Has ilm ever done this before? I couldn't find anything.
Criteria might include number and significance of artists produced, number and quality of records, variety of styles, producer's impact or contribution. I have no idea what a producer does most of the time, but I'm curious when I notice a name keeps showing up.
A few examples:
Jimmy Miller 1968: Traffic, Stones, Family, Spooky Tooth
Eno 1978: Himself (Music for Airports, Music for Films, After the Heat), Talking Heads, Devo, Harold Budd, No New York (but no Bowie that year)
Chris Thomas 1973: 2 Roxy Music LPs, John Cale, Badfinger, Procol Harum (plus mixing for Dark Side of the Moon)
All above culled from AMG's credits listings, which tend to favor albums over singles. You wouldn't know that Burt Bacharach had a pretty great 1964 and 1965, not to mention his commercial success. Then how do you rate the producer's work when they are also the songwriter? Likewise for Holland-Dozier-Holland, any year 1964-67 had a ridiculous list of classics. I expect someone else can detail the case for 21st Century hotshots Timbaland, Neptunes, Max Martin, etc.
― punning display, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 15:15 (one month ago) link
As Tony Visconti will remind you, Eno wasn't credited as producer on the Bowie "Berlin" records.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 15:17 (one month ago) link
..but those are very good years you have listed.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 15:18 (one month ago) link
...except maybe the Chris Thomas/Badfinger record.
Alfred Lion (the producer of every Blue Note Records session of the 1950s and 1960s; Rudy Van Gelder was "just" the engineer) is gonna walk this unless we're limiting it to pop music.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 15:25 (one month ago) link
Yes, it's a different standard when you can produce an album in an afternoon, sometimes without even mixing it afterwards.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 15:29 (one month ago) link
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, September 24, 2024 11:17 AM (thirty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Good prompt to watch the Adam Buxton video about this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FODvjYoVEi8
― mizzell, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 15:55 (one month ago) link
george martin
― hott ogo (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 15:57 (one month ago) link
1965 or 1967
― hott ogo (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 15:58 (one month ago) link
I would have said Tom Wilson but he I'm not sure he actually produced Bob Dylan, Mothers of Invention and the Velvet Underground in the same year - the latter two definitely though.
― pisspoor bung probe prog (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 16:01 (one month ago) link
I'd have to look up his whole resume, but Billy Sherrill probably ruled at least one year in the 1970s.
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 16:05 (one month ago) link
In 1995, RZA did Liquid Swords, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, and Return to 36 Chambers: the Dirty Version.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 16:08 (one month ago) link
that's a good one
― hott ogo (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 16:12 (one month ago) link
1994- DJ Premier did:
Gangstarr- Daily OperationJeru the Damaja- The Sun Rises in the EastNas- Illmatic (3 sons): "NY State of Mind" "Memory Lane" "Represent"MOP- "Downtown Swinga"Notorious BIG- "Unbelievable"
― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 16:14 (one month ago) link
of course you could pull nearly any year from the 90s and find a similar Primo run
― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 16:15 (one month ago) link
I was also gonna post Preemo’s 94 but it was too much typing on phone lol
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 16:21 (one month ago) link
The Neptunes in 2004Impossible to pick a single year of Missy
― I for one care less for them (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 16:32 (one month ago) link
John Fogerty for the three CCR albums he produced in 1969 (while also composing most of the songs, singing, arranging and playing many of the instruments).
― o. nate, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 16:34 (one month ago) link
Giorgio Moroder in 1979:
Giorgio Moroder, E=MC2Donna Summer, Bad GirlsSparks, Number 1 in HeavenJapan, "Life in Tokyo"Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer, "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)"
― Josefa, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 16:36 (one month ago) link
Shel Talmy 1966: The Kinks, The Who, The Creation, The Easybeats, Manfred Mann
― city worker, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 17:23 (one month ago) link
Those records were good in spite of Shel Talmy though.
― pisspoor bung probe prog (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 17:25 (one month ago) link
Todd Rundgren 1973
Todd Rundgren- A Wizard, A True StarNew York Dolls- New York DollsGrand Funk Railroad- We're An American Band
― bbq, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 17:30 (one month ago) link
Phil Spector 1963 is absolutely GOATed
The Ronettes - "Be My Baby"The Ronettes - "Baby I Love You"The Crystals - "Da Doo Ron Ron"The Crystals - "Then He Kissed Me"The Crystals - "He's Sure the Boy I Love"Bob B. Soxx - "Why Do Lovers Break Each Others Hearts?"Darlene Love - "Today I Met the Boy I'm Gonna Marry"And the 'A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector' album
― The SoyBoy West Coast (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 17:48 (one month ago) link
Unequivocally the correct answer
― The SoyBoy West Coast (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 17:49 (one month ago) link
the unequivocally correct answer is King Tubby (or maybe Lee Perry or Joe Gibbs) and any year between 1972 and 1980 or so.
― famous instagram dog (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 18:01 (one month ago) link
Phil Ramone, 1975 (a mix of engineering and producing credits):
Alice Cooper - Welcome to My NightmareThe Wiz - Original Cast RecordingPaul Simon - Still Crazy After All These YearsBob Dylan - Blood on the TracksMaggie & Terri Roche - Seductive ReasoningSonny Sharrock - ParadiseOriginal Cast Recording - ChicagoChicago - Chicago VIIIArt Garfunkel - Breakaway
― bratwurst autumn (Eazy), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 18:02 (one month ago) link
just based on sheer volume, the slate of quality reggae producers in the 70s absolutely slay their other western pop contemporaries in terms of number of sessions/releases. It isn't even close.
