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WakeUpBlondie
10/23/08, 07:20 PM
I'd have to say nothing gold can stay and American football's self-titled
11:11
10/23/08, 07:26 PM
Jagged Little Pill was given little attention because they thought it was gonna flop.
Pat k
10/23/08, 07:29 PM
I'd have to say nothing gold can stay and American football's self-titled

I love the production on both of these. If anything, I dislike when albums are over-produced.
bassdrummer2333
10/23/08, 07:29 PM
Foo Fighters - One By One & In Your Honor

Those 2 are the only 2 that come to mind.
gibsonman246
10/23/08, 07:31 PM
this is a pretty naive question, but how can you distinguish the production from the album? like how can you tell "oh this was the producer's work, but that was the artist"
underthetalking
10/23/08, 07:32 PM
this is a pretty naive question, but how can you distinguish the production from the album? like how can you tell "oh this was the producer's work, but that was the artist"

Do you know what a producer does?
gibsonman246
10/23/08, 07:36 PM
Do you know what a producer does?

i know what some producers do. each is to his own, but i'm assuming that in this case we are discussing the actual recording of the songs and how they we're recorded; drum sound, guitar tones, etc
Rodeo
10/23/08, 07:38 PM
Early Alkaline Trio and early Lawrence Arms.

Although, I love Matt Allison and Atlas Studios.
WakeUpBlondie
10/23/08, 07:39 PM
well you know, not every band has thousands of dollars to work with... Hints worse quality
bowl of oranges
10/23/08, 07:40 PM
Fevers and Mirrors
KidRobot
10/23/08, 07:40 PM
Do you know what a producer does?

Oh hey Erick.
Burning Star IV
10/23/08, 07:41 PM
Rufio's MCMLXXXV
Rodeo
10/23/08, 07:43 PM
Fevers and Mirrors


That's ridiculous. The production on this album was perfect. Songs are great.. recording is great.. what more could you want out of it?
bowl of oranges
10/23/08, 07:47 PM
That's ridiculous. The production on this album was perfect. Songs are great.. recording is great.. what more could you want out of it?I love the songs but the recording sounds sloppy to me. :shrug:
Rodeo
10/23/08, 07:48 PM
I love the songs but the recording sounds sloppy to me. :shrug:

Hmm... sloppy? As in played sloppily or recorded that way?
bowl of oranges
10/23/08, 07:54 PM
Hmm... sloppy? As in played sloppily or recorded that way?Recorded that way. I mean it's not horrible but compared to his albums after it, it doesn't cut it for me.
TheBaroness
10/23/08, 08:49 PM
I really don't know how you can say American Football...
TheOtherAndrew
10/23/08, 08:50 PM
Foo Fighters - One By One & In Your Honor

Those 2 are the only 2 that come to mind.
In Your Honor was produced poorly? Are you insane?
absolutecrunk
10/23/08, 09:03 PM
Underoath's The Changing of Times is very underproduced. Which is a shame, because the lack of refinement gets in the way of the laughable music going on behind it.
Yes. And?
10/23/08, 09:03 PM
Underoath's The Changing of Times is very underproduced. Which is a shame, because the lack of refinement gets in the way of the laughable music going on behind it.
hehe
PopPunkKid
10/23/08, 09:07 PM
Say what you want about the band, but Good Charlotte's "The Young & The Hopeless" is a pop-rock classic to me. However, it has some of the most absolutely terrible, sloppy production I've ever heard.

I also didn't really enjoy the production on Say Anything's "In Defense of the Genre". The guitars were mixed way too low and didn't have a very... "full" sound to them. The same could be said about Panic's first album.

"The Green Album" by Weezer has the most annoying compression on the guitars that makes them sound really flat and dull. Also, call me crazy but I've never liked the production on Nirvana's "Nevermind"...
Dr. Acula
10/23/08, 09:27 PM
Hahaha, nothing New Found Glory's done is great, cmon.
fadedmemories
10/23/08, 09:31 PM
Underoath's The Changing of Times is very underproduced. Which is a shame, because the lack of refinement gets in the way of the laughable music going on behind it.
:thumbup:
TheOtherAndrew
10/23/08, 09:37 PM
Hahaha, nothing New Found Glory's done is great, cmon.
False. They got dropped by their label.
Coh33d
10/23/08, 09:52 PM
I thought Louder Now by TBS was produced pretty badly but I still liked it.
theguy77
10/23/08, 09:54 PM
I'd have to say nothing gold can stay and American football's self-titled

BEST AVATAR EVER

:lol:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
theguy77
10/23/08, 09:58 PM
Rufio's MCMLXXXV

whaaaat that album sounds just fine
theguy77
10/23/08, 10:00 PM
False. They got dropped by their label.

lol this
wroteurname
10/23/08, 10:06 PM
Pre-IRAB Say Anything because it was produced in Max's dorm and sounds like shit
ThePartialGlow
10/24/08, 08:44 AM
Is it weird that I enjoy "The Creek Drank the Cradle" more because it's just Sam with a 4-track?
SLoT
10/24/08, 08:51 AM
I'd have to say nothing gold can stay and American football's self-titled
The American Football album sounds great to me.
Rufio's MCMLXXXV
What's your reasoning behind this? Just curious.
popdisaster00
10/24/08, 08:54 AM
Rufio's MCMLXXXV
Rufio's Perhaps I suppose
popdisaster00
10/24/08, 08:55 AM
Say what you want about the band, but Good Charlotte's "The Young & The Hopeless" is a pop-rock classic to me. However, it has some of the most absolutely terrible, sloppy production I've ever heard.

