Joe Chiccarelli


Joe Chiccarelli is an American record producer, mixer and engineer, who is a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and has been active since the 1980s. He has worked with artists like Vance Joy, Jason Mraz, Julieta Venegas, The White Stripes, The Strokes, Michael Bublé, Alanis Morissette, Young the Giant,  Plain White T's, The Shins, Manchester Orchestra, Morrissey, Spoon, My Morning Jacket, Weezer, and Joan Baez.
Chiccarelli’s career was launched by Frank Zappa, who gave him his first major engineering credit on Sheik Yerbouti. He went on to engineer Zappa’s Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III and Tinseltown Rebellion, before working with the White Stripes on Icky Thump and The Raconteurs on Consolers of the Lonely, the latter winning the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, his eighth of eleven Grammys. He is responsible for album sales well over 60M and Streams of 14B.

Career

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 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. In an interview with HitQuarters, Chiccarelli said: " 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 tribute to José José.
In 2009 Chiccarelli produced sessions for Brandi Carlile as well as Minus the Bear's album Omni, released on May 4, 2010. He produced four tracks on The Strokes' fourth album, Angles. He also produced the debut album from Australian group Boy & Bear. The band received five ARIA awards for the album. He also Produced the Platinum selling debut album for Young The Giant. It yielded two Platinum singles Cough Syrup and My Body. He also engineered and mixed tracks on Morrissey's Swords album.
In 2011, Chiccarelli produced Jason Mraz's fourth album Love Is a Four Letter Word, released April 17, 2012 and Alanis Morissette's upcoming Havoc and Bright Lights as well as the album Songs of Patience for Alberta Cross. In 2012 he produced what became a Gold album, Departures, for Australian artist 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, Number One Charting Australian Album "Greeting from California", and Oxbow. In 2014 he has produced Morrissey's album, World Peace is None of Your Business as well as five songs on Spoon's album They Want My Soul, and tracks with The Rocketboys, Ivan & Alyosha, JEFF the Brotherhood and Victorian Halls. In 2015 he produced a duets album for Doug Seegers and Jill Johnson, becoming a Platinum Number One album in Sweden.
Album releases in 2016 included releases from Oxbow, Buffalo Sunn, Bleached, Cherry Glazerr, Night Riots, SPEAK and Broken Social Scene. Album sessions in 2017 included Flogging Molly, Jamie Lawson, The Wonders Years, Vance Joy and Morrissey. Album sessions in 2018 included debut album for Rare Americans, new albums for Broken Social Scene, Charly Bliss, Half Moon Run, Morrissey, The Shelters and Run River North. 2019 sessions included Morrissey, The Falls, The Jacks, Rare Americans, Little Dragon, Taylor Janzen and the Juno Award winning album for Half Moon Run's A Blemish In The Great Light. 2020 Sessions include Didirri, The Dumes, Duncan Laurence, Jagwar Twin, Liily, and Classless Act. 2021 sessions include new albums for The Districts, Michael Bublé and Cayucas. 2022 sessions include Middle Class Rut, Oxbow, Orianthi, Tegan & Sara, The Blue Stones, Robert Randolph and Liz Brasher. 2023 productions with Morrissey, Oxbow, Michael Bublé, Keith Urban, Illiterate Light, Falls, Art D'ecco, Robert Randolph, Jake Wesley Rogers and The Takes. 2024 sessions include Morrissey, Oxbow, Ripe, Sun Room, Steve Bardwil, The Takes, and Weezer. 2025 sessions include Morrissey, Des Rocs, DICE,Arde' Bogota.

