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

1,901

Morrissey

12 records · 1985–1987 · United Kingdom

685.22

57.10/rec

1,902

Yazoo

7 records · 1982–2008 · United Kingdom

685.14

97.88/rec

1,903

Glen Kolotkin

9 records · 1976–1983

684.86

76.10/rec

1,904

Scott Humphrey

19 records · 1996–2009

684.65

36.03/rec

1,905

Warren Zevon

8 records · 1969–2003

684.46

85.56/rec

1,906

Jean-Philippe Allard

31 records · 1990–2010

683.99

22.06/rec

1,907

Paddy Moloney

21 records · 1973–2003

683.89

32.57/rec

1,908

The Beatles

5 records · 1968–2003 · United Kingdom

683.49

136.70/rec

1,909

Martin Freeland

5 records · 1995–1998

683.44

136.69/rec

1,910

Laibach

13 records · 1984–2012 · Slovenia

682.58

52.51/rec

1,911

Nick Martinelli

18 records · 1981–2007

682.52

37.92/rec

1,912

Kieron Tyler

3 records · 1967–1985

682.20

227.40/rec

1,913

Steve Berlin

16 records · 1984–2009

682.11

42.63/rec

1,914

The Whispers

7 records · 1979–1990

681.75

97.39/rec

1,915

Mickey Foote

10 records · 1977–2006

681.63

68.16/rec

1,916

James Lavelle

12 records · 1998–2013

681.58

56.80/rec

1,917

Tony Meilandt

6 records · 1982–1988

681.12

113.52/rec

1,918

Jeffrey Lesser

19 records · 1975–1998

680.40

35.81/rec

1,919

The Undertones

7 records · 1978–1983

680.26

97.18/rec

1,920

Jon Douglas

19 records · 1993–2004

679.29

35.75/rec

1,921

Kedar Massenburg

30 records · 1993–2009

679.23

22.64/rec

1,922

James Hetfield

19 records · 1985–2023

678.97

35.74/rec

1,923

Joe McEwen

8 records · 1972–1993

678.16

84.77/rec

1,924

Cari Lekebusch

8 records · 1994–2001

677.63

84.70/rec

1,925

Mark Freegard

19 records · 1985–2007

677.49

35.66/rec

1,926

Tom Silverman

12 records · 1982–2005

677.47

56.46/rec

1,927

Waylon Jennings

6 records · 1973–1978

676.78

112.80/rec

1,928

The Velvet Underground

6 records · 1968–2011 · United States of America

676.71

112.79/rec

1,929

Eli Okun

8 records · 1961–1981

676.58

84.57/rec

1,930

David Thoener

10 records · 1980–1993

676.51

67.65/rec

1,931

John Snyder (8)

6 records · 1973–1995

675.02

112.50/rec

1,932

Mark Dearnley

13 records · 1985–1992

674.89

51.91/rec

1,933

Niki Gatos

3 records · 1984–1987

674.85

224.95/rec

1,934

Jonathan Saul Kane

7 records · 1991–1999

674.49

96.36/rec

1,935

W. Stępień

12 records · 1988–1990

674.18

56.18/rec

1,936

The Jacksons

7 records · 1976–2003

674.16

96.31/rec

1,937

Chris Frantz

11 records · 1981–2004

673.65

61.24/rec

1,938

Tina Weymouth

11 records · 1981–2004

673.65

61.24/rec

1,939

Pat Glasser

3 records · 1982–1985

673.57

224.52/rec

1,940

George Massenburg

18 records · 1985–1998

672.62

37.37/rec

1,941

Guy Stevens

13 records · 1967–2006

672.43

51.73/rec

1,942

4 records · 1980–1997 · United States of America

672.42

168.11/rec

1,943

Alfa Records, Inc.

9 records · 1978–1988

672.20

74.69/rec

1,944

Chuck Plotkin

26 records · 1975–2005

671.98

25.85/rec

1,945

Fred Foster

15 records · 1962–1990

671.18

44.75/rec

1,946

Bill Bottrell

19 records · 1988–2008

670.91

35.31/rec

1,947

Jørgen Træen

24 records · 1997–2023

670.91

27.95/rec

1,948

Lowell George

5 records · 1973–1979

670.59

134.12/rec

1,949

Wouter Bessels

6 records · 1969–1984

669.29

111.55/rec

1,950

Robbie Buchanan

11 records · 1984–2008

668.42

60.77/rec