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Good CDs Bad Recording

Interested to learn if others have CDs they like that are really poorly recorded. I'm not talking about the ones made in the garage, I mean big artists or studios that should know better and leave you wondering "what where they thinking?".

Mine is Crosby, Stills & Nash's "Daylight Again".. Whether I hear it on the radio or my home stereo or anywhere else the recording sounds like they accidentally cut off everything above 5 kHz. So muffled and dull.

~Jim
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shadorne
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With respect to Rush.

They have never sounded good - Power Windows was perhaps the best sound.

I suspect Geddy Lee's hearing is not that good - for example he likes Fleet Foxes which is terribly compressed. 
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shadorne
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Yeah - the Chili Peppers.

Other shameful producers or engineers who ruined good sound
Vlado Mueller
Butch Vig 
Tom Coyne

https://musicmachinery.com/2009/03/23/the-loudness-war/

Stairway to Heaven has like 35 Db dynamic range!!! Most everything produced for pop rock is 8 db or less these days - no wonder most everything digital sounds harsh and people are running to vinyl for the better sound.

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shadorne
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RHCP with Rick Rubin. Producers like Rick crushed the sound and garnered a great reputation for their in you face sound. Unfortunately it went from tasteful compression in the 70's and 80's to horrible lifeless harsh sound in the 90's. Fortunately I have the bootlegged masters for several RHCP albums and they are a bit better than what was released officially.

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