Producer for a new album

[face of glass]

Originally Posted by snwriter

I know some of Stevie's solo stuff is not produced that wonderfully, but I think that's true of Lindsey's stuff as well. He overproduces himself and that's one of the reasons his stuff sells nothing and is relegated to bargain bins.

That's your preference speaking out there and I'm sure many listeners would disagree on that. Is there any kind of rule that states that overproduced music is unlistenable and devoid of mass appeal? How come Law And Order wasn't a bigger success then? Oh, don't tell me, because some of that is underproduced and kooky?
You wanna know why I think he doesn't sell any more than he does. Because he's between new wave and classic rock. Between the dirt and the polish. Between the quirky and the traditional. Both sides are equally accessible but not everyone is willing to go to accept both.

He is talented enough to simplify things, as Stevie did on Leather and Lace, Has Anyone Ever Written, I Will Run to You, Rose Garden, etc.

Isn't "Goodbye Baby" simple enough for you?

And the whole OOTC album, which has great songs, would have hit home for more listeners without all that pseudo-Beach Boys heavy production stuff.

How different is the production on Tango In The Night from the production on OOTC? TITN hit home well enough, didn't it?

I think they're both better with each other. But I don't think Stevie's stuff lacks meat. She just has made more recordings than Lindsey because he takes too much damned time and often ends up overproducing.

She made more recordings in the '80s because she was willing to let her solo band do a lot of the work. But lo and behold, it seems that Stevie's more interested in "overproduction" and long labour over an album now. Gift Of Screws and TISL were both begun at the same time and both took about the same time to finish. You may claim that Stevie did Enchanted in between but Lindsey had his family, you know.

One of Stevie's best-produced tracks ever is "Bombay Sapphires," which she produced herself!

A credit which is at best questionable. How come there isn't more production work of hers where she has the only credit?