Sound City Studios

Sound City Studios is a recording studio in Los Angeles, California. It first opened in 1969 in the Van Nuys neighborhood. Before this, it was a factory for the British musical instrument maker Vox. The studio became well known for having a unique sound, especially when drums are played in there. Because of this, many famous recording artists have recorded there. These include Johnny Cash, Nirvana, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, and many others. Over one hundred albums recorded at Sound City were given gold and platinum certifications.^[1]^[2]

List of albums

Year	Artist	Album	Producer
1970	Spirit	Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus	David Briggs
1970	Neil Young	After The Gold Rush	Neil Young
			David Briggs
			Kendall Pacios
1972	Dr. John	Dr. John's Gumbo	Jerry Wexler
1973	Buckingham Nicks	Buckingham Nicks	Keith Olsen
1974	Evel Knievel	Evel Knievel	Ron Kramer
1974	Elton John	Caribou	Gus Dudgeon
1974	Bachman–Turner Overdrive	Not Fragile	Randy Bachman
1974	Bill Cosby	At Last Bill Cosby Really Sings	Stu Gardner
1975	Fleetwood Mac	Fleetwood Mac	Keith Olsen
1975	War	Why Can't We Be Friends?	Jerry Goldstein
1975	Nils Lofgren	Nils Lofgren	David Briggs
1976	Rick Springfield	Wait for Night	Mark K. Smith
1977	Grateful Dead	Terrapin Station	Keith Olsen
1977	REO Speedwagon	You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish	John Boylan
			Gary Richrath
			Kevin Cronin
			Paul Grupp
1978	Cheap Trick	Heaven Tonight	Tom Werman
1978	Walter Egan	Not Shy	Lindsey Buckingham
1978	Walter Egan	Not Shy	Richard Dashut
1978	Foreigner	Double Vision	Keith Olsen
1979	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Damn the Torpedoes	Jimmy Iovine
1980	Pat Benatar	Crimes of Passion	Keith Olsen
1981	Rick Springfield	Working Class Dog	Keith Olsen
1981	Rick Springfield	Working Class Dog	Bill Drescher
1981	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Hard Promises	Tom Petty
1981	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Hard Promises	Jimmy Iovine
1981	Santana	Zebop!	Keith Olsen
1982	Pat Benatar	Precious Time	Keith Olsen
1982	Hawks	30 Seconds Over Otho	John Ryan
1982	Hawks	30 Seconds Over Otho	Hawks
1982	REO Speedwagon	Good Trouble	Kevin Beamish
1982	Fear	The Record	Gary Lobow
1982	Barry Manilow	Here Comes the Night	Bill Drescher
1982	Rick Springfield	Living in Oz	Bill Drescher
1983	Dio	Holy Diver	Ronnie James Dio
1983	Sharon O'Neill	Foreign Affairs	John Boylan
1984	Ratt	Out of the Cellar	Beau Hill
1984	Rick Springfield	Hard to Hold	Bill Drescher
1984	Lionheart	Hot Tonight	Kevin Beamish
1984	The Winans	Tomorrow	Scott V. Smith
1984	Saxon	Crusader	Kevin Beamish
1985	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Southern Accents	Tom Petty
1985	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Southern Accents	Jimmy Iovine
1985	Loudness	Thunder in the East	Max Norman
1986	Guns N' Roses	Appetite for Destruction (Sound City Sessions)	Mike Clink, Manny Charlton
1988	Fleetwood Mac	Greatest Hits
1989	Keel	Larger Than Live	Ron Keel
1991	Nirvana	Nevermind	Butch Vig
1992	Kyuss	Blues for the Red Sun	Kyuss
1992	Kyuss	Blues for the Red Sun	Chris Goss
1992	Masters of Reality	Sunrise on the Sufferbus	Chris Goss
1992	Masters of Reality	Sunrise on the Sufferbus	Ginger Baker
1992	Rage Against the Machine	Rage Against the Machine	Garth Richardson
1992	Green Jellÿ	Cereal Killer	Sylvia Massy
1993	Kyuss	Welcome to Sky Valley	Kyuss
1993	Kyuss	Welcome to Sky Valley	Chris Goss
1993	Tool	Undertow	Sylvia Massy
1993	Tool	Undertow	C.J. Buscaglia
1993	Rancid	Rancid	Brett Gurewitz
1993	Tom Petty	Greatest Hits
1994	Tom Petty	Wildflowers	Rick Rubin
1994	The Black Crowes	Amorica	Jack Joseph Puig
1994	Slayer	Divine Intervention	Rick Rubin
			Toby Wright
			Slayer
1995	Dashboard Prophets	Burning Out The Inside	Garth Richardson
1995	Red Hot Chili Peppers	One Hot Minute	Rick Rubin
1995	Kerbdog	On The Turn	Garth Richardson
1995	Kyuss	...And the Circus Leaves Town	Chris Goss
1996	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Songs and Music from "She's the One"	Tom Petty
1996	Carl Perkins	Go Cat Go!	Various artists
1996	Carl Perkins	Go Cat Go!	Eddie Kramer
1996	Johnny Cash	Unchained	Rick Rubin
1996	Weezer	Pinkerton	Weezer
1996	Weezer	Pinkerton	David Fridmann
1996	Tonic	Lemon Parade	Jack Joseph Puig
1997	Bruce Dickinson	Accident of Birth	Roy Z
1997	Fu Manchu	The Action Is Go	Jay Noel Yuenger
1998	Various artists	Godzilla: The Album	Foo Fighters
1998	Frank Black and the Catholics	Frank Black and the Catholics	Frank Black
1998	Bruce Dickinson	The Chemical Wedding	Roy Z
1998	Superdrag	Head Trip in Every Key	Jerry Finn
1998	Superdrag	Head Trip in Every Key	Superdrag
1998	System of a Down	System of a Down	Rick Rubin
1998	System of a Down	System of a Down	System of a Down
1999	Frank Black and the Catholics	Pistolero	Nick Vincent
1999	Jimmy Eat World	Clarity	Mark Trombino
2000	A Perfect Circle	Mer de Noms	Billy Howerdel
2000	Queens of the Stone Age	Rated R	Chris Goss
2001	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	B.R.M.C.	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
2001	Frank Black and the Catholics	Dog in the Sand	Nick Vincent
2001	Slipknot	Iowa	Ross Robinson
2001	Treble Charger	Wide Awake Bored	Matt Hyde
2001	Fu Manchu	California Crossing	Matt Hyde
2001	Vanilla Ice	Bi-Polar	Vanilla Ice
2003	Matchbook Romance	West For Wishing	Brett Gurewitz
2003	Hotwire	The Routine	Matt Hyde
2003	Kings of Leon	Youth & Young Manhood	Ethan Johns
2003	Poison the Well	You Come Before You	Pelle Henricsson
2003	Rancid	Indestructible	Brett Gurewitz
2004	Bad Religion	The Empire Strikes First	Brett Gurewitz
2004	Seo Taiji	7th Issue	Seo Taiji
2005	Queens of the Stone Age	Lullabies to Paralyze	Joe Barresi
2005	Wolfmother	Wolfmother	Dave Sardy
2005	Nine Inch Nails	With Teeth	Trent Reznor
2005	Madrugada	The Deep End	George Drakoulias
2005	Ry Cooder	Chávez Ravine	Ry Cooder
2007	Mavis Staples	We'll Never Turn Back	Ry Cooder
2008	Cold War Kids	Loyalty to Loyalty	Kevin Augunas
2008	Cold War Kids	Loyalty to Loyalty	Cold War Kids
2008	Metallica	Death Magnetic	Rick Rubin
2008	Nine Inch Nails	The Slip	Trent Reznor
2008	Elvis Costello and the Imposters	Momofuku	Elvis Costello
2008	Elvis Costello and the Imposters	Momofuku	Jason Lader
2009	BigBang	Edendale	Greg Richling
	Kid Rock	Born Free	Rick Rubin
	The Higher	It's Only Natural	Mike Green
	Wolfmother	Cosmic Egg	Alan Moulder
2010	Josh Groban	Illuminations	Rick Rubin
	Death Cab for Cutie	Codes and Keys	Chris Walla
	Death Cab for Cutie	Codes and Keys	Death Cab for Cutie
	Triggerfinger	All This Dancin' Around	Greg Gordon
	Year Long Disaster	Black Magic; All Mysteries Revealed	Nick Raskulinecz
2011	Mastodon	The Hunter	Mike Elizondo
	Everclear	Return to Santa Monica	Nathaniel Kunkel
	Everclear	Return to Santa Monica	Art Alexakis
	Arctic Monkeys	Suck It and See	James Ford
	Haloes	Living Like Kings In Confined Spaces	Greg Richling
	Noah and the Whale	Last Night on Earth	Noah and the Whale
	The Lonely Forest	Arrows	Chris Walla
	Monstro Flora	Between the Stars^[3]	Greg Richling
2018	Fall Out Boy	Mania
	Death Cab for Cutie	Thank You for Today	Rich Costey
	Boygenius	Boygenius	N/A
	The Crystal Method	The Trip Home	Tiny E
2019	Andrew Bird	My Finest Work Yet	Paul Butler
	Big Thief	Two Hands	Andrew Sarlo
	Perfume Genius	Set My Heart On Fire Immediately	Blake Mills
2020	Phoebe Bridgers	Punisher^[4]	Tony Berg and Ethan Gruska

