Best 5 engineered rock albums?

I gave this a bit of thought, and I must admit there should be two categories. CD and Vinyl. There are some albums that are really great on vinyl, but just didn't cut it on CD. And vice versa. Here's my list regardless of the medium:

Metallica-The Black Album (Enter Sandman)
Not my favorite album but truly one of the best if not THE best recorded hard rock album of all time.

Meat Loaf- Bat out of Hell
Great on vinyl. So so on CD

Rush-2112
Excellent on both mediums

Blues Traveller-Four
Outstanding on CD

Badfinger-Wish you were Here
Actually better on CD. The vinyl is very good, but this is a very dynamic album and shines on CD. Possibly the best album that Chris Thomas ever produced by the best Band that almost was.

Pcanis .... sorry myself to have got you wrong. Hopefully no offense caused.

Anyway your thought that Lenny Kravitz was merely copying older 70s music is quite close to the mark. He is ! However I still think this album has some enjoyable tunes and a very immediate sound, particularly the track "Sister".

I also liked the Patmatt post ... Badfinger .... what a great band that noone under 30 has heard of !

Actually looking at the entire post-performance process. We can disagree on music but who likes to listen to unintentional mud? I am a Who *freak*, but the greatest rock albums of all times (IMHO)"Who's Next", is a production disaster.

Hey Seandtaylor,
Thanks for the comments. Along with the Beatles, Badfinger is one of my favorite all time bands. If you like Abbey Road, and you're not familiar with the record I mentioned above, it really is a must have. It incorporates every aspect of Rock & Roll that the English have done so well for 40 years. Top notch song writing, gorgeous melodies, impeccable harmonies and virtuoso instrumentation. Imagine Keith Moon on drums with that 100 X 100 foot sound. Harmonies that are easily at the level of McCartney, Lennon and Harrison in their finest hour. Guitar playing like Townsend on rhythym with Clapton on lead, and lyrics with an introspection and taste that I can only describe as Lennon meets Taupin. Of course, the production is simply excellent which is why I listed it here.
In other words, it is in it's own way a strong and vital realization of what might have been had Rock avoided the excess that destroyed it's chances to go to the next level, instead of steadily devolving into the parody that can be seen in it's full glory on MTV.If more prominent bands(besides Badfinger) had shown more restraint and perhaps a little more taste, many of us 30 something+ Audiogonners wouldn't be singing "Rock is Dead". At any rate, it is an album that is not ahead of it's time at all. It's an album that was completely on time. Unfortunately, too many back in the early 70's hit the snooze button and woke up with Barry Manilow.

As if anyone hasnt mentioned .......PINK FLOYD!!...my best cd pink floyd's cd's are great!