Quality Rock & Roll CD's?

[STRONGBADF1]

PENG has a good thread on quality recordings that created a list but there is very little "REAL" rock and roll on it and I would like CD only recommendations.

I'm not looking for "good music". That's very personal and subjective. I'm wanting some direction on recorded sound quality. Relatively speaking of course. I understand that most of the recommendations quality will pale in comparison to high quality jazz and classical recordings.

Rules: Rock and Roll only* and let's keep it to the CD format only.

*I like Classic, Hard, Progressive, Alternative & Metal. Others are welcome too as long as it's Rock.

 

[Adam]

I used this in my review of the SB13-Ultra. I was disappointed when I first got the disc because I thought it sounded anemic compared to the surround sound SACDs that I had been listening to, but the more I listened to it, the more I appreciated it.

 

[KEW]

Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Steely Dan - Aja
Yes - Fragile (Gold version - there are probably other good versions out, but there is at least one truly crappy version, so beware!)
Peter Gabriel - So
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (I think the quality of all of her albums is very good except the first couple)
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club
Alanis Morisette - Jagged Little Pill Acoustic
Amazon.com: Jagged Little Pill Acoustic: Alanis Morissette: Music
Jagged Little Pill is a great album, but the acoustic re-do really causes Alanis to focus on her voice for a stellar album (if you like female vocals as much as I do)

and, this likely does not qualify, but the 14 year old girl in me really likes:
Katie Perry - Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection [Explicit Lyrics]
Seriously, listen to the clips of tracks 10,12,13,&17 she has a gift of nuance in her voice that makes teeny-bopper music worth listening to. I really hope she moves into more substantial music (though her level of success may undermine change). Maybe hooking up with John Mayer will help expand her horizons.
Amazon.com: Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection: Katy Perry: Music

 

[Rickster71]

I'll keep looking for others...

However I've always like The Outlaws.
Outlaws - The Outlaws : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic
That album is good along with a live album called 'Bring It Back Alive'

 

[Rickster71]

 

[Rickster71]

 

[KEW]

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
I'm generally not a big fan of Bruce, but this album came out after he got heartbroke and it has an extra something (IMHO). Recording quality is top notch.

 

[STRONGBADF1]

Bump!!!

 

[Steve81]

My standbys of well recorded rock are Pink Floyd's "The Wall" (big surprise, I know) and Jethro Tull's "The Very Best Of Jethro Tull", primarily because they've got far more dynamic range than the bulk of the rock CDs in my collection.

 

[Rickster71]

I've always found Johnny A's stuff be be well done.

 

[STRONGBADF1]

Thanks guys! Some good stuff.

Any one got any hard rock or Metal suggestions? Like I said, I know the sound quality will be relative to the genre.

 

[its phillip]

Opeth - Blackwater Park

I dunno how well recorded it is, but it sounds pretty good to me

 

[96cobra10101]

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here, Momentary Lapse of Reason

 

[Rickster71]

Thanks guys! Some good stuff.

Any one got any hard rock or Metal suggestions?

Metal / Hardcore:
Alive or Just Breathing by Killswitch Engage
Ghost Reveries by Opeth

 

[its phillip]

Ghost Reveries by Opeth

Good choice.

 

[majorloser]

Thanks guys! Some good stuff.

Any one got any hard rock or Metal suggestions? Like I said, I know the sound quality will be relative to the genre.

Black Sabbath - Master of Reality

(also available on rare SACD)

 

[Rickster71]

Not upbeat, though good. Dirt - Alice In Chains

 

[Rickster71]

I always liked the guitar riff in this. Hopefully you can suffer or FF through the first 2 minutes.

 

[majorloser]

More Ol' School

Rush - Chronicles
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

 

[majorloser]

Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory