I love Jim as a producer, especially on Bat II, as a few others commented, but I think that sometimes he becomes a little self-indulgent.
Basically, I'm talking about Pandora's Box. For an example, take the beginning parts of "The Future Ain't What it Used To Be," with the rattling chains and the shouting No's. It detracts from the beauty of the song, and I usually fast-forward over those parts.
Also, Little Red Book bothers me, as well.
But, when he's on, and he's almost always on, I love it. The grandiosity, the wall of sound, well, I'm just rambling now--we all love his production style, that's one of the reasons we're here.
Oh, I love the way pianos sound in his songs. He mentioned it in his blog a little ways back, that it's a carefully crafted timbre. It shows.
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