not in terms of the quality of the music, but just the mixing and mastering in general

besides the obvious answers (DSOTM, Aja, R.A.M. etc.), i'd say the most recent one has to be Renaissance

sade s***
mj s***

obvi

no stylist

heaven or hell by don toliver too 🔥

Love Deluxe sounds gorgeous af ofc the Quincy Jones era MJ s*** sounds immaculate too

Astral Weeks

this definitely in the convo

RAM

Moondance up there too

great answer tbh

Looking forward to the new OneStep Thriller 40th anniversary pressing. Hope it delivers

recording, performance, production, mixing, mastering combined ill say

thriller
bad
aja
voodoo
abbey road
RAM
24k magic
mezzanine

those are the ones that immediately stand out to me as being “WOW” on most audio playback devices

i was looking forward to it till that MoFi scandal popped up so i'm just gonna stick with my dad's OG copy for now lol

the ultimate album to test your turntable

Grew up on Moondance and it's more iconic but not half as mystical as Astral Weeks which I discovered myself

all amazing picks, especially Mezzanine

Abbey Road sounds otherworldly on vinyl. i did a complete 180 on the 2019 remix as soon as i heard an OG UK version

The Faust albums sound but I don't really know much about mastering etc

Another Green World should be one of the staples no?

Why can’t I say the best sounding album I’ve ever heard its RAM

i dont see it brought up as often as the others, but yeah that's also an amazing sounding album

Mmmm Renaissance sounds so good ur spot on

The Silk Sonic album is mixed perfectly as well

mezzanine crazy because they were putting spike stent through hell by changing and adding to the production during the final stages of mixing

thats why he top 5 tho

i mean we all know that's one of the gold standards in terms of mixing/mastering

portishead-dummy is such ear candy