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

1,751

Fields of the Nephilim

11 records · 1985–2002 · United Kingdom

731.47

66.50/rec

1,752

Brian Transeau

9 records · 1995–1998

731.40

81.27/rec

1,753

Alice Coltrane

7 records · 1970–2011 · United States of America

731.23

104.46/rec

1,754

Head

17 records · 1992–2010

730.89

42.99/rec

1,755

David Paich

7 records · 1976–2001

730.82

104.40/rec

1,756

Mike Smith

9 records · 1964–1995

730.60

81.18/rec

1,757

Barry Gibb

17 records · 1970–2005

730.25

42.96/rec

1,758

Ulf Lundell

12 records · 1978–2012

730.18

60.85/rec

1,759

Spanky

3 records · 1987–1995

729.97

243.32/rec

1,760

Ben Keith

10 records · 1976–2005

729.96

73.00/rec

1,761

XTC

12 records · 1982–1989 · United Kingdom

729.10

60.76/rec

1,762

Heart

3 records · 1977–1998 · United States of America

728.94

242.98/rec

1,763

Skold

15 records · 1991–2012

728.90

48.59/rec

1,764

Brad Shapiro

16 records · 1968–2006

728.75

45.55/rec

1,765

Partial Productions, Inc.

5 records · 1980–2009

728.65

145.73/rec

1,766

The Beach Boys

13 records · 1966–2000 · United States of America

728.20

56.02/rec

1,767

Pat McCarthy

23 records · 1989–2010

728.13

31.66/rec

1,768

Thin Lizzy

4 records · 1977–1991 · Ireland

727.67

181.92/rec

1,769

Mark Mendoza

5 records · 1983–2004

727.32

145.46/rec

1,770

Luciano Ninzatti

8 records · 1980–1988

726.55

90.82/rec

1,771

The Crusaders

7 records · 1971–1987

725.99

103.71/rec

1,772

Chris & Cosey

6 records · 1981–1990

725.35

120.89/rec

1,773

Van der Graaf Generator

8 records · 1969–1977 · United Kingdom

725.19

90.65/rec

1,774

Donald Fagen

8 records · 1972–2009 · United States of America

724.94

90.62/rec

1,775

Contemporary Communications Corporation

3 records · 1977–1987

723.96

241.32/rec

1,776

Nicolas Pflug

19 records · 1955–2009

723.77

38.09/rec

1,777

Carl Sturken

20 records · 1986–2012

723.62

36.18/rec

1,778

Evan Rogers

20 records · 1986–2012

723.62

36.18/rec

1,779

Aldo Marin

12 records · 1984–1998

723.54

60.29/rec

1,780

Lisa Braudé

9 records · 2000–2005

722.17

80.24/rec

1,781

Mark Hollis

3 records · 1988–2001

721.70

240.57/rec

1,782

John Bido

14 records · 1990–2007

720.62

51.47/rec

1,783

Greg Hays

33 records · 1977–2013

720.41

21.83/rec

1,784

Crusaders Productions

5 records · 1975–1987

720.23

144.05/rec

1,785

Abe Kesh

7 records · 1968–1971

720.19

102.88/rec

1,786

Claude Bibonne

6 records · 1972–1981

720.14

120.02/rec

1,787

Guido Aalbers

6 records · 1997–2004

719.68

119.95/rec

1,788

Liminha

15 records · 1983–2002

719.34

47.96/rec

1,789

Richard Manwaring

13 records · 1980–1990

719.03

55.31/rec

1,790

Davide Bertolini

4 records · 2004–2009

718.83

179.71/rec

1,791

Soft Machine

6 records · 1969–1989 · United Kingdom

718.59

119.77/rec

1,792

Jimmy Johnson

3 records · 1976–1986

718.54

239.51/rec

1,793

A Certain Ratio

10 records · 1981–2008

718.30

71.83/rec

1,794

Ernst Jørgensen

17 records · 1956–2021

717.10

42.18/rec

1,795

Étienne Daho

19 records · 1984–2012

716.94

37.73/rec

1,796

Mike Simpson

11 records · 1989–2005

716.90

65.17/rec

1,797

Freddy Sanon

7 records · 1992–2002

716.74

102.39/rec

1,798

Susumu Morikawa

12 records · 1960–2005

716.53

59.71/rec

1,799

John Coltrane

8 records · 1964–1995 · United States of America

716.44

89.56/rec

1,800

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

4 records · 1983–1995 · United States of America

716.29

179.07/rec