Michael McCarthy (born February 22, 1965,
Cincinnati
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,
Ohio
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, United States) is an American record producer, who has been recording music since 1984.
McCarthy has worked as a producer on five
Spoon
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albums, from ''
Girls Can Tell'' until ''
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga'', as well as
Patty Griffin's ''
Children Running Through
''Children Running Through'' is Patty Griffin's sixth commercially released album, and fifth studio album.
The album debuted at number 34 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in mid-February, the highest chart position achieved by Griffin in her career. I ...
'',
Sound Team
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's ''Movie Monster'', and albums by
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead,
The Features and
The Sun (''Don't Let Your Baby Have All the Fun'').
McCarthy lives in
Nashville, Tennessee
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.
Discography
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Spoon
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Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga'' (produced / recorded / mixed), Merge
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Gimme Fiction'' (produced / recorded / mixed), Merge/Matador
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Kill the Moonlight'' (produced / recorded / mixed), Merge
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Girls Can Tell'' (produced / recorded / mixed), Merge
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Heartless Bastards
*''The Mountain'' (produced / recorded / mixed), Fat Possum Records
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Dead Confederate
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*''Wrecking Ball'' (produced / recorded / mixed), TAO/Razor and Tie Records
;
Wild Sweet Orange
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*''
We Have Cause to Be Uneasy
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;
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
*''So Divided'' (produced / recorded / mixed), Interscope
*''Worlds Apart'' (produced / recorded / mixed), Interscope
*''
The Secret of Elena's Tomb'' (produced / recorded / mixed), Interscope
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Source Tags & Codes
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'' (produced / recorded / mixed)
*''Relative Ways'' EP (produced / recorded / mixed), Interscope
*''Madonna'' (produced / recorded / mixed), Merge
;
Patty Griffin
*''
Children Running Through
''Children Running Through'' is Patty Griffin's sixth commercially released album, and fifth studio album.
The album debuted at number 34 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in mid-February, the highest chart position achieved by Griffin in her career. I ...
'' (produced / recorded / mixed) ATO records
;
Lee Ann Womack
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*''Something Worth Leaving Behind'' (produced / recorded / mixed), MCA
*''I Hope You Dance'' (recorded / mixed), MCA
*''The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone'' (produced / engineer / mixer), ATO
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The Features
*''Exhibit A'' (produced / recorded), Universal
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AM Taxi
*''We Don't Stand a Chance'' (produced / recorded / mixed), Virgin
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Fastball
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*''Keep Your Wig On'' (produced Recorded), Ryko
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Forget Cassettes
Forget Cassettes is an alternative rock band from Nashville, Tennessee, formed in 2001. Fronted by Beth Cameron, formerly of Fair Verona and the only constant member of the group, Forget Cassettes have released three albums: ''Instruments of Act ...
*''Instruments of Action'' (produced / recorded / mixed), Theory 8
;
Goudie
*''Peep Show'' (produced / recorded / mixed), TMC/Elektra
;
Sound Team
Sound Team was an American band based in Austin, Texas, that formed in 2000 around principal songwriters Bill Baird (musician), Bill Baird and Matt Oliver. For most of their recording career, Sound Team consisted of Bill Baird (bass, guitar, voc ...
*''Movie Monster'' (produced / recorded / mixed), Capitol
;
Jack Ingram
*''Electric'' (produced / recorded / mixed), Sony
;
Sixteen Deluxe
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*''The Moonman is Blue'' (produced / recorded / mixed), Sugar Fix
;
Carson McHone
*''Carousel'' (produced / recorded / mixed), Nine Mile Records /
Loose
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1965 births
Living people
Record producers from Ohio
Businesspeople from Cincinnati