Though I'm not sure if it meets critical acclaim standards, Tom Scholz basically recorded the debut Boston album in his basement[1] and that thing sold 25 million.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scholz

Also I grew up playing with his Rockman device and it was sincerely one of the coolest guitar innovations a kid could have access to early on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockman_%28amplifier%29

Some of Van Halen's albums were done at home, in his home recording studio named "5150".

I believe the "Beat It" guitar solo was also recorded there. Because there was no legal paperwork with MJ's mgmt., that was a freebie - to the utter dismay of his label.

"home studio"

https://static.gearslutz.com/board/imgext.php?u=http%3A%2F%2...

> Another that legend has it was recording the same way, albeit under different circumstances:

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_Dream

I read the wikipedia entry and it's quite a stretch :].

Yeah, I agree 100%, especially with respect to Wikipedia's description of it. It's just something I've always heard around, but I definitely don't have an even remotely reliable source. Here's what Allmusic says about it: "Corgan eventually played almost all the instruments himself (except for percussion)."

http://www.allmusic.com/album/siamese-dream-mw0000099414

"Except percussion" is a pretty big exception on Pumpkins records!