purplethunder3121 said:

There is no such thing as the "best" of anything. It's all asubjective matter of opinion.

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Good point. But someone trained in music composition, theory, and criticism could offer up an
intelligent and cogent opinion as to why one piece, or, in this case, music producer, ought to be
considered better or worse than another.

But good point, Purple.

RJOrion said:

funkaholic1972 said:

So many great hits...

Mutt Lange had a lot of hits too with Def Leppard, Billy Ocean, Bryan Adams, Shania Twain, AC/DC, The Cars, Foreigner, Maroon 5, etc. Then there's Jay Graydon who was popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s with the Westcoast sound. David Foster produced or collaborated with a lot of popular acts too. Then there's Arif Mardin, Quincy Jones, Creed Taylor, Don Davis, Bob Rock, John Hammond, Willie Mitchell, Teo Macero, Narada Michael Walden, Norman Whitfield, Smokey Robinson, Arthur Baker, Ted Templeman, & the Mizell Brothers.

MickyDolenz said:

funkaholic1972 said:

So many great hits...

Mutt Lange had a lot of hits too with Def Leppard, Billy Ocean, Bryan Adams, Shania Twain, AC/DC, The Cars, Foreigner, Maroon 5, etc. Then there's Jay Graydon who was popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s with the Westcoast sound. David Foster produced or collaborated with a lot of popular acts too. Then there's Arif Mardin, Quincy Jones, Creed Taylor, Don Davis, Bob Rock, John Hammond, Willie Mitchell, *Teo Macero, Narada Michael Walden, Norman Whitfield, Smokey Robinson, Arthur Baker, Ted Templeman, & the Mizell Brothers.

Lee Hazlewood, Ron Barrett, Jerry Wexler, Jimmy Miller, Tom Dowd, Sam Philips, Berry Gordy, * Teo Macero, Chris Thomas, Daniel Lonois, Airif Mardin, Rick Rubin, Nile Rogers, Joe Meek, John Hammond, Phil Ramone,

I don't have the time to break down what these brilliant men did for artist and they music the recorded.

As I've said before, No.

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Their run is very impressive. They could very well be the best of their era.

No doubt they were the most sought after producers during their run. Of course

LA and Face were second. As far as being the best ever it's definitely subjective and

I don't care to read through a list of producers that I don't know or

care to know.

phunkdaddy said:

Their run is very impressive. They could very well be the best of their era.

No doubt they were the most sought after producers during their run. Of course

LA and Face were second. As far as being the best ever it's definitely subjective and

I don't care to read through a list of producers that I don't know or

care to know.

I think the writer of the article shares your point of view. This reminds me of the "best" list R.S. magazine does from time to time. Folks making clueless assumptions... their time of reference is somewhere between 5 years of age and middle-age. Myopic.

TD3 said:

phunkdaddy said:

I didn't know Prince produced Colonel Abrams.

I don't know how to quantify or qualify "best ever" but here are my favorite producers:

Willie Mitchell
Raphael Saadiq

DeVante Swing
Brendan O'Brien
Brian Wilson
Prince
Maurice White