No value judgements from me. Just my admittedly narrow perspective. I get more than 4-5 tracks and it make my hair hurt. I totally get The Beatles shift to studio only productions. Heck I hung out in a studio in the summer of ‘65 and folks were madly mixing backwards tracks, bouncing tracks, and recording through drive in speakers for effects smile A buddy and I started a little recording outfit. it’s simply that nowadays I have no inclination for the complex. But that doesn’t mean I don’t admire textured and interesting arrangements.