I love the snare tone in the Joan Osbourne tune What if God was one of us. If you want to go back even further, Shadows of the night by Pat Benetar had a pretty rounded snare for an eighties Pop/Rock production.

Good examples.

I'm not sure if mine counts but the snare that I've always loved the sound of is from "Billie Jean" - it just goes right through you!

How about the snare on Metallica's St Anger album? Im not sure what they were thinking, one or two songs might have cool with it, but the whole album? but the snare sound they achieved on the Death Magnetic album is best snare sound and drum production over all I think Ive ever heard.

Chilli Peppers - Blood-sex, Slayer - South Of Heaven, Alex Van Halen - So this is love, Fuel - shimmer, And many more. Simply too many to choose from for different musical applications.

Nice snare sound at 1:05

:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b71clnfgyts

+1 for Alex Van Halen on "So This Is Love"

+2 for Alex Van Halen on everything he's played on

Nice topic Jim. "Pearl Jam - Last Exit" for me.

I'm damn glad I posed the snare question! I'm having loads of fun listening to all of the song suggestions. Thanks! A great trip back in time. Keep 'em coming. :D

Dennis Chambers sig snare sounds pretty mad. Sounds like its tuned higher then most but what would I know. He could belt a hub cap and id still be impressed.

Hal Blaine : "Be My Baby"

Anytime At All - The Beatles

All above examples are clean and clear, perfect. I like most of them. But
sometimes it becomes tedious for me.

Sometimes not even need to hear but this is intermixed somewhere in the music.As in this old recording:

John Bonham on Zep 2 or 4

A jam band called Attention Deficit. Their song Merton Hanks has a great snare. Although it isn't the prominent sound by any means, it really stands on its own.

I like productions which let snare and generally drum express its whole raw presence in the mix. Yes, snare sound tend to be the most complex and interesting sound in such cases, not just the even, bright downbeat like in most productions.


The example I bring is an invite of listening the same song on a live "cheap" stage and in its original cd production. Same cool raw drum recording. Deep snare, great result imho. The whole album "some boots" has been recorded that lovely way, or that's the way they coped making it sound :)

When We Stand Together - Nickleback. The snare just cuts through the mix and is the backbone of the whole song!

When We Stand Together - Nickleback. The snare just cuts through the mix and is the backbone of the whole song!

Joe Travers gets a good full bodied snare tone. Live no less.

Love this one...