[mr_slacker]

MacDef: hope you like it.

Quote:

Originally posted by DarkAngel This recording is poor and band should demand refund from studio, really no excuse for this in the year 2001.

Well it's actually become one of my "reference" recordings. If a system makes this record unbearable then that system isn't for me. I want to be able to play 100% of my recordings on my "hifi" not 50 or 60%.

BTW "Is this it" sounds great on my Beyer 990's.

 

[zoboomofo]

Mercury Rev - All Is Deam!! Its grown on me a lot. I like the title track best.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

Quote:

Originally posted by DarkAngel This recording is poor and band should demand refund from studio, really no excuse for this in the year 2001.

Actually, it was my understanding that they purposefully went "back to basics" "old school" to try to make a statement about how much more important the music is than the production.

 

[MacDEF]

Quote:

Originally posted by DustyChalk Actually, it was my understanding that they purposefully went "back to basics" "old school" to try to make a statement about how much more important the music is than the production.

Was that their official statement before or after they heard the final mix?

 

[DarkAngel]

Quote:

Originally posted by DustyChalk Actually, it was my understanding that they purposefully went "back to basics" "old school" to try to make a statement about how much more important the music is than the production.

I think they used that same rationale for their MTV video (after they saw it played once

)

 

[Beagle]

My favourite allbum for 2001 has to be "Polichinelle" by The Prayer Boat. Excellent record.

 

[Radiohead]

I'm going to plump for 3:

Elbow - Asleep in the Back
Leonard Cohen - 10 New Songs
Muse - Origin of Symmetry

So there...

 

[nick danger]

Cyrus Chestnut "Soul Food"

Cyrus just keeps getting better and better. I thought that Chick Corea's Trio had a chance as my year's best, but Cyrus wins.

I also liked PJ Harvey's latest.

 

[BenG]

Even Wes Philips, Mr. HD-600, picked this as one of his albums of the year. These guys friggin' burn the roof off live.

 

[arnett]

bjork--vespertine

 

[srapps55]

Either Pete Yorn - Music for the Morning After or Zero 7 - Simple Things

 

[coolvij]

Well.....I liked several from this year, including:

Morning View - Incubus
Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
Amnesiac - Radiohead

but the overall topper....by a large margin....

Lateralus, by Tool. Eargasmic.

 

[MacDEF]

Quote:

Originally posted by srapps55 Either Pete Yorn - Music for the Morning After or Zero 7 - Simple Things

I bought the Pete Yorn CD on a recommendation a while back, but kind of forgot about it. I just started listening to it last week, and it's really great!

 

[sapphiremodena]

1) Matthew Good Band - The Audio of Being
2) The Strokes - Is This It
3) Spiritualized - Let It Come Down
4) Incubus - Morning View
5) Dave Matthews Band - Everyday
6) Coldplay - Parachutes
7) Pete Yorn - Musicforthemorningafter
8) Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals - Live From Mars
9) Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
10) 2pac - Until The End of Time (2CD)

 

[srapps55]

I did not list Coldplay - Parachutes because I thought it came out in 2000, but an excellent CD.