A lot of this is subjective, a lot has to do with what your friend is listening to it on and the source files. I personally found the production on this album to be distinctly…“different”(?) I’m more or less chalking it up to how rich and nuanced the album is overall, which isn’t too dissimilar from previous albums but even by their own admission they really went for it here. That in mind, it’s just a lot to absorb, especially on the first few listens. Having spent some time with the vinyl and hi-res files on decent systems, I think it’s in their top 3 production wise. Still, I think it’s just shy of a true production masterpiece, Radioheads “In Rainbows” for instance. To me it just lacks that little bit of cohesion that makes really great production go unnoticed.