Paul Northfield is a prolific British record producer and sound engineer, who has worked on albums by bands such as Dream Theater, Queensrÿche, Rush, Porcupine Tree and Suicidal Tendencies.
Northfield worked at Advision Studio, London from 1974 to 1978, then at Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec from 1978 to 1987, and has been an independent engineer since then.
Selected discography YearAlbum titleBandRecord labelRole1975Free HandGentle GiantChrysalisEngineer (Assistant)1976InterviewGentle GiantChrysalisEngineer1977Makin' MagicPat TraversPolydorEngineer, Remixing1980Permanent WavesRushAnthem/MercuryEngineer1981Exit...Stage LeftRushAnthem/MercuryEngineer, Mixing1981Moving PicturesRushAnthem/MercuryEngineer1981Head OnTorontoSolid Gold RecordsEngineer1982Power PlayApril WineAquarius RecordsEngineer1982SignalsRushAnthem/MercuryEngineer, Mixing1983AlphaAsiaGeffenEngineer, Mixing1984Animal GraceApril WineAquarius RecordsEngineer1984Grace Under PressureRushAnthem/MercurySynthesizer, Programming1986Shakin' Like A Human Being Kim MitchellAtlantic RecordsEngineer1987Pop Goes the WorldMen Without HatsMercuryProducer, Mixing1988Operation: MindcrimeQueensrÿcheEMIEngineer1989A Show of HandsRushAnthem/MercuryEngineer1989No RespectVainIslandProducer, Engineer, Mixing1990Then & NowAsiaGeffenEngineer1990EmpireQueensrÿcheEMIEngineer1990SteelheartSteelheartMCAEngineer, Assistant Engineer, Mixing1990Big HousesEight SecondsWEAProducer1991’’Monsters Under The Bed’’Honeymoon SuiteWEAProducer1991Hey StoopidAlice CooperEpicEngineer1992The Art of RebellionSuicidal TendenciesEpicEngineer, Mixing1993Sarsippius' ArkInfectious GroovesEpicProducer, Mixing1993CockroachDanger DangerEpicEngineer, Mixing1994Groove Family CycoInfectious GroovesEpicMixing1994Suicidal for LifeSuicidal TendenciesEpicProducer, Engineer, Mixing1995HelpyourselfishD-A-DMedley/EMIProducer1995OzzmosisOzzy OsbourneEpicEngineer1996Scenery and FishI Mother EarthEMIProducer, Engineer, Mixing1996CreatureMoistEMIProducer1997Black ScienceGZRTVTProducer, Mixing1997Friends & FamilySuicidal TendenciesSuicidalMixing1997Prime CutsSuicidal TendenciesEpicProducer, Mixing1998Celebrity SkinHoleGeffenEngineer1998Different StagesRushAnthem/AtlanticProducer, Mixing1998Little SongsDavid UsherEMIProducer1998Six the Hard WaySuicidal TendenciesSuicidalProducer, Mixing1999FreedumbSuicidal TendenciesSuicidal/SideOneDummyProducer, Engineer, Mixing1999Blue Green OrangeI Mother EarthMercuryCo-producer2000Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)Marilyn MansonNothing/InterscopeEngineer2000Free Your Soul and Save My MindSuicidal TendenciesSuicidalMixing2000HostClarknovaShoreline/EMIProducer/Mixing2001Since AugustSince AugustLoggerhead/UniversalProducer, Engineer2002Vapor TrailsRushAnthem/AtlanticProducer, Engineer2002In AbsentiaPorcupine Tree LavaEngineer2003The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974-1987RushMercuryEngineer, Synthesizer Programming2005Four PlayPat TraversMajestic RockEngineer2006The Dark ThirdPure Reason RevolutionInsideOutEngineer2007Systematic ChaosDream TheaterRoadrunnerEngineer, Mixing2009Black Clouds & Silver LiningsDream TheaterRoadrunnerEngineer, Mixing2010Killing MarsMosquito-BBulldog BrothersCo-Producer, Mixer, Engineer2011Hell Bound Gypsy TrainStone MaryIndependentProducer, Mixer, Engineer2011A Dramatic Turn of EventsDream TheaterRoadrunnerEngineer201313Suicidal TendenciesSuicidalProducer2014Glory Under Dangerous SkiesMoistUniversal Music GroupProducer2016Use Less UMosquito-BThe Trench RecordsCo-Producer, Mixer, Engineer2016World Gone MadSuicidal TendenciesSuicidalProducer
References
External links Interview With Paul Northfield Recording Porcupine Tree - Progressive Rockers Porcupine Tree In the Studio Rush's Vapor Trails album - recording the new Vapor Trails CD