Best produced albums

[Tiggi]

Off the top of my head, in no particular order, and straying from just Rock...

- Pink Floyd from Dark Side onwards, but particularly The Wall (but excluding live albums)

- Roger Waters' solo studio albums

- Supertramp's Brother Where You Bound

- The Hounds of Love by Kate Bush

- Welcome to The Pleasure Dome by Frankie Goes to Hollywood (seriously !!)

- Weld by Neil Young (One of my fave live efforts. Brilliantly recorded guitars), and his album with The Bluenotes, This Note's For You

- Famous Blue Raincoat by Jennifer Warnes

- The Nightfly by Donald Fagen (since you've mentioned Steely Dan)

- Stella, One Second, & Flag by Yello (awesome sounding Electronica)

- Peepshow by Siouxsie & The Banshees

- The Trinity Session by Cowboy Junkies (live in an empty church into a single microphone. Intimacy personified)

- Homogenic by Björk (more Electronica)

- Secret Wish by Propaganda

- Murder Ballads, & The Boatman's Call by Nick Cave

- Mind Bomb by The The

- Revolutions by Jean Michel Jarre(more electronics)

- Mystery Girl by Roy Orbison

- The Road to Hell by Chris Rea

- Garbage by Garbage

Any of these are guaranteed to sound superb, but of course may not be music you're keen on.

Also there are scores of fab sounding Jazz albums dating back to the mid '50s