The best producers in rock history

Khor1255

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Sorry. Had to post a list of Mutt Lang stuff to clarify my dislike for his style:

Richard Jon Smith - Superstar Smith, 1974
City Boy – City Boy, 1976
City Boy – Dinner at the Ritz, 1976
Kevin Coyne - In Living Black and White, 1976
Mallard - In a Different Climate, 1976
Graham Parker – Heat Treatment, 1976
Supercharge – Local Lads Make Good, 1976
The Motors – The Motors, 1977
City Boy – Young Men Gone West, 1977
Clover – Love on the Wire, 1977
Clover – Unavailable, 1977
Supercharge – Horizontal Refreshment, 1977
The Boomtown Rats – The Boomtown Rats, 1977
The Rumour – Max, 1977
Savoy Brown – Savage Return, 1978
Michael Stanley Band – Cabin Fever, 1978
City Boy – Book Early, 1978
Outlaws – Playin' to Win, 1978
The Boomtown Rats – A Tonic for the Troops, 1978
Deaf School – English Boys/Working Girls, 1978
City Boy – The Day the Earth Caught Fire, 1979
The Records – Shades in Bed, 1979
Supercharge – Body Rhythm, 1979
The Boomtown Rats – The Fine Art of Surfacing, 1979
AC/DC – Highway to Hell, 1979
Broken Home – Broken Home, 1979
AC/DC – Back in Black, 1980
Foreigner – 4, 1981
Def Leppard – High 'N' Dry, 1981
AC/DC – For Those About to Rock We Salute You, 1981
Def Leppard – Pyromania, 1983
The Cars – Heartbeat City, 1984
Def Leppard – Hysteria, 1987
Romeo's Daughter – Romeo's Daughter, 1988
Billy Ocean – Tear Down These Walls, 1988
Bryan Adams – Waking Up the Neighbours, 1991
Def Leppard – Adrenalize (executive producer), 1992
Michael Bolton – The One Thing, 1993
Stevie Vann – Stevie Vann, 1995
Shania Twain – The Woman in Me, 1995
Bryan Adams – 18 til I Die, 1996
Shania Twain – Come on Over, 1997
The Corrs – In Blue, 2000
Shania Twain – Up!, 2002
Shania Twain – Greatest Hits, 2004
Nickelback – Dark Horse, 2008
Maroon 5 – Hands All Over, 2010

I don't get it.

Highway to Hell was a great album but not because of the production. I would almost say despite the production. Just about everything else blows hard with the exception of High and Dry and we all know what he did to Def Leppard.


I'll go with Terry Brown and Eddie Offord.

I think they did what a producer ought to do.
 

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A good producer is just an engineer with executive power.
 

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I think they mean specifically producers but why not add engineers? Most of the good ones started out that way anyway.
 

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My favourites (think most were alread named) are mostly producers with a very own "sound". I.e. you recognize its the just from how the guitar sounds for instance. Come to think of it, that makes them sound like glorified engineers.

- Bob Ezrin (who often co-writes music on the albums he produces)
- Jeff Lynne (it gets a bit samey after a while but it works for me)
- Daniel Lanois (atmospherics, even the average songs get more interesting as long as he doesn't overcook it)
- Bob Rock / Bruce Fairbairn (made that 80's pop metal sound truly crunchy)
- Ted Templeman (great drum sound)
- more of an arranger, but David Briggs
- Chris Thomas & Mark Opitz (both producer who managed to add production sheen yet retain a high level of energy)

Very good point ! :D
 

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I think they mean specifically producers but why not add engineers? Most of the good ones started out that way anyway.

Feel free to add whoever you like.
No rules here, just fun and intersting discussions :grinthumb
 

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Norman Smith - Produced SF Sorrow and Parachute for the Pretty Things
Mark Hudson - Loved what he did with Ringo
Nigel Godrich
James William Guercio
 

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