I vote the Blackened Air too. The attention to detail is amazing.

There are many many records I haven't heard, and I'm sure most if not all were very well done as well.

The Dirty Three - Ocean Songs The brush snare on this album just extends out everywhere, sounding very much like an ocean tide indeed.

Silkworm - Libertine Captured so lively and raw and powerful, simply awesome recording.

Were certain tracks off Rachel's Handwriting LP done with Steve? A couple selections off that record are beautifully dark and sparse. I never get bored of that recording.

Breeders Pod

kerble wrote:Breeders Pod

true.

I'm going to have to go with Big'n, Discipline through Sound. The drums on that are perfect.

A close second is the Copper track on the Ground Rule Double comp.

stewie wrote:...ok, but APART from The Frames, Therapy?, The Dudley Corporation, My Bloody Valentine, the aquaducts, drinkable water and public health, what have the Irish done for rock?

The Redneck Manifesto is from Ireland right?

sunlore wrote:Therapy? were from Northern Ireland. I believe this makes a difference, yes?

I liked "Born in a Crash" or something.

It makes a difference, but not here because we weren't specifically talking about bands from the Republic of Ireland. Northern Ireland is British, but it's still Ireland.

BadComrade wrote:

MajorEverettMiller wrote:The Frames' "For the Birds" (also an all-time favorite).

Never having heard this band before, I just threw their "Burn The Maps" CD on. The first track sounds like 50% Radiohead and 50% Coldplay. Needless to say, I couldn't make it more than half way through the CD before I had to turn it off.

Yeah, the new one is a little cliche, but still OK. "For the Birds" is an entirely different record though, really beuatiful. No, it doesn't make sense but it's true. The stuff before "For the Birds" is the worst though. Really bad.

mike

Nina Nastasia's run to ruin stands out quite a bit.

Tweez