this has been done many times, but I don't see it here. let have fun *yes*

your favorite best recordings, epic standards, industry benchmark works for production and engineering.
I know which ones I like best, but let me start with an open table and see what titles and names pop up

 

one eq which has harmonic distortion and one killer compressor. ik eq 81 and u-he presswerk.

 

maybe interesting:

http://www.musictech.net/category/landmark-productions/

 

nice find ffm there were a couple on that list I wouldn't have known about. there was a good thread on gearslutz a few years back. and wholenote. myyy how the years fly by

in no order
brian Wilson - pet sounds
metallica - black album
pink Floyd - DSOTM
Beatles - sgt pepper
Heart - dreamboat annie
AC/DC - back in black

a few others but my list is mostly mainstream

 

do you mean tools or actual records?

If you mean actual records, i dont think anyone has ever got a sound a good as the dudes in the 70's especially Motown and a lot of James Brown stuff. Id chuck Pet sounds in the mix as one of the best engineered/mixed records ever...

if your talking about plug-ins etc...

i have no opinion on such a dead subject lol...

 

hi remix, yeah I was thinking of actual recordings. and you have a point there about the 70's and Motown. hi-fi was the thing, before there was digital people took their sound quality very seriously. I have a friend whos into old vinyl, and some of the old records he has are remarkable mixes

 

Anything by Steely Dan and especially Nightfly, Fagen on his own.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn0Zbg5TVy4

 

hahahaha I laughed so hard just now. dude, you found the only recording that tops pet sounds

 

Something newer that kinda gave me a wow moment. Nice example of modern creative production and engineering imo.
The WOW moment comes at about 3:10 . Just hear it from beginning though, because only then the trick will have the greatest effect. Enjoy


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oScRBsOV6I

 

slightly off topic ..

who'uda thunk this guy in the John 3:16 shirt

would raise a stick girl who would go on to be diddling herself
on the hood of a car onstage for fun and profit...

and people would actually "buy" the music..

 

OH!! You're talking about Miley!!!

I was like "WTF is he referring to??!!"

 

don questo thank you, I quite enjoyed that. yeah I was hoping to see some non-mainstream. he really used the amount of sound content well.
it reminds me of a movie I saw (I wish I could recall it here), during a sad part in the movie the music composer went so minimal of content that it matched the movie. matching the dark desert scene and the sad story, the soundscape went so minimal as to almost be dead air.

which brings up movies, videos and games genres.
Super Mario 8-bit sound would fit in benchmark works.

and lol @ Herr, you got me on that one too I get it

 

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153372507370874&pnref=story

Sorry I dont know of a link other than on facebook...
This guy is way ahead of his time

 

The Yuri Honing Trio - Star Tracks
Nils Lofgren - Accoustic Live
The Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble - You Make Me Real
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Omnibus Wind Ensemble - Music By Frank Zappa
Pan-Pot - Panorama
Shostakovich - Symphonie 13, Concertgebouw Orchestra Bernard Haitink

No particular order

 

The Soup

We don't know what's going on here but we can't stop watching it

@ gnib, I have heard of omnibus wind ensemble and the Yuri Honing Trio but I will have to look a couple of the others up. many thanks. now im off to google them

 

the more and more I learn about music, which has been my whole life, the more relevant studying the top works becomes. when learning about mixing, there we are studying them. when picking out a set of monitors or setting up an environment, and take our favorite CDs with us. the other day I heard some work by one of our staff/moderator and I was amazed at the depth of the sound field . I always find good work interesting

 

+1 for brian wilson.. some of the later stuff like Surf's Up are amazing sonically as well as musically.. increadible as he is deaf in one ear...
at the moment...
i also admire anything that thomas dolby does, esp his own work and the production for Prefab Sprout.
i also recommend "The Hissing of Summer Lawns" by Joni Mitchell, about as perfect a record as i have ever heard...
i've also been listening to some of quincy jones particularly the Dude LP and stuff like Brothers Johnson, Streetwave.. brilliant productions ...

 

A few modern recordings I like is: Dream Theater - Awake
Queensryche - Promised Land
Porcupine Tree - In Abstentia (surround sound version is awesome)
Megadeth - Youthenasia

They all sound very open and clear. Excellent production values. I think they were all recording ADD or AAD with SSL's except Porcupine Tree which is all Pro Tools.

 

I am assuming we are talking about reference material while mixing/working in the studio...

Peter Gabriel - So (and also Up)
Queen - Night At The Opera
U2 - Achtung Baby
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
Beatles - Abbey Road
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Daniel Lanois - Shine