POLL: The NME's 50 Greatest Producers Ever

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"Producers are an often overlooked but always integral part of the recording process. We highlight and celebrate the 50 most influential producers ever," says the NME. What say you?

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Lee Scratch Perry 5
Nile Rodgers 5
Trevor Horn 4
Phil Spector 4
Timbaland 3
Brian Wilson 3
Teo Macero 3
DJ Premier 3
Steve Albini 3
Todd Rundgren 2
George Clinton 2
Nigel Godrich 2
George Martin 2
Quincy Jones 2
Paul Epworth 2
Brian Eno 2
Joe Meek 1
Mutt Lange 1
Max Martin 1
RZA 1
Babyface 1
T Bone Burnett 1
Daniel Lanois 1
Butch Vig 1
Stephen Street 1
Arif Mardin 1
Mark Ronson 0
Prince 0
Trent Reznor 0
Steve Lillywhite 0
Pete Rock 0
Jimmy Miller 0
Jerry Wexler 0
Roy Thomas Baker 0
DJ Shadow 0
Jeff Lynne 0
Dr. Dre 0
The Neptunes 0
Chris Thomas 0
Jim Steinman 0
John Leckie 0
Andrew Weatherall 0
J Dilla 0
Berry Gordy 0
Sam Phillips 0
Tom Dowd 0
Jimmy Iovine 0
Danger Mouse 0
Biddu 0
Rick Rubin 0


late adopter, Saturday, 21 April 2012 04:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

No Glyn Johns, no credibility.

Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 21 April 2012 05:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

no jimmy jam and terry lewis, no owen bradley

balls, Saturday, 21 April 2012 05:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

voted lange over albini

balls, Saturday, 21 April 2012 05:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

Producers are an often overlooked but always integral part of the recording process.

hearty lol

aboulia banks (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 21 April 2012 05:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

no Thom Bell, no Willie Mitchell, no Norman Whitfield, no Allen Toussaint

gospodin simmel, Saturday, 21 April 2012 06:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

no Marley Marl, no Teddy Riley, no Bomb Squad, no Prince Paul,no Mannie Fresh

gospodin simmel, Saturday, 21 April 2012 06:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

weighed it up, had to go with Nigel Godrich

aboulia banks (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 21 April 2012 06:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

cos you can see why he'd keep those other guys out

aboulia banks (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 21 April 2012 06:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

Trevor Horn. More for his work with ABC and Dollar than for his work with Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Art Of Noise.

The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 21 April 2012 10:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

no ken caillat

fruitsbs (beachville), Saturday, 21 April 2012 11:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

^^^ inflicted terrible daughter on us, not eligible

i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Saturday, 21 April 2012 11:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

Any, Tom Dowd. Or maybe Rundgren.

i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Saturday, 21 April 2012 11:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

Is there anyone in here worse than Paul Epworth? Maybe Danger Mouse I suppose.

Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Saturday, 21 April 2012 12:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

Wanted to vote for Alan Moulder, went with Teo instead

Moodles, Saturday, 21 April 2012 13:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

No Rudy Van Gelder, either.

Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 21 April 2012 13:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

No Jim Dickinson.

Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Saturday, 21 April 2012 14:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

No Mitchell Froom.

i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Saturday, 21 April 2012 14:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

No Scott Storch.

fruitsbs (beachville), Saturday, 21 April 2012 15:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

No Terius Nash.

prolego, Saturday, 21 April 2012 16:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

I would have voted for Mitchell Froom had he been in here. :)

The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 21 April 2012 23:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

As soon as I saw they'd left out Joe Boyd and put in Paul Epworth I knew I didn't need to bother reading the rest of it.

Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Sunday, 22 April 2012 17:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 00:01 (10 months ago) Permalink

so, vote..

Mark G, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 05:58 (10 months ago) Permalink

No Giorgio Moroder!

Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 07:26 (10 months ago) Permalink

And as Marcello says, no Joe Boyd, which is a massive miss.

Mark G, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 08:26 (10 months ago) Permalink

no moroder, no hannett, no rushent, no way am i voting in this stupid poll

beater drummer (electricsound), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 09:05 (10 months ago) Permalink

I like Scratch better than anybody and that's who I voted

robert mcnamara in reverse (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 13:38 (10 months ago) Permalink

you guys are all idiots

carly rae (flopson), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 14:36 (10 months ago) Permalink

yeah who at NME thought Joe Boyd, Rudy Van Gelder, Norman Whitfield, and Giorgio Moroder were less worthy than Jeff Lynne?

Lee626, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 14:45 (10 months ago) Permalink

formatting error makes it look like RZA produced someone named "Ghost Face Killah Robert"

carly rae (flopson), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 14:57 (10 months ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Thursday, 28 June 2012 00:01 (10 months ago) Permalink

Geir has a sock?

the hat's filthy lesson (sic), Thursday, 28 June 2012 00:56 (10 months ago) Permalink

possibly several pairs

beater drummer (electricsound), Thursday, 28 June 2012 00:57 (10 months ago) Permalink

he's coming unravelled

the hat's filthy lesson (sic), Thursday, 28 June 2012 01:21 (10 months ago) Permalink

voted for meek just barely over spector

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 28 June 2012 01:58 (10 months ago) Permalink


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