Sound City Studios

**Sound City Studios** is a recording studio in Los Angeles, California. It first opened in 1969 in the Van Nuys neighborhood. Before this, it was a factory for the British musical instrument maker Vox. The studio became well known for having a unique sound, especially when drums are played in there. Because of this, many famous recording artists have recorded there. These include Johnny Cash, Nirvana, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, and many others. Over one hundred albums recorded at Sound City were given gold and platinum certifications.

## List of albums

|Year|Artist|Album|Producer||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1970|Spirit|_Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus_|David Briggs||||
|rowspan="3"|1970|rowspan="3"|Neil Young|rowspan="3"|_After The Gold Rush_|Neil Young|
|David Briggs|||||||
|Kendall Pacios|||||||
|1972|Dr. John|_Dr. John's Gumbo_|Jerry Wexler||||
|1973|Buckingham Nicks|_Buckingham Nicks_|Keith Olsen||||
|1974|Evel Knievel|_Evel Knievel_|Ron Kramer||||
|1974|Elton John|_Caribou_|Gus Dudgeon||||
|1974|Bachman–Turner Overdrive|_Not Fragile_|Randy Bachman||||
|1974|Bill Cosby|_At Last Bill Cosby Really Sings_|Stu Gardner||||
|1975|Fleetwood Mac|_Fleetwood Mac_|Keith Olsen||||
|1975|War|_Why Can't We Be Friends?_|Jerry Goldstein||||
|1975|Nils Lofgren|_Nils Lofgren_|David Briggs||||
|1976|Rick Springfield|_Wait for Night_|Mark K. Smith||||
|1977|Grateful Dead|_Terrapin Station_|Keith Olsen||||
|rowspan="4"|1977|rowspan="4"|REO Speedwagon|rowspan="4"|_You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish_|John Boylan|
|Gary Richrath|||||||
|Kevin Cronin|||||||
|Paul Grupp|||||||
|1978|Cheap Trick|_Heaven Tonight_|Tom Werman||||
|rowspan="2"|1978|rowspan="2"|Walter Egan|rowspan="2"|_Not Shy_|Lindsey Buckingham|
|Richard Dashut|||||||
|1978|Foreigner|_Double Vision_|Keith Olsen||||
|1979|Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers|_Damn the Torpedoes_|Jimmy Iovine||||
|1980|Pat Benatar|_Crimes of Passion_|Keith Olsen||||
|rowspan="2"|1981|rowspan="2"|Rick Springfield|rowspan="2"|_Working Class Dog_|Keith Olsen|
|Bill Drescher|||||||
|rowspan="2"|1981|rowspan="2"|Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers|rowspan="2"|_Hard Promises_|Tom Petty|
|Jimmy Iovine|||||||
|1981|Santana|_Zebop!_|Keith Olsen||||
|1982|Pat Benatar|_Precious Time_|Keith Olsen||||
|rowspan="2"|1982|rowspan="2"|Hawks|rowspan="2"|_30 Seconds Over Otho_|John Ryan|
|Hawks|||||||
|1982|REO Speedwagon|_Good Trouble_|Kevin Beamish||||
|1982|Fear|_The Record_|Gary Lobow||||
|1982|Barry Manilow|_Here Comes the Night_|Bill Drescher||||
|1982|Rick Springfield|_Living in Oz_|Bill Drescher||||
|1983|Dio|_Holy Diver_|Ronnie James Dio||||
|1983|Sharon O'Neill|_Foreign Affairs_|John Boylan||||
