Best produced rock albums.........

R.E.M. ~ Automatic For The People
Phish ~ Rift
Joni Mitchell ~ Night Ride Home
Chris Isaak ~ Forever Blue
ZZ Top ~  Degüello
Rickie Lee Jones ~ Traffic From Paradise
Fleetwood Mac ~ Tusk
XTC ~ Skylarking/Oranges and Lemons/Nonsuch/Apple Venus Vol. 1

I seem to be in the minority here...

To me, "Best produced rock album" should be defined as:

from a producer's prospective,

(1) The ability to understand what the artist's conception is
(2) The ability to adjust the artist's perception vs. what the end product should be
(3) The producer's understanding of the entire project
(4) The connection with the artist that results in a better product
(5) The sound quality

I think most have defined "best produced rock album" into the best sound quality? Not the intent of this thread, IMO!

The real sound of a band captured on record (production quality first, superb audio as well, at least):

Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland, 1968
Aphrodite´s Child - 666, 1972
Yes - s/t & Tales from Topographic Oceans, 1969, 1973
Uriah Heep first 5, 1970 - 1972
Genesis - Nursery Cryme & ... and Then There Were Three... 1st editions
- BBC Crymes (live at Studio 1972) even better sound quality, 1971, 1978
The Doobie Brothers: What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits & The Captain and Me, 1973 -74
The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot, 1977 (perfection)
The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle & Book of Dreams, 1976-77
ELP - Trilogy & Brain Salad Surgery, 1972-73
Pink Floyd - Meddle & The Dark Side of the Moon, 1971, 1973
Santana - Abraxas & III, 1970-71
Led Zeppelin IV, 1971
Deep Purple - Machine Head, 1972
Mountain - Twin Peaks Live in Japan, 1973
Blue Öyster Cult - Agents of Fortune, 1976
UFO - Obsession, 1978
Alphataurus, 1973
Metamorfosi - Inferno, 1972
PFM - 2 first, 1972
Abba, 1975
Il Volo - Essere o non essere ? 1975
Al di Meola - Elegant Gypsy & Electric Rendezvous, 1977, 1982
Journey - Captured, 1981
Yello - Stella, 1985

A Japanese edition of Meddle I use contains everything to tune my system ;)

whatever