Subject: Good albums, terrible production Wed Dec 15, 2021 6:36 pm
What are some albums that you enjoy, but still admit arent that well-produced. Dokken's Erase the Slate and Overkill's The Killing Kind come to mind (both from CMC Records). Lots of great songs there, but they also sound flat and have little to no "bottom end".
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MetallicSeminarian Heart of Metal
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Subject: Re: Good albums, terrible production Wed Dec 15, 2021 6:54 pm
It’s fresh in my mind because I was just listening to it today, but I’ve never been wild about the production on Exodus’ Pleasures of the Flesh.
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Subject: Re: Good albums, terrible production Wed Dec 15, 2021 7:05 pm
Blue Oyster Cult - Imaginos
To me the whole thing sounds like it was recorded over the telephone; there's no "depth" to the music and the highs are muddy as hell. It's a crying shame because even despite the crappy production it's still my favorite BOC album.
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Subject: Re: Good albums, terrible production Thu Dec 16, 2021 6:23 am
These come to mind:
Savatage's Hall of the Mountain King Kix's Blow My Fuse Dokken's Tooth & Nail Twisted Sister's Stay Hungry Kiss' Hotter Than Hell
All of these have very dry, muffled sound. Years ago I used to think it was because I'd played my old cassette copies so much that they were worn out, but when I upgraded each of them to CD I realized nope, they always sounded that way.
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Leatherface Metal is my Life
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Subject: Re: Good albums, terrible production Thu Dec 16, 2021 1:02 pm
Bad production/mix can actually be a good thing in some cases. Bands like Venom, Bathory and Sodom had rough productions, but it gave their records a creepy atmosphere that I love.
Hadley Metal master
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Subject: Re: Good albums, terrible production Thu Dec 16, 2021 5:35 pm
Fat Freddy wrote:
These come to mind:
Savatage's Hall of the Mountain King Kix's Blow My Fuse Dokken's Tooth & Nail Twisted Sister's Stay Hungry Kiss' Hotter Than Hell
All of these have very dry, muffled sound. Years ago I used to think it was because I'd played my old cassette copies so much that they were worn out, but when I upgraded each of them to CD I realized nope, they always sounded that way.
They remixed this one a couple of years ago, and it does sound better.
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Subject: Re: Good albums, terrible production Thu Dec 16, 2021 7:09 pm
Leatherface wrote:
Bad production/mix can actually be a good thing in some cases. Bands like Venom, Bathory and Sodom had rough productions, but it gave their records a creepy atmosphere that I love.
That's kinda how I feel too. Not sure I'd like those bands with clear clean production.
Lurideath Metal is in my blood
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Subject: Re: Good albums, terrible production Fri Dec 17, 2021 7:09 pm
There are actually quite a few for me.
Black Sabbath - Born Again Dokken - Tooth and Nail Suffocation - Breeding the Spawn Sepultura - Schizophrenia At the Gates - The Red in the Sky is Ours Edge of Sanity - Nothing But Death Remains Megadeth - Killing is My Business Destruction - Eternal Devastation Avenger of Blood - Complete Annihilation
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Subject: Re: Good albums, terrible production Fri Dec 17, 2021 8:55 pm
Lurideath wrote:
Suffocation - Breeding the Spawn
Suffocation were so unimpressed with how that album sounded, they've re-recorded six of the eight songs from that album on albums they've released since then. I'd imagine they'll re-record the two they haven't re-recorded yet on their next couple of albums.
John Madden Metal graduate
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Subject: Re: Good albums, terrible production Sat Dec 18, 2021 2:58 pm
Testament's The Legacy is an egregious example.
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Subject: Re: Good albums, terrible production Sat Dec 18, 2021 3:24 pm
Black Sabbath's Born Again.
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Subject: Re: Good albums, terrible production Wed Dec 22, 2021 10:27 pm
Testament-The Legacy
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Subject: Re: Good albums, terrible production Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:38 pm
Hadley wrote:
Fat Freddy wrote:
Kix's Blow My Fuse
They remixed this one a couple of years ago, and it does sound better.
Yeah I know, but like all of the other albums I mentioned, I'm so used to the way it sounds now that a cleaned up remix/remaster would probably sound "wrong" to me
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Subject: Re: Good albums, terrible production Sun Dec 26, 2021 10:37 pm
All their albums sounds amazing...except for this one. It's just so weak in comparison, which is a shame because it's a fantastic album. =(
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