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Originally Posted by Torn Curtain
In my opinion those are albums with good songwriting but they would have been better with a more stripped-down production:
Tim Buckley - Goodbye & hello
St Vincent - Marry me
Pink Floyd - Dark side of the moon
The Beatles - Let it be
Nick Drake - Bryter later (at least on half the songs, the other half is fine as it is)
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The production of DSOTM is part of its beauty.
I think about this every once in awhile and I'm conflicted. Trompe Le Monde and Doolittle are two very good Pixies albums, with better written songs than Surfer Rosa. But Surfer Rosa is the better sounding album, and happens to be less produced. Trompe and Doolittle IMO would be even better to me if they had the minimalist production of Surfer Rosa. But I think that they'd be much meaner and darker sounding albums, and maybe the Pixies weren't really going for that.