References

↑ Coffey, Padraic (8 March 2013). "Sound City: Classic rock fans will find much to admire". filmjamblog. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2013. Sound City Studios was host to a plethora of talents, recording over 100 certified gold and platinum albums, before its closure in 2011. [...] The studio's incomparable reputation for quality percussion sound is tested in a brief high-energy montage of Grohl, Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins and other players behind the skins.
↑ Turan, Kenneth (31 January 2013). "Movie review: 'Sound City' is homage to recording studio equipment". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
↑ "Monstro Flora "Between the Stars" EP release - VidInfo". Archived from the original on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
↑ Petrusich, Amanda (May 17, 2020). "Phoebe Bridgers's Frank, Anxious Music". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 19, 2020.

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[filmjamblog-1] Coffey, Padraic (8 March 2013). "Sound City: Classic rock fans will find much to admire". filmjamblog. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2013. Sound City Studios was host to a plethora of talents, recording over 100 certified gold and platinum albums, before its closure in 2011. [...] The studio's incomparable reputation for quality percussion sound is tested in a brief high-energy montage of Grohl, Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins and other players behind the skins.

[latimes-2] Turan, Kenneth (31 January 2013). "Movie review: 'Sound City' is homage to recording studio equipment". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 June 2013.

[3] "Monstro Flora "Between the Stars" EP release - VidInfo". Archived from the original on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2020-07-29.

[4] Petrusich, Amanda (May 17, 2020). "Phoebe Bridgers's Frank, Anxious Music". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 19, 2020.

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