I also didn't really enjoy the production on Say Anything's "In Defense of the Genre". The guitars were mixed way too low and didn't have a very... "full" sound to them. The same could be said about Panic's first album.

"The Green Album" by Weezer has the most annoying compression on the guitars that makes them sound really flat and dull. Also, call me crazy but I've never liked the production on Nirvana's "Nevermind"...
Biggest reason why I hate IDOTG
Rodeo
10/24/08, 09:14 AM
A lot of the albums that i absolutely LOVE on No Idea Records have pretty awful production.
underthetalking
10/24/08, 09:21 AM
Oh hey Erick.

Matt! I miss you.
lenard27
10/24/08, 09:23 AM
The first thing that comes to mind is Is This Thing Loaded? by Northstar.
Definitely very under produced.

Also, Frail Words Collapse by As I Lay Dying.
KidRobot
10/24/08, 07:24 PM
Matt! I miss you.

Don't worry, I'm coming up to New Haven soon. I was talking to Bridget about it. I just need to get a bulletproof vest first.
markzilla
10/24/08, 07:31 PM
Rufio's MCMLXXXV

I think they would be so much better if they had a different singer.
ForeverDelayed
10/24/08, 10:40 PM
Most rock albums from the 80's. The songs were good, the musicianship was good, but you could never hear the bass and the drums and vocals were drowning in reverb and the guitars were thin and bright and louder than anything in the mix. I'm not a big Nirvana fan, but I'm very thankful they changed peoples' ideas about how a record should sound.
underthetalking
10/24/08, 11:02 PM
Don't worry, I'm coming up to New Haven soon. I was talking to Bridget about it. I just need to get a bulletproof vest first.

I know you have people that you already know and shit here, but if we don't hang, I'm done with you, Biront.
IcedOpethBlind
10/25/08, 12:04 AM
Metallica - AJFA
abusedcat
10/25/08, 12:13 AM
Four Minute Mile, but that just adds to the charm.
KidRobot
10/25/08, 06:43 AM
I know you have people that you already know and shit here, but if we don't hang, I'm done with you, Biront.

Haha no way in the world I won't hang with you. The list of kids I want to see there is dwindling.
micahistheballs
10/25/08, 09:45 AM
The harmonica is often too loud on Bob Dylan's earlier stuff and Nebraska by Springsteen is just too damn quiet.
Praetor
10/25/08, 09:51 AM
The harmonica is often too loud on Bob Dylan's earlier stuff and Nebraska by Springsteen is just too damn quiet.
If I can kind of mesh your two ideas together, I think the harmonica is too loud on Nebraska as well as Dylan's work. And yeah, the mastering is way too quiet.

Also there is absolutely no way in hell that American Football has bad production. Just try to imagine the album mixed a slightly different way. You can't. It is an absolute perfect fit for the music.
underthetalking
10/25/08, 09:59 AM
Yeah, American Football just sounds beautiful. I wouldn't change a thing.
CellarGhosts
10/25/08, 07:42 PM
Underoath's The Changing of Times is very underproduced. Which is a shame, because the lack of refinement gets in the way of the laughable music going on behind it.
hahaha
Machu505
10/25/08, 07:50 PM
Californication
A Love American
10/25/08, 09:49 PM
Let It Be, definitely.

Edit: The Beatles.
IcedOpethBlind
10/25/08, 09:54 PM
The harmonica is often too loud on Bob Dylan's earlier stuff

pussy.
thespearkid
10/25/08, 11:20 PM
Punk rawk rekkids should always have shitty production.
Ouch
10/25/08, 11:34 PM
Ulver - Nattens Madrigal
SamEyes
10/26/08, 05:51 AM
In Your Honor was produced poorly? Are you insane?

Haha agreed.
Daveyhavok832
10/26/08, 06:19 AM
Punchline's 37 Everywhere
wtfmates
10/26/08, 06:29 AM
Fevers and Mirrors

I thought the production of Fevers and Mirrors was pretty well done. It wasn't polished, just stripped down and raw sounding, which was probably the sound Connor was going for. Now Letting off the Happiness is a giant shitfest production wise. That album has hisses, muddled sound, and bad recording abound.
Osto
10/26/08, 06:58 AM
I second In Defense of the Genre. The production really ruins the record. And I don't understand the American Football claim...it sounds great.
AussieBoy
10/26/08, 03:53 PM
Daggermouth - turf wars
Jackfrost50
11/04/08, 11:55 PM
Bedlight For Blue Eyes- The Dawn
drcroc
11/05/08, 03:37 AM
Thursday - Waiting?

meh it's still pretty ill, but I don't understand why such a lo-fi sound when they managed to follow it up with one of the greatest records of all time
Indoor Living
11/05/08, 07:13 AM
Oh, god, I'm gonna get so bashed for this, but. Death Magnetic?