Roy Thomas Baker

**Roy Thomas Baker** (born 10 November 1946) is an English record producer, songwriter and arranger. He helped create a series of extremely popular pop and rock records from the 1970s to the present day. Although he was born in London, England, he now divides his time between his homes in Los Angeles, Europe, and his recording studio in Arizona. Baker started at Decca Records in England at the age of 14. He later moved to Trident Studios, where he worked with the likes of Gus Dudgeon and Tony Visconti.

## Works

One of his best known productions is the hit song "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. He also produced artists such as Nazareth, Guns N' Roses, The Who, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Cars, Foreigner, Journey, Pilot, Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe, T. Rex, Devo, The Stranglers, Dusty Springfield, Starcastle, T'Pau, Yes, Cheap Trick, Gasolin' and The Darkness. Most recently he has worked with The Smashing Pumpkins on their 2007 album _Zeitgeist_. In 2008 he produced in his Arizona recording studio "The Storm" which has become a gold record. In 2008 he produced a track on the Smashing Pumpkins EP _American Gothic_.

According to Jimmy Chamberlin, the only times Baker complained during the making of _Zeitgeist_ were when he was denied permission to build a helipad on his California mansion and when he had to sell a castle he owned in England.

## Discography

Roy Thomas Baker put production on:

- Arnold Corns: "Man in the Middle" (1971 – released 1985)
- Free: _Fire and Water_ (1970)
- Nazareth: _Nazareth_ (engineer) (1971)
- Nazareth: _Exercises_ (1972)
- Gasolin': _Gasolin' 3_ (1973)
- Gasolin': _Stakkels Jim_ (in English: "Poor Jim") (1974)
- Queen: _Queen_ (1973) (Credited as Roy Baker)
- Queen: _Queen II_ (1974)
- Hawkwind: _Hall of the Mountain Grill_ (1974)
- Robert Calvert: _Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters_ (1974)
- Man :  _Rhinos, Winos and Lunatics_ (1974)
- The Trammps: ‘’The Legendary Zing Album’’ (1975)
- Queen: _Sheer Heart Attack_ (1974)
- Queen: _A Night at the Opera_ (1975)
- Jet: _Jet_ (1975)
- Be-Bop Deluxe: _Futurama_ (1975)
- Gasolin': _Gas 5_ (1975)
- Lewis Furey: _The Humours Of_ (1976)
- Pilot: _Morin Heights_ (1976)
- Ian Hunter: _Overnight Angels (1976)
- Gasolin': _Efter endnu en dag_ (1976)
- Starcastle: _Fountains of Light_ (1977)
- Starcastle: Citadel (1977)
- Dusty Springfield _It Begins Again_ (1978)
- The Cars: _The Cars_ (1978)
- Queen: _Jazz_ (1978)
- Journey: _Infinity_ (1978)
- Journey: _Evolution_ (1979)
- Yes: _Paris Sessions_ aka _Golden Age Sessions_ (1979; unreleased)
- Ron Wood: _Gimme Some Neck_ (1979)
- The Cars: _Candy-O_ (1979)
- Foreigner: _Head Games_ (1979)
- Alice Cooper: _Flush the Fashion_ (1980)
- The Cars: _Panorama_ (1980)
- The Cars: _Shake It Up_ (1981)
- Heavy Metal: "Motion Picture Soundtrack" (1982)
- Cheap Trick: _One on One_ (1982)
- Devo: _Oh, No! It's Devo_ (1982)
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High: _Motion Picture Soundtrack_ (1982)
- Mötley Crüe: _Too Fast for Love_ (1982)
- Espionage: "Espionage" (1983)
- Joe Lynn Turner: _Rescue You_ (1985)
- Jon Anderson: _3 Ships_ (1985)
- American Anthem: "Motion Picture Soundtrack" (1986)
- T'Pau: _Bridge of Spies_ (titled _T'Pau_ in the US) (1987)
- Slade: _You Boyz Make Big Noize_ (1987)
- Ozzy Osbourne: _No Rest for the Wicked_ (1988)
- The Stranglers: _10_ (1989)
- Chris de Burgh: _Spark to a Flame_ (1990)
- Shy: _Misspent Youth_ (1990)
- Dangerous Toys: _Hellacious Acres_ (1991)
- The Stranglers: _All Twelve Inches_ (1992)
- _Wayne's World_: _Motion Picture Soundtrack_ (1992)
- Local H: _Pack Up the Cats_ (1998)
- Caroline's Spine: "Attention Please" (1999)
- The Darkness: _One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back_ (2005)
- The Smashing Pumpkins: _Zeitgeist_ (2007)
- Transformers: "Motion Picture Soundtrack" (2007)
- The Storm: _Where The Storm Meets The Ground_ (2008)
- The Smashing Pumpkins: _American Gothic_ (2008)
- Jimmy Chamberlin's This: "Great Civilization" (2010)
- Maximilian Is King: Featuring Arthur Lynn and Nick Fowler "Songs To Kill Yourself With" (2012)
- Yes: _Heaven & Earth'' (2014)