I think many of us would accept that artists such as Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, and Dire Straits have consistently put out music that was at least originally recorded to a high technical standard. [I'm not too sure what the loudness wars may have done to subsequent reissues, but even so, the tone and timbre thankfully tends to remain intact.]
However there must be plenty of lesser known recordings out there that could be said to be of a high sonic standard.
One such recording that I like to put on in the background whilst I'm doing other things is a piano recording that features wonderfully lush timbre and some delightful tunes.
This one is The Disney Piano Collection by Hirohashi Makiko and to me it makes a lot of other piano recordings sound a little washed out.
@laps- indeed the Roxy Music stuff and Ferry’s solo stuff as well. Avalon and Bête Noire particularly.
Someone mentioned SO, fantastic.
On the Rush front, I think Roll the Bones and Presto are two. Moving Pictures goes without saying. A Farewell to Kings is really good too. Xanadu is amazing…
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