2025 Grammy for Immersive Audio Album - Who should win?

[J. PUPSTER]

Looks like i/o is winning here, Ed McMahon rejoice-

"All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about."

might need to reshuffle that around a bit, or somethin' like that

 

[humprof]

And the official nominees (announced Friday, November 8th) are:

Best Immersive Audio Album

• “Avalon,” Bob Clearmountain, immersive mix engineer; Rhett Davies and Bryan Ferry, immersive producers (Roxy Music)
• “Genius Loves Company,” Michael Romanowski, Eric Schilling and Herbert Waltl, immersive mix engineers; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; John Burk, immersive producer (Ray Charles with Various Artists)
• “Henning Sommerro: Borders,” Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Trondheim Symphony Orchestra)
• “I/O (In-Side Mix),” Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel and Richard Russell, immersive producers (Peter Gabriel)
• “Pax,” Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Ensemble 96 and Current Saxophone Quartet)

Some reminders, before we start recycling the Same Old Complaints (see also my post #11, above):

• To be nominated, you've gotta enter or be entered. And not all artists, agents, or labels bother (or manage) to enter their eligible titles by the submission deadline. (Here's the process. And here.)
• Unlike the "big" categories, the nominees (and the eventual winner) for Best Immersive are selected by members of the "Craft" committee--in principle, qualified fellow immersive engineers.

 

[privateuniverse]

Two titles from the poll selections actually got nominated. I'm pleasantly surprised that it was that many!

So I am going to make a prediction that this year the Grammy will go to one of the pop/rock titles. I think nominating Morton Lindberg twice doesn't actually do him any favors. He has lost any year that he received multiple nominations.

 

[sjcorne]

Maybe coincidence, but it's encouraging to see just one streaming-exclusive title (Avalon). The other four are available either via disc or download.