Rick Rubin production discography
Rick Rubin is one of the most well-known rock and rap producers to come out of the MTV age. He started inauspiciously, producing relative unknowns who seemed to leap into the mainstream as a result of his unique, simplistic production style, including LL Cool J, The Beastie Boys & Run-D.M.C. The Red Hot Chili Peppers have asked him to produce every one of their albums since their 1991 mainstream breakthrough Blood Sugar Sex Magic. His well-regarded projects with some elder statemen of rock and country, including Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond, Donovan & Tom Petty, cemented his reputation as an all-around journeyman producer, someone who could create that spark beneath even the most popular or entrenched artist. Recently, he asked Metallica, who were plagued by infighting and growing conservatism, to look back at their two most classic albums and attempt to emulate them - producing the retro-Metallica album, Death Magnetic. Rubin is known for refreshing or clarifying an artists' musical palette, and as such, his talents are very sought after.
Rubin holds seven Grammy Awards.
List of albums produced
1980s
- 1983: Hose - Hose
- 1984: T La Rock & Jazzy Jay - It's Yours
- 1985: Various - Krush Groove Soundtrack
- 1985: LL Cool J - Radio
- 1985: Run-D.M.C. - King of Rock (mixing)
- 1986: Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell
- 1986: Slayer - Reign in Blood
- 1986: Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
- 1987: Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (exec.)
- 1987: The Cult - Electric
- 1987: Various - Less Than Zero Soundtrack
- 1988: Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (exec.)
- 1988: Slayer - South of Heaven
- 1988: Danzig - Danzig
- 1988: Run-D.M.C. - Tougher Than Leather
- 1988: Masters of Reality - Masters of Reality
- 1988: Original Concept - Straight from the Basement of Kooley High! (exec.)
- 1989: LL Cool J - Walking With a Panther
- 1989: Wolfsbane - Live Fast, Die Fast
- 1989: Andrew Dice Clay - Dice
1990s
- 1990: The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker (exec.)
- 1990: Andrew Dice Clay - The Day the Laughter Died
- 1990: Danzig - Danzig II: Lucifuge
- 1990: Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
- 1990: Geto Boys - The Geto Boys (supervisor)
- 1990: Trouble - Trouble
- 1990: Wolfsbane - All Hell's Breaking Loose Down at Little Kathy Wilson's Place
- 1991: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
- 1991: Slayer - Decade of Aggression
- 1991: Andrew Dice Clay - Dice Rules
- 1991: The Four Horsemen - Nobody Said It Was Easy
- 1992: Sir Mix-a-Lot - Mack Daddy (exec.)
- 1992: Trouble - Manic Frustration
- 1992: Danzig - Danzig III: How the Gods Kill (exec.)
- 1992: The Red Devils - King King
- 1992: Andrew Dice Clay - 40 Too Long
- 1992: Flipper - American Grafishy (exec.)
- 1993: Mick Jagger - Wandering Spirit
- 1993: Raging Slab - Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert (exec.)
- 1993: Danzig - Thrall: Demonsweatlive
- 1993: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Flashback
- 1993: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits
- 1993: Messiah - 21st Century Jesus (exec.)
- 1993: Andrew Dice Clay - The Day the Laughter Died Part II
- 1993: Digital Orgasm - Do It (exec.)
- 1993: Barkmarket - Gimmick (exec.)
- 1994: Johnny Cash - American Recordings
- 1994: Sir Mix-a-Lot - Chief Boot Knocka (exec.)
- 1994: Slayer - Divine Intervention (exec.)
- 1994: Danzig - Danzig 4p
- 1994: Tom Petty - Wildflowers
- 1994: Andrew Dice Clay - Dice Live at Madison Square Garden
- 1994: Deconstruction - Deconstruction
- 1994: Dan Baird - Love Songs for the Hearing Impaired
- 1994: Milk - Never Dated (exec.)
- 1995: God Lives Underwater - God Lives Underwater (exec.)
- 1995: Nine Inch Nails - Further Down the Spiral
- 1995: Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute
- 1995: AC/DC - Ballbreaker
- 1995: God Lives Underwater - Empty (exec.)
