mixes that blow your mind.....

[mcfl0nuz]

The Owls - The Owls

[nicksense15]

Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon

Jeff Buckley- Grace

Beach Boys/Brian Wilson- Pet Sounds/Smile

Jellyfish- Spilt Milk

Jimmy Eat World- Clarity

[fazeka]

Everyone's talking about Pet Sounds and SMiLE, but no one has mentioned Sunflower, a truly underrated post-SMiLE album.

Also, I don't think anyone's mentioned Jon Brion's Meaningless and Aimee Mann's I'm With Stupid and Bachelor No. 2 (both with Jon Brion). Good stuff, intricate mixes, well-executed.

Also, I think "Breaking The Girl" off RHCP's BloodSugarSexMagic is really captivating and intense for one of their "mellower" songs. My favorite track off that album and my favorite RHCP song. The mellotron just fucking fits and Chad's drumming throughout kicks my ass, especially the instrumental percussion break/solo with Flea.

[phait]

I dunno about mixes that blow my mind yet, but in terms of reference mixes:

NIN - The Downward Spiral
Dave Navarro - Trust No One
Sevendust - Home

[astroboy]

The Books!
The Books!

"The Lemon of Pink" and "Thought for Food" are both incredible, beautifully organic sounding albums that deserve to be heard.

An incredible assimilation of samples from movies and old records, and cello, banjo, and guitar. Some songs are just ridiculously good, namely "The Lemon Of Pink," "There Is No There," "That Right Ain't Shit," "Take Time," "Enjoy Your Worries, You May Never Have Them Again," and "Motherless Bastard."

Someone please check these guys out.

I also like the sound of Blonde Redhead's Misery Is A Butterfly.

[nicksense15]

Post Smile??? Not post the official release of Smile right? Ill have to check that out.

Nick

[mcfl0nuz]

The Beach Boys - The Trader/Long Promised Road

two Carl Wilson productions...possibly my fav Beach Boys productions!

[analogcabin]

Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (Ethan James-Genius)

Latin Playboys (Tchad Blake)

[nlmd311]

I don't think these were listed and they make me think everytime I put them on...
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love

Rites of Spring - S/T (It is probably more the actual performance than the mix, but I guess that is just how good the mix is.)

Sonic Youth - Sister

Fugazi - Steady Diet of Nothing

Fear Factory - Obsolete

The Faint - Danse Macabre (Pure Power!)

And I totally agree with The Shins, and have to add that just about all "The Cramps" recordings blow me away.

just a simple guy
eating my simple pie


-Darrill

[danv1983]

seconds on comus!

xtc - drums and wires
king crimson - beat, three of a perfect pair, discipline
konk - yo!
sand - golem
brainticket - celestial ocean
alcatraz - vampire state building
dahan & camison- rythmiques
the association - and then comes along the association
lack of knowledge - sirens are back
melon-shinjuku bladerunner
logic system-logic
tipper - holding pattern
witthuser & westrupp - lieder von vampiren
mott the hoople - all the young dudes
audience - house on the hill
igor wakhevitch - docteur faust
Gina X - Nice Mover

[vvv]

Eh, bdp, I don't think anyone mentioned Metallica's St. Anger...

But since this post goes on, I thought to add:

Lucinda Williams Car Wheels as it's so organic and rocking;

The Church's "Reptile" because the the delayed guitars and the room sound kill me every time;

Billy Joe Shaver's Live at [Some] Bar produced by Brendan O'Brian (who also plays on it) and who also does great work on the Pearl Jam records, Dan Baird, etc.; and,

Nirvana's Bleach (actually, I like anything I've heard Endino do, but especially that and his Mudhoney work.)

[bdp]

Eh, bdp, I don't think anyone mentioned Metallica's St. Anger...

True, true... but it's had such an absolute whipping from most forums - "whats with the snare, whats with the compression..." etc, that I thought it wiser to preempt the universal derision I'd recieve by making myself the black sheep before anyone else does.

And I agree with the Lucinda Williams mention.

Cheers,

bdp

[mjau]

To add to the post-Smile Beach Boys albums...I have to say that Friends and 20/20 blow me away. Some great Dennis Wilson songs on each, and my God, after listening to those two albums I want to write a dozen songs in 3/4 time.

[Stephen B.]

Pearl Jam - Vs. (except for Elderly Woman... - it doesn't sound very good): no suprises here, one guitarist always on the left, the other always on the right, but what energy and everything sounds so natural to me.

Rage Agains the Machine - Evil Empire: same producer/engineer team as above (Brendan O'Brien/Nick DiDia). Some of my favorite drum sounds. My understanding is that both of these records were tracked mostly live.

Paul Simon - You're the One: oh man does this record sound perfect. Anyone want to study how to mix percussion? This is your record.

Steely Dan - Everything Must Go

Just a few I don't think I saw mentioned earlier.

[Coco]

XTC - Skylarking, and Calexico's Feast of Wire. Swerevedriver's Mezcal Head in which I still hear things I have not heard after 10 years of listening to that album. It was made for pot heads.