― famous instagram dog (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 18:05 (one month ago) link
The oft-derided Spot’s 1984 includes Zen Arcade, Meat Puppets’ II, Saint Vitus s/t, and no less than 3 Black Flag albums (My War, Family Man, and Slip It In).
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 18:31 (one month ago) link
Trevor Horn, 1982:ABC - The Lexicon Of LoveDollar - Give Me Back My Heart / VideothequeSpandau Ballet - InstinctionMalcolm McLaren - Buffalo Gals
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 18:31 (one month ago) link
i'd think Timbaland has to have a pretty amazing year in his production catalog.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 18:36 (one month ago) link
With Timbaland I'd probably go with 2001.
― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 18:41 (one month ago) link
or 2002
― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 18:42 (one month ago) link
in 1971 glyn johns did who's next, the faces' a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse, plus records by leon russell, boz scaggs, jesse ed davis, and humble pie
― hott ogo (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 19:01 (one month ago) link
We have a winner:
Don Was 1999
1999: Suicaine Gratifaction – Paul Westerberg (producer)1999: Spirit of Music – Ziggy Marley (producer)1999: Avenue B – Iggy Pop (producer)1999: Garth Brooks in...the Life of Chris Gaines – Garth Brooks (producer)
― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 19:06 (one month ago) link
he sure was 1999
― hott ogo (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 19:11 (one month ago) link
Arif Mardin in 1973:Sweet Revenge - John PrineShotgun Willie - Willie NelsonAbandoned Luncheonette - Hall & OatesExtension of a Man - Donny Hathaway
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 19:28 (one month ago) link
Tomas Skogsberg 1991:
Dark Throne - Soulside JourneyDismember - Like An Everflowing StreamNecrophobic - Unholy PropheciesEntombed - Clandestine
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 19:40 (one month ago) link
Scott Burns, 1990:
Obituary, Cause of DeathDeicide, s/tNapalm Death, Harmony CorruptionDeath, Spiritual HealingMaster, s/tExhorder, Slaughter in the VaticanAtrocity, HallucinationsDemolition Hammer, Tortured ExistenceCannibal Corpse, Eaten Back to Life
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 19:47 (one month ago) link
Beats by the Pound 1998
Young Bleed - My Balls and My WordSilkk the Shocker - Charge It 2 da GameC-Murder - Life or DeathVarious artists - I Got the Hook-UpSons of Funk - The Game of FunkFiend - There's One in Every FamilySoulja Slim - Give It 2 'Em RawMaster P - MP da Last DonKane & Abel - Am I My Brother's KeeperMac - Shell ShockedSnoop Dogg - Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be ToldBig Ed the Assassin - The AssassinSkull Duggery - These Wicked StreetsMagic - Sky's the LimitVarious artists - Mean GreenPrime Suspects - Guilty 'til Proven InnocentGambino Family - Ghetto OrganizedMia X - Mama DramaGhetto Commission - Wise GuysSteady Mobb'n - Black MafiaFull Blooded - Memorial DayVarious artists - We Can't Be StoppedMystikal - Ghetto Fabulous
― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 19:52 (one month ago) link
XpostRe: Scott Burns, insane list even with you leaving off “To The Gory End” by Cancer
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 19:54 (one month ago) link
In 1981 Mutt Lange produced albums for Foreigner, Def Leppard, and AC/DC each of which went multi-platinum
― Josefa, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 20:12 (one month ago) link
I’d have to dig in deeper to firm this up, but 2007-2009 were pretty good years for The Dream/Tricky Stewart as producers and songwriters
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 20:34 (one month ago) link
Some dude to thread obviously
Real answer is probably some Nashville guy in the 50s
― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 22:39 (one month ago) link
Arthur Baker, 1982:
Planet Rock - Soul Sonic ForceWalking On Sunshine/The Harder They Come - Rockers RevengePlay At Your Own Risk - Planet PatrolCandy Girl - New EditionIOU - FreeezSoul Makossa - Nairobi/Awesome FoursomeJazzy Sensation - Afrika Bambaataa/Kryptic KrewJazzy Rhythm - Michelle WallaceEase Your Mind (US Remix)/Ritmo Suave - Arthur Baker
I mean, COME ON!
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 22:49 (one month ago) link
(Ease Your Mind/Ritmo Suave was by Touchdown, duh)
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 22:53 (one month ago) link
Chic Organization, 1980 (wrote and produced):
Chic - Real PeopleSister Sledge - Love Somebody TodaySheila and B. Devotion - King of the WorldDiana Ross - Diana
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 22:54 (one month ago) link
I'd take 1979 Chic Org in a heartbeat.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 23:05 (one month ago) link
relevant: Producers, Recording Engineers and Studio Wizards: POLL RESULTSTop 10 were:10. Chic Organisation (275 points, 9 votes, 2 #1 votes)9. Giorgio Moroder (278 points, 13 votes)8. The Bomb Squad (287 points, 13 votes, 1 #1 vote)7. Conny Plank (306 points, 13 votes, 1 #1 vote)6. RZA (348 points, 14 votes, 1 #1 vote)5. Lee "Scratch" Perry aka the Super Ape aka Pipecock Jackson aka the Upsetter (355 points, 15 votes, 1 #1 votes)4. George Martin (455 votes, 16 points, 2 #1 votes)3. Timbaland (493 points, 19 votes, 3 #1 votes)2. Brian Eno (562 points, 20 votes, 3 #1 votes)1. Phil Spector (664 points, 26 votes, 1 #1 vote)
― famous instagram dog (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 25 September 2024 15:38 (one month ago) link