Timm, I have three David Gray compact disks, White Ladder (1998), Life in Slow Motion (2005) and Foundling (2010). The latter two are well recorded, IMO. White Ladder, his most famous I believe, is somewhat piercing with the percussion on the hit song song, Babylon. It may be that it is well recorded and that's the way the percussion sounds, but I definitely think the later albums are better recorded.