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Originally Posted by gmku
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.
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I've been listening to DSOTM probably since I was in kindergarden or so...
I kind of think of it as the ultimate example of a studio album done RIGHT. The
album as a work of art itself,
not just a collection of the band's songs.
It's something where I'd listen to the CD but probably would never want to hear live, because it would probably never live up to the album.
But, most bands, I just want to hear what they'd play live, but well recorded and all the parts clearly audible. Sometimes, crazy production works, but a lot of times it just sounds like they're trying to needlessly fancy up something that doesn't need fancying, thus making it sound dumb. The production tricks of the day sometimes also just date the bands more than a raw sound would.