Best Steve Lillywhite Production

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PG3

torn between Field Day and Talk Talk Talk

torn between the xtc albums (prefer drums & wires, but the black sea is more interesting, production-wise) and if i should fall from grace with god. those 1st three U2 records sound really great, too.

went with drums & wires.

He produced Johnny Thunders' So Alone, too (or at least co-produced it with Thunders). I'd probably still vote for Field Day.

Sorry--you specify co-productions don't count.

Been wanting to check out Kite for a while now. Same with the Ultravox...

Voting for The La's. He single-handedly made that album sound great. How do I know this? Because every single one of the demos on that massive 3CD reissue sound awful. "Oh! We're so happy these demos are out!" the fans would say. "This is the way the band wanted it to sound before Lillywhite stole all their master tapes and fucked it all up!" Tossers the lot of 'em.

Same with the Ultravox...

DO IT! Fucking great, weird little record.

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Huh, I could have sworn that was Kate Bush on "The Crossing," but I guess she doesn't pop up until Big Country's "The Seer?"

yeah, she does banshee wailing on the title track on the seer. don't think there's any female vocals on the crossing at all?

where is Southpaw Grammar or Maladjusted. Southpaw in particular is better than a most in the stuff in this poll, in fact I've grown to appreciate it more than Vauxhall. give it a spin.

3/Melt by miles and miles and miles and i'm not even a big peter gabriel fan.