|1984|Ratt|_Out of the Cellar_|Beau Hill||||
|1984|Rick Springfield|_Hard to Hold_|Bill Drescher||||
|1984|Lionheart|_Hot Tonight_|Kevin Beamish||||
|1984|The Winans|_Tomorrow_|Scott V. Smith||||
|1984|Saxon|_Crusader_|Kevin Beamish||||
|rowspan="2"|1985|rowspan="2"|Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers|rowspan="2"|_Southern Accents_|Tom Petty|
|Jimmy Iovine|||||||
|1985|Loudness|_Thunder in the East_|Max Norman||||
|1986|Guns N' Roses|_Appetite for Destruction_ (Sound City Sessions)|Mike Clink, Manny Charlton||||
|1988|Fleetwood Mac|_Greatest Hits_|||||
|1989|Keel|_Larger Than Live_|Ron Keel||||
|1991|Nirvana|_Nevermind_|Butch Vig||||
|rowspan="2"|1992|rowspan="2"|Kyuss|rowspan="2"|_Blues for the Red Sun_|Kyuss|
|Chris Goss|||||||
|rowspan="2"|1992|rowspan="2"|Masters of Reality|rowspan="2"|_Sunrise on the Sufferbus_|Chris Goss|
|Ginger Baker|||||||
|1992|Rage Against the Machine|_Rage Against the Machine_|Garth Richardson||||
|1992|Green Jellÿ|_Cereal Killer_|Sylvia Massy||||
|rowspan="2"|1993|rowspan="2"|Kyuss|rowspan="2"|_Welcome to Sky Valley_|Kyuss|
|Chris Goss|||||||
|rowspan="2"|1993|rowspan="2"|Tool|rowspan="2"|_Undertow_|Sylvia Massy|
|C.J. Buscaglia|||||||
|1993|Rancid|_Rancid_|Brett Gurewitz||||
|1993|Tom Petty|_Greatest Hits_|||||
|1994|Tom Petty|_Wildflowers_|Rick Rubin||||
|1994|The Black Crowes|_Amorica_|Jack Joseph Puig||||
|rowspan="3"|1994|rowspan="3"|Slayer|rowspan="3"|_Divine Intervention_|Rick Rubin|
|Toby Wright|||||||
|Slayer|||||||
|1995|Dashboard Prophets|_Burning Out The Inside_|Garth Richardson||||
|1995|Red Hot Chili Peppers|_One Hot Minute_|Rick Rubin||||
|1995|Kerbdog|_On The Turn_|Garth Richardson||||
|1995|Kyuss|_...And the Circus Leaves Town_|Chris Goss||||
|1996|Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers|_Songs and Music from "She's the One"_|Tom Petty||||
|rowspan="2"|1996|rowspan="2"|Carl Perkins|rowspan="2"|_Go Cat Go!_|Various artists|
|Eddie Kramer|||||||
|1996|Johnny Cash|_Unchained_|Rick Rubin||||
|rowspan="2"|1996|rowspan="2"|Weezer|rowspan="2"|_Pinkerton_|Weezer|
|David Fridmann|||||||
|1996|Tonic|_Lemon Parade_|Jack Joseph Puig||||
|1997|Bruce Dickinson|_Accident of Birth_|Roy Z||||
|1997|Fu Manchu|_The Action Is Go_|Jay Noel Yuenger||||
|1998|Various artists|_Godzilla: The Album_|Foo Fighters||||
|1998|Frank Black and the Catholics|_Frank Black and the Catholics_|Frank Black||||
|1998|Bruce Dickinson|_The Chemical Wedding_|Roy Z||||
|rowspan="2"|1998|rowspan="2"|Superdrag|rowspan="2"|_Head Trip in Every Key_|Jerry Finn|
|Superdrag|||||||
|rowspan="2"|1998|rowspan="2"|System of a Down|rowspan="2"|_System of a Down_|Rick Rubin|
|System of a Down|||||||
|1999|Frank Black and the Catholics|_Pistolero_|Nick Vincent||||
|1999|Jimmy Eat World|_Clarity_|Mark Trombino||||
