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Quality Rock/Pop CD recordings

I'm interested in finding consensus opinions for the best quality recordings of Rock/Pop CD's to augment my library. (i.e. Steely Dan-Two Against Nature, Dire Straights-Brother in Arms etc..) I'd like to stick to this genre as I'm pretty well set on my Jazz and Classical collection. Feel welcome to qualify your picks.

Thanks.

disneyfan
ljgj
955 posts
 
Jennifer Warnes - the Hunter - great speaker testing CD and extremely good songs.
ljgj
955 posts
 
Jennifer Warnes - the Hunter - great speaker testing CD and extremely good songs.
kthomas
911 posts
 
There are a few other threads on this topic that offer up some excellent ideas that you might want to check out. Bands / artists that I find have excellent recordings are: Tool, Dream Theater, Tori Amos, Pink Floyd, Days of the New, Cowboy Junkies, Creed.

There aren't a lot of great live recordings (lots of great performances recorded live, but not live recordings). If you ever listen to hard rock or just want a live recording to show off your system, the new Nine Inch Nails "And All That Could Have Been" is ASTOUNDING. Probably not something to sit through all at once, but it's incredibly well recorded. I haven't heard it, but Trent Reznor's "The Fragile" is also supposed to be superb. -Kirk

dburdick
61 posts
 
Anything produced by Rick Rubin. The last Alanis Morissette CDs sounds pretty good on my system as well.
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