His very close-miked sound still containing a tasteful (i.e. light) amount of reverb is such a recognizable signature...
A true legend, and big coincidence since I discovered yet another of his production a week ago: Zeni Geva's last three LPs. Almost as important as the ubiquitous Dan Swano in my collection:
$ find -L ~/Music -type f -name album.json -exec jqmusic '.credits | has("Steve Albini")' {} \; -print | awk -F/ '{print $5 " - " $6}'
Big Black - (1986) Atomizer
Big Black - (1982) Lungs
Big Black - (1983) Bulldozer
Big Black - (1987-1) Headache
Big Black - (1987-2) Songs About Fucking
Nine Inch Nails - (1999) The Fragile
Om - (2007) Pilgrimage
The Breeders - (1990) Pod
Nirvana - (1993) In Utero
The Jesus Lizard - (1990) Head
The Jesus Lizard - (1989) Pure
The Jesus Lizard - (1991) Goat
The Jesus Lizard - (1992) Liar
The Jesus Lizard - (1994) Down
Pixies - (1988) Surfer Rosa
PJ Harvey - (1993) Rid of Me
Shellac - (1994) At Action Park
Rapeman - (1988) Two Nuns and a Pack Mule
Zeni Geva - (1993) Desire For Agony
Zeni Geva - (1995) Freedom Bondage
Zeni Geva - (2001) 10,000 Light Years
To actually hear "In Utero" in all its Albini-esque glory, you must find the 2013 20th Anniversary Edition, it's on the 2nd disc.
A true legend, and big coincidence since I discovered yet another of his production a week ago: Zeni Geva's last three LPs. Almost as important as the ubiquitous Dan Swano in my collection:
To actually hear "In Utero" in all its Albini-esque glory, you must find the 2013 20th Anniversary Edition, it's on the 2nd disc.