>Stripping Cash down was the move - and although it seems obviously a smart move now, the country music industry was (and still isn't) interested on stripping down production
Remember how Christgau objected to the dated 50s-60s studio gimmicks on Patsy Cline's records and said you should just listen to live recordings of her instead. It appears that the tendency to overproduce country music goes back quite aways.
Champion Jack Dupree worked pretty well as an aged bluesman and I also thought BB King's remake of "I Got Some Help I Don't Really Need" (done when he was 72) was better than the original version done when he was in his 40s.
That could well be the problem. MMLP2 showed that Rubin can still do a good job when he feels like it, and I get the impression that he never really gave a shit about stuff like Death Magnetic or the two Audioslave albums.
Its really great to read posts that have actual thoughts and aren't trying to tear artists down like everyone else on moo, listened to some Petty and ZZ Top because of this, thanks user.
I wouldn't give a shit about Death Magnetic or Audioslave either desu.
>Its really great to read posts that have actual thoughts and aren't trying to tear artists down like everyone else on moo
Too bad tearing artists down is so easy and fun. Just ask Scaruffi/Christgau. :^)
Reincarnation of Karl Marx, beware.
public enemy was the bomb squad
Nirvana was unhappy with the production of Nevermind I thought
hes a producer that sits on a couch all day and gets stoned
dunno