Albums with good Bass Sound

[Gustav Perdition]

Try X-Japan - Blue Blood. Japanese speedmetal + hardrock + ballads, I really like the bass on that album. Check it out:

Of course, the bassist has more breathing room in the slower songs.

 

[Ross]

iron maiden

 

[DeliriumTremens]

Mr Bungle - Mr Bungle, Type O Negative - World Coming Down, Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual, Led Zeppelin - Presense

 

[Pigeon]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=s2tIUzoQwcQ

Gordian Knot is great (though it is not a conventional bass guitar).

 

[opeth_353]

'Written In Waters' by Ved Buens Ende has some excellent bass.

First band, along with Virus, to come to mind for me. Then Ephel Duath.

A fair bit of Akercocke has some awesome basslines too. And, whilst some may dislike them, Muse have some genius basswork.

 

[Peachy]

Mr Bungle - Mr Bungle

Not to mention it's a fucking awesome album.

 

[Hox]

+1

 

[Frodo's Bulk]

Pink Floyd I think has some good bass too, though I can't really recommend an album off the top of my head.

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[BefriendedUnit]

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[Frodo's Bulk]

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[Peachy]

Glad to be here to amuse you!

Also check out Moonspell - Wolfheart

 

[Jackehh]

I reckon gojira has some cool bass, its... rhytmical and I like it, check our their live DVD especially the song 'death of me'

 

[The Emptier]

 

[EkstatikParataxis]

good one

 

[JMX01]

Bands and album i know with good basswork

Cynic ( Focus, Traced in Air )
Gordian knot ( Gordian knot, Emergent )
Spiral Architect ( A Sceptic's Universe )
Pavor ( Furioso )
Death ( Human, Individual Thought Patterns )
Ephel duath ( The Painter's Palette )
Riverside ( Out of Myself, Second Life Syndrome, Rapid Eye Movement )
Opeth ( Morning Rise , Ghost Reveries )
Augury ( Concealed )

 

[Vamos]

Gordian knot ( Gordian knot, Emergent )

Was going to mention this one. Very good. Also Spiral Architect, Spatic Ink and anything by John Patitucci.

 

[Leper Beneath the Trees]

Metallica - Orion
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Also, The Call of Ktulu and, of course, Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)

 

[Walls1441]

Anything by Ocean. (not necessarily The Ocean)
Anything by Intronaut.
Anything by Torche.

 

[CadenZ]

I second Ved Buens Ende, and of course Ulver as well.

 

[EkstatikParataxis]

The new Obscura Album - Cosmogenesis , also features some great (fretless) Bass-Work. Actually the bassist [Jeroen Paul Thesseling] was playing flamenco and world music before he joined obscura and that contributes a lot to the range of sound on the album.
(Not only the Bass-work makes this album worth listening to... awesome high quality music.)