Beatleboy99 said:

FanFiltration said:

Beatles - "White Album" (mono)

That's very interesting. The white album is the only Beatles album that I actually prefer the stereo mix for.

Mine as well. I think they finally got the hang of stereo mixing. It has an almost muddy quality on the mono mix. Their other albums sound better in mono, because they have a fullness. There is too much air in the stereo versions, and the hard panning really bothers my ears.

stretch009 said:

Good post, I agree with everything in it except there's still that one thing from your first post that 'Obscured' trumps IMO. "Good set of songs" or not it still has more songs leaning toward the 'Dark Side' sound than Meddle does. I'm not taking anything away from Meddle at all, it's awesome IMO.

BTW when you say 'audible journey' are you talking about concept albums which they are probably the kings of:

Yeah, I enjoy when a band takes more of a symphonic structure to their albums. Not in a instrumentation sense, but thematically, or in groups like Emerson, Lake, and Palmer with different motifs and variations on a theme. I think with The Wall, they did an okay job with that, but I don't think the album does as much with it's time-frame as Dark Side of the Moon did. The songs I consider "filler" work within the album, but Dark Side of the Moon is an album that every song could've been a single. I think what is missing in The Wall is the lack of Rick's input. It's a good album, but it's missing that wonderful sonic quality that Rick gave the albums. It reminds of listening to Let It Be from The Beatles. I feel like I'm listening to a band that can't stand to be together. There are some amazing songs on that album, but you can hear it all crumbling.