My 5 favorite DVD-Audio and SACD albums (1 Viewer)

[Chris-St]

I haven't listened to all that many, but here are my 5 favorites so far (in no particular order):

1. Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon" (SACD)

2. Grateful Dead "American Beauty" (DVD-A)

3. Bucky Pizzarelli "Swing Live" (SACD)

4. Outkast "Stakonia" (DVD-A)

5. Getz/Gilberto (SACD)

Comments? Care to list your favorites?

 

[cwhite]

1. Roxy Music-"Avalon"
2. Steely Dan-"Everything Must Go"
3. Miles Davis-"In A Silent Way"
4. Aerosmith-"Toys In The Attic"
5. Herbie Hancock-"Headhunters" stereo edition but I should had got the multi-channel version
Honarable Mention: Carole King-"Tapestry"

 

[AricB]

no particular order

pink floyd-DSOTM
david bowie-Heathen
beck-sea change
porcupine tree-in absentia
tie-elton john-gbybr, steely dan-gaucho

 

[LarryDavenport]

1 The Who - Tommy
2 Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
3 Beck - Sea Change
4 Blue Öyster Cult - Agents of Fortune
5 Yes - Fragile

 

[TomCW]

In no particular order:
David Elias - The Window
Mary Chapin Carpenter - time sex love
Alison Krauss - Forget About it (God, I wish this was Multi-channel!)
Jorma Kaukonen - Blue Country Heart
Colleen Sexton - Greatest Find

Tom

 

[Kris Deering]

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Peter Gabriel - Up
Big Phat Band - XXL
Queen - The Game
Tie- Eagles Hotel California/Pink Floyd DSOTM

 

[Tom McDonald]

Hey Chris-St, Its great to see someone else has that Bucky Pizzarelli cd in their top 5, that SACD is everything you would ever want one to sound like, just awesome. Tom

 

[PaulDA]

No particular order

Alison Krauss and Union Station--Live
The Thorns--self-titled
Fleetwood Mac--Rumours
Eagles--Hotel California
Dave Brubeck--Pvt. Brubeck Remembers


eagerly awaiting:
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman--Hartman and Coltrane
Joe Henderson--Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn

 

[Doug Schiller]

In no order...

Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Allman Bros. - Eat a Peach
Stones - Beggars Banquet
Steely Dan Gaucho
Flaming Lips - Yoshima

 

[Chris-St]

Doug, I am curious about Allman Brothers "Eat a Peach". I bought "Live at Fillmore East" (DTS) and was very disappointed with the surround mix--is "Eat a Peach" better?

 

[dan-0]

In no particular order

Pink Floyd - DSOTM
Alison Kruass + Union Station - Live
Telsa - Coming at You Live
Norah Jones - Come Away

Only four? Oh wait, that's all I own.

 

[Brajesh Upadhyay]

Top 5, in order:
1. Blue Man Group
2. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
3. Roxy Music - Avalon
4. Eagles - Hotel California
5. Queensryche - Empire

 

[RobBenton]

1. Amanda Marshall - "Everbody's Got A story"

2. Mary Chapin Carpenter - "Time, Sex, Love"

3. Flamming Lips

4. Beck - "Sea Change"

5. Elton John "Yellow Brick Road"


Amanda Marshall has a great surround mix and is some great rock/pop

Mary Chapin's is a great relaxing disc with a very emersive surround mix and some great songwriting

The flamming lips is just plain fun!

Beck's disc is a great surround mix as well as great audio quality and some interesting music.

Elton John is just classic and also a very good surround mix and such suprising audio quality from such an old recording!

 

[John Pine]

In this order

Joe Satriani - Strange and Beautiful Music

Alison Krauss + Union Station - Live

Mighty Sam McClain – Soul Survivor (thx Rachael B)

REM – Automatic For The People

Queen - A Night At The Opera

 

[Doug Schiller]

I have the new SACDs of both Peach and Fillmore and the surround mixes are fantastic.
I only wanted to sample "Mountain Jam" and ended up listening to the whole song in the center of the room. Just amazing stuff.
For a $13.99 hybrid CD, you can't beat it.

The Fillmore mix is done by the same guy as Peach (different mix than the DTS version). But it is also only the original album tracks (but since the bonus ones are on Peach, I got them all).

Highly recommended.

 

[Rachael B]

You're welcome John!

NPO:

Flaming Lips DVD-A, Joe Satriani Strange Beautiful music SACD, Manfredo Fest's Just Jobim SA-CD, Will & Rainbow SACD, Aimee Mann Lost In Space SA-CD

 

[Chris-St]

Thanks to all for posting. Based on your recommendations, I have recently picked up the following, which now must be included in favorites:

--The Who "Tommy"

--Beck "Sea Change"

--Roxy Music "Avalon"

Brilliant!

I need more recommendations, so keep it up.

By the way, very disappointed to hear that Beck's new album has been delayed until 2005.

 

[David Tolsky]

Not in order:

Pink Floyd DSOTM SACD
Big Phat Band: XXL DVD-A
Queen: Night At The Opera DVD-A
James Taylor (the one with Handy Man) SACD
Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells SACD

 

[Lee Scoggins]

Pink Floyd Dark Side of The Moon SACD
Alison Krauss + Union Station Live SACD
Ryan Adams Gold SACD
Steely Dan Everything Must Go DVDA
Atlants Symphony Orchestra Rainbow Body SACD

Runners Up:

Diana Krall Love Scenes SACD
T Minus 5 Purity SACD
Marta Gomez (Chesky) Red Book (I know)
Roxy Music Avalon

 

[John Kotches]

I suppose I'll play too...

DVD-A
Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots *
Boz Scaggs Dig
Blue Man Group Audio*
Zephyr Voices Unbound*
Queen A Night at the Opera

SA-CD
Diana Krall The Girl in the Other Room *
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
James Taylor Hourglass
Bob Mintzer Big Band Homage to Count Basie *
Fennell+Cleveland Symphony Winds Holst Suites 1+2, Water Music Suite, Sousa Works

Selections with a * are top 5 regardless of format. I was torn between the Mintzer title and DSotM, and chose the Mintzer as no one else has mentioned this.

Cheers,