Most of the Time by Bob Dylan (Oh Mercy, 1989) is a little underrated in the man’s canon, but is one of those songs that definitely had a huge influence on my headspace on music while growing up. Not because of the song itself (great as it is) so much as the production: gorgeous walls of atmospheric guitars and feedback offset against resonators that thread their way through the mix, underscored by an economical bass line and a subtle drum track.

This song taught me a lot when I was a kid that was still working my way through my Dad’s favourite albums – I think it was possibly the first song that made me realise just how much good production can complete a song.

The producer in this case is none other than the master himself, Daniel Lanois – and he’s written a nice story on how the song and its sound came about in a recent feature on producers that appeared in Word Magazine. It’s a good read.

Oh, and that Godrich guy talks about Nude in the article too.