John Goodmanson
American recording engineer and indie rock record producer
John Goodmanson (born 1968) is an American recording engineer and indie rock record producer. He is best known for producing multiple albums by Bikini Kill, Blonde Redhead, Death Cab for Cutie, Los Campesinos!, and Sleater-Kinney, as well as the album Voices by Matchbook Romance.
Selected discography
Aiden: Conviction (Victory)
Bikini Kill Reject All American (Kill Rock Stars)
Bikini Kill The Singles (Kill Rock Stars)
Blonde Redhead Misery Is a Butterfly (4AD)
Blonde Redhead Fake Can Be Just as Good (Touch and Go)
Blonde Redhead In an Expression of the Inexpressible (Touch and Go)
Blondie: The Curse of Blondie (Left Bank)
The Blood Brothers Crimes (V2 Records)
Brandi Carlile: Brandi Carlile Prod., Engr., Mixing (Columbia Records)
Ceremony Zoo (Matador Records)
Cloud Nothings Life Without Sound (Carpark Records)
Dance Movie Pierce (independent)
Death Cab for Cutie: Drive Well, Sleep Carefully - DVD
Death Cab for Cutie The John Byrd EP Mixing (Barsuk)
Death Cab for Cutie "The Sound of Settling" radio mix (Barsuk)
Death Cab for Cutie Transatlanticism (2 tracks) (Barsuk)
The Dirty Nil- "Master Volume"
Ever We Fall Endura EP (Rise Records)
Expatriate In the Midst of This
Fight Like Apes Fight Like Apes and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion
Foxx Bodies Vixen (Kill Rock Stars)
Green Apple Quick Step "Feel My Way" & "The Unheard Music", on "Ludes and Cherry Bombs"; a single from Wonderful Virus (Medicine Label)
Hanson Shout It Out (3CG Records)
Hanson Underneath
Harvey Danger - Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? (London/Slash)
Harvey Danger - King James Version (Sire/Warner)
Hot Hot Heat "No, Not Now", "5 Times Out of 100" (Warner Bros.)
Hot Hot Heat "Bandages" radio mix Sub Pop
The Long Winters Putting the Days to Bed LP https://www.thelongwinters.com/
Los Campesinos! We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
Los Campesinos! Romance Is Boring
Los Campesinos! Hello Sadness
Los Campesinos! No Blues
Los Campesinos! Sick Scenes
Los Campesinos! Whole Damn Body
Matchbook Romance - Voices - LP (Epitaph Records)
Nada Surf Lucky (Barsuk)
Nada Surf "What Is Your Secret" (Barsuk)
Pavement "Stereo" Radio Mix (Matador)
Pigeonhed The Full Sentence (Sub Pop)
Poor Old Lu Sin (Alarma Records)
The Posies Amazing Disgrace (Geffen)
The Rockfords The Rockfords (Epic Records)
The Rockfords Waiting...
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