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What studio album sounds best on CD FORMAT

Weston1283Weston1283 Posts: 4,830
edited December 2015 in The Porch
Every time I play avocado in my car, I'm amazed at how awesome it sounds, especially those first few notes of life wasted.

Which album do you think sounds best on CD?
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What studio album sounds best on CD FORMAT 82 votes

Ten
3%
nothingman44cp3iversonPRLXJAM 3 votes
Vs
15%
my_waveaubiejamParadajzarryanjeppdalowskyHesCalledDyerCK143242PJ_HawkeyebloodwhoreMedozKcalvo17rummyTristelune 13 votes
Vitalogy
4%
JKestleBrainofBGARoleModelsinBlood31Maverick785 4 votes
No Code
24%
mcgruff10mrluthor9DukeSpiritYefaNamiBIGDaddyWildudemanKanye EastTim SimmonsCJ23113mrk2Abe Fromanavenathuswithflyingcolorsnicknyr15pearljam1809Sandy66EchoesOnMarsDoink317SmallestOceans 20 votes
Yield
21%
BinFrogim an earKartsSomethingCreativeLedbetterman10pjradioLiftedPJPantsDr.Teeth and the Electric MayhRP112579GivenToSmileEB218946MT236122buck502000GarasaurascydoniaBHealyjoe159 18 votes
Binaural
13%
Duncsinthefleshryph raphpjsteelerfandimitrispearljamAS1487moozeekfanikiTMMPoochBrainOfJHAehbacon 11 votes
Riot Act
7%
CopperTompledgeagrievanceTL170678SputNickjeff2040Versus13 6 votes
Avocado
4%
AmherstJammerJP33Weston1283BumperD 4 votes
Backspacer
0%
Lightning Bolt
3%
hrd2imgnboxer or the bagTheCrazyNinja23 3 votes

Comments

  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,403
    No Code
    No code is just freaking amazing. I absolutely love the way it sounds.
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  • dudemandudeman Posts: 3,051
    No Code
    No Code for me, too. It's not my favorite album content wise but the presentation is incredible. It blossoms out of my speakers and the guitars on Red Mosquito just seem to hover right in front of me.
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  • buck502000buck502000 Posts: 8,951
    Yield
    yield towers above most - a handful of the songs are laid-back and mellow.
  • cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,680
    edited December 2015
    Ten
    Can't believe selftitled got votes. For a while it was actually a widely used example of brickwalling on a few audiophile forums

    i love Ten for how it was mastered. The 80s production fits the anthems on it. Honestly VS shouldve been my pick. Great dynamics. Great balance on the tracks for each song. Both CDs sound great
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  • RoleModelsinBlood31RoleModelsinBlood31 Posts: 6,152
    Vitalogy
    Love no code and yield the most but I stepped out of the box and chose vitalogy. It's the last of the first big 3 and the rawness is still there but not overproduced or canned. Great studio sound, a lot of the tracks I can envision myself sitting in the studio during satans bed and last exit. Made of tracks that were built on the road and performed live before they were laid down in the studio so it has that stadium feel too. All in all great sound to me.
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  • buck502000buck502000 Posts: 8,951
    Yield
    wanna wreck your speaker? Listen to Hail Hail really loud. :( Love the music but the levels are way off.
  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    edited December 2015
    buck502000 said:

    wanna wreck your speaker? Listen to Hail Hail really loud. :( Love the music but the levels are way off.

    .
    Post edited by PJfanwillneverleave1 on
  • FrankieGFrankieG Posts: 9,100
    I'm not sure I could honestly answer this..
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  • ikiTikiT Posts: 11,054
    edited December 2015
    Binaural
    Love the drums-in-a-room sound on all of Binaural, Light Years and Parting Ways especially. The whole record is a balance between atmospherics (all of Slight of Hand, the background vocals on Rival) or trying to hold on for dear life (Insignificance, God's Dice and Grievance)

    Yield is a close second.
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  • ehbaconehbacon Posts: 1,971
    Binaural
    the tiki bomb said:

    Love the drums-in-a-room sound on all of Binaural, Light Years and Parting Ways especially. The whole record is a balance between atmospherics (all of Slight of Hand, the background vocals on Rival) or trying to hold on for dear life (Insignificance, God's Dice and Grievance)

    Yield is a close second.

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  • NamiNami Posts: 5,995
    No Code
    no code/binaural....are the same in my boat.

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  • ikiTikiT Posts: 11,054
    edited December 2015
    Binaural
    don't sleep on the sonics of Riot Act either...
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  • Kanye EastKanye East Posts: 782
    No Code
    mcgruff10 said:

    No code is just freaking amazing. I absolutely love the way it sounds.

    Agreed
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  • mrk2mrk2 Posts: 2,067
    No Code
    No Code: dynamic, warm and great separation between the instruments. Yield a close second.
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  • pjsteelerfanpjsteelerfan Posts: 9,895
    Binaural
    ehbacon said:

    the tiki bomb said:

    Love the drums-in-a-room sound on all of Binaural, Light Years and Parting Ways especially. The whole record is a balance between atmospherics (all of Slight of Hand, the background vocals on Rival) or trying to hold on for dear life (Insignificance, God's Dice and Grievance)

    Yield is a close second.

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    Agree. But on Vinyl I tend to go No Code, then Binaural.
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  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 7,807
    No Code
    Any of the 93-2000 albuns.
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,430
    Vs
    ...and I'll second Tim's comment. Could really be any from 93-00.
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  • ZodZod Posts: 10,535
    Something about the drums on Not For You. I kind of like how Vitalogy sounds.
  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    Yield
    I always thought Yield sounded so thick and full. No Code sounds great but can be a little thin and airy. I always felt like they made a conscious effort to produce a beefier album with Yield. Jack's drums sound amazing, Stone and Mike fill out the speakers much more than they do on No Code, and Ed sounds amazing. Jeff is more in the forefront too.

    I love how No Code sounds, but I would love to hear it reproduced with the same production as Yield.
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  • pearljam1809pearljam1809 Posts: 863
    No Code
    No Code followed close by Binaural
  • FoxyRedLaFoxyRedLa Posts: 4,810
    FrankieG said:

    I'm not sure I could honestly answer this..

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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,853
    Yield
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  • TL170678TL170678 Posts: 422
    Riot Act
    Riot Act because it`s the last studio album I listened to on cd I think back in the day
  • Force Of NatureForce Of Nature Posts: 1,066
    Id probably say Binaural but just because of the way it was recorded. I'm probably in a minority here (with all the vinyl and flac fans) but if I'm honest, sound quality isn't really a big thing for me, its just about the content.
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance Posts: 23,243
    They all sound great!
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  • cydoniacydonia Posts: 456
    Yield
    Just powerful and brilliantly produced as always by Brendan o' Brian ....shows a band together after the largely eddie written no code, which is great too...but from brain of j , faithful and onwards it's IMO there best sounding, lyrically spiritually connecting and musically full and emotive. Cranking it out now... Still sounds as fresh when encountered all those years ago......
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance Posts: 23,243
    Riot Act and No Code
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  • LiftedLifted Posts: 1,836
    Yield
    Avocado sounds horrible, and as it's the last good album the band put out in my opinion, i think it's worthy of a remaster at some point. Would love to hear some of those songs properly produced.

    I voted for yield by the way.

  • SputNickSputNick Posts: 104
    Riot Act
    Riot Act. That solo guitar sound in Ghost...
    Then Binaural.
    Binaural > Vs > No Code > Yield = Riot Act > Vitalogy > Ten > Pearl Jam > Dark Matter > Gigaton > Lightning Bolt > Backspacer
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