Lady Gaga

Moving away from metal bands, one of my favorite albums of late is Lady Gaga's The Fame Monster. Aside from Lady Gaga being one of the most talented singer/songwriters out today, The Fame Monster sounds really good.

The Fame Monster was mixed by Mark Stent, who is a british mixing engineer. Stent is one of the most sought after in the business and has worked with oher bands and artists such as U2, Maroon 5, Linkin Park, and Muse.

Normally you don't expect pop songs or albums to sound really good sonically, but there's an exception here. Everything is crisp and you can tell everything apart from each other. The lows are bassy, which it should be considering the tracks are geared more towards dance songs.

The only thing i didn't like about the mixing is on the song "Dance in the Dark" the bass drum sound is too bassy and over powers the speakers i listen to it on. I don't know if it's the song itself or the EQ settings i have on my iPod but it's slightly annoying. Besides that everything else sounds great.