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Rick Rubin
real name Frederick Jay Rubin
Rick Rubin is credited on 4,147 releases across 930 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1983–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
4,147
Credits
930
Albums
5
Decades active
2,985
In collections
Biography
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Born March 10th 1963 in Long Beach, New York, U.S., Rick Rubin is one of the most renowned producers of modern music, who has also been responsible for the birth of three labels: with Russell Simmons in 1984 and in 1988 (later changed to ). Plus, a reissues label which Rubin co-founded in 1994 with Henry Rollins. Rick Rubin has produced some of the "heaviest" tunes, if not sonically (Slayer / Public Enemy) then emotionally (Johnny Cash / The Mars Volta). He is also the co-creator and a host of the music related podcast Broken Record, which started in November 2018, Justin Richmond and Bruce Headlam.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
4,147 releases · 930 albums · active 1983–2025
- Production · 4,658
- Performance · 956
- Engineering · 185
- Other credits · 23
Studios: Sound City Studios · Spectrum City Studios · The Sound Factory · Ocean Way Recording
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Rage Against The Machine
1992
Licensed To Ill
1986
Californication
1999
Toxicity
2001
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
1991
Sublime
1996
News Of The World
1977
Wildflowers
1994
Audioslave
2002
Greatest Hits
1993
Temple Of The Dog
1991
Hello Nasty
1998
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
1988
De-Loused In The Comatorium
2003
Born To Die
2012
By The Way
2002
Reign In Blood
1986
Shake Your Money Maker
1990
American IV: The Man Comes Around
2002
Mezmerize
2005
Danzig
1988
Stadium Arcadium
2006
21
2011
The New Abnormal
2020
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