Producers, Recording Engineers and Studio Wizards: POLL RESULTS

10. Chic Organisation (275 points, 9 votes, 2 #1 votes)
http://www.chictribute.com/gallery/bilder/sister79.jpg
Credits: Chic, Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Duran Duran, many others

Been looking forward to this Top 10, because there's a fair few that have already been mentioned which I thought would have been WAY up there. The Chic Organisation, I definitely didn't expect as a #10 position.

I was thinking Nile Rodgers alone, not the Chic Organisation

there were a bunch of votes for Rodgers & Edwards, Chic, and the Chic Organization so I just combined them all. they were ahead as front runners very early on.

9. Giorgio Moroder (278 points, 13 votes)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZPuJzasxhPU/R0-JVzMTzjI/AAAAAAAAACk/t2Cxf-ntwbE/s1600-R/morodersmall.jpg
Credits: Solo, Donna Summer, Blondie, Sparks, Phil Oakey, Falco, many others

Glad he made the top 10. A true innovator.

probably my favorite photo of the lot

^totally

a lot of his 80s stuff is depressing, unfortunately. dude did not need guitar solos.

I used to like Giorgio Moroder's production work until 1986 or so

But "Take My Breath Away" is horrible.

8. The Bomb Squad (287 points, 13 votes, 1 #1 vote)
http://mimg.ugo.com/200810/26239/cuts/6.the-bomb-squad_288x288.jpg
Credits: Public Enemy, Son of Bazerk, Ice Cube

^ my #2. Glad they're in the top 10.

7. Conny Plank (306 points, 13 votes, 1 #1 vote)
http://www.billycurrie.com/images/gallery/web_sized/conny_plank4.jpg
Credits: Cluster, Kraftwerk, Neu!, Ash Ra Tempel, Guru Guru, La Dusseldorf, Brian Eno, Moebius, Roedelius, Ultravox, Eurythmics

lookit the jorts on this guy

I'll guess perry-martin-eno top 3

Richard Perry?

anyway Plank, what can you say about this guy - a master of slapback echo and tape delay

Really really pleased to see Conny Plank in the Top 10. His work on the three albums he did with Ultravox alone still sounds fresh, and that was pretty late career for him wasn't it?

satin track shorts ≠ jorts

oh wow you're right

still... lookit the satin track shorts on this guy!

6. RZA (348 points, 14 votes, 1 #1 vote)
http://www.xxlmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/rza-piano.jpg
Credits: Wu-Tang

wu-tang + kudos for the Ghost Dog & Kill Bill scoring etc. (both brilliant imo)

nice dn btw

5. Lee "Scratch" Perry aka the Super Ape aka Pipecock Jackson aka the Upsetter (255 points, 15 votes, 1 #1 votes)
http://www.ukfestivalguides.com/App_themes/Main/News_Images/leeperry.jpg
Credits: Solo, the Upsetters, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Junior Murvin, the Congos, Jah Lion, Susan Cadogan, Prince Jazzbo, Max Romeo, Junior Byles, many more

Let's all get stoked! Grab a beer, it the Final Four!

Well final three anyway - I think we all know who's going to be #1 by now.....

1. Ark Music Factory (536 points, 18 votes, 4 #1 votes)

Credits: Rebecca Black, anybody else whose mother can afford them

4. George Martin (455 points, 16 votes, 2 #1 votes)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00mkgzx_640_360.jpg
Credits: The Beatles, America, Jeff Beck, Gerry & the Pacemakers

so young and dashing

Only #4, eh? I predict that Nigel Godrich is one of the top three, then.

Perry had 355 points, not 255 btw

still, a 100 point jump between him and George Martin

3. Timbaland (493 points, 19 votes, 3 #1 votes)
http://www.fuse.tv/media/music/polls/timbaland-517x386.jpg
Credits: Solo and w/Magoo, Jodeci, Sista, Aaliyah, Ginuwine, Missy Elliott, Jay-Z, Nas, Da Brat, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, Bubba Sparxxx, Mack 10, Ruff Ryders, Ms. Jade, Justin Timberlake, Brandy, Cee-Lo Green, LL Cool J, many more

this poll rules

conny plank is smokin in that pic btw

nice dn btw

:D

conny plank is smokin in that pic btw

he appears to be taking a hit from an invisible bong

okay so everyone knows what the last two are rite

2. Brian Eno (562 points, 20 votes, 3 #1 votes)
http://kobason.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/brian-eno.jpg
Credits: Solo, John Cale, Talking Heads, Devo, Ultravox, U2, Jane Siberry, James, Coldplay

have to say I was a bit disappointed in this - don't get me wrong, he's great and a massive figure in the biz obviously but my favorite things he was involved with tend to be things he did not actually produce (Roxy Music, Bowie Berlin trilogy) and his best production work imho is actually Remain in Light. Most everything post mid-80s has been garbage tho. and I hate U2. so there.

honestly at a loss as to who #1 is. If it is Godrich, that is way too high imo

the #1 entry was number one as soon as the second ballot came in, and never moved from the top spot

It's Phil.

LOL at Eno being higher than Conny Plank... and Visconti!

xpost: Yeah, I like Godrich's productions, but I don't think he deserves to be #1 at all.

drumrolllllllllllll

> Most everything post mid-80s has been garbage

Ah c'mon, the Windows 95 booting-up music is awesome

1. Phil Spector (664 points, 26 votes, 1 #1 vote)
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf1goiHZyt1qah2gqo1_r1_500.jpg
Credits: The Ronettes, the Crystals, Darlene Love, The Treasures, The Righteous Brothers, Bob B. Sox & the Blue Jeans, The Modern Folk Quartet, Ike & Tina Turner, The Beatles, John Lennon/Yoko Ono, George Harrison, Dion, Leonard Cohen, the Ramones, Starsailor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-0upHlWfQ4

It's Phil.

oh yeah, duh

Ah, but of course!!

pretty much every ballot that was not all hip-hop (or from Tuomas) included Spector somewhere in the rankings, which put him way over the top.