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Best known as the longtