CD albums that are truly 10/10

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

TALK TALK - The Colour of Spring 1997 Remaster.
KATHRYN WILLIAMS - Little Black Numbers.

[guyhayton]

The Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session (recorded on a single vintage microphone in the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto)
Hue & Cry - The Bitter Suite (recorded in the hold of a Car Ferry!!!)
Carol Kidd - Nice Work

Acoustic Alchemy - Reference Point
The Blue Nile - Hats

[Tim]

Hard to think of them all, but these 10 spring to mind right now;

Alison Krauss & Union Station - Live
Eric Bibb - Good Stuff
Joan Armatrading - What's Inside
Christine Collister - Live (recorded on the Isle of Man in 94)
JJ Cale – Troubadour
Nick Drake – Five Leaves
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily
Sarah McLachlan - Mirrorball
Diana Krall - Live in Paris (probably contrary to the populas, but I think this is better than The Girl in the Other Room)

. . . and finally - I feel a bit of a cheat here as I am new to it, so the credit goes to Chris (TGW), but it's not been mentioned so far and it really should be;

Muddy Waters - Folk Singer

[Reid Malenfant]

Yello - Baby ( or any yello )

I'd go along with that, though the later albums are quite superb!

One Second
Flag
Touch Yello, which I only got recently - just frankly incredible Scared the hell out of me when I first gave it a spin, it's that good

[Sonority]

Talking about truly great recordings, these may not all be your cup of tea, but they very often get an airing in my room - mood dependant :-



NOTE - this is not just the 'standard' cd (which is actually really rather good)
but the LTD edition with DVD. The extra 6 tracks are not 'just' re masters - they almost re-define the art of great mastering and recording in my opinion.

Not all systems (or ears) can handle this - trying to play it on a car stereo is hilarious - especially if it has a boy racer 'sub' in it :-



If you want something really different and stretch your system to the max :-)



& just to show live can actually be done correctly when they want :-)



Kate took one hell of a long time to get this nigh on perfect in the recording:-



I have a preference for the second album of the pair.

Enough for now - plenty more though.

[Sonority]

I see I was typing and pulling pics as RM posted!

Please try and get your mitts on this if you can - it really is worth it just for the final 6 tracks - I just love them all!

X Race & Petro oleum can do serious damage - the final track is just Yello at their most sublime - not at all bad for 60+ year olds..

The DVD is fun and is a digital representation of a concert they want to do in Vegas in 2013 (?) Caesars Palace..

If I could get to that, oh boy I would be happy

[Reid Malenfant]

Talking about truly great recordings, these may not all be your cup of tea, but they very often get an airing in my room - mood dependant :-



NOTE - this is not just the 'standard' cd (which is actually really rather good)
but the LTD edition with DVD. The extra 6 tracks are not 'just' re masters - they almost re-define the art of great mastering and recording in my opinion.

Yes, that's the one I have to Mentioned in the previous post to yours..

Simply incredible album

[MartinT]

Susan Vega - Susan Vega

You mean Suzanne Vega. Saw her live just after she released that album. Lovely personality.

[MartinT]

Joan Armatrading - What's Inside
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Sarah McLachlan - Mirrorball

What's Inside is a stunning album and spectacularly well recorded.

Mirrorball is good, Afterglow is even better.

[Rare Bird]

Clearly apparent what the definition of a superb recording is amongs AOS posters. Total & utter shyte taste in music speaks volumes as it is..

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