Slow at work, so....
What are your favorite examples of production on rock albums? What makes it great in your view?
I'll start with a few:
Axis: Bold as Love- I love the way the whole album sounds. I can't listen to that album and not be transported by the crazy dimensional quality to it. The opening guitar and vocal for the title track just hit me perfectly.
Tool- Aenima - again the dimensional quality and I think it somehow manages to still have some air even though it sounds enormous. Later Tool albums have sounded more sterile to me.