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Matt Wallace (music producer)
American record producer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Matt Wallace is an American record producer best known for his work with Faith No More, Maroon 5, O.A.R., The Replacements, and Train.[1]
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Wallace is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, where he was studying to become an English teacher.[1] While attending college, he set up a music recording studio in his parents' garage in Moraga, California which he named Dangerous Rhythm Studios.[2]
In 1983, Sharp Young Men recorded "Quiet in Heaven/Song of Liberty" at Dangerous Rhythm. The single was released under the band's new name of Faith. No Man., its only release before the majority of its members left to form Faith No More the following year. Wallace relocated Dangerous Rhythm Studios to Oakland, California and hired Kevin Army, who later bought the studio from Wallace.[3] In 1985, Wallace produced Faith No More's debut album We Care a Lot and returned to work with the band for Introduce Yourself (1987).
Wallace relocated to Los Angeles in 1988 and worked for Slash Records as a staff producer and A&R person. He lobbied to produce The Replacements album Don't Tell a Soul (1989).[1] The same year, he again worked with Faith No More, producing and mixing their breakthrough album The Real Thing, which featured the hit song, "Epic," as well as its follow-up, Angel Dust,[4] named the #1 most influential album of all time by Kerrang! in 2003.[5]
He produced Paul Westerberg's album 14 Songs and John Hiatt's album Perfectly Good Guitar. He co-produced the debut Juno-nominated album for Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk. The album was certified double platinum in Canada.
Wallace produced and mixed Songs About Jane, the debut album for Maroon 5, including the Top 40 hit singles "Harder To Breathe," "This Love," "Sunday Morning," and "She Will Be Loved."[4] The album has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, and won a Grammy Award for "Best New Artist" in 2005.
Since then, Wallace has co-written songs and produced two albums for O.A.R.[4] He has also co-written and produced several songs for Andy Grammer, an album for Pepper, and mixed Blackberry Smoke's album The Whippoorwill.
In 2015, Wallace joined Faith No More again to co-mix their album, Sol Invictus. The album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Hard Rock Album chart.
Wallace established the Studio Delux recording studio; it is now located in the Sound City Studios complex in Van Nuys, California.[4]
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Live at Studio Delux
In 2013, Wallace started a live music project with Will Kennedy[6] (whose credits include Michael Franti, Thirsty Merc, Andy Grammer, and Pepper) called 'Live at Studio Delux'.[7] The goal is to help music fans discover the joy of authentic live performances. With over 30 years of combined experience professionally recording and producing music, Wallace and Kennedy capture the artist at their best in a live studio environment. Each artist session is recorded in one day at Wallace's own studio, Studio Delux. The mastered recordings are made available on iTunes while video content can be watched on the project's YouTube channel.
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Selected production and engineering credits
- Faith. No Man - "Quiet in Heaven"/"Song of Liberty" (1983)
- Necropolis of Love - The Hope (1984)
- Faith No More - We Care a Lot (1985)
- Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (1987)
- New Monkees - "What I Want" (1987)
- Sons of Freedom - Sons of Freedom (1988)
- Faith No More - The Real Thing (1989)[1]
- The Replacements - Don't Tell a Soul (1989)[1]
- David Baerwald - Bedtime Stories (1990)
- The Wild Flowers - Tales Like These (1990)
- Chagall Guevara - Chagall Guevara (1991)
- Faith No More - You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy (1991)
- Sons of Freedom - Gump (1991)
- The Toll - "Sticks and Stones and Broken Bones" (1991)
- Faith No More - Angel Dust (1992)[1]
- The Spent Poets - The Spent Poets (1992)
- John Hiatt - Perfectly Good Guitar (1993)
- School of Fish - Human Cannonball (1993)
- Paul Westerberg - 14 Songs (1993)
- John Hiatt - Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan? (1994)
- Ednaswap - Ednaswap (1995)
- R.E.M. - "Revolution" (1995)
- Chantal Kreviazuk - Under These Rocks and Stones (1996)[1]
- Deftones - "Teething" (1996)
- Howlin' Maggie - Honeysuckle Strange (1996)
- Josh Clayton-Felt - Inarticulate Nature Boy (1996)
- Susanna Hoffs - Susanna Hoffs (1996)
- Weapon of Choice - Highperspice (1996)
- Bic Runga - Drive (1997)
- Dog's Eye View - Daisy (1997)
- The Honeyrods - The Honeyrods (1997)
- Green Apple Quick Step - New Disaster (1998)
- Imperial Teen - What Is Not to Love (1998)
- Train - "If You Leave" (1998)
- Weapon of Choice - Nutmeg Phantasy (1998)
- DDT - Urban Observer (1999)
- Everlast - "So Long" (1999)
- Fenix TX - Fenix TX (1999)
- Khaleel - People Watching (1999)[1]
- Mars Electric – "Someday" (1999)
- Portable - Secret Life(1999)
- Bowling for Soup - Let's Do It for Johnny! (2000)
- Buffalo Nickel - Long 331⁄3 Play (2000)
- Peter Searcy - Could You Please and Thank You (2000)
- Poe - Haunted (2000)
- Ultra V - Bring on the Fuego (2000)
- Blues Traveler - Bridge (2001)
- H2O - Go (2001)
- Sugarcult - Start Static (2001)[1]
- Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)[1]
- 6Gig - Mind Over Mind (2003)
- Wakefield - American Made (2003)
- Mushroomhead - XIII (2003)
- As Fast As - Open Letter to the Damned (2004)
- Automatic Black - De-Evolution (2004)
- Caleb Kane - Go Mad (2004)[1]
- Squad Five-O - Late News Breaking (2004)
- Virginia Coalition - OK to Go (2004)[1]
- Josh Kelley - Almost Honest (2005)
- Kyle Riabko - Before I Speak (2005)
- Spin Doctors - Nice Talking to Me (2005)
- Udora - Liberty Square (2005)
- Fightstar - One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours (2007)
- The Higher - On Fire (2007)
- Eva Avila - Give Me the Music (2008)
- Ludo - You're Awful, I Love You (2008)
- O.A.R. - All Sides (2008)
- Small Mercies - Beautiful Hum (2008)
- The 88 - Not Only... But Also (2008)
- Eye Alaska - Genesis Underground (2009)
- The Dollyrots - "California Beach Boy" (2010)
- Ludo - Prepare the Preparations (2010)
- Thirsty Merc - Mousetrap Heart (2010)
- Andy Grammer - Andy Grammer (2011)
- Blackberry Smoke - The Whippoorwill (2011)
- Nat & Alex Wolff - Black Sheep (2011)
- O.A.R. - King (2011)
- Trail - To The Rest Of The World (2012)
- Pepper - Pepper (2013)
- Tommy & The High Pilots - Only Human (2013)
- Andy Grammer, "Co-Pilot" (2014)
- 3 Doors Down - Us and the Night (2015)
- Faith No More - Sol Invictus (2015)
- Los Angelics - Land of the Brave and Dangerous (2015)
- R5 - Sometime Last Night (2015)
- Wagakki Band - "Hangeki no Yaiba" (2015)[8]
- Zen From Mars - New Leaf (2015)
- New Beat Fund, Sponge Fingerz (2016)
- InCrest - The Ladder The Climb The Fall (2018)
- Mushroomhead - A Wonderful Life (2020)
- Nat & Alex Wolff - "Glue" (2020)
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