Favourite Producers

[JamesJamerson]

Songs where you feel the contribution of the producer was at least the equal of the artists:

Richard Perry

Gamble & Huff:

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Willie Mitchell:

Norman Whitfield:

 

[dantheman]

Thats a tough one! The one that comes to mind for me is Steven Wilson for the job he did on Opeths Blackwater Park, amazing sound and direction on that album

 

[Klyde]

John Cale (Patti Smith' 'Horses', Modern Lovers) and of course Martin Hannett.

 

[Pete the Feet]

Bob Ezrin: Billion Dollar Babes and Peter Gabriel's first solo album. While maybe not equal on the later he certainly made his mark.

Oh and not forgetting that other geezer who worked with them there scousers.

 

[lennyw]

John Culshaw.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Culshaw

 

[foxwelljsly]

Everything Primal Scream have ever made is 30% the band and 70% the producer and sidemen.

 

[lennyw]

[Accidental double post of John Culshaw, but seeing as we're on those initials:]
Bob Thiele
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Albums_produced_by_Bob_Thiele

 

[Seeker_UK]

Chris Blackwell

Mike Hedges
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Martin Hannett

Conny Plank

Can

 

[Teddy Ray]

Daniel Lanois

Mitch Easter


Rob Schnapf

Steve Albini

Tucker Martine

Phil Ek

Peter Katis

 

[foxwelljsly]

Daniel Lanois

Mitch Easter


Rob Schnapf

Steve Albini

Tucker Martine

Phil Ek

Peter Katis

Not sure about that, Steve Albini's raison d'etre is to leave as minimal mark of his own on proceedings as he possibly can.

To actually enter into the spirit of the OP's provocation, rather than peel off a list of producers; How about Teo Macero's work with Miles, for a specific track - In A Silent Way.

 

[rontoolsie]

Glyn Johns
George Martin

 

[Seeker_UK]

How about Teo Macero's work with Miles, for a specific track - In A Silent Way.

How about a Miles track that isn't spoiled by his unusually (for Teo) clunky edits?

 

[guey]

Eno.

 

[Simon Dawson]

Tony Visconti

Mike Thorn

Chris Knox

 

[foxwelljsly]

Frankie - Trevor Horn (edit Two Tribes is way better than Relax)

 

[nirvanah]

Martin Hannett definitely comes to mind, his ability to lay down instruments in layers that made each individual instrument stand out makes me smile each time i listen to his music. IMPO i think he was a great man and a major part of the success behind the band Joy Division...... I often wonder what system he listened to his music on. Oooooh maybe another thread there.
Ian.

 

[irons1965]

John Leckie

Pete Walsh

 

[palasr]

Tom Dowd

 

[andyoz]

Frankie - Trevor Horn (edit Two Tribes is way better than Relax)

I was going to mention Mr Horn too.

Although from what I hear it was his engineer Steve Lipson that did the real hard slog production work. Trevor would map out the 'Grand Picture' and then leave the engineers to execute it.

 

[Pete the Feet]

Don't forget Stock, Aitken and Waterman. Not to my taste but there was a time when they shaped the charts and provided a soundtrack to the youth of their era.