Which album in your collection best-demonstrates stunningly good sound quality?

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Kudos to @IainO for giving a shout-out in the Music Room Forum to the album Temptation by Chantal Camberland as having stunningly good sound quality. I have to wholeheartedly agree!

This makes me wonder about other albums that are sonically brilliant. If you had to pick one album from your collection that demonstrates stunningly good sound quality, which would it be?

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Karen Souza “Essentials”.

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Lots of good stuff in this thread:

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Most modern ECM records are well recorded. So take your pick.

Overproduction kills sound quality in my opinion.

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The Cruel Sea - The Honeymoon is Over (especially the first 2 tracks).

Lou Reed - Blue Mask a beautifully recorded album

Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates

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Dave Holland ‘Extensions’ or Pat Metheny ‘Rejoicing’ both on ECM and the German vinyl versions on my system.

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Ditto.

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John Hiatt - Bring the Family
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Chieftains - Tears of Stone

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Snarky Puppy - Sylva

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Oooh, tangential I know, but you could also try ‘Indigo’ by Chantal.

Not sure I’ve seen anyone else post about her on the forum before…

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It’s difficult to point out a single album, however I’d mention the following ones:

  • Hiromi - Alive
  • Lorne Balfe - Mission Impossible: Fallout
  • Lee Ritenour - Overtime
  • Diana Krall - From this moment on
  • Gerald Albright - Sax for stax
  • Blicher Hemmer Gadd - It will be alright
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Very different answers for digital vs analog material. For Vinyl LPs 60s era Jazz original recordings, and Carlos Kleiber 70s recording of Beethoven’s 5th.

For digital era, I think Paul Simon’s Graceland takes a lot of beating.

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No one for Carmen Gomes?
In DSD 1096/ 20 077?

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Donald Fagen The Nightfly. Outstanding

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for me my reference Vinyll albums, in no particular order

  • Chris Jones Roadhouses and Automobiles
  • Alan Parsons Eye in the Sky Mobile Fidelity
  • Alan Parsons I Robert mobile Fideliy
  • Daft Punk
  • long list from Peter Gabriel - but So from Society of Sound 45prm or Melt double album 45rpm
  • Genesis Telling England Atlantic 75
  • Japan Tin Drum & Gentleman both Abbey Road
  • The Beatles Abbey Road (Abbey Road)
  • Moby Reprise
    Pink Floyd The Divison Bell double album
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Be Bop Deluxe At the BBC 1974-1978

This 3 x CD set shows how digital sound engineering ought to be done.

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Thanks for reminding me of a long forgotten band that I loved in my youth.

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Friday Night Live in San Francisco
CBS Half Speed Master pressing, though the Impex 45rpm has merit

Miles KOB, Classic Records 200g (2002 version), though the MoFi 45rpm is good

Supersense, Gregory Porter (get the White gloves out)
(Gegory Porter Live at SUPERSENSE Premier Cut)

DSOTM, MoFi UHQR

Sergeant Pepper, Mono UK 1st pressing

Rufus Reid Presents Caelan Cardello

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Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring

Art Pepper - Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (Analogue Productions stereo & Acoustic Sounds Mono reissues)

Womack & Womack - Love Wars

Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Trio - Misty (Impex 45rpm reissue)

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