|2000|A Perfect Circle|_Mer de Noms_|Billy Howerdel||||
|2000|Queens of the Stone Age|_Rated R_|Chris Goss||||
|2001|Black Rebel Motorcycle Club|_B.R.M.C._|Black Rebel Motorcycle Club||||
|2001|Frank Black and the Catholics|_Dog in the Sand_|Nick Vincent||||
|2001|Slipknot|_Iowa_|Ross Robinson||||
|2001|Treble Charger|_Wide Awake Bored_|Matt Hyde||||
|2001|Fu Manchu|_California Crossing_|Matt Hyde||||
|2001|Vanilla Ice|_Bi-Polar_|Vanilla Ice||||
|2003|Matchbook Romance|_West For Wishing_|Brett Gurewitz||||
|2003|Hotwire|_The Routine_|Matt Hyde||||
|2003|Kings of Leon|_Youth & Young Manhood_|Ethan Johns||||
|2003|Poison the Well|_You Come Before You_|Pelle Henricsson||||
|2003|Rancid|_Indestructible_|Brett Gurewitz||||
|2004|Bad Religion|_The Empire Strikes First_|Brett Gurewitz||||
|2004|Seo Taiji|_7th Issue_|Seo Taiji||||
|2005|Queens of the Stone Age|_Lullabies to Paralyze_|Joe Barresi||||
|2005|Wolfmother|_Wolfmother_|Dave Sardy||||
|2005|Nine Inch Nails|_With Teeth_|Trent Reznor||||
|2005|Madrugada|_The Deep End_|George Drakoulias||||
|2005|Ry Cooder|_Chávez Ravine_|Ry Cooder||||
|2007|Mavis Staples|_We'll Never Turn Back_|Ry Cooder||||
|rowspan="2"|2008|rowspan="2"|Cold War Kids|rowspan="2"|_Loyalty to Loyalty_|Kevin Augunas|
|Cold War Kids|||||||
|2008|Metallica|_Death Magnetic_|Rick Rubin||||
|2008|Nine Inch Nails|_The Slip_|Trent Reznor||||
|rowspan="2"|2008|rowspan="2"|Elvis Costello and the Imposters|rowspan="2"|_Momofuku_|Elvis Costello|
|Jason Lader|||||||
|2009|BigBang|_Edendale_|Greg Richling||||
|Kid Rock|_Born Free_|Rick Rubin|||||
|The Higher|_It's Only Natural_|Mike Green|||||
|Wolfmother|_Cosmic Egg_|Alan Moulder|||||
|2010|Josh Groban|_Illuminations_|Rick Rubin||||
|rowspan="2"|Death Cab for Cutie|rowspan="2"|_Codes and Keys_|Chris Walla|||
|Death Cab for Cutie|||||||
|Triggerfinger|_All This Dancin' Around_|Greg Gordon|||||
|Year Long Disaster|_Black Magic; All Mysteries Revealed_|Nick Raskulinecz|||||
|2011|Mastodon|_The Hunter_|Mike Elizondo||||
|rowspan="2"|Everclear|rowspan="2"|_Return to Santa Monica_|Nathaniel Kunkel|||
|Art Alexakis|||||||
|Arctic Monkeys|_Suck It and See_|James Ford|||||
|Haloes|_Living Like Kings In Confined Spaces_|Greg Richling|||||
|Noah and the Whale|_Last Night on Earth_|Noah and the Whale|||||
|The Lonely Forest|_Arrows_|Chris Walla|||||
|Monstro Flora|_Between the Stars_|Greg Richling|||||
|2018|Fall Out Boy|_Mania_|||||
|Death Cab for Cutie|_Thank You for Today_|Rich Costey|||||
|Boygenius|_Boygenius_|N/A|||||
|The Crystal Method|_The Trip Home_|Tiny E|||||
|2019|Andrew Bird|_My Finest Work Yet_|Paul Butler||||
|Big Thief|_Two Hands_|Andrew Sarlo|||||
|Perfume Genius|_Set My Heart On Fire Immediately_|Blake Mills|||||
|2020|Phoebe Bridgers|_Punisher_|Tony Berg and Ethan Gruska||||