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Originally Posted by Torn Curtain
In my opinion those are albums with good songwriting but they would have been better with a more stripped-down production:
Tim Buckley - Goodbye & hello
St Vincent - Marry me
Pink Floyd - Dark side of the moon
The Beatles - Let it be
Nick Drake - Bryter later (at least on half the songs, the other half is fine as it is)
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I'm only familiar with Let It Be and DSOTM, but I'd disagree strongly. Production is what makes those albums great. Contrary to conventional wisdom, what Spector did for Let It Be was indeed an improvment, and DSOTM would be boring and pedestrian without the production/engineering.