10 sonically best rock recordings ?

the remastered "Yellow Submarine" disc is one of the most well recorded rock CDs i've ever heard. i found out about it thru a yearly review piece in Ultimate Audio. man do i wish that whomever was responsible for this gem go on and do the entire catalog with the same sound quality. great stuff.

gregg

Depeche Mode's 'Exciter', Moby's "Play", Doors (only the records), Depeche Mode compilation HDCD 'Music for the Masses', Type O Negatives's 'Bloody Kisses', Aphex Twin's 'Selected Ambient Works v2' (i call this rock), Alice In Chains 'Unplugged' and 'Jar of Flies', Prick's only album, and Strapping Young Lad's 'S.Y.L.'. Ministry Psalm 69 too. Depeche Mode, Moby, Type O and Ministry have an ultra-produced sound quality that I find appropriate for thier albums, but falls flat on some other band's albums that I did not include on the list. Listening to 'Selected Works' IS floating in sound, and the guitars on SYL are very tidal, the biggest i have ever heard. In conclusion, I agree with the kids above, the 4AD albums are very good.

ohlala

i'm not familiar with the compilation HDCD "Music for the Masses". what type of compliation is this? did your most mean that Depeche Mode's album of this name was released in HDCD? thanks for the info.

gregg

Gregg, "Music for the Masses" is a regular album, part of the dark trilogy of Depeche ablums 1986-90:
-Black Celebration
-Music for the Masses
-Violator
This represents the peak of their creative talents, as they created a new identity for group which is in stark contrast to the Vince Clark era Depeche which was lighter more pop oriented. Undoubtedly dissappointed some of the "speak & spell" fans but this is much more sophisticated/deep/dark material, although I haven't heard new album subsequent albums fail to live up to this high standard.

And yes the sound quality is quite good.

Gregg, sorry, it is called 'for the Masses'. It is pretty good. A lot of people like the smashing pumpkins version of 'never let me down again', I like Rabbit in the Moon's 'Waiting for the Night'. http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=1250638954/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/discography.html/ArtistID=FOR+THE+MASSES%3A+DEPECHE+MODE+TRIBUTE+%5C+VARIOUS