Best 5 engineered rock albums?

I agree with blackie about Baja Sessions and anything Radiohead, although I can't get behind the Radiohead one b/c of the digital-back-to-analogue thing. I also concur with Massive Attack and Roxy Music, but no one has mentioned Art of Noise - especially "The Seduction of Claude Debussey" - what's up with that? The new Mission of Burma "ONoffON" on 180g LP direct from 2 reel master is better even at 33rpm than the Radiohead LP's at 45rpm, I think. I will go along with the Pink Floyd/Dire Straits one as well, loathe as I am to admit it. I frankly disagree about the Peter Gabriel stuff - it seems to take him a long time to make something and unlike another very slow person, Tom Waits, it seems that his style of recording is less organized (or method maybe if looking at Waits) - for instance "Bone Machine" is probably my top pick for this spot from the top down to the end of the album where he actually put wear on the master tape to achieve that final "time wears us all down" effect. Inventive and so surprising and one of those moments of, oh of course... But maybe Tom Waits doesn't count as rock...? Frank Black and the Catholics self-titled is an amazing engineering job - one of those few "you are there" experiences. Probaly four ribbon mic's a cardiod for the bass drum and an 8 channel tubed mixer. Ridiculously simple - great equipment and talented people. Dinosaur Jr.'s "Without A Sound" and Magnapop's "Hotboxing", the latter produced by Bob Mould, and infact you could say this about most everything Mould has done. Jesus and Mary Chain's "Stoned and Dethroned". Anything by the group Idaho. My Bloody Valentine's album "Isn't Anything" also springs to mind. Trying to think of something less obsure... Bjork's "Vespertine"? Man, I gotta buy some pop music... But actually most of the albums I truly love - Ramone's (self-titled), Germs, Circle Jerks "Group Sex" or the Velvet Underground's albums aren't actually recorded all that well. In fact that warts and all thing about rock is why it's still appealing to me.

ghost rider. I lost my Ultrazone CD and found it yesterday. Man is it well done. All Steve's other recording are mostly horrible, so I didn't even try this one in my hifi system. You are right - very good recording.

Rob

In Absentia and Deadwing - Procupine Tree... both very well recorded Seedees and very cool music to boot (Prog-rock).

Good listening

Arkio, You are correct about In Absentia and Deadwing being excellent recorded cds. What about some of Porcupine Tree's earlier work, such as, Up the Downstair, The Sky Moves Sideways, and Signify. All are great music and all superb recordings. Steve Wilson from Porcupine Tree also helped produced Fish's (ex-frontman from Marillion) Sunset's on Empire album from '97. Steve W. basically revived Fish's career with his production and guitar playing on that album.

Some great Marillion cds are Clutching at Straws, Brave, and Afriad of Sunlight.

I hope I am not confusing engineering with sound quality.

Seal: 1st 2 albums

Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms

King Crimson: Heavy Construcktion. You would never know this is live. DAT. Incredible BASS

Brian Ferry: Boys and Girls. One of the cleanest sounding rock albums ever.

Orb: Adventures beyond the Ultraworld