Here are 10 essential albums RicOcasek produced for other artists
), his attention to detail quietly defined their sound. “Before we met him, we always had our guitars on the rhythm pickup, which has a bassy, dull sound to it,” he told“It made a huge difference, I think, in the way we sound.” Today, the Blue Album is widely considered a classic marriage of metal guitars and Beach Boys-style melody; when you hear “Buddy Holly,” “Say It Ain’t So” or “Undone — The Sweater Song” slam into stadium-sized release, thank Ocasek for simply flipping the pickup switch.
, citing his love for old-school production. “If I could have been a [...] bandleader like Ric Ocasek, I would have been stoked when I was little.” Graffin’s childhood wish somewhat came true in 1996 when Ocasek produced their album; he helped them weather the loss of a key member and deliver a solid mid-period album. Gems like “A Walk” and “Spirit Shine” show that Ocasek didn’t try to make punk bands unpunk; he simply guided their hooks into the light.
“That’s how I get, I get comfortable. I'm not very ambitious when it comes to exploring other ways to do things,” he told“Now I want to do records with him all the time, from now on, you know?” The band would never go as polished asagain, and the album remains a point of contention among fans of their earlier, rawer albums, like
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