Albums on which the producer was arguably more important than the band/artist

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  1. Brainstorm

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    Joy Divisions 2 albums.
     
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    Neville Brothers - "Yellow Moon"
     
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  5. johnwilliamhunte

    johnwilliamhunte In the land of Gods and Monsters

    I think that is arguable, apparently Peter Hook wasn't happy with Hannett's production.
     
  6. Brainstorm

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    Whether Hook was happy with it or not isn't the point surely?
     
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    Has Hooky ever been happy about anything?
     
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    Definitely some of the Dark Horse Records artists like Splinter, Attitudes and Jiva :confused: weren’t up to par compared to their producer.

    only Ravi Shankar was noteworthy
     
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  10. johnwilliamhunte

    johnwilliamhunte In the land of Gods and Monsters

    Well, what exactly is your argument for the producer being more important on those records?
     
  11. Cryptical17

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    Many Apple Records artists like Trash, Derek and Lon Eaton, Mary Hopkin, Black Dyke Mills Band and Doris Troy were upstaged by their producers. James Taylor showed some early promise but his career didn’t really get going until he signed with Warner Bros
     
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    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
     
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    Cheap Trick - All Shook Up
     
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  14. Brainstorm

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    They were a punk band and wanted the sound they played live. Hannett took it somewhere else. He had the vision to give it what it became.
     
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  16. Platterpus

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    Frank Zappa produced some albums for other artists on his own labels (Bizarre/Straight) records, since he was more known than most of the artists he produced for on these labels.
     
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    Bob Rock to Metallica?? (Black Album)
     
  18. Gregalor

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    I don’t know, a record producer to me is kind of like a film editor: hard to say what they contributed and thus how good they were, unless we’ve seen what raw material they had to work with.
     
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    Just about everything produced by Trevor Horn
     
  20. JackOfAllTrades

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    Def Leppard - Hysteria
     
  21. MrEWhite

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    Exactly what I was going to say. If Bob Rock didn’t come on, we probably would have something closer to AJFA. Especially due to the fact Enter Sandman’s lyrics were going to be about crib death, but Bob Rock said no to that.
     
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  22. Rfreeman

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    Most of Spector's 60s work. In fact the songs were often sung by folks other than the named artists

    First 2 Monkees albums

    Masterpiece and some of the other NW produced Temptations albums
     
  23. johnwilliamhunte

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    Fair, I'm going to listen to The John Peel Sessions to remind myself what Joy Division sound like without Hannett's production.
     
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    Check out the Les Bains Douches record if you want to hear them fast and raw and loud!
     
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