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Produced By Roy Thomas Baker

Posted Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:49pm PST by Robert of the Radish in The Y! Music Playlist Blog

Roy Thomas Baker is a legendary rock producer for many reasons.

He got his start with Decca Records at the tender age of 14, came up through the ranks of engineer to become a producer, and is responsible for helping transform hard rock into complex arena rock. The shining example of his work being his production of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”.

Other major acts Roy Thomas Baker has produced include The Cars, Cheap Trick, Devo, Journey, Foreigner, Yes, The Smashing Pumpkins, and many others. As a senior VP of A&R for Elektra Records he signed many of the artists that would go on to create New Wave in the 1980s. However, this list focuses exclusively on songs that he has a production credit on.

Produced By Roy Thomas Baker 

   1. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen   

   2. Shake It Up - The Cars   

   3. She's Tight - Cheap Trick   

   4. Peek-A-Boo - Devo   

   5. Wheel In The Sky - Journey   

   6. Head Games - Foreigner   

   7. One Way Ticket - The Darkness   

   8. Once Bitten Twice Shy - Ian Hunter   

   9. Stage Whispers - Be Bop Deluxe   

   10. We All Get Old - Ron Wood   

   11. Fire In The Sky - Ozzy Osbourne   

   12. Tools Of Your Labor - Elliot Easton   

   13. Swirl - Sprung Monkey   

   14. Teas'n Pleas'n - Dangerous Toys   

   15. Black Magic Woman - Gary Hoey

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7 Comments

1. __A_YAHOO_USER__ -
Nice! Nice list too!

2. Chris the first -
Very, very interesting. You should do more lists like this, showcasing the producers.

I've always wanted to know what songs "Mutt" Lange has produced, I've heard he was this legendary producer/songwriter but other then Def Leppard I don't know what else he's done.

3. __A_YAHOO_USER__ -
Chris, "Mutt" also produced Back In Black by AC/DC


To Robert: I hate to say this, but should you not re-write your "Worst Albums" article seeing as those 5 articles ARE NOT the worst according to Metacritic?

I wrote the real bottom 5 on the comments. Ithink it only fair to rewrite but IDK what you think!

4. Robert -
D3, No, thoses were not the worst of all time, but the current worst new releases according to Metacritic. And actually, they still are. Go to music and filter in the album list in the left by score.

5. DUDE -
Queen+Paul Rodgers should have used Baker to produce their tunes....Anything would have been an improvement.

6. DUDE -
And another thing....Is that a picture of Roy Thomas Baker...or Julia Child??

7. __A_YAHOO_USER__ -
Oh, so its worst, recent releases? Oh, kk, that makes sense. And, then yes, they WERE.

Though Ithink Queen got in it cuz it really isn't Queen w/out Mercury.
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