Question: What band formed in 1975 in New York City described by critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine as "one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the '80s," who worked with a Jamaican audio engineer?

Context articles: It Takes Two (Rob Base &amp; DJ E-Z Rock song)
Women and Children First
Auf Wiedersehen (song)
Public Enemy (group)
Steven Stanley
Croweology
The Cult
MC5
Feel the Pain
Talking Heads

"It Takes Two" is a song by New York rappers Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock that became a top 40 hit single was later certified platinum by the RIAA.
 Over the years, the song has been covered and sampled by various recording artists.
 The music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine of the All Music Guide said: "There are many critics and listeners who claim that Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock's 'It Takes Two' is the greatest hip-hop single ever cut.
 It's hard to disagree with them."
Women and Children First is the third studio album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released on March 26, 1980 on Warner Bros.
 Records.
 Produced by Ted Templeman, it was the first to feature compositions written solely by the band, and is described by critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine as "[the] record where the group started to get heavier, both sonically and, to a lesser extent, thematically."
"Auf Wiedersehen" (German for "Goodbye") is a song co-written by Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen and bassist Tom Petersson and first released on the band's 1978 album "Heaven Tonight."
 It was also released as a single as the B-side of "Surrender".
 Since its original release, it has also been released by Cheap Trick on several live and compilation albums, including "Budokan II"; "Sex, America, Cheap Trick"; "The Essential Cheap Trick", and the 30th Anniversary Edition of "Cheap Trick at Budokan", which also includes a DVD with a video performance of the song.
 Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine described the song as one of the peaks of "Heaven Tonight" and as one of Cheap Trick's "stone-cold classics."
 It has often been used by the band to close their concerts.
 Since its original release, it has been covered by Anthrax, Cell, John Easdale, and Steel Pole Bath Tub.
Public Enemy is an American hip hop group consisting of Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff, Khari Wynn, DJ Lord, and the S1W group.
 Formed on Long Island, New York, in 1986, they are known for their politically charged music and criticism of the American media, with an active interest in the frustrations and concerns of the African American community.
 Their first four albums during the late 1980s and early 1990s were all certified either gold or platinum and were, according to music critic Robert Hilburn in 1998, "the most acclaimed body of work ever by a hip hop act".
 Critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called them "the most influential and radical band of their time."
Steven J. C. Stanley (born July 11, 1958), is a Jamaican audio engineer, record producer and keyboardist who has worked in the reggae, dub and rock music genres since 1975, most notably with Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club and Black Uhuru.
Croweology is an acoustic-based album by American rock band The Black Crowes, released on August 3, 2010.
 The set includes newly recorded versions of nineteen songs from the band's career, covering their albums from "Shake Your Money Maker" to "Lions", plus a cover of the Chris Ethridge and Gram Parsons song "She", in mostly-acoustic arrangements.
 Critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated the Crowes capture "the sound of seasoned veterans still finding new ways to play old favorites" and the double album is "a generous, entertaining gift to the fans who have stayed true throughout the years".
 "Croweology" was the last studio record released by the band.
The Cult are a British rock band formed in 1983.
 Before settling on their current name in January 1984, the band performed under the name Death Cult, which was an evolution of the name of lead singer Ian Astbury's previous band Southern Death Cult.
 They gained a dedicated following in the UK in the mid-1980s as a post-punk/gothic rock band, with singles such as "She Sells Sanctuary", before breaking mainstream in the United States in the late 1980s as a hard rock band with singles such as "Love Removal Machine" and "Fire Woman".
 According to music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine, the band fuse a "heavy metal revivalist" sound with the "pseudo-mysticism ... of The Doors [and] the guitar-orchestrations of Led Zeppelin ... while adding touches of post-punk goth rock".
 Since the initial formation of Southern Death Cult in Bradford in 1981, the band have had various line-ups; the longest-serving members are Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy, the band's two songwriters.
MC5 was an American rock band from Lincoln Park, Michigan, formed in 1964.
 The original band line-up consisted of vocalist Rob Tyner, guitarists Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith, bassist Michael Davis, and drummer Dennis Thompson.
 "Crystallizing the counterculture movement at its most volatile and threatening", according to "AllMusic" critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine, the MC5's leftist political ties and anti-establishment lyrics and music positioned them as emerging innovators of the punk movement in the United States.
 Their loud, energetic style of back-to-basics rock and roll included elements of garage rock, hard rock, blues rock, and psychedelic rock.
"Feel the Pain" is a single by alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. from their 1994 album "Without a Sound".
 When interviewed by Billboard magazine the producer and mixer for Dinosaur Jr., Agnello, explained that he was after a "dry" sound to the song, "…so dry it jumps out at you."
 Despite bashing "Without a Sound" as a whole, "Feel the Pain" was one of the two songs (the other being "I Don't Think So") that music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine felt was a success.
 The music video was directed by Spike Jonze.
Talking Heads were an American rock band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991.
 The band comprised David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), Chris Frantz (drums), Tina Weymouth (bass), and Jerry Harrison (keyboards, guitar).
 Described by critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine as "one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the '80s," the group helped to pioneer new wave music by integrating elements of punk, art rock, funk, and world music with avant-garde sensibilities and an anxious, clean-cut image.