Joe Chiccarelli , a native of Boston , Massachusetts is a music producer, mixer and engineer who has been active since the 1980s. He has produced albums by Stan Ridgway , Oingo Boingo , Sandra Bernhard , My Morning Jacket , Counting Crows , The Shins, Augie March , Manchester Orchestra , Minus the Bear , Boy & Bear, Kurt Elling , Saints Of Valory, and Big Talk . Other artists include Elton John , Rufus Wainright, U2, Beck , Meresha, Etta James , Jamie Cullum , Al Stewart , Tori Amos , The Strokes , The Killers , Morrissey , Cafe Tacuba, Cage The Elephant, Julieta Venegas, Pink Martini , Christina Perri , Glenn Frey and Jason Mraz . He also engineered Frank Zappa 's albums Sheik Yerbouti Joe's Garage Acts I, II & IIITinseltown Rebellion , and engineered the White Stripes 2007 album Icky Thump .The Raconteurs "Consolers of The Lonely" for which he received his eighth Grammy award, for Best Engineered Album of 2008.
Chiccarelli got his first taste of the studio through a cousin who owned Boston's Fleetwood Studio. He also worked as an engineer at Music Designers Recording Studio in Boston. Chiccarelli moved west in the late '70s where he scored an assistant engineer gig at L.A.'s Cherokee Studios. He got his career break engineering Frank Zappa 's album Sheik Yerbouti HitQuarters , Chiccarelli said: "[Zappa's] engineer couldn't make the session and so he decided to take a chance on me. I'm so thankful ever since that day because he gave me a career."
He is credited with discovering singer Tori Amos and signing her first band, Y Kant Tori Read , to a label deal. However, Chiccarelli refuted this in an interview with HitQuarters saying, "That's a myth. Tori was already signed to Atlantic Records as a solo artist when I got involved." In 1998, he mixed the Latin album Un Tributo (a José José) , a tribute to José José.
Chiccarelli produced Minus the Bear 's album Omni The Strokes ' fourth album, Angles Swords album.
In 2011, Chiccarelli produced Jason Mraz 's fourth album Love Is a Four Letter Word Alanis Morissette 's upcoming Havoc and Bright Lights Songs of Patience for Alberta Cross. In 2012 he produced what became a Gold album, Departures Bernard Fanning as well as tracks for Dwight Yoakam. His 2013 album projects include Divine Fits , Hellogoodbye, Saints Of Valory, Plain White T's , Need To Breathe, The Madden Brothers, and Oxbow . In 2014 he has produced Morrissey's latest album, World Peace is None of Your Business as well as five songs on Spoon 's album They Want My Soul
1980s and 1990s
Poco – Under the Gun – Engineer/Mix/Record No Nukes – Engineer/Mix/Record Frank Zappa – Tinseltown Rebellion (1981) – Engineer Frank Zappa – Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar and Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More Oingo Boingo – Only a Lad – Produce/Engineer Juice Newton – Juice – Engineer/RecordDel Shannon – Drop Down and Get Me – Engineer/Mix Robert Williams – Buy My Record EP – Producer Poco – Blue and Gray – Engineer Red Rider – As Far as Siam – Engineer/Mix/Record Willie Phoenix – Willie Phoenix – Produce/Engineer Juice Newton – Quiet Lies – Engineer/Record Oingo Boingo – Nothing to Fear – Producer/Engineer/Recording Fast Times at Ridgemont High – ProducerRed Rider – Neruda – Engineer/Record Toronto – Girls Night Out – Mixing Juice Newton – Dirty Looks – Mixing