Roy Thomas Baker
Roy Thomas Baker (* 1946 ) is a British music producer . He is best known as the co-producer of the first albums of the rock band Queen .
His collaboration with Queen began in 1972. Over the next three years, he and the band produced their albums Queen (1973), Queen II (1974), Sheer Heart Attack (1974) and A Night at the Opera (1975). After that, they parted ways and the members of Queen produced their next two albums without him. In 1978 there was another and final cooperation in the production of the album Jazz . Baker is co-producer of some of Queen's best-known songs such as Killer Queen , You're My Best Friend , Bohemian Rhapsody , Bicycle Race and Don't Stop Me Now .
Roy Thomas Baker produced numerous albums each for the Danish rock group Gasolin ' and the American band The Cars . He has also worked as a producer for many other musicians and bands, including Hawkwind , Ian Hunter , Dusty Springfield , Yes , Foreigner , Ozzy Osbourne , The Stranglers , The Darkness and The Smashing Pumpkins .
Discography (selection)
As a producer and sound engineer , Roy Thomas Baker was involved in the following albums, among others:
- 1970: Free - Fire and Water (as a sound engineer)
- 1973: Queen - Queen
- 1973: Gasolin ' - Gasolin' 3
- 1973: Lindisfarne - Roll On Ruby
- 1974: Queen - Queen II
- 1974: Gasolin '- Stakkels Jim (with Danish lyrics) and The Last Jim (with English lyrics)
- 1974: Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
- 1975: Gasolin '- Gas 5
- 1975: Queen - A Night at the Opera
- 1975: Jet - Jet
- 1976: Gasolin '- Live sådan (Live album)
- 1976: Gasolin '- Efter endnu en dag
- 1976: Pilot - Morin Heights
- 1976: Ian Hunter - All-American Alien Boy
- 1978: Dusty Springfield - It Begins Again
- 1978: The Cars - The Cars
- 1978: Queen - Jazz
- 1979: Foreigner - Head Games
- 1979: The Cars - Candy-O
- 1980: The Cars - Panorama
- 1980: Yes - Drama (production of the Paris Sessions, which were partly included as bonus tracks in the 2004 reissue )
- 1980: Alice Cooper - Flush the Fashion
- 1981: The Cars - Shake It Up
- 1982: Devo - Oh, No! It's devo
- 1982: Cheap Trick - One on One
- 1982: Mötley Crüe - Too Fast for Love
- 1987: T'Pau - Bridge of Spies (published in the USA under the title T'Pau )
- 1987: Slade - You Boyz Make Big Noize
- 1988: Ozzy Osbourne - No Rest for the Wicked
- 1990: The Stranglers - 10
- 1989: Shy - Misspent Youth
- 1991: Dangerous Toys - Hellacious Acres
- 1993: Mozart - Mozart
- 1995: Mozart - Eve
- 1996: Mozart - Paris Is Dying ...
- 1998: Local H - Pack Up the Cats
- 2004: Split Shift - Tension
- 2005: The Darkness - One Way Ticket to Hell ... And Back
- 2007: The Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
- 2008: The Storm - Where the Storm Meets the Ground
- 2008: The Smashing Pumpkins - American Gothic (EP)
- 2009: Guns N 'Roses - Chinese Democracy
Web links
- Mark Cunningham: An Invitation to the Opera: Roy Thomas Baker & Gary Langan: The Making Of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. In: Sound on Sound. October 1995, archived from the original on April 11, 2004 .
- Roy Clark: Taking Chances and Making Hits. In: Mix. April 1, 1999, archived from the original on February 6, 2005 (English, interview with Baker).
- Paul Tingen: Producer Roy Thomas Baker Lights Up the Darkness. In: Mix. March 1, 2006, archived from the original on April 7, 2006 (English, interview with Baker).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Baker, Roy Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British music producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1946 |