I think you got it about right Rockman. Can't remember the exact quote.
I'll have my rant in this too by the way.
To answer the question: No, it's not the best produced Stones album. It is way up there among the best though.
The question can be looked upon in two different ways:
1.- Is it the best produced album (Meaning: Is this the best way a Stones album was produced ever)?
2.- Is this the album that has the best production fitted for the songs (Meaning: Coherence between the songs (Album in full) and the production)?
If it's the first, then maybe I'd say yes. Voodoo Lounge has a great production. Not very slick, as some might say. It sounds raw. But if we talk about best produced (Don't think "Production fitted for the songs" here) I might even say Bridges To Babylon here. The tools to produce with has obviously become better and better as time has passed by.
If it's the second I'd say a definite no. There's albums that has productions fitted better for the songs. Sticky Fingers, Beggars Banquet, Black And Blue, Let It Bleed. All of those has a production that suits the songs better than Voodoo Lounge has (The reason I don't mention Exile On Main Street is that it simply is too messy, which of course fits on the album, but it's not the best at all IMO. And the production on Some Girls is a tad boring I think).
So in my opinion you gotta find out what is more important to you of the two possibilities I talked about. To me it's the second one. Production that fits the songs is way more important. And by this I don't mean that Britney Spears is cool. Seems like an odd thing to say? I agree
. But I'll explain:
Britney is one of the top acts, pop-wise, today. She has a very good production on her albums (See the above posted possibility #1). The production even fits the songs very well (I.e. Easy digestable crap songs with a non-exploding super slick production). Even though the production fits the songs very much (Mainly because it's dance/pop) I don't like it. See Britney Spears is a combo of the two possibilities. It is a good production (#1) and it suits the songs (#2). Just because I chose the second possibility, it doesn't mean that everything done that way is good.
I have no idea how I should close off this post. So I'll just close it now.
Damn it.................I'm starting to speak Russian again I think. Was this post understandable at all???
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