Lee Perry IS a sacred cow. Sorry, I don't see all the value. King Tubby registered immediately. Perry sounded like what it is, dude high on weed fucking around with a mixing board.
Perry = Rza, but Tubby = Dre. Yeah, Perry may have 'originated' the dub. But he was never as nice as people made him out to be. He just happened to help make some great singles, and be crazy. Tubby took songs that were good, and made them into ART. "Skylarking Dub" alone!
Alibini is the weirdest of all fucking persons to accuse of Sacred Cow, because, he's a producer with a musical aggenda. Not just his engineering, but, he has a specific music field he really adores, and then other people try to grab him for the name. Now, obviously, he is a sacred cow for critics. But here's a question...
There are two kinds of bands Albini really works with. Ones he relates to: Jesus Lizard, Zeni Geva, Slint, Neurosis, etc. and bands he works for: Pixies, Bush, Joanna Newsom, Zao, etc. There are a few bands who skate the line, like Nirvana, but he generally has these two types; But is Albini still the sacred cow when some of the bands he really rides for are usually the ones who aren't instantly loved?