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Guldbamsen 
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 Posted: May 18 2012 at 13:18 |
Since we're branching out here, I'd like to mention Klaus Schulze's Picture Music. I love that album like I love labradors. The sound of it especially is something I hold very dear. The combination of that dripping sequencer and the warm slithering synth landscapes is a true winner for me. Everything melts together but is somehow distinguishable and crystal clear. Mirage does this as well, but is has that icy serene coating as well.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: May 18 2012 at 14:52 |
 Svetonio wrote:
Geneisis' Trespass (original LP) |
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Flyingsod
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Posted: May 18 2012 at 16:04 |
Dayvenkirq wrote:
Svetonio wrote:
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See, we need to clarify what we think 'favorite SOUNDING Album" means. Cause I love tresspass too but my original LP was great sounding only in composition... the actual sonics on it were pretty bad (to my ears). Although I have heard the English pressings were better. and beacuase Svetonio didnt calirfy I don't know what you are errrrming at.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: May 18 2012 at 16:24 |
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^ The crappy production - that's what I'm errrrming about.
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Flyingsod
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Posted: May 18 2012 at 17:02 |
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Hmmm, a worthy errrm.
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peart_lee_lifeson
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Posted: May 18 2012 at 17:23 |
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Beardfish's Sleeping in Traffic Pt. 2 has got some sweet "sounds." I just really love all the different timbres used throughout the album, be it vocal, guitar, bass, or synthesized sounds.
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PROG ON!!!
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Frederik
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Posted: May 18 2012 at 18:44 |
Harmonium's 'Fifth Season' album which I won't try to spell in french (ok, I'll try: Si On Avain Besoin D'une Cinqueme Saison, hope it's not too wrong) - it's so perfect, in every sense, it sounds just as it should sound.
For me that album is like a soundtrack to nature and it would be one of the first human artifacts I would show to an intelligent alien race :3
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Flyingsod
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Posted: May 18 2012 at 19:53 |
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Oh that's a cool concept... which album SHOULD be shown to an alien race? I'm not familiar with Harmonium though.
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ClemofNazareth
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Posted: May 18 2012 at 20:13 |
First thing that came to mind was 'Misplaced Childhood' so I'll go with that.
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"Peace is the only battle worth waging."
Albert Camus
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Atavachron
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Posted: May 18 2012 at 20:40 |
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Zep II, So as well, and Diary of a Madman -- as far as "favorite sounding", I did take that to mean production, though I will say one's favorite production may still be a matter of taste; the criteria could be fidelity or cleanliness or atmosphere or feeling or numerous other factors.
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rogerthat
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Posted: May 18 2012 at 20:55 |
Roj M30 wrote:
This is easy, Dark Side of the Moon. It sounded amazing back in the 70s and still does now. Just compare it to other 1973 albums, the difference in production is incredible. Floyd always had amazing attention to detail and the pride in their sound has stood them well. DSOTM was way ahead of it's time. |
Ditto. The way the sounds seem to simply envelop the air when Breathe starts is an incomparable sensation. Radiohead sort of get that effect in Subterranean Homesick Alien but DSOTM remains a high watermark.
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rogerthat
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Posted: May 18 2012 at 20:59 |
Dayvenkirq wrote:
Svetonio wrote:
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Speaking of Genesis, Nursery Cryme might qualify among the 'worst sounding' albums.
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silcir
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Posted: May 18 2012 at 22:30 |
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made in japan - deep purple
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Sagichim
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Posted: May 18 2012 at 23:05 |
Yeah especially The Fountain Of Salmacis's drum sound, it changes in the middle of the song and turns to a judge's gavel. Strange.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: May 18 2012 at 23:09 |
Na-ah. "Earthbound", that piece of a#$ has the worst production. Having a guitar low in the mix is a bit of a turn-off, but the rest ... [kissing left thumb, index, and middle a-la culinary grand chef] sounds clean and loud enough to me.
sagichim wrote:
Yeah especially The Fountain Of Salmacis's drum sound, it changes in the middle of the song and turns to a judge's gavel. Strange. |
...  ... The drums sound good to me. Oh, well, I guess there is no way of bending our minds.
Edited by Dayvenkirq - May 18 2012 at 23:12
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: May 19 2012 at 01:46 |
When I want to immerse in an ocean of beautiful sounds, I put on Mew's latest. Dreamiest stuff possible (not a coincidence the genre is called "dream pop"  ). EDIT: and for the same reason but a different genre: side A of Fripp & Eno's Evening Star. For real rock (  ), I always go for the amazing mix of clarity and rawness from Zeppelin's recent live anthologies (How The West Was Won or disc 2 of the BBC Sessions). Oh and one more edit, I do love a bit of mess. Motorpsycho is one band that I listen particularly for that kind of sound. OK I'll stop pretending this is the last edit. I do love it when a recording makes you hear not only the music, but also to "hear" the room in which was recorded. Like a jazz record. Coyote wins this category (and is only beaten by the live-in-studio version of Coyote that KD played live on the radio). Also, one album I love for it's sound too, not just the music, is Indukti's SUSAR. Psychedelic metal FTW.
Edited by harmonium.ro - May 19 2012 at 02:04
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iluvmarillion
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Posted: May 19 2012 at 02:44 |
Gong - Gazeuse Not my favourite Gong album, but a perfect sound mix.
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rogerthat
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Posted: May 19 2012 at 10:33 |
Dayvenkirq wrote:
sagichim wrote:
Yeah especially The Fountain Of Salmacis's drum sound, it changes in the middle of the song and turns to a judge's gavel. Strange. |
... ... The drums sound good to me. Oh, well, I guess there is no way of bending our minds. |
That's pretty intentional, I think. And great work there by Collins. But the drum sound is quite terrible on Hogweed and as such, the sound is both thin and has plenty of disturbance.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: May 19 2012 at 10:42 |
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I love the drums on Nursery Cryme. Always have done. In fact the whole "sound" of the album is good.
Edited by Snow Dog - May 19 2012 at 10:44
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: May 19 2012 at 11:09 |
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^ Yupputy-yup. ... but again, you wanna hear the guitar.
Edited by Dayvenkirq - May 19 2012 at 11:10
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