I just discovered Gogol Bordello’s Trans-Continental Hustle was produced by Rick Rubin (only a handful of producers names and faces come to mind). I am annoyed, with my “first world problem.” I can’t immediately hear it, because it’s not available on iTunes and it’s Saturday and I am in bed till the Sun or the daughter drive me out it. So no looking it up on the old computer. Anyway, it’s Eugene Hutz (VT shout out, punk rock shout out) and Rick Rubin…so lets assume it’s great.
Which got me thinking…how great is Rick Rubin? Let me count the ways:
2001: System of a Down – Toxicity
1990: Slayer – Seasons in the Abyss
2005: System of a Down – Hypnotize
2002: System of a Down – Steal This Album!
2005: System of a Down – Mezmerize– System of a Down
1992: Danzig – Danzig III: How the Gods Kill
1991: Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik
2008: Weezer – Weezer
1988: Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
1986: Run-D.M.C. – Raising Hell
1998: System of a Down 2005: Weezer – Make Believe
1986: Slayer – Reign in Blood
1986: Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill
2003: The Mars Volta – De-Loused in the Comatorium
1997: System of a Down - Demo Tape 3
1988: Danzig – Danzig
1988: Slayer – South of Heaven
1994-2008: Johnny Cash – American Recordings
1987: Public Enemy – Yo! Bum Rush the Show
1984: LL Cool J – Radio
1985: Beastie Boys – Rock Hard
1996: Slayer – Undisputed Attitude
1991: Slayer – Decade of Aggression
2001: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – The Final Studio Recordings
1995: Nine Inch Nails – Further Down the Spiral
1992: Sir Mix-a-Lot – Mack Daddy
1990: Danzig – Danzig II: Lucifuge
1985: Jazzy Jay – “Def Jam/Cold Chillin’ In The Spot”
1993: Flipper – American Grafishy
2000: Rage Against the Machine – Renegades
2002: Audioslave – Audioslave
And there is more where that came from.