Ray Manzarek – Carmina Burana – Mixing/Mixing Engineer Frank Zappa – Baby Snakes Glenn Frey – The Allnighter – Mixing Van Stephenson – Righteous Anger – Engineer/Mixing/Record Carla Olson / The Textones – Midnight Mission – Engineer/Mixing Romeo Void – Instincts – Mixing Poco – Inamorata – Producer/Engineer Bangles – All Over the Place – Mixing Vision Quest (Original Soundtrack) – Engineer/Mixing/Record Pat Benatar – Seven the Hard Way – Producer/Engineer Vince DiCola – Rocky IV (soundtrack) – Producer, Engineer Lone Justice – Lone Justice – Engineer/Overdub Engineer/RecordingTaxxi – Expose – Engineer Todd Sharp – Who Am I? – Mixing Agent Orange – This Is the Voice – Mixing The Lover Speaks – The Lover Speaks – Engineer/Mixing/RecordStan Ridgway – The Big Heat – Producer/Engineer/Mixing Lone Justice – Shelter – Engineer/Mixing/Associate Producer Tonio K. – Romeo Unchained – Engineer Juice Newton – Old Flame – Engineer/Recording Robert Tepper – No Easy Way Out – Producer George Thorogood / George Thorogood & the Destroyers – Nadine – Engineer/Mixing/Record Bob Geldof – Deep in the Heart of Nowhere – Engineer/Mixing/Recording Cobra – ProducerJulie Brown – Trapped in the Body of a White Girl – Producer Alison Moyet – Raindancing – Engineer/Recording Jellybean – Just Visiting This Planet – Engineer/Recording Breakfast Club – Breakfast Club – EngineerThe Dream Syndicate – 50 in a 25 Zone – Mixing Y Kant Tori Read – Y Kant Tori Read (1988) – Producer/EngineerTom Cochrane / Tom Cochrane & Red Rider – Victory Day – Mixing Joan Baez – Recently – Engineer/Mixing Al Stewart – Last Days of the Century – Producer Treat Her Right – Tied to the Tracks – Mixing Joan Baez – Speaking of Dreams – Mixing Stan Ridgway – Mosquitos – Producer James Horner – Field of Dreams – Mixing Oingo Boingo – Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet – Producer Luba – All of Nothing – Producer Robert Tepper – Modern Madness – Producer George Thorogood / George Thorogood & the Destroyers – Better Than The Rest – Engineer/Mixing/Record Hugh Cornwell – Nosferatu – Engineer/Mixing/Record Frank Zappa – Sheik Yerbouti (1979) – Engineer/Remixing/Overdubing Frank Zappa – Joe's Garage Stephen Bishop – Bish – Assistant/Engineer The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Dirt Band – Engineer/Mixing/Record Journey – Infinity – Engineer/Record Poco – Legend – Engineer/Mixing Allen Toussaint – Motion – Assistant/Engineer Bee Gees – [[Saturday Night Fever [original soundtrack]]] – Engineer/Record José José – Un Tributo (a José José) (1998) – Mixing Congo Norvell – The Dope, The Lies, The Vaseline (1996) – Producer/Engineer/Mixing2007
The Shins – Produce/Record/Mix The White Stripes - Record/MixThe Raconteurs – Record/Mix
2008
Georgia (Atlantic)- Engineered Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (Holywood)- Engineered My Morning Jacket (ATO ) – Produce/Record2009
Adam Stephens (Saddle Creek ) – Produce/Record/Mix Middle Class Rut (Bright Antenna) – Mix Ely Guera (Homey) – Mix Minus the Bear (Dangerbird ) – Produce/Record/Mix Gin Wigmore (Universal) – Record/MixCory Chisel (RCA ) – Produce/Record/MixDredg (Universal Germany) – MixCamera Can't Lie (Atlantic) – RecordPonderosa (New West ) – Produce/Record Sondre Lerche (Rounder ) – MixMika (Universal) – Record
2010
The Strokes (RCA) – Produce/Record Young The Giant (Roadrunner ) – Produce/Record/Mix Juan Campodonicoare (Universal Latin ) – Record Ilse DeLange (Universal Holland) – RecordEleni Mandell (YepRoc) – Produce/Record/MixRachel Yamagata (Warner) – Produce/Record/Mix Big Talk (Anti ) – Produce/Record/MixThe Killers Xmas single (Island ) – Co-ProduceManchester Orchestra (Columbia ) – Mix2011
Christina Perri (Atlantic) – Produce/Record Alberta Cross (Ark) – Produce/Record Boy & Bear (Universal) – Produce/Mix Tiziano Ferro (EMI Italy) – Record Jason Mraz (Atlantic) – Produce/Record Dwight Yoakam (Warner) – Co-produce/Record 2012
Keaton Henson (Sony UK)-Produce/Mix Cafe Tacuba (Universal) -Co-Produce/Mix Dropkick Murphys (Born & Bred) -Mix Alanis Morissette (Collective Sounds) – Produce/MixEleni Mandell (Yep Roc) – Produced/Mix 2013
HelloGoodbye (OldFriends)-Produce/Mix Saints Of Valory – "Neon Eyes" (Atlantic) – Engineer/Producer Divine Fits – "Ain't That The Way" (Merge) – Engineer/Producer Russian Red (Sony) – Produce/Record Plain White T's – "Should've Gone to Bed " (Hollywood ) – Engineer/Produce Bernard Fanning – Departures – Mixing/Producer2014
Spoon (Loma Vista/Universal) – Produce/Record Real Estate "Talking Backwards" (Domino) – Mix NeedToBreathe (Atlantic) – Produce/Record Saints Of Valory (Atlantic) – Produce/Record Morrissey (Harvest/Capitol) – Produce/Mix The Madden Brothers (Capitol) – Produce/Mix
2015
The Front Bottoms – "Laugh Till I Cry", "Summer Shandy" on Back on Top Jeff The Brotherhood (Warner Bros.) – Produce/Record Ivan & Alyosha (Dualtone) – Produce/Mix On An On – And the Wave Has Two Sides (RollCall) – Producer/Engineer/MixingVictorian Halls – Hyperalgesia (Victory) – Mixing 2016
Doug Seegers (Universal) – Produce/Mix Bleached (Secretly Canadian) – Produce/Record Milow (Universal) – Produce/Record The Arkells (Universal) – Produce/Record The Augustines (Universal) – Produce/Mix 2017
Morrissey (BMG) - Produce/Mix Cherry Glazerr (Secretly Canadian) – Produce/Record Jamie Lawson (Warner UK) – Produce/Mix Flogging Molly (Concord ) – Produce/Mix Broken Social Scene (Universal) – Produce/Record Wildling (Warner Bros) – Produce/Record Oxbow (HydraHead) – Produce/Mix Night Riots (Sumerian) – Produce/Mix 2003 Best Latin Rock/Alt Album Café Tacuba "Cuatro Caminos" 2007 Alternative Album The White Stripes "Icky Thump " 2009 Best Engineered Album Non-Classical – The Raconteurs "Consolers of the Lonely " 2000 Best Rock Album Cafe Tacuba "Reves" 2001 Best Rock Solo Vocal Album Juanes "Fijate Bien" 2003 Best Rock Solo Album Juanes "Un Dia Normal" 2003 Album of The Year Juanes "Un Dia Normal" 2004 Best Alternative Album Café Tacuba "Cuatro Caminos" 2010 Best Alternative Album Ely Guerra "Hombres Invisible" 2013 Best Instrumental Album Bajofondo "Presente" Best Alternative Album – The White Stripes "Icky Thump" (Grammy winner) Best Alternative Album – The Shins "Wincing The Night Away" Best Jazz Vocal Album – Kurt Elling "Nightmoves " Best Engineered Album Non-Classical – The Raconteurs "Consolers of the Lonely " Best Engineered Album Non-Classical – Cafe Tacuba "Reves YoSoy" Best Engineered Album Non-Classical – Jason Mraz "Love is a Four Letter Word" Best Rock Album – The Raconteurs "Consolers of the Lonely" Best Alternative Album – My Morning Jacket's "Evil Urges " Producer of The Year" 2007- The Shins, Kurt Elling, Oxbow 
