Also, though not in the Rick Rubin/Jack White league, I would say Metallica's producer Bob Rock. He's made some good productions too. The production of "St. Anger" is good for that type of music. Reminds me a little of the "Flip The Switch" production with more violence added to it. Always loved the production of Guns 'n Roses' "Appetite For Destruction" too, though I don't know who did it. And today the drum sound on that album is a bit dated (Kindda eighties drums, but nowhere near as bad as, say, "Gorky Park").

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Timbaland even if Im tired of him. But yes, he has to be No1. Great talent. Genius.

My favourite producers include

-Daniel Lanois and Ethan Johns (who have both been mentioned before.)

-Ry Cooder (but I don't think he would want to do the Stones again)

-Dave Edmunds (has worked with many, but he doesn't release much anymore - has he retired?)

-T Bone Burnett (worked for the Lobos, Peter Case, Elvis Costello, Roy Orbison in the 80s, Bruce Cockburn, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Counting Crows, Wallflowers, Joseph Arthur in the 90s and O Brother Where Art Though, Ralph Stanley, Natalie Merchant, Cassandra Wilson in the 00s, among others)

-Don Was (but I've grown a bit tired of his production style, since he allows his records to be mastered at such a high volume level that they would click all over)

-Jeff Lynne (but he's too Beatles for the Stones)

-electronic wizard Howie B (Les Negresses Vertes, Sly & Robbie, Holly Palmer, Carlos Ann, U2, Robbie Robertson, and not to forget his solo releases)

-Mousse T (worked with Tom Jones, Zucchero, Roachford, Bootsy Collins and as a remixer)

-Mitchell Froom and his quirky keyboards (but beware: his friend Tchad Blake can mess up songs with the way he mixes them)

-Don Smith (engineer extraordinaire)

-Matt Wallace (Faith No More, School Of Fish, John Hiatt, Spin Doctors)

-Danny Kortchmar (Carole King, James Taylor, Don Henley, Toto, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Freedy Johnston, Slo Leak)