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Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor
... or David Bowie (The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars), they do have this sort of "live" quality to the recording that you don't hear compared to new albums coming out today.
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When I was thinking of great albums that were recorded analog that one came to mind right away.
The arrangements & sounds to be found on Ziggy are of an impeccable variety.
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Originally Posted by alyasa
I remember a lot of people criticising or being dissatisfied with Sister's lo-fidelity analog recorded sound. I happen to think that Sister has one of the best, most appropriate, most evocative and poignant sounds of all SY's albums. None of the instruments are muddied and although the vocals seem a bit buried, it only adds to the mysterious mood of the album. Digital is not always necessarily better.
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I rank Sister as my top Sonic Youth album & #3 pick all-time. I love the production. Confusion is Sex & Bad Moon Rising have the best production besides it. I think the production is adequate on all the Sonic Youth releases, but there's always a little something that could be tweaked here or there except for those three...the irony being the lo-fi, lo-budget ones (before "production" was even a concern really) being the best produced. Wharton Tiers, Butch Vig & Jim O'Rourke did their own personal things to enhance Sonic Youth's production, but, in the end, there are other things lacking.