Paul Northfield is a prolific British record producer and sound engineer, who has worked on albums by bands such as Dream Theater, Queensrÿche, Rush, Porcupine Tree and Suicidal Tendencies.[1]

Northfield worked at Advision Studio, London from 1974 to 1978, then at Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec from 1978 to 1987, and has been an independent engineer since then.

Selected discography

YearAlbum titleBandRecord labelRole
1975Free HandGentle GiantChrysalisEngineer (Assistant)
1976InterviewGentle GiantChrysalisEngineer
1977Makin' MagicPat TraversPolydorEngineer, Remixing
1980Permanent WavesRushAnthem/MercuryEngineer
1981Exit...Stage LeftRushAnthem/MercuryEngineer, Mixing
1981Moving PicturesRushAnthem/MercuryEngineer
1981Head OnTorontoSolid Gold RecordsEngineer
1982Power PlayApril WineAquarius RecordsEngineer
1982SignalsRushAnthem/MercuryEngineer, Mixing
1983AlphaAsiaGeffenEngineer, Mixing
1984Animal GraceApril WineAquarius RecordsEngineer
1984Grace Under PressureRushAnthem/MercurySynthesizer, Programming
1986Shakin' Like A Human BeingKim MitchellAtlantic RecordsEngineer
1987Pop Goes the WorldMen Without HatsMercuryProducer, Mixing
1988Operation: MindcrimeQueensrÿcheEMIEngineer
1989A Show of HandsRushAnthem/MercuryEngineer
1989No RespectVainIslandProducer, Engineer, Mixing
1990Then & NowAsiaGeffenEngineer
1990EmpireQueensrÿcheEMIEngineer
1990SteelheartSteelheartMCAEngineer, Assistant Engineer, Mixing
1990Big HousesEight SecondsWEAProducer
1991’’Monsters Under The Bed’’Honeymoon SuiteWEAProducer
1991Hey StoopidAlice CooperEpicEngineer
1992The Art of RebellionSuicidal TendenciesEpicEngineer, Mixing
1993Sarsippius' ArkInfectious GroovesEpicProducer, Mixing
1993CockroachDanger DangerEpicEngineer, Mixing
1994Groove Family CycoInfectious GroovesEpicMixing
1994Suicidal for LifeSuicidal TendenciesEpicProducer, Engineer, Mixing
1995HelpyourselfishD-A-DMedley/EMIProducer
1995OzzmosisOzzy OsbourneEpicEngineer
1996Scenery and FishI Mother EarthEMIProducer, Engineer, Mixing
1996CreatureMoistEMIProducer
1997Black ScienceGZRTVTProducer, Mixing
1997Friends & FamilySuicidal TendenciesSuicidalMixing
1997Prime CutsSuicidal TendenciesEpicProducer, Mixing
1998Celebrity SkinHoleGeffenEngineer
1998Different StagesRushAnthem/AtlanticProducer, Mixing
1998Little SongsDavid UsherEMIProducer
1998Six the Hard WaySuicidal TendenciesSuicidalProducer, Mixing
1999FreedumbSuicidal TendenciesSuicidal/SideOneDummyProducer, Engineer, Mixing
1999Blue Green OrangeI Mother EarthMercuryCo-producer
2000Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)Marilyn MansonNothing/InterscopeEngineer
2000Free Your Soul and Save My MindSuicidal TendenciesSuicidalMixing
2000HostClarknovaShoreline/EMIProducer/Mixing
2001Since AugustSince AugustLoggerhead/UniversalProducer, Engineer
2002Vapor TrailsRushAnthem/AtlanticProducer, Engineer
2002In AbsentiaPorcupine TreeLavaEngineer
2003The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974-1987RushMercuryEngineer, Synthesizer Programming
2005Four PlayPat TraversMajestic RockEngineer
2006The Dark ThirdPure Reason RevolutionInsideOutEngineer
2007Systematic ChaosDream TheaterRoadrunnerEngineer, Mixing
2009Black Clouds & Silver LiningsDream TheaterRoadrunnerEngineer, Mixing
2010Killing MarsMosquito-BBulldog BrothersCo-Producer, Mixer, Engineer
2011Hell Bound Gypsy Train[2]Stone MaryIndependentProducer, Mixer, Engineer
2011A Dramatic Turn of EventsDream TheaterRoadrunnerEngineer
201313Suicidal TendenciesSuicidalProducer
2014Glory Under Dangerous SkiesMoistUniversal Music GroupProducer
2016Use Less UMosquito-BThe Trench RecordsCo-Producer, Mixer, Engineer
2016World Gone MadSuicidal TendenciesSuicidalProducer

References

  1. ^ "Paul Northfield : Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Stone Mary .. Media". Archived from the original on 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2011-04-26.