Chances are, if you love heavy metal or rock and roll, you’ve heard an album that was produced by Martin Birch. My favorite band, Iron Maiden, had their most prolific albums produced by the man. He worked with many of the titans of heavy metal and rock. He produced albums by Maiden, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Whitesnake, Deep Purple, and more. His production basically laid the groundwork for the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in the 1980’s.
To simply list the albums that Birch produced would be a Herculean task. David Coverdale confirmed the news on Twitter. Saying that he was a giant of the genre, would be an understatement. His work shaped and molded the greatest albums of the genre, and some of the greatest in music.
My Favorite Of The Martin Birch Albums
His work with Iron Maiden is some of my favorite in his career. He produced eight albums from Killers to Fear of the Dark. Birch shaped the sound that Iron Maiden perfected in the midst of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Somewhere In Time is one of my favorite albums of all-time.
Make sure to check out some of his work and give it the respect it deserves. Martin Birch was one of the best of-all time. So, what’s your favorite album that Martin Birch has worked on? Let us know in the comments or on Facebook at That Hashtag Show.
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He produced Fleetwood Mac’s greatest album, 1969’s Then Play On, which struggles to be heard in its original form. (The US didn’t see what the album really sounded like until 2013, which was also the first CD version that actually had all of the songs that originally appeared on it and didn’t have hiss louder than the music.) I also admire his work on their next album, Kiln House, especially on “Blood On the Floor”, though it’s a bit country for my tastes musically (and therefore my least favorite song on the album), the production is so spot on to the old 50s Sun type sound for those songs that it always blows me away. Mystery To Me and Bare Trees are also fantastic albums, and he produced Wishbone Ash, who seemed to seed themselves off of Then Play On-era Mac.
He was a fantastic producer, Iron Maiden are one of my favourite bands.