the best stereo albums.

[billyporter]

which albums have the best stereos effects on it?
when dark side of the moon came out one of the things that really blew peoples minds were the stereo effects. no one up til then had really explored stereo much before, i don't think.

 

[taha]

Planet P Pink World , unreal !

 

[LG]

Quite a few come to mind including DSOTM...I've always thought the Cars debut was a fantastic album both musically and the stereo imaging is excellent as well.

 

[Big Ears]

An interesting choice, Bruce. you've made me want to hear that now! Golden Earring integrated stereo effects as brilliantly as Pink Floyd (on Moontan and Contraband), but they seemed to have stopped using them now. I never tire of hearing them: the girl on Moontan is utterly surreal and you can feel the windmill in your bones on Contraband. There was some poor stereo on albums too. On the early Thin Lizzy tracks, they just split the instruments between the two channels, so you got some instruments or on one side and some on the other. Nothing could diminish the music though.

 

[runtfan]

Queen - Night at the Opera is an excellent stereo album.

 

[runtfan]

The beginning of "Children Of The Sun" by Billy Thorpe is some excellent stereo effects.

 

[Mr. Shadow]

"Apostrophe"

Released March 22, 1974 - DiscReet DS 2175
Frank Zappa -- vocals, guitar, bass, bouzouki
Lynn -- vocals, backing vocals
Kerry McNabb -- backing vocals, engineer, remixing
Ian Underwood -- saxophone
Ruth Underwood -- percussion
Sal Marquez -- trumpet
Sue Glover -- backing vocals
Jim Gordon -- drums on "Apostrophe'"
Aynsley Dunbar -- drums
Tom Fowler -- bass guitar
Napoleon Murphy Brock -- saxophone, backing vocals
Robert "Frog" Camarena -- vocals, backing vocals
Ruben Ladron de Guevara -- vocals, backing vocals
Debbie -- vocals, backing vocals
Tony Duran -- rhythm guitar
Erroneous (Alex Dmochowski) -- bass guitar
Johnny Guerin -- drums
Don "Sugarcane" Harris -- violin
Ralph Humphrey -- drums
Bob Ludwig -- Technician
Jack Bruce -- bass on "Apostrophe'"
George Duke -- keyboards, backing vocals
Bruce Fowler -- trombone
Jean-Luc Ponty -- violin

Produced by: Frank Zappa
Recorded and mixed at: Electric Lady Studios (NYC), Bolic (Inglewood), Paramount Studios (Hollywood)

00:00 Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
02:05 Nanook Rubs It
06:44 St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
08:34 Father O'Blivion
10:53 Cosmik Debris
15:12 Excentrifugal Forz
16:46 Apostrophe'
22:37 Uncle Remus
25:27 Stink-Foot

ABRAXAS
Recorded on April 17--May 2, 1970 at Wally Heider Recording Studio, San Francisco - Released September 1970.

00:00 1. "Singing Winds, Crying Beasts [Instrumental]" (Carabello - 4:51)
04:52 2. "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" (Green/Szabo - 5:22)
10:11 3. "Oye Como Va" (Puente - 4:16)
14:30 4. "Incident at Neshabur [Instrumental] (Gianquinto, Santana - 4:57)
19:30 5. "Se a Cabo" (Areas - 2:50)
22:23 6. "Mother's Daughter" (Rolie - 4:25)
26:43 7."Samba Pa Ti [Instrumental]" (Santana - 4:54)
31:23 8. "Hope You're Feeling Better" (Rolie - 4:11)
35:31 9. "El Nicoya" (Areas - 1:30).

Carlos Santana -- Guitar, Vocals, Producer:
Gregg Rolie -- Keyboards, Lead Vocals:
David Brown -- Bass, Engineer:
Michael Shrieve -- Drums:
José "Chepito" Areas -- Percussion, Conga, Timbales:
Mike Carabello -- Percussion, Conga.

Additional personnel:
Rico Reyes -- Percussion, Vocals;
Alberto Gianquinto -- Piano on "Incident at Neshabur";
Steven Saphore -- Tabla;
John Fiore -- Engineer.
Robert Venosa -- Artwork, Graphic Design.

The picture of the album cover is "Annunciation" (1961) by Kurt Klarwein -

Tommy- The Who

Band: The Beatles
Album : Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

 

[Mr. Bob Dobolina]

The first two I thought of

 

[Cannons Ahoy]

Led Zeppelin IV
Houses of the Holy
Physical Graffiti
Presence

These are more subtle, but brilliant nonetheless. Listen to the ever so slightly different guitar tracks across the stereo spectrum.

 

[coltrane2]

David Lee Roth's Skyscraper. Unfortunately, the music isn't quite as good as the stereo imagery.