Arguably the most innovative record it has to offer is by, of all people, Rolf Harris: Sun Arise, on which producer George Martin, in a precursor to the kind of experiments he would indulge in later in the decade, employed eight double bass players to mimic the sound of a digeridoo.
Japan's third album, Quiet Life (1980), was an improvement, a fusion of rock and the new synthesized pop - 'futurism' - and one of the most innovative records of the year.
A holy trinity of the most innovative recording artists of their time.
It was a game designer's game, I dare say, in the same way that you might hear a challenging, or innovative record sometimes referred to as being made by an "artist's artist".
In Colour is a beautiful, richly innovative record, but some critics feel that it appropriates the edgier, pirate radio elements of club culture and turns them into an unthreatening kind of wallpaper.
Erlewine expressed that the band displays "melodic ingenuity and imaginative arrangements" and elaborated on its musical significance, stating "Warning may not be an innovative record per se, but it's tremendously satisfying; it finds the band at a peak of songcraft and performance, doing it all without a trace of self-consciousness.
Sputnikmusic's Amanda Murray noted Back to Basics as another "transitional" and "innovative" record for Aguilera.
AllMusic gave it 4.5/5 saying "Warning may not be an innovative record per se, but it's tremendously satisfying".
The producer George Martin's innovative recording of the album included the liberal application of sound shaping signal processing and the use of a 40-piece orchestra performing aleatoric crescendos.
Stephanie Blythe's recent recording, As Long As There Are Songs, produced at Meyer Sound in Berkeley, California, is likewise a grand entertainment and the first CD to demonstrate the company's innovative recording system, Constellation.
