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I don't have an Atmos setup so I have only listened to The Nylon Curtain in 5.1. The first song ("Allentown") has almost nothing happening in the surround field. Things get better as the album goes on. The last four songs being particularly good.
A/B'd with the 5.1 from the music video DVD released in 2001, the Atmos is much less adventurous with the surround channels.
 
Jethro Tull Christmas Album in Atmos is on Apple was mentioned but nobody cared to post the link. It’s my favorite Christmas album, so there
Do any other Apple Music users find the Atmos mix on this album strange? At least on my 5.1.2 system, it seems the height speakers are being used as the main channels, including for the vocals and flute parts. Hardly anything out of the center channel. Also, the surround speakers are being used at least as much as the front mains. Seems like the channels got mixed up somehow. Certainly very different than how other Atmos mixes are rendered. (All other Atmos mixes I’ve listened to today sound normal.)
 
Here's part two--covering G through M--of 2024 critics' picks in Atmos. Overview and legend in my previous post. N-S and T-Z in the next couple of days.

Gabriela OrtizRevolución DiamantinaNPR*
GloRillaGloriousNPR
Hermanos GutiérrezSonido CósmicoPM Global #4
HindsViva HindsInd #15
Immanuel WilkinsBlues BloodNPR*; Seymour #5
Ivan CornejoMiradaCaramanica #5
Joy OladokunObservations from a Crowded RoomPM Americana #7
Julia HolterSomething in the Room She MovesZoladz hm
Kacey MusgravesDeeper WellZoladz hm
Kali UchisOrchideasNPR; Pareles #5; PF
Kamasi WashingtonFearless MovementBC*
KaytranadaTimelessNPR
Kelly Lee OwensDreamstateBC
Kendrick LamarGNXInd #18; NPR; Pareles hm; SG #3; Q #43
KhruangbinA La SalaHermes
Klô PelgagAbracadabraBC
Last Dinner Party, ThePrelude to EcstasyInd #20
Laura MarlingPatterns In RepeatInd #9; Pareles hm; Zoladz #5; PM Folk #3; PF
Lava La RueStarfaceBC
LL Cool JThe ForceSG
Mdou MoctarFuneral for JusticeHermes; Zoladz hm; Petrusich #8; PM Global #2; PF; Q #69
Megan MoroneyAm I Okay?Caramanica hm
Meshell NdegeocelloNo More Water: The Gospel of James BaldwinNPR
Michael KiwanukaSmall ChangesPareles hm
MustafaDunyaNPR; Caramanica hm; Zoladz hm; PM Folk #2

Here's part 3, covering N through S. Part 2, with G-M, above; Part 1, with A-F, plus overview and legend, here. Fourth and final installment tomorrow.

Nadine ShahFilthy UnderneathQ #10
Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsWild GodInd #4; Q #88; Gdn #20
Nilufer YanyaMy Method ActorNPR; Zoladz hm; PF #13; SG; Gdn #6
Nubya GarciaOdysseySG; BC*
Omar CourtzPrimera MusaCaramanica #17
Orla GartlandEverybody Needs a HeroPareles hm
Peso PlumaExodoCaramanica hm; Wilson
Pet Shop BoysNonethelessGdn
PhosphorescentRevelatorPM Folk #5
Porridge RadioClouds in the Sky They Will Always Be There for MeHermes
Rachel ChinouririWhat a Devastating Turn of EventsGdn
Rae KhalilCrybabyNPR
Remi WolfBig IdeasNPR
ResidenteLas Letres Ya No ImportanPareles hm
Ron MilesOld Main ChapelChinen
Ryuichi SakamotoOpusPM
Sabrina CarpenterShort n' SweetNPR; Caramanica #2; Petrusich #3; PF; SG; Wilson hm; Gdn #9
Samara JoyPortraitSeymour #6
Sarah JaroszPolaroid LoversPM Americana #1
ScHoolboy QBlue LipsNPR; Petrusich #15; Q #51
ShaboozeyWhere I've Been, Isn't Where I'm GoingSalmon
Sierra FarrellTrail of FlowersHermes; BC; PM Americana #8; Salmon
ShygirlClub ShyCaramanica
St. VincentAll Born ScreamingPareles hm
 
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Here's part 3, covering N through S. Part 2, with G-M, above; Part 1, with A-F, plus overview and legend, here. Fourth and final installment tomorrow.

