Best albums through headphones?

Joe Walsh Barnstorm 1972. Sounds great on headphones. I have Japanese press cd from 2000 or so. Very cool sounds.

 

IIRC, Lou Reed recorded a couple albums binaurally, meaning they were intended to listened to on headphones. But I don't remember which albums!

R.E.M.'s producers did something binaural-adjacent for their second album, RECKONING, which is IMO one of the best sounding rock albums out there.

Suzanne Vega's SOLITUDE STANDING was mastered with headphones in mind. It certainly sounds it. Each song is its own little diorama framing Vega's clear, almost vibrato-less voice. I don't recall hearing the same about its follow-up, DAYS OF OPEN HAND, but it is also a great headphone album.

 

I think the John Enwistle remix for the soundtrack sounds even better. Thank goodness there's a CD for that . . .

 

Anything, with enough cannabis oil. Some favorites...

 

"Sympathy..." - The Rolling Stones

 

Tubular Bells.

Revolver Deluxe ed.

 

Street Hassle is one of Lou’s that you’re thinking of

 

Tangerine Dream

Tangram
and/or
Force Majeure

both albums are fantastic over headphones

 

I would honestly say Thriller plays better on headphones than it does on speakers

 

I'm thinking Talk Talk, Pink Floyd, some Beatles.
I recently got some wireless headphones so have been listening to some stuff on headphones for the first time in many years.
Any recommendations?

 

Todd Rundgren - A Wizard/A True Star

 

Electric Ladyland Are You Experienced Sgt Pepper White Album Exile on Main Street Ya Yas.......Brussels Affair......you pick up so much on good headsets!

 

Kate Bush once she started producing her own records. Particularly The Dreaming and Hounds of Love. Lots of cool mixing decisions and sound effects on those albums.

 

Any album worth listening to is best suited for headphones.

 

Hi!

I would suggest this one. It was especially recorded for listening with headphones:

Dakota - The Nexxt Step

It sounds great!

Bye Andrea

 

I just went back to wires; sounds so much better. I only use wireless for phonecalls now.

 

This is always my answer for an album that needs to be listened through headphones.

 

Anything by Uriah Heep! Just kidding. I have loads of old Q8 tapes, and a great surround processor and 4-channel phones. One tape that really stands out for me is A Space In Time by Ten Years After. The Moody Blues is another one, as you can always pick out things that are seemingly hidden down way low in the mix.

 

The Final Cut. Then Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking. Try it back to back.

 

All of them.

 

Lou Reed - Street Hassle used binaural recording meant for headphone listening.

Binaural recording - Wikipedia

 

David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name
Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
Michael Penn - Free-For-All
Alan Parsons Project - I Robot (MFSL)
Roger Waters - Amused To Death
Bryan Ferry - The Bride Stripped Bare
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold

 

Led Zeppelin II

Especially Whole Lotta Love and What Is and What Should Never Be.