingman is glorious. And No Code just works. The heaviest songs - Habit and Lukin sound INTENSE and on the verge of collapse, while the delicate moments such as Off He Goes are perfectly captured.
So, Vitalogy and No Code joint.
Re: Which Album Has the Best Production?
Posted: Mon January 19, 2015 2:55 am
by numbers
Riot Act
Re: Which Album Has the Best Production?
Posted: Mon January 19, 2015 6:10 am
by Wendy Carlos's Twin
No Code and Yield are IMO the best productions. Binaural would have been better if they had used Blake's mixes instead of letting O'Brien jizz all over it.