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human
ELI5: What specifically do people mean when they say a song/abum has good "production"?

I hear this thrown around a lot. More money pumped into it? More skill? Better quality?
gpt
The producer edits together the various sounds, taking the ones that will sound best, and mixing the loudness levels so that you hear the right amount of each thing.  For example, the various instruments and the vocals are almost always recorded separately and then combined.  In many cases, the producer is also responsible for deciding where the microphones should be located, and other decisions about the environment where the recording is being done. 


In a song with good production, these  have been done well.