- 1995: Jazz Lee Alston - Jazz Lee Alston (exec.)
- 1996: Slayer - Undisputed Attitude (exec.)
- 1996: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - She's the One
- 1996: Sir Mix-a-Lot - Return of the Bumpasaurus (exec.)
- 1996: Donovan - Sutras
- 1996: Johnny Cash - Unchained
- 1996: Barkmarket - L. Ron (exec.)
- 1996: Raging Slab - Sing Monkey Sing (exec.)
- 1996: Kwest tha Madd Ladd - This Is My First Album (exec.)
- 1997: Various - Private Parts: The Album
- 1998: Slayer - Diabolus in Musica
- 1998: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson - VH1 Storytellers
- 1998: System of a Down - System of a Down
- 1998: Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (mixing)
- 1998: Various - Chef Aid: The South Park Album
- 1999: Kula Shaker - Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts
- 1999: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Echo
- 1999: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
- 1999: Various - Loud Rocks
- 1999: Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions
- 1999: Melanie C - Northern Star
- 1999: Various - Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics (exec.)
2000s
- 2000: Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man
- 2000: Rage Against the Machine - Renegades
- 2000: Eagle-Eye Cherry - Living in the Present Future
- 2000: Paloalto - Paloalto
- 2001: Saul Williams - Amethyst Rock Star
- 2001: American Head Charge - The War of Art
- 2001: System of a Down - Toxicity
- 2001: Slayer - God Hates Us All (exec.)
- 2001: Macy Gray - The Id (exec.)
- 2001: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - The Final Studio Recordings
- 2001: Krishna Das - Breath of the Heart
- 2002: Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way
- 2002: Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
- 2002: Audioslave - Audioslave
- 2002: System of a Down - Steal This Album!
- 2002: Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Rahat
- 2003: The Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music (exec.)
- 2003: The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
- 2003: Limp Bizkit - Results May Vary
- 2003: To My Surprise - To My Surprise
- 2003: Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Streetcore
- 2003: Jay-Z - The Black Album
- 2003: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits
- 2003: Rage Against the Machine - Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium
- 2003: Johnny Cash - Unearthed
- 2003: Paloalto - Heroes and Villains
- 2003: Krishna Das - Door of Faith
- 2003: Manmade God - Manmade God (exec.)
- 2004: Johnny Cash - My Mother's Hymn Book
- 2004: Slipknot - Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
- 2004: The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Armed Love
- 2004: Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz - Crunk Juice
- 2004: T.H. White - More Than Before (keys)
- 2005: Weezer - Make Believe
- 2005: System of a Down - Mezmerize
- 2005: Audioslave - Out of Exile
- 2005: Shakira - Fijación Oral Vol. 1 (exec.)
- 2005: Limp Bizkit - Greatest Hitz
- 2005: Neil Diamond - 12 Songs
- 2005: System of a Down - Hypnotize
- 2005: Shakira - Oral Fixation Vol. 2 (exec.)
- 2006: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
- 2006: Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way
- 2006: Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
- 2006: Slayer - Christ Illusion (exec.)
- 2006: Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
- 2006: U2 - U218 Singles
- 2007: Linkin Park - Minutes to Mindnight
- 2007: Poison - Poison'd!
- 2007: Luna Halo - Luna Halo (exec.)
- 2007: Gossip - Live in Liverpool (exec.)
- 2007: Dan Wilson - Free Life (exec.)
- 2007: Kanye West, Nas, KRS-One, Rakim - Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been)
- 2008: Ours - Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy
- 2008: Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark
- 2008: Weezer - Weezer
- 2008: Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things
- 2008: Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone
- 2008: Metallica - Death Magnetic
- 2008: The (International) Noise Conspiracy - The Cross of My Calling
- 2009: Gossip - Music for Men
- 2009: Pete Yorn - Back & Fourth (exec.)
- 2009: The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You
- 2009: Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost
- 2009: Slayer - World Painted Blood (exec.)
2010s
- 2010: Johnny Cash - American VI: Ain't No Grave
- 2010: Gogol Bordello - Transcontinental Hustle
- 2010: Linkin Park - To Be Announced