Maybe I’m not as big of a fan as you, but I don’t think anything after Hysteria was comparable.

Tough act to follow though. I reckon it is easily one of the top 10 albums of all time — and that’s a big call, but I’m making it!!

Owed in no small part to the producer “Mutt” Lange. The songs are pure DL, but the production is what set that album apart from Pyromania and High-n-Dry. It was innovative (and yet there are hints of it in the previous release, also Lange I think).

I’m not sure there’s been an album that has come closer to such production innovation, except for maybe OK Computer... and even then I’m not sure that’s quite in the same league.

Great article!