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“a film is more like music than like fiction.” —Stanley Kubrik

Top 30 Studio Drum Sounds Ever

The Beatles Abbey Road Studios

Don’t argue, young’uns. Go to your room and don’t come out till you finish your homework:

Not talking strictly performance or technical prowess. It’s the texture, man.

In no particular order:

  1. John Lennon: Watching The Wheels
  2. Spoon: All the Pretty Girls Go to the City
  3. Dusty Springfield: Son of A Preacher Man
  4. The Beatles: (tie) A Day In The Life/Tomorrow Never Knows
  5. Cream: White Room. Just for you, hippies.
  6. Joy Division: Transmission
  7. Led Zeppelin: (tie) Fool In The Rain/Good Times Bad Times
  8. PJ Harvey: O Stella
  9. The Police: (tie) Roxanne/Every Breath You Take. Don’t lie, you love it.
  10. Velvet Underground: Oh Sweet Nothin’
  11. Gang of Four: Damaged Goods
  12. The Smiths: How Soon Is Now?
  13. Prince: (tie) Lady Cab Driver/Pop Life
  14. Beastie Boys: Sabotage
  15. The Fall: Chicago, Now!
  16. Lou Reed: Coney Island Baby
  17. Fleetwood Mac: Dreams
  18. David Bowie: Five Years
  19. Elvis Costello: Lipstick Vogue
  20. The Cure: 10:15 Saturday Night
  21. The Cars: Candy-O
  22. Gary Numan: Cars
  23. Psychedelic Furs: Pretty In Pink (OST Version).
  24. U2: (tie) New Year’s Day/Elvis Presley In America
  25. Adam Ant: Goody Two Shoes
  26. R.E.M.: 7 Chinese Brothers
  27. The National: Brainy
  28. Elliott Smith: Alameda
  29. Big Country: In A Big Country
  30. The Who: Eminence Front. Surprise! Keith Moon doesn’t play on this track.


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