Album Credits: Part 1

Hey all, for some of you that may have seen there was a bit of a discussion on album credits and roles of beat makers, song writers, session musicians and producers. Instead of beating a dead horse and debating a topic where everybody is correct I thought I would pick out 5 albums at random from my collection and have a look at how they have set out their album credits. It was my opinion that the beat maker does not always necessarily have to be credited as a producer but others may not agree with me.

Instead of doing all 5 albums at once (which I stated yesterday) I will do one at a time due to having to do actual work at my job (I know right?!).

EMINEM - MMLP

First off, I was wrapped that this came out and I am surprised that it came out first. Dr Dre has been a massive inspiration to anything music related I have ever done and is still one of my overall favourites.

The credits in this booklet are laid out professionally in the below format.

Song Name
(D.A Rapper, A beatjacker, S Equencer) - writers
Produced by: A Producer
Mixed by: T.A Engineer
Recording and Mix Engineer: M Assistant
Bass: U Bassplayer
Guitar: M Strummer
Keyboards: I.M Creative
Assistant Engineer: D.A Biatch
Published by: Music Label


All songs are laid out like this unless one of the roles is not filled.

In the MMLP my idea of how an album should be credited is wrong (although I don't know exactly how this album was recorded and produced so I could be right). In this case the rapper, and beat-makers are listed as song writers and producers and the extras such as mixing and recording engineers, session musicians, assistants and publishers are also credited. The mastering engineer does not make an appearance here as in most cases the mastering for an entire album is done by one person (or one team).

I will continue tomorrow (hopefully) with another random album and hopefully anybody involved can gain some knowledge and release some more professional looking albums.

** Note, they used Produced by in the credits... GRRR