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Best of each artist · One record per artist

Best production

The sound, the room and the ideas behind the faders. The album where each artist’s sound was most carefully made – and who was at the desk.

All 29Rock 7Pop 11Soul, funk and R&B 2Hip hop 3Electronic 4Hard rock and metal 2
  1. 1 Burial Untrue 2007 · Electronic Burial made the album in a simple audio editor, without a sequencer, and let everything crackle and rain. Listen to “Archangel” Modern classic
  2. 2 Kraftwerk Trans-Europe Express 1977 · Electronic Kraftwerk built their own studio, Kling Klang, and made the machines members of the band. Listen to “Trans-Europe Express” Timeless classic
  3. 3 Brian Eno Ambient 1: Music for Airports 1978 · Electronic Eno let tape loops of different lengths play at once, so the music never repeats itself in the same way. Listen to “1/1” Timeless classic
  4. 4 Daft Punk Discovery 2001 · Electronic Daft Punk filtered and chopped samples until they sounded like a childhood of disco and adverts. Listen to “One More Time” Modern classic

29 artists in the list.