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Best 5-10 Rock Recordings?

Hello All,

I've just back into vinyl after a 27 year hiatus.

I am interested in your opinions as to the best 5-10, 70's to present, Rock recordings ever

I have DSOM - MSFL release, AJA - Cisco release, SPLHCB - Japanese release and just ordered Abraxas - MSFL release but I need MORE choices for ear candy.

I'm looking for material that will make my humble system shine; where the engineering was par excellence, the sonics soar and energy leaps from the grooves.

Your critical opinions would be much appreciated.

Thanks and regards,

Jan
jsmoller
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mrmb
299 posts
 
Many good suggestions. Here's a couple more: Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms & Love Over Gold.
sjungdahl
12 posts
 
There's no accounting for taste.

I tried but there are just too many. I can't come up with just 5 or 10.

I think Palasr had a good list.
If you go with Supertramp - bolt down your table, play it loud and don't operate any machinery.
I've heard that being interrupted while listeing to "Bloody Well Right" or "School" is a known cause of domestic disturbance.
mothra
110 posts
 
i'd have to disagree here. "Brothers in arms" is a lousy recording if you ask me.

rock recordings are more about suiting the mood, not pure sonics. also i feel great recording has to have great music in front of it.

a few off the top of my head

randy newman "good old boys"
nirvana "in utereo"
van morrison "moondance"
beatles "rubber soul"
television "marquee moon"
hendrix "axis bold as love " (mono version)
richard thompson "pour down like silver"
palasr
526 posts
 
Mothra,

Agreed about "Brothers in Arms" - this is a digital recording and no amount of remastering or buffing is ever going to change that; I've always found it a very clinical and sterile recording, though side 2 has a couple of moments. I'll take the first Dire Straits LP or Communique, both of which captivate me from beginning to end.

-Richard
audiofeil
4,011 posts
 
Fragile
Thick as a Brick
Waiting for Columbus
Captain Fantastic
Back in the High Life
Crime of the Century
Surfer Girl
Dire Straits
Aja
Bookends
Ghost in the Machine
Radio KAOS
Moondance
The Wall
Alone Together
Fleetwood Mac
Thriller
American Beauty
Triology
Captain and Me

For the record, the early Zep albums sound like they were mixed in a Campbell's soup can.
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