After listening to some awesomely produced albums in the last few days, I got thinking, what does everyone think the best produced/best sounding albums are?? The ones I have been considering are:
I am probably forgeting some that I wanted to mention, but I guess that will do. What do you guys reckon??
- Blaze - Tenth Dimension - the first album sounded awesome, and this one is even better, having taken it up a notch. Blaze are awesome.
- Megadeth - So Far, So Good....So What! - this is thrash at its best IMO. My fav 'Deth album, my fav thrash album, and possibly my fav sounding album of the 80s.
- Bruce Dickinson - AoB/TCW - Roy Z absolutely nailed these albums, and got the best out of Bruce as possible. The formula works so well, Bruce's vocals, Adrian and Roy's playing, all of them are awesome writers, and Roy's production make for some of the best metal of the 90s, and the sound is HUGE. All you need to do is chuck on the opening track to either album, and you will no what I mean. Heavy as hell!
- Metallica - Master of Puppets - a timeless classic, no doubt about it. This album sounds so good, it could have been released yesterday, and it wouldn't sound dated. Not many 80s albums you could say that about.
- Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World - Andy Sneap did it again. One of the only bands that use a seven string properly IMO (that is without sounding like nu-metal tripe). This is the future of metal.
- Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings - I may be a minority, but I think the remaster of this album is one of the best sounding metal albums I have ever heard. From the intro to the title track, straight through to the outro of Dante's, this album is huge. I disagree with Jon about Matt's performance also, I think he did a phenomenal job. Awesome stuff.
- Iced Earth - Dark Saga - does anyone else think this album sounds ALOT like Metallica?? Well, that is why I included it, as sounding like Metallica definately ain't a bad thing! This is what Metallica should sound like now (although after hearing about the new album, maybe they are on the right track ).
- Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes - I included more than one IE album because they are all so different, and I love these three for different reasons. This album is almost the perfect mix of the previous two, and I don't think they captured the same sound on 'Horror Show'.
- Dungeon - A Rise To Power - no, I'm not sucking up to the boys. It was actually listening to this and Blaze the last few days that had me thinking about it. I think you guys did an amazing job with the production on this album, and it hammers ALOT of the 'big name' power metal bands out there.
I am probably forgeting some that I wanted to mention, but I guess that will do. What do you guys reckon??
