My friend brought over his special edition copies of Bjork's Homogenic and Vespertine this weekend and we listened to them on my 5.1 surround system. I was absolutely blown away. Does anyone have any other surround sound albums that they can recommend me? I've searched the internets a little and I'm not coming up with much.

Are these DVD-A's, Grape?

I haven't heard any, but a good friend of Lemur's is a big fan (and was pushing for a release of Muse's Absolution).

I'm not sure what a DVD-A is, but yeah to be in 5.1, I think they have to be in DVD format. Both of the albums I listened to were played on my DVD player. And Absolution would be perfect for a surround mix. I want to find something LOUD. A Tool album would fit the bill too.

I would think that The Soft Bulletin would sound good.

radiohead - ok computer would be hoss

The soft bulletin 5.1 mix is stellar.

Super Furry Animals-Rings around the world is supposedly the first record that was done in 5.1 from the beginning...that one sounds great.

I've heard that Super Furry Animals' 5.1 mixes are pretty impressive.

i'm going to list what i have and love under this topic, knowing full well the target on my ass is glowing red.

billion dollar babies, alice cooper
machine head, deep purple
L.A. woman, the doors
brain salad surgery, ELP
rumours, fleetwood mac
tumbleweed connection, elton
madman across the water, elton
goodbye yellow brick road, elton
overkill, motorhead
ace of spades, motorhead
in absentia, porcupine tree
deadwing, porcupine tree
a night at the opera, queen
abraxas, santana
electric warrior, t. rex
tommy, the who
bare bones, wishbone ash
fragile, yes
harvest, neil young
toys in the attic, aerosmith
eat a peach, allmans
beck, bogart and appice
boston
ziggy stardust, david bowie
blood on the tracks, dylan
dark side of the moon, floyd
beggars banquet, the stones
let it bleed, the stones
get yer ya ya's out, the stones
brothers in arms, dire straits

kath
conveniently scampering off for a marlboro.

I don't have a surround sound deal, so maybe I'm missing out. But, while I love that Motorhead Ace of Spades album, I have a hard time believing a higher fi option is necessary or even recommended.

What happened to Quad, anyway?

well, i'm a surround sound addict. i think everything sounds better in surround sound. yeah, bands like motorhead don't benefit *as much* as something like yes's fragile (fragile sounds fucquin incredible, by the way), but they still benefit. obviously, the more layers and depth, the better the sound. as a general rule, the older the album is, the better it sounds, with a few exceptions... porcupine tree, for example. in absentia in surround is enough to floor ya. sigh. fantastic.

you can get a surround sound setup pretty damn cheap these days, too.

kath
who has named her surround sound system "buford"

So... how obvious is the difference between a proper 5.1 source vs. a CD-quality source up-mixed through something like Pro-Logic II? Is the track mixing generally the same (vocals in center, for example)? I would guess that deliberate mapping to front L/R and back L/R would be noticeable.

Thanks for the rec. I just found this on amazon for $5. This is exactly what I was looking for.

Cutesy list.

its a great dvd...lots of fun animations and videos.

beware of the phantom power DVD...it was a rush job only made so that the band could mix the album in 5.1...poorly designed and executed (the songs sound great, this problems are technical)

bastard.

kath
(throws computer out of window, flattens squirrel.)

your posts are so visual

The Liars' Drums Not Dead DVD is in 5.1. I have the DVD, but not surround, so I have yet to hear it in its full glory .

dude what'd I do?

I have the Dark Side of the Moon 5.1, which is pretty amazing.

Yeah, I assumed this existed but never got confirmation until today. I plan on getting that and Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots next.

I can't remember what I read about the Flaming Lips 5.1s. It was either extreme--really good, or really bad. Can't remember now.

Blue Man Group -- both Audio and The Complex sound great in surround.

The rest of Bjork's catalog was released on dualdisk, I think, in surround. I think it's only available in a box set. There's also Beck.

A couple of Ministry's last albums were released on DVD-A. Animositisomina and...I don't remember what else.

On the DVD thing -- there's also SACD multichannel, but then you'll need a universal player like one of the Oppos or something. Blue Oyster Cult.

There's also something called DTS CD's, but they're rare.

On prologic -- yeah, if you like surround sound, definitely make sure your receiver can do it, because then it can be heard as an improvement on your CD's. Even my cheap little Yamaha can do it.

Blue Man Group LOL

I have the Lips' Yoshimi 5.1 but I don't have a surround sound setup. It sounds good on my regular stereo, though.