Top end Produced albums for Headphone Dancing

easyrider · 22 Feb 2016 at 22:49

APM said:
Scrub my last post QE2 is way better.

QE2?

APM · 22 Feb 2016 at 22:55

Mike Oldfield album,QE2,1980,way old now.

APM · 22 Feb 2016 at 22:56

If you like it though Platinum and,of course,Tubular Bells are worth a listen too.

APM · 22 Feb 2016 at 22:57

It's not MacDonalds music though,you need a palate to appreciate it.

easyrider · 22 Feb 2016 at 23:38

APM said:
It's not MacDonalds music though,you need a palate to appreciate it.

Dude I'm a Frank Zappa fan

Ryanr1987 · 23 Feb 2016 at 01:00

APM said:
Mike Oldfield,The Songs of Distant Earth is the first one worth mentioning that my playlists have thrown up.

Not everyone's cup of tea I'm sure but top notch musicianship and studio values and worth a listen through if the first 2 or 3 don't get you.

Gave it a listen, the women singing kind of annoyed me a little and the bible quotes as lyrics didn't really add to the immersion of the song for me but the rest was really nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN6jIvKiYOs

Always a classic, fairly decent recording quality too although I pick up up some slight blurring in the background, I'm guessing about 230kbps or something along those lines.

If you love vocals I really recommend you all listen to this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpcXr5LtsYA

and this, skip to 14 secs.

Yaayuh! · 23 Feb 2016 at 09:59

The Shins - "Wincing the Night Away" is a fantastically recorded album.

easyrider · 23 Feb 2016 at 10:03

Rossi~ said:
The Shins - "Wincing the Night Away" is a fantastically recorded album.

That's more like it....Not interested in gaming sound tracks...And youtube videos with pants audio

The Shins are quality records...Thanks for the reminder

Remember seeing them live in the Basement on Sky TV...Quality band with beautiful arrangements.

Yaayuh! · 23 Feb 2016 at 10:20

easyrider said:
That's more like it....Not interested in gaming sound tracks...And youtube videos with pants audio

The Shins are quality records...Thanks for the reminder

Remember seeing them live in the Basement on Sky TV...Quality band with beautiful arrangements.

Genuinely is fantastically recorded.
I use the first two tracks in my playlist of test tracks for speakers and headphones. Along with some Pink Floyd, Placebo, Tame Impala, Sigur Rós, Explosions in the Sky, The Police, Massive Attack, Deadmau5 and many others all in 24/96 FLAC rips and 320kbps CBA MP3 versions.

easyrider · 23 Feb 2016 at 12:09

Rossi~ said:
Genuinely is fantastically recorded.
I use the first two tracks in my playlist of test tracks for speakers and headphones. Along with some Pink Floyd, Placebo, Tame Impala, Sigur Rós, Explosions in the Sky, The Police, Massive Attack, Deadmau5 and many others all in 24/96 FLAC rips and 320kbps CBA MP3 versions.

Just Listening to The Police now...Forgot how good the drums sound on these recordings.

Half the battle is remembering what I like....Its the fault of too much choice.

Uriel · 23 Feb 2016 at 12:12

Pretty much anything by Nitin Sawhney. Beyond Skin and Prophecy especially.

easyrider · 23 Feb 2016 at 13:09

Uriel said:
Pretty much anything by Nitin Sawhney. Beyond Skin and Prophecy especially.

Nitin Sawhney

Just looking on Tidal which album would you recommend to test the water?

Uriel · 23 Feb 2016 at 13:36

I have Displacing the Priest, Beyond skin and Prophecy. They are all excellent but Beyond Skin is perhaps the most accessible and had the best critical reception.

I don't have a tidal account thought and can't seem to browse the site easily without starting a trial or creating an account.

APM · 23 Feb 2016 at 13:57

Ryanr1987 said:
Gave it a listen, the women singing kind of annoyed me a little and the bible quotes as lyrics didn't really add to the immersion of the song for me but the rest was really nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN6jIvKiYOs

Always a classic, fairly decent recording quality too although I pick up up some slight blurring in the background, I'm guessing about 230kbps or something along those lines.

If you love vocals I really recommend you all listen to this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpcXr5LtsYA

and this, skip to 14 secs.

The same for me tbh,I'm a guitar player and have been listening to Mike Oldfield for a long time.
Just love his playing,composing and general musical approach,the epic frontal mega god thing doesn't work for me but the music gives me shivers at moments.

easyrider · 23 Feb 2016 at 15:33

Uriel said:
I have Displacing the Priest, Beyond skin and Prophecy. They are all excellent but Beyond Skin is perhaps the most accessible and had the best critical reception.

I don't have a tidal account thought and can't seem to browse the site easily without starting a trial or creating an account.

Beyond Skin is great listening cheers...I'm a huge fan of indian music and the influences in this along with electronica and Vocals etc...is making my Denon D2000 dance!

Thanks

Uriel · 23 Feb 2016 at 16:55

Different style of music but another album with great sound quality for a headphone workout is Demon Days by Gorillaz.

APM · 23 Feb 2016 at 19:24

Jah Wobble has done a lot of World/Indian Fusion stuff,Invaders of the heart was a good one if I remember correctly.

rids57 · 23 Feb 2016 at 21:34

I can't take anyone who calls themselves Jah Wobble even slightly seriously

PapaLazaru · 23 Feb 2016 at 21:45

This sounds great on all my headphones. Well produced as always, by the Chemical Brothers.

APM · 23 Feb 2016 at 22:45

rids57 said:
I can't take anyone who calls themselves Jah Wobble even slightly seriously

Check him out,you 'll change your mind.

If you want a stick to measure your bass against try that guy.