Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Biografia
Vincitore di cinque Grammy Awards , tra le sue collaborazioni più famose quelle con The Boomtown Rats , AC/DC , Muse , Foreigner , The Cars , Def Leppard , Bryan Adams , Michael Bolton , Nickelback e Maroon 5 .
L'album della Twain Come on Over uscito nel 1997, prodotto da Lange, è l'album più venduto di sempre da un'artista femminile. Lange ha inoltre collaborato alla canzone Yoü and I estratta dal secondo album in studio di Lady Gaga , Born This Way .
Per decenni, Lange non ha rilasciato alcun tipo di intervista e ha preferito vivere una vita appartata, principalmente in Svizzera . È noto anche come compositore e musicista, spesso negli stessi album da lui prodotti, e per le innovazioni introdotte nell'ambito della registrazione multitraccia .
Vita privata
È stato sposato per diversi anni con la cantante country Shania Twain , di cui ha prodotto e composto i maggiori successi.
Discografia
Come produttore
Album prodotti interamente da Mutt Lange:
Richard Jon Smith - Superstar Smith , 1974
City Boy – City Boy , 1976
City Boy – Dinner at the Ritz , 1976
Kevin Coyne - In Living Black and White , 1976
Mallard - In a Different Climate , 1976
Graham Parker – Heat Treatment , 1976
Supercharge – Local Lads Make Good , 1976
The Motors - The Motors , 1977
City Boy – Young Men Gone West , 1977
Clover – Love On The Wire , 1977
Clover – Unavailable , 1977
Supercharge – Horizontal Refreshment , 1977
The Boomtown Rats – The Boomtown Rats , 1977
The Rumour – Max , 1977
Savoy Brown - Savage Return , 1978
Michael Stanley Band - Cabin Fever , 1978
City Boy – Book Early , 1978
Outlaws – Playin' to Win , 1978
The Boomtown Rats – A Tonic for the Troops , 1978
Deaf School – English Boys/Working Girls , 1978
City Boy – The Day the Earth Caught Fire , 1979
The Records – Shades In Bed , 1979
Supercharge – Body Rhythm , 1979
The Boomtown Rats – The Fine Art of Surfacing , 1979
AC/DC – Highway to Hell , 1979
Broken Home – Broken Home , 1979
AC/DC – Back in Black , 1980
Foreigner – 4 , 1981
Def Leppard – High 'n' Dry , 1981
AC/DC – For Those About to Rock We Salute You , 1981
Def Leppard – Pyromania , 1983
The Cars – Heartbeat City , 1984
Def Leppard – Hysteria , 1987
Romeo's Daughter – Romeo's Daughter , 1988
Billy Ocean – Tear Down These Walls , 1989
Bryan Adams – Waking Up the Neighbours , 1991
Def Leppard – Adrenalize , 1992 (produttore esecutivo)
Michael Bolton – The One Thing , 1993
Stevie Vann – Stevie Vann , 1995
Shania Twain – The Woman in Me , 1995
Bryan Adams – 18 til I Die , 1996
Shania Twain – Come on Over , 1997
The Corrs – In Blue , 2000
No Secrets – No Secrets , 2002
Shania Twain – Up! , 2002
Shania Twain – Greatest Hits , 2004
Nickelback – Dark Horse , 2008
Maroon 5 – Hands All Over , 2010
Muse – Drones , 2015
Bryan Adams – So Happy It Hurts , 2022
Come collaboratore
Album in cui Lange ha prodotto almeno una traccia:
Jessica Jones – Sunday, Monday, Tuesday , 1972
Stephen – Right On Running Man , 1974/5
Graham Parker and the Rumour – The Parkerilla , 1978
XTC – White Music , 1978
Roman Holliday – Fire Me Up , 1984 (produttore esecutivo)
Billy Ocean – Suddenly , 1984 (produttore esecutivo)
Billy Ocean – Love Zone , 1986 (produttore esecutivo)
Billy Ocean – Greatest Hits , 1989
Bryan Adams – So Far So Good , 1993
Tina Turner – What's Love Got to Do with It , 1993
Michael Bolton – Greatest Hits , 1995
Céline Dion – All the Way... A Decade of Song , 1999
Backstreet Boys – Backstreet's Back , 1997
Backstreet Boys – Millennium , 1999
Bryan Adams – The Best of Me , 1999
Britney Spears – Oops!... I Did It Again , 2000
Céline Dion – A New Day Has Come , 2002
Bryan Adams – Room Service , 2004
Artisti vari – Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives , 2005
Anne Murray – Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends , 2007
Bryan Adams – 11 , 2008
Tara Blaise – Great Escape , 2008
Lady Gaga – Born This Way , 2011
Zander Bleck – Bring It On , 2012
Come compositore
Tracce di album scritte o co-scritte da Mutt Lange:
Bryan Adams – I Will Always Return , You Can't Take Me e This Is Where I Belong da Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron , 2002
Bryan Adams – So Far So Good da Anthology , 2005
Bryan Adams e Sarah McLachlan – Don't Let Go da Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron , 2002
Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart e Sting – All for Love da The Three Musketeers: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack , 1993
Jessica Andrews – I'll Take Your Heart da Heart Shaped World , 1999
Backstreet Boys – It's Gotta Be You da Millennium , 1999
Blackhawk – I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No da Strong Enough , 1995
Michael Bolton – Only a Woman Like You da Only a Woman Like You , 2002
Clout – Don't Stop da Substitute , 1978
Billy Ray Cyrus – Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You) da Storm in the Heartland , 1994
Def Leppard – Ring of Fire e I Wanna Be Your Hero da Retro Active , 1993
Def Leppard – Promises , All Night e It's Only Love da Euphoria , 1999
Heart – All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You da Brigade , 1990
Heart – Will You Be There (In the Morning) da Desire Walks On , 1993
Huey Lewis and the News – Do You Believe in Love da Picture This , 1982
Huey Lewis and the News – It Hit Me Like a Hammer da Hard at Play , 1991
Lonestar – You Walked In da Crazy Nights , 1997
Loverboy – Lovin' Every Minute of It da Lovin' Every Minute of It , 1985
Reba McEntire – I'll Take Your Heart da Moments and Memories: The Best of Reba , 1998
Miss Willie Brown – You're All That Matters to Me , 2012
PJ Powers – (Let That) River Roll da Thandeka Talk to Me , 2001
Starship – I Didn't Mean to Stay All Night da Love Among the Cannibals , 1989
Carrie Underwood – Who Are You da Blown Away , 2012
Muse – Drones , 2015
Bryan Adams – So Happy It Hurts , 2022
Grammy Awards
Durante la sua carriera Mutt Lange ha ricevuto cinque Grammy Awards :
Collegamenti esterni
(EN ) Mutt Lange , su Enciclopedia Britannica , Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
(EN ) Robert John "Mutt" Lange , su AllMusic , All Media Network .
(EN ) Robert John Lange / Mutt (8) / Spider (30) , su Discogs , Zink Media.
(EN ) Robert John “Mutt” Lange , su MusicBrainz , MetaBrainz Foundation.
(EN ) Robert John "Mutt" Lange , su Genius.com .
(EN ) Robert John "Mutt" Lange , su IMDb , IMDb.com.
(EN ) Robert John "Mutt" Lange , su Internet Broadway Database , The Broadway League.