# Paul Northfield

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.
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

| Year | Album title | Band | Record label | Role |
| 1975 | Free Hand | Gentle Giant | Chrysalis | Engineer (Assistant) |
| 1976 | Interview | Gentle Giant | Chrysalis | Engineer |
| 1977 | Makin' Magic | Pat Travers | Polydor | Engineer, Remixing |
| 1980 | Permanent Waves | Rush | Anthem/Mercury | Engineer |
| 1981 | Exit...Stage Left | Rush | Anthem/Mercury | Engineer, Mixing |
| 1981 | Moving Pictures | Rush | Anthem/Mercury | Engineer |
| 1981 | Head On | Toronto | Solid Gold Records | Engineer |
| 1982 | Power Play | April Wine | Aquarius Records | Engineer |
| 1982 | Signals | Rush | Anthem/Mercury | Engineer, Mixing |
| 1983 | Alpha | Asia | Geffen | Engineer, Mixing |
| 1984 | Animal Grace | April Wine | Aquarius Records | Engineer |
| 1984 | Grace Under Pressure | Rush | Anthem/Mercury | Synthesizer, Programming |
| 1986 | Shakin' Like A Human Being | Kim Mitchell | Atlantic Records | Engineer |
| 1987 | Pop Goes the World | Men Without Hats | Mercury | Producer, Mixing |
| 1988 | Operation: Mindcrime | Queensrÿche | EMI | Engineer |
| 1989 | A Show of Hands | Rush | Anthem/Mercury | Engineer |
| 1989 | No Respect | Vain | Island | Producer, Engineer, Mixing |
| 1990 | Then & Now | Asia | Geffen | Engineer |
| 1990 | Empire | Queensrÿche | EMI | Engineer |
| 1990 | Steelheart | Steelheart | MCA | Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Mixing |
| 1990 | Big Houses | Eight Seconds | WEA | Producer |
| 1991 | ’’Monsters Under The Bed’’ | Honeymoon Suite | WEA | Producer |
| 1991 | Hey Stoopid | Alice Cooper | Epic | Engineer |
| 1992 | The Art of Rebellion | Suicidal Tendencies | Epic | Engineer, Mixing |
| 1993 | Sarsippius' Ark | Infectious Grooves | Epic | Producer, Mixing |
| 1993 | Cockroach | Danger Danger | Epic | Engineer, Mixing |
| 1994 | Groove Family Cyco | Infectious Grooves | Epic | Mixing |
| 1994 | Suicidal for Life | Suicidal Tendencies | Epic | Producer, Engineer, Mixing |
| 1995 | Helpyourselfish | D-A-D | Medley/EMI | Producer |
| 1995 | Ozzmosis | Ozzy Osbourne | Epic | Engineer |
| 1996 | Scenery and Fish | I Mother Earth | EMI | Producer, Engineer, Mixing |
| 1996 | Creature | Moist | EMI | Producer |
| 1997 | Black Science | GZR | TVT | Producer, Mixing |
| 1997 | Friends & Family | Suicidal Tendencies | Suicidal | Mixing |
| 1997 | Prime Cuts | Suicidal Tendencies | Epic | Producer, Mixing |
| 1998 | Celebrity Skin | Hole | Geffen | Engineer |
| 1998 | Different Stages | Rush | Anthem/Atlantic | Producer, Mixing |
| 1998 | Little Songs | David Usher | EMI | Producer |
| 1998 | Six the Hard Way | Suicidal Tendencies | Suicidal | Producer, Mixing |
| 1999 | Freedumb | Suicidal Tendencies | Suicidal/SideOneDummy | Producer, Engineer, Mixing |
| 1999 | Blue Green Orange | I Mother Earth | Mercury | Co-producer |
| 2000 | Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) | Marilyn Manson | Nothing/Interscope | Engineer |
| 2000 | Free Your Soul and Save My Mind | Suicidal Tendencies | Suicidal | Mixing |
| 2000 | Host | Clarknova | Shoreline/EMI | Producer/Mixing |
| 2001 | Since August | Since August | Loggerhead/Universal | Producer, Engineer |
| 2002 | Vapor Trails | Rush | Anthem/Atlantic | Producer, Engineer |
| 2002 | In Absentia | Porcupine Tree | Lava | Engineer |
| 2003 | The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974-1987 | Rush | Mercury | Engineer, Synthesizer Programming |
| 2005 | Four Play | Pat Travers | Majestic Rock | Engineer |
| 2006 | The Dark Third | Pure Reason Revolution | InsideOut | Engineer |
| 2007 | Systematic Chaos | Dream Theater | Roadrunner | Engineer, Mixing |
| 2009 | Black Clouds & Silver Linings | Dream Theater | Roadrunner | Engineer, Mixing |
| 2010 | Killing Mars | Mosquito-B | Bulldog Brothers | Co-Producer, Mixer, Engineer |
| 2011 | Hell Bound Gypsy Train | Stone Mary | Independent | Producer, Mixer, Engineer |
| 2011 | A Dramatic Turn of Events | Dream Theater | Roadrunner | Engineer |
| 2013 | 13 | Suicidal Tendencies | Suicidal | Producer |
| 2014 | Glory Under Dangerous Skies | Moist | Universal Music Group | Producer |
| 2016 | Use Less U | Mosquito-B | The Trench Records | Co-Producer, Mixer, Engineer |
| 2016 | World Gone Mad | Suicidal Tendencies | Suicidal | Producer |