Rick Beato - Top 40 Greatest Sounding Albums of All Time (2023)

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Rick Beato - Top 40 Greatest Sounding Albums of All Time (2023)

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1.John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963)
2.Joni Mitchell
Court and Spark (1974)
3.Stevie Wonder
Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
4.Steely Dan
Aja (1977)
5.Queen
A Night at the Opera (1975)
6.The Beach Boys
Pet Sounds (1966)
7.Pink Floyd
Dark Side of the Moon (1994)
8.Thomas Newman
Finding Nemo (2003)
9.Seal
Seal (1994)
10.Peter Gabriel
So (1986)
Memoirs of a Geisha
11.John Williams
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
12.Boston
Boston (1977)
13.Radiohead
Kid A (2000)
14.Robert Plant
Band of Joy (2010)
15.Tori Amos
Little Earthquakes (1992)
16.The Rolling Stones
Let It Bleed (1969)
17.Genesis
A Trick of the Tail (1976)
18.Van Halen
Van Halen (1978)
19.Tool
Lateralus (2011)
20.Dr. Dre
2001 (1999)
21.Rush
Permanent Waves (1980)
22.Soundgarden
Superunknown (1994)
23.Brad Mehldau
Jacob's Ladder (2022)
24.Chicago
Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits (1975)
25.OutKast
Speakerboxxx / The Love Below (2003)
26.Gino Vannelli
Brother to Brother (1978)
27.Jellyfish
Spilt Milk (1993)
28.Sarah McLachlan
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)
29.Sufjan Stevens
Illinois (2005)
30.Alabama Shakes
Sound & Color (2015)
31.Linkin Park
Meteora (2003)
32.Tears for Fears
Songs From the Big Chair (1985)
33.Jay-Z
The Black Album (2003)
34.Karnivool
Sound Awake (2009)
35.Bonnie Raitt
Luck of the Draw (1991)
36.Fiona Apple
When the Pawn... (1999)
37.David Bowie
The Next Day (2013)
38.A Tribe Called Quest
The Low End Theory (1996)
39.Doyle Bramhall II
Doyle Bramhall II (1996)
40.Ray LaMontagne
Till the Sun Turns Black (2006)

Honorable Mentions:

Marvin Gaye
What's Going On (1971)
Keith Jarrett
Spirits
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin [IV] (1971)
AC/DC
Back in Black (1980)
Prince and The Revolution
Purple Rain (1984)
The Beatles
Revolver (1966)
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Re: Rick Beato - Top 40 Greatest Sounding Albums of All Time (2023)

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If "best-sounding" refers to engineering and recording, i heartily disagree...
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