Doofindork t1_ixpatqj wrote on November 25, 2022 at 5:53 AM

Blind Guardians 'A Night at the Opera' is a great album I can sit down and just listen to through and through and do nothing else meanwhile. Few albums do that for me, as I tend to prefer listening to music while gaming or doing chores. Listening to that album with a pair of nice and rather flat pair of headphones that are open back really makes it sound better than back when I listened to it with crappy boomy headphones that I bought for thirty bucks.

PolarBearSequence t1_ixprwrb wrote on November 25, 2022 at 9:49 AM

Nightfall in Middle-Earth for me :)

A Night at the Opera is great too, though. Both of these albums really sound like a kind of Opera, with how well-connected the songs are.

klogg4 t1_ixqv32k wrote on November 25, 2022 at 4:38 PM

Man it's interesting how I love Blind Guardian music but always disliked their sound production, both original and remixed. The only time they got me with their production is Imaginations Through the Looking Glass on DVD.

Doofindork t1_ixsldta wrote on November 26, 2022 at 12:32 AM

I mostly prefer their live albums honestly. My most listened to albums would be A Night at the Opera, followed by Tokyo Tales and their 2003 Live album. They have a good mix of my favorite songs, and on top of that they are just amazing live. Live albums also don't have to have the best mixing either, as long as you get that wide feeling and energy.