Guybrush

I like The Black Album

As for Metallica selling out, they probably wanted to try something else. The Black Album shows versatility, they got to experiment with other ways of working in the studio (less overdubbing), they nailed the new sound they were going for ..

Expecting a band or an artist to do the same thing over and over again is selfish from a consumer point of view. I mean, if you like Metallica, how about giving them an ounce of freedom in their artistic pursuits? I'm sure they like to try different things and if they also consider music a job (which it is to them) in which they want to make more money, isn't that also fair? The Black Album features songs written by members of Metallica, so it's still them.

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Chula Vista

Bob Rock's stamp is all over those songs though. Watch the documentary of the making of it. At various points throughout he's basically telling the guys how and what to play. They brought him on board for a reason.

I like the album for the record.

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The Batlord

You know, if you say his name backwards, it's "Car Bob". Like a used car salesman. Coincidence?

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Janszoon

Only if you have a really weird way of pronouncing "rock".

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A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man

Time & Place

25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die

last.fm

The Batlord

You're from Boston. You have no right to criticize how someone else says "car". Do you even pronounce the "r", or is it just "cah"?

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Guybrush

Yeah, like Ken Scott did for Supertramp or Andy Powell did for Kate Bush. I mean, I'm sure she didn't come up with all those flute arrangements herself.

The producer having an influence on the sound is business as usual.

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Chula Vista

Not to the same degree at all. Have you seen the 'making of' documentary? Rock should have been given songwriting credits on every one of that album's tracks.

Again, not saying it's a bad thing - I like the album.

Scott's contributions to Supertramp were more in the sound department, not in directing them in what and how to play their instruments.

Have you read his book? It's a really great read.

http://www.amazon.com/Abbey-Road-Zig...ziggy+stardust

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Guybrush

I have read Ken Scott's book and yeah, it's pretty great

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Pet_Sounds

Um, I think Jansz is from Florida.

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The Batlord

No, you little Canadian scumbag. He's from Boston, and now he lives in Philadelphia. Yeah, I don't why he'd want to move from one ****hole to another either.

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