Producers

The bench

The people who made the records — 14,615 producers, ranked by the Groove of what they produced. Not by fame. By the work.

Sort Career Groove Per record Output

Career Groove across, per-record up. Right is volume; high is consistency; the corner is both.

The crown

Michael Cuscuna

354 records · 1954–2013

17,464.15

1,251

Earle Mankey

13 records · 1975–1986

953.49

73.35/rec

1,252

Michael Young

4 records · 1979–1990

953.38

238.35/rec

1,253

The Damned

12 records · 1979–1986

951.97

79.33/rec

1,254

David Anderle

21 records · 1968–1997

951.60

45.31/rec

1,255

Walter Afanasieff

41 records · 1989–2012

950.38

23.18/rec

1,256

Giorgio Gomelsky

21 records · 1965–2011

949.96

45.24/rec

1,257

Joe Claussell

23 records · 1989–2004

949.96

41.30/rec

1,258

Aesop Rock

13 records · 1999–2013 · United States of America

949.90

73.07/rec

1,259

Alan White

6 records · 1973–1981

949.35

158.23/rec

1,260

Ten Years After

7 records · 1969–1972

949.20

135.60/rec

1,261

Russell Gloyd

15 records · 1955–1998

948.67

63.24/rec

1,262

Robert Plant

16 records · 1982–2010 · United Kingdom

947.99

59.25/rec

1,263

Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser

11 records · 1971–1974

947.12

86.10/rec

1,264

Paul Hicks

4 records · 1970–2003

947.08

236.77/rec

1,265

The Beatnuts

16 records · 1990–2004

946.48

59.16/rec

1,266

Guilherme Araujo

7 records · 1972–1981

944.94

134.99/rec

1,267

Jim Dickinson

20 records · 1972–2008

944.83

47.24/rec

1,268

The Doors

9 records · 1971–2012 · United States of America

944.53

104.95/rec

1,269

Amon Düül II

8 records · 1969–1995 · Germany

944.47

118.06/rec

1,270

Tim Green

21 records · 1995–2012

944.36

44.97/rec

1,271

金澤寿和

23 records · 1973–1989

943.83

41.04/rec

1,272

Robert Schneider

12 records · 1995–2010

943.72

78.64/rec

1,273

Paul Epworth

49 records · 2004–2020

943.59

19.26/rec

1,274

Suge Knight

17 records · 1992–2002

943.50

55.50/rec

1,275

Chris Peat

7 records · 1990–1992

942.96

134.71/rec

1,276

Mark Archer

7 records · 1990–1992

942.96

134.71/rec

1,277

Lionel Richie

9 records · 1981–2006 · United States of America

942.79

104.75/rec

1,278

Steve Barri

22 records · 1965–1996

942.37

42.83/rec

1,279

Green Day

34 records · 1973–2024 · United States of America

941.76

27.70/rec

1,280

John Acquaviva

6 records · 1990–1993

941.18

156.86/rec

1,281

Terry Melcher

13 records · 1964–1998

940.61

72.35/rec

1,282

Phil Harding

19 records · 1983–1996

940.28

49.49/rec

1,283

808 State

13 records · 1988–1999 · United Kingdom

940.14

72.32/rec

1,284

Rob Di Stefano

23 records · 1981–2012

939.84

40.86/rec

1,285

Satyr

6 records · 1994–2008

938.43

156.41/rec

1,286

Arcade Fire

11 records · 2003–2017 · Canada

936.21

85.11/rec

1,287

Michael B. Wanchic

12 records · 1985–1999

935.65

77.97/rec

1,288

Donald Cleveland

12 records · 1977–1988

935.61

77.97/rec

1,289

Ethan Johns

29 records · 2000–2012

935.40

32.26/rec

1,290

Roma Baran

9 records · 1982–2010

933.93

103.77/rec

1,291

Adam Beyer

8 records · 1995–2000

932.81

116.60/rec

1,292

Mark Smith

19 records · 1955–2004

932.37

49.07/rec

1,293

Cisco Ferreira

7 records · 1992–2005

932.27

133.18/rec

1,294

Ian Little

7 records · 1981–1985

931.07

133.01/rec

1,295

Matt Hyde

33 records · 1993–2016

931.00

28.21/rec

1,296

Richard Dashut

17 records · 1977–2003

930.77

54.75/rec

1,297

Fred Haayen

8 records · 1968–1976

930.13

116.27/rec

1,298

Slipmatt & Lime

4 records · 1991–2003

929.69

232.42/rec

1,299

Public Image Ltd

11 records · 1978–1990 · United Kingdom

927.92

84.36/rec

1,300

Stefan Glaumann

15 records · 1982–2017

926.60

61.77/rec