Selected discography

2004
  • Pink Martini – Hang On Little Tomato
2006
  • Mika – Life in Cartoon Motion
2007
  • The Shins – Wincing the Night Away
  • The White Stripes – Icky Thump
  • Castella – How Did We Get Here
  • Kurt Elling – Nightmoves
  • Grace Potter and the Nocturnals – This Is Somewhere
2008
  • The Raconteurs – Consolers of the Lonely
  • Georgia –
  • My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
  • Augie March – Watch Me Disappear
2009
  • Ely Guerra – Hombre Invisible
  • Cory Chisel – Death Won't Send A Letter
  • Dredg –
  • Camera Can't Lie –
  • Ponderosa – Moonlight Revival
  • Sondre Lerche – Heartbeat Radio
  • Mika – The Boy Who Knew Too Much
  • Manchester Orchestra – Mean Everything to Nothing
2010
  • Adam Stephens – We Live on Cliffs
  • Minus the Bear – Omni
  • Young the Giant – Young the Giant
  • Juan Campodónico –
  • Ilse DeLange – Next to Me
  • Rachael Yamagata –
  • The Killers – "Boots"
2011
  • The Strokes – Angles
  • Big Talk – Big Talk
  • Manchester Orchestra – Simple Math
  • Gin Wigmore – Gravel & Wine
  • Christina Perri – Produce/Record
  • Alberta Cross – Produce/Record
  • Boy & Bear – Produce/Mix
  • Tiziano Ferro – Record
  • Jason Mraz Love Is A Four Letter Word – Produce/Record
  • Dwight Yoakam 3 Pears – Co-produce/Record
2012
  • Eleni Mandell – I Can See the Future
  • Keaton Henson – Produce/Mix
  • Cafe Tacuba – Co-Produce/Mix
  • Dropkick Murphys – Mix
  • Alanis Morissette Havoc and Bright Lights – Produce/Mix
  • Eleni Mandell – Produced/Mix
2013
  • HelloGoodbye - Produce/Mix
  • Saints of Valory – "Neon Eyes" – Engineer/Producer
  • Divine Fits – "Ain't That The Way" – Engineer/Producer
  • Russian Red – Produce/Record
  • Plain White T's – "Should've Gone to Bed" – Engineer/Produce
  • Bernard Fanning – Departures – Mixing/Producer
2014
  • Spoon – Produce/Record
  • Real Estate "Talking Backwards" – Mix
  • NeedToBreathe – Produce/Record
  • Saints Of Valory – Produce/Record
  • Morrissey – Produce/Mix
  • The Madden Brothers – Produce/Mix
2015
  • The Front Bottoms – Back on Top – Produce/Mix
  • Jeff The Brotherhood – Produce/Record
  • Ivan & Alyosha – Produce/Mix
  • On An On – And the Wave Has Two Sides – Producer/Engineer/Mixing
  • Victorian Halls – Hyperalgesia – Mixing
2016
  • Doug Seegers – Produce/Mix
  • Bleached – Produce/Record
  • Milow – Produce/Record
  • The Arkells – Produce/Record
  • The Augustines – Produce/Mix
2017
  • Morrissey - Produce/Mix
  • Cherry Glazerr – Produce/Record
  • Jamie Lawson – Produce/Mix
  • Flogging Molly – Produce/Mix
  • Broken Social Scene – Produce/Record
  • Wildling – Produce/Record
  • Oxbow - Thin Black Duke – Produce/Mix
  • Night Riots – Produce/Mix
  • Meresha – Produce/Mix
2018
  • The Wonder Year - Produce/Record
  • Only Yours - Produce/Record
  • Vance Joy "Thinking of You " - Produce/Record
  • Morrissey "Back On the Chain Gang" - Produce/Record/Mix
  • Ben Hazlewood "Months & Miles" - Produce/Record
  • HelloGoodbye - Mix
2019
  • Broken Social Scene EP - Produce
  • Run River North "Hands Up" - Produce/Record
  • Morrissey "California Son" - Produce/Record/Mix
  • Rare Americans - Produce/Record
  • Charly Bliss "Young Enough" - Produce/Record
  • The Shelters "Jupiter Sidecar" - Produce/Record
2020
  • Morrissey "I Am Not a Dog on a Chain" - Produce/Record/Mix
  • The Jacks "Remember You" - Produce/Record
  • Half Moon Run "A Blemish in The Great Light" - Produce/Record
  • Taylor Janzen "Ruined Plans" - Produce/Record
2021
  • The Districts "Great American Painting" - Produce/Record/Mix
  • Half Moon Run "Seasons of Change" EP - Produce/Record
  • Liily - Produce/Record
2022
  • Percy Howard "The Stars and The Well" - Produce/Record/Mix
  • Cayucas "Hanging on the Westside" - Produce/Record/Mix
  • Classless Act - Produce/Record/Mix
  • Michael Buble' - Record
2023
  • Postdata "Run Wild" - Produce/Record/Mix
  • The Blue Stones "Pretty Monster" - Produce/Record
  • Oxbow "Love's Holiday" Produce/Record/Mix
2024
  • The Takes "Lay Hold" - Produce/Record
  • Jake Wesley Rogers "Loser" - Record
  • Liz Brasher "Baby Damn" - Produce/Record/Mix
  • Sun Room "Faux French" - Produce/Record/Mix
  • Ripe "Friend in the Dark" - Produce/Record/Mix
  • Art D'Ecco "Serene Demon" - Produce/Record
  • Illiterate Light "The Stars Are Burning Out" - Produce/Record/Mix
2025
  • Ripe "Play The Game" - Produce/Record/Mix
  • Robert Randolph "7 Generations" - Produce/Record
  • Whipping Boy "Muru Muru" - Mix
  • Blue October "Gutter Run" - Mix
  • Sun Room "Loose Ends- Produce/Record/Mix
  • Des Rocs "This Land" - Produce/Record/Mix
2026
  • Des Rocs "Hell and Back" - Produce/Record/Mix
  • Morrissey Make-Up Is a Lie - Produce/Record
  • Weezer "Blue Album Sessions" - Mix
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