generally speaking, I love him as a producer. Obviously.
As in, I think bat 2 is brilliant, he and Todd made magic with bat and Bad for Good, anything he released now I know I would love.
HOWEVER, he has very annoying habits. My Little red Book is a good example of what I hate, the way he has used the exact same vocal recordings in mulitple places throughout the intro. The Deliria Wilde (I think) "ooohhh-yaahhhh" that appears twice in quick succcession has always distratced me. And rather than appearing as an orgasmically fantastic whole (like everything on Bat 2), it just sounds layered and disjointed (like alot of the stuff on Bonnie's Secret Dreams album, and some of the tracks on Pandora's Box).
Overall tho, I look forward to hearing a track Jim has produced. Having said that tho, it in itself is not usually enough to make me go out of my way to hear a song, unless I've heard especially good things. For instance, I haven't ehard any of tehe Sister's of Mercy stuff but would like to very much.
> Obviously, we all love Jim as a songwriter, but I'm
> curious to what you guys think of him as a producer.
>
> I always loved his productions. Despite only contributing
> with two songs, I think he managed to get Bonnie's "Faster
> Than..."-album to sound not like he had written every
> single song on it, but at least give every song a unique
> touch. I love "Take Me Back", and I'm also very impressed
> with the reggae-touch on "It's A Jungle" and how he
> actually managed to make "Straight From The Heart" to not
> sound like a karaoke-cover.
>
> Another great example is "My Little Red Book". I find most
> versions of this song hideous and awful, but he really
> pulled it off thanks to mainly the percussion and Ellen
> Foley as vocalist.
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