I think the music industry had become so used to the successful model of having a Phil Spector type of guy run the whole show, that it had forgot that perhaps the artists themselves had something to add. When I was first introduced to Beatles "bootlegs", which John Lennon personally collected, I realized that the band that came out on vinyl was half the band and half the record producer. I also like the very bare, McCartney and keyboard only Long and winding road, a true masterpiece which would later be used as a format for many an Elton John, Carole King, and Billy Joel song when such great artists wanted to get that haunting minimalistic approach. If you can, find a "bootleg" of Yesterday without the orchestration, or While my guitar gently weeps without the overproduction. What Martin and Spector didn't realize at times was that the Beatles were also a rock band, too. Of course, the heavy production did work very well on Sgt. John Lennon had always been highly critical of micromanaging producers, and many "bare" tracks of Beatles songs which were what the four guys from Liverpool did before the big production team came into to clean things up were better, imho. Some songs were mediocre at worst, then there were the good ones and great ones. Radiohead - any album but Pablo Honey and Hail To The Thief.Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part.The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots.Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country.Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion.
Sure, this is quite a long list, but trust me, I haven't even started. I'll restrict myself to relatively recent albums.
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