Nadine ShahFilthy UnderneathQ #10
Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsWild GodInd #4; Q #88; Gdn #20
Nilufer YanyaMy Method ActorNPR; Zoladz hm; PF #13; SG
Nubya GarciaOdysseySG; BC*
Omar CourtzPrimera MusaCaramanica #17
Orla GartlandEverybody Needs a HeroPareles hm
Peso PlumaExodoCaramanica hm; Wilson
Pet Shop BoysNonethelessGdn #21
PhosphorescentRevelatorPM Folk #5
Porridge RadioClouds in the Sky They Will Always Be There for MeHermes
Rachel ChinouririWhat a Devastating Turn of EventsGdn #23
Rae KhalilCrybabyNPR
Remi WolfBig IdeasNPR
ResidenteLas Letres Ya No ImportanPareles hm
Ryuichi SakamotoOpusPM
Sabrina CarpenterShort n' SweetNPR; Caramanica #2; Petrusich #3; PF; SG; Wilson hm
Samara JoyPortraitSeymour #6
Sarah JaroszPolaroid LoversPM Americana #1
ScHoolboy QBlue LipsNPR; Petrusich #15; Q #51
Sierra FarrellTrail of FlowersHermes; BC; PM Americana #8
ShygirlClub ShyCaramanica
St. VincentAll Born ScreamingPareles hm
And here's the fourth and final (and shortest) installment, covering T-Z. Part 3, with N-S, is above; Part 2, G-M, here; Part 1, A-F, plus overview and legend, here.

T-Bone BurnettThe Other SideHermes
Taylor SwiftThe Tortured Poets DepartmentCaramanica #16
TemsBorn In the WildNPR
TylaTylaNPR; Caramanica hm; PF; Gdn
Vampire WeekendOnly God Was Above UsHermes; Ind. #3; Pareles #3; Zoladz hm; Petrusich #9; PF; SG; Gdn
Wayne Shorter QuartetCelebration, Vol. 1Fordham #3; Chinen
WishyTriple SevenSG #11
Zach TopCold Beer & Country MusicCaramanica #7
Zeal & ArdorGreifBC
 
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You have to dig for it but there is a 35th edition of Motley Crüe Dr Feelgood, need to select a track from the popular playlist than select “go to album”. Haven’t had a chance to listen yet, is there a difference?
Link to both versions.
 

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This one too:
Wow, great to have this album in Atmos! :) Thanks @LennonCobain for posting. In 1988 (the year this album was released) I was fortunate enough to see her live in a small venue downtown Oslo. Only her and the guitar in front of a small crowd. She had our total attention. She was like a firework! A strong and remarkable voice and so much energy and dynamics. And these great songs of course, spanning from exploding 'Bring Me Some Water' to the more quiet and emotional ones like 'Precious Pain'.

I remember the original album as quite good sounding compared to many other rock albums at the time. Niko Bolas did the original mix and was in on the production side. Some of the songs got a very dry vocal which wasn't very usual at that time. The production and arrangements suits Melissa's songs well. I find Dustin Richardson's atmos mix to be a pretty good one. Not all of the songs screams for an atmos treatment, but his mixing choices works well. He has made some improvements and been able to keep the important energy in drums and bass.

Although Melissa Etheridge had greater success with some of her other albums I will always have a stronger relationship with her self-titled debut. A recommended listen if you are not familiar with it.

Tidal link:
https://tidal.com/album/404036444?u
 
Not sure how new this is, but it was new to me:

A nice immersive mix after sampling a handful of songs. On the “Circle of Life,” choir vocals come blasting out of the rears. Same for “Just can’t wait to be king.”

“Under the stars” is well-mixed with a flute solo and choir vocals in the heights and percussion all over the place as the the song crescendos at the end.
 
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