Eric Ratz is a Canadian producer, engineer, and mixer. He has won multiple

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and Juno awards. Throughout his career, Ratz has worked with some of Canada's most successful and influential rock bands, including

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. He has been nominated for 11 Juno awards in both the Producer and

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categories. He has won the

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, two Recording Engineer of the Year Juno Awards, and a Grammy award.

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

The

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s are presented by

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. Ratz was an engineer in both of the nominees. , - !scope="row", 1997 ,

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, rowspan="2" , Best Latin Pop Album , , - !scope="row", 1998 , Enrique Iglesias - Vivir ,

Juno Awards

The

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s are administered by the

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(CARAS).

Music awards

, - !scope="row", 1997 , Big Sugar -

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- Engineer/Mixer , Rock Album of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2000 , Danko Jones - My Love Is Bold - Engineer/Mixer , Best Alternative Album , , - !scope="row", 2001 , Sarah Harmer -

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- Mixer , Best Pop Album , , - !scope="row" rowspan="4", 2005 ,

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- Day One - Mixer , rowspan="2" , Adult Alternative Album of the Year , , - , Sarah Harmer -

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- Engineer/Mixer , , - , Thornley - Come Again - Engineer , rowspan="2" , Rock Album of the Year , , - , The Tea Party - Seven Circles - Engineer , , - !scope="row" rowspan="3", 2007 , Billy Talent - Devil In A Midnight Mass - Engineer , Single of the Year , , - , rowspan="2" , Billy Talent -

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- Engineer , Rock Album of the Year , , - , Album of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2008 , Billy Talent - 666 Live - Audio Producer , Music DVD of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="4", 2010 , Stereos - Stereos - Engineer , Pop Album of the Year , , - ,

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- Fantasies - Engineer , Alternative Album of the Year , , - , rowspan="2" , Billy Talent - Billy Talent III - Engineer , Album of the Year , , - , rowspan="2" , Rock Album of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2011 , Cancer Bats - Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bones - Producer , , - !scope="row" rowspan="5", 2013 , Billy Talent - Viking Death March - Engineer , Single of the Year , , - , Cancer Bats - Dead Set On Living - Producer , Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year , , - , Billy Talent - Dead Silence - Engineer , rowspan="2" , Rock Album of the Year , , - , Big Wreck -

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- Producer , , - , Monster Truck - Producer , Breakthrough Group of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2014 , Monster Truck - Furiosity - Producer , Rock Album of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="4", 2015 , Skull Fist - Chasing the Dream - Mixer , Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year , , - , Big Wreck - Ghosts - Producer , rowspan="2" , Rock Album of the Year , , - , Arkells - High Noon - Producer , , - , Arkells - Producer , Group of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2016 , Diemonds - Never Wanna Die - Producer , Heavy Metal Album of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="4", 2017 , Monster Truck - Sittin' Heavy - Producer , rowspan="2" , Rock Album of the Year , , - , Billy Talent - Afraid of Heights - Engineer , , - , Billy Talent - Engineer , Group of the Year , , - , Mandroid Echostar - Coral Throne - Producer , Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="3", 2018 , Splash'N Boots - Love, Kisses and Hugs - Producer , Children's Album of the Year , , - , rowspan="2" , Arkells - Knocking at the Door - Producer , Video of the Year , , - , Single of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="4", 2019 , Arkells - Producer , Group of the Year , , - ,

- The Spark That Moves - Engineer , Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year , , - , Monster Truck - True Rockers - Engineer , rowspan="2" , Rock Album of the Year , , - , Arkells - '' Rally Cry'' - Producer ,

Producer and recording engineer awards

! , - !scope="row", 2005 , "Lucky Me" and "Day One" by

, rowspan="4" , Recording Engineer of the Year , , style="text-align:center;" rowspan="10", , - !scope="row", 2007 , " Devil in a Midnight Mass" and " Red Flag" By Billy Talent , , - !scope="row", 2013 , "

" by Big Wreck and " Surprise, Surprise!" By Billy Talent , , - !scope="row" rowspan="2", 2014 , rowspan="2" , "Sweet Mountain River" and "The Lion" by Monster Truck , , - , Jack Richardson Producer of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="2", 2015 , "Ghosts" by Big Wreck and "Satellite Hotel" by One Bad Son , Recording Engineer of the Year , , - , "Leather Jacket" by Arkells and "Ghosts" by Big Wreck , Jack Richardson Producer of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="2", 2017 , "Afraid of Heights" by Billy Talent and "Don't Tell me How to Live" by Monster Truck , Recording Engineer of the Year , , - , "The Enforcer" by Monster Truck and "Fever" by Royal Tusk , Jack Richardson Producer of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2018 , "Knocking at the Door" by Arkells and "My Little RnR" by Danko Jones , Recording Engineer of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2019 , "People's Champ" and "Relentless" by Arkells , Jack Richardson Producer of the Year , , style="text-align:center;,

References

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