People say Morning Phase makes a thematic pair with Sea Change (Beck 2002). The earlier album being the downward arc of a breakup and the latter (12 years later) being upward out of despair.
Another album I’ve been enjoying with a similar aesthetic to Morning Phase is Bazoo Bajou - Grains. Can’t find it in hi res, but the Redbook is very fine. I particularly enjoy the decay on the Asdic ping on Under The Same Sun.
Recorded in High Definition with great care. The title track and Krakow are stunning in a very minimalist way with the horns and percussion. The sense of space is tremendous and I will use either of those tracks as a high res demo.
‘Desert Rose’ is on the ‘Brand New Day’ Dvd-A in 24/48 5.1 . Stereo version is 24/44 and mixing and mastering by Eliot Scheiner and Bob Ludwig so no surprise its a cracking listen. There is also a great live version on the dvd 'All This Time ’
which took place on the night of 9/11 and is a very powerful listen .
The Japanese Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section DVD Audio (from Victor, I think, my physical media is currently in boxes in the basement after moving house) is very very good. Bob Stuart from Meridian used to bring this out to show what DVDA could do on Meridian systems.
Got the latest Natalie Merchant album, “Paradise is There” from HD tracks in 24/48. This is reworking her debut solo album “Tigerlilly”. The sound is excellent in Hi-Res, though I suspect the CD and Vinyl would be too
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (listen to the SACD in surround - it will blow your mind. My kid crawled for the first time listening to this, for whatever that’s worth)
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
Beck - Sea Change
Beatles - Love (I have all the their stuff in 24bit but I really love this mashup)
I just got Mwandishi by Herbie Hancock in 24/192 and it’s blowing my mind with how great it sounds and needless to say the album is killer musically too.