favorite "sounding" albums

lyman · Post by **lyman** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:25 am

i was thinking about my favorite albums when reading another thread on this forum. and i realized there was some that, while not neccesarily the best or even my favorites, i love them for how they sound and they way they're engineered.... the "sonic vibe" if you will. i figure what better place to find new reccomendations for stuff like that than here! some of mine:

cowboy junkies- trinity session
bob dylan- time out of mind
tom waits- mule variations
weezer- pinkerton
the band- s/t

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:43 am

The latest Broken Social Scene sounds very good to me. There's also a Swedish band I always mention - Logh - that made an incredible sounding album a couple of years ago. So open and 3-dimensional it's crazy.

Rufer · Post by **Rufer** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 12:26 pm

I'm a big fan of the way Wilco's Being There sounds.

digitaldrummer · Post by **digitaldrummer** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 1:27 pm

off the top of my head

Webb Wilder's Town & Country and Doo Dad. The latest (About Time) is pretty good too. I really dig the mix (R.S. Field, "the Ionizer").

I always thought that the King's X "Faith, Hope, Love" sounded good too. Everything is very clear.

Dave Brubeck's "Time Out". cool.

musikman316 · Post by **musikman316** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 1:57 pm

Off the top of my head...

The Bad Plus - These Are the Vistas
Ryan Adams - 29
Jeff Buckley - Grace Eps (Payote Radio Theatre)
The Chariot - Everything is Alive, Everything is Breathing, Nothing is Dead and Nothing is Bleeding
Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind

Josh

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:00 pm

Without a doubt, my answer is Angstrom by Steve Tibbets and Knut Hamre. I am not a fan of newage (rhymes with "sewage") ordinarily, but this is a whole different bag. It's marvelous, and easy to find at the public library for those who are curious.

It's interesting to see what ultimately captures our attentions. So far, the faves named in this thread are pretty heavy on natural reverb. Even Wilco's Being There makes good use of reverb. Time Out of Mind is the ultimate in that department, I suppose.

jebjerome · Post by **jebjerome** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:08 pm

Los Lobos - Kiko

hauser gabone · Post by **hauser gabone** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:47 pm

spoon-kill the moonlight
wilco-ghost is born
springsteen-nebraska

brokenchairs · Post by **brokenchairs** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 10:08 pm

Silver Jews - American Water
Built To Spill - Theres Nothing Wrong With Love
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust

Kyle Motor · Post by **Kyle Motor** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:53 am

Weezer - Pinkerton
ELO - New World Record/Out Of The Blue
Boston - Boston
The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics
The Stooges - Raw Power (Iggy remix)
The Cars - The Cars
The Raspberries - Side 3

I love it when albums have a unique "sonic fingerprint" of some sort. But then again I wouldn't listen to any of those hundreds of times over if I didn't love the songs so much. Songs and sound should go hand-in-hand.

joeysimms · Post by **joeysimms** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 11:15 am

Kyle Motor wrote:.. Songs and sound should go hand-in-hand.

I cannot separate the 2 as far as listening goes.

Ian · Post by **Ian** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 12:37 pm

Harvest- Neil Young
The sound on "Alabama" is my all time fav

Revolver- The Beatles

Alive- KISS
Yea I know what your all thinking, but when I hear that record, I'm 12 again. It's Viagra for my ears.

Jet-Get Born
I know it's derivative and all been done before, but I like it. Like it or not it has a "sound" and I like "that" sound

Ray Lamontange- Trouble
Love the way this guys vocal sound on this.

Willie Nelson- Teatro
Pretty much Willies "Time Out of Mind'

heylow · Post by **heylow** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 11:32 pm

Top of my head....I know I'll miss a billion.

The Cars - The Cars
Fleetwood Mac -Tusk (SO fucked up and edgy)
Ryan Adams - JCN w/ Cold Roses at close second
T-Rex - The Slider (fuck)
Wilco - Ghost or Being There
The Stones - Exile On Main Street
Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears
Kathleen Edwards - Back To me
Book of Knots - Both records floor me

That's a good partial...

Oh shit...wait....

John Vanderslice - 4 Tracker
Spoon - Moonlight, Series of Sneaks and Fiction

heylow

mintcrumb · Post by **mintcrumb** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:33 am

anything froom/blake did in the 90s (los lobos, richard thompson, american music club's mercury).

talk talk's laughing stock + spirit of eden (sorry, hadda mention those again)
and while i'm at it, beth gibbons's out of season.

rid of me

bill frisell's where in the world?

marillion's clutching at straws.

there's a very partial list...
ditto on the sound/song thing.

Echos Myron · Post by **Echos Myron** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:39 am

hauser gabone wrote:spoon-kill the moonlight
wilco-ghost is born
springsteen-nebraska

I agree completely.

I would add...

john vanderslice-pixel revolt
iron & wine-he lays in the reigns

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