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Bill Bottrell
real name William A. Bottrell
Bill Bottrell is credited on 1,619 releases across 315 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1967–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,619
Credits
315
Albums
7
Decades active
1,011
In collections
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American producer, songwriter and musician born in 1952.
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Credited work
1,619 releases · 315 albums · active 1967–2025
- Performance · 1,673
- Engineering · 1,445
- Production · 922
- Other credits · 77
- Mastering · 8
Studios: Sound Castle Recorders, Los Angeles · Sunset Sound · Can-Am Recorders · Westlake Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Bad
1987
Full Moon Fever
1989
Volume One
1988
Whitney Houston
1985
Dangerous
1991
Like A Prayer
1989
Time
1981
You Want It Darker
2016
Number Ones
2003
Xanadu (From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1980
Tuesday Night Music Club
1993
Victory
1984
Knee Deep In The Hoopla
1985
Sheryl Crow
1996
HIStory - Past, Present And Future - Book I
1995
Bad Hair Day
1996
Like A Prayer
1989
Brian Wilson
1988
I'm Breathless (Music From And Inspired By The Film Dick Tracy)
1990
Vogue
1990
The Traveling Wilburys Collection
2007
The X-Files - Songs In The Key Of X
1996
Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones
2022
The Best Of Everything (The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976-2016)
2019
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