Producers, Recording Engineers and Studio Wizards: POLL RESULTS

^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.

best man won imho. I said this on some other thread, but unlike a lot (all?) of the other douchebags on here, Phil never made a bad-sounding record. the worst thing with his name on it is Lennon/Ono's Sometime in NY City, and even there his sound and his style are the best things about it and the only thing that make it worth listening to.

recap:
50. Mutt Lange (82 points, 3 votes)
49. DJ Quik (83 points, 3 votes, 1 #1 vote)
48. Carl Craig (85 points, 3 votes, 1 #1 vote)
47. Prince Paul (86 points, 4 votes)
46. Glyn Johns (87 points, 3 votes, 1 #1 vote)
45. The Dust Brothers (88 points, 5 votes)
44. Swizz Beats (89 points, 5 votes)
43. David Briggs (91 points, 4 votes, 1 #1 vote)
42. TIE Xenomania (94 points, 4 votes) AND Gary Katz (94 points, 4 votes)
41. TIE Jimmy Miller (95 points, 4 votes, 1 #1 vote) AND Norman Whitfield (95 points, 5 votes)
40. Marley Marl (96 points, 5 votes)
39. Joe Boyd (98 points, 4 votes)
38. Todd Rundgren (101 points, 5 votes)
37. Geoff Emerick (109 points, 4 votes, 1 #1 vote)
36. John Leckie (110 points, 6 votes)
35. Prince (115 points, 5 votes)
34. Chris Thomas (117 points, 7 votes)
33. Pete Rock (118 points, 5 votes)
32. Les Paul (122 points, 4 votes, 2 #1 votes)
31. Tom Wilson (124 points, 6 votes)
30. Thom Bell (131 points, 5 votes)
29. Martin Rushent (134 points, 7 votes)
28. George Clinton (136 points, 4 votes, 1 #1 vote)
27. Jimmy Page (139 points, 5 votes, 1 #1 vote)
26. Willie Mitchell (140 points, 6 votes)
25. Tom Dowd (141 points, 6 votes)
24. Holland/Dozier/Holland (165 points, 7 votes)
23. Rick Rubin (168 points, 9 votes)
22. The Neptunes (172 points, 7 votes)
21. Rudy Van Gelder (176 points, 6 votes, 1 #1 vote)
20. Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis (180 points, 7 votes, 1 #1 vote)
19. Teo Macero (207 points, 9 votes)
18. Trevor Horn (226 points, 9 votes)
17. King Tubby (239 points, 9 votes,3 #1 votes)
16. TIE DJ Premier (242 points, 9 votes, 2 #1 votes) AND Tony Visconti (242 points, 10 votes)
15. Joe Meek (245 points, 10 votes, 1 #1 vote)
14. Martin Hannett (246 points, 10 votes)
13. Steve Albini (247 points, 12 votes)
12. Brian Wilson (248 points, 11 votes, 1 #1 vote)
11. Dr. Dre (254 points, 11 votes, 1 #1 vote)
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)

take comfort Turrican, only two people voted for Nigel Godrich btw, and he was low in their rankings

oh thank god

It would have been dishonest of me to leave Spector off my ballot entirely -- though I thought about it -- but I wish he hadn't won.

I'm really really gutted Terry Brown didn't get more love.

xp Tubby was my #1 too. Kinda wish he'd beaten Perry but they're both amazing.

Thanks Shakey and everyone else. This poll was great. I'm checking out like half the names here.

(Though I wish Villalobos had made it.)

Hey, thanks Shakey for an excellent poll idea and great results! I had Plank as my #1. Love how the guy could handle spare or chromed or bouncy or bliss or blistering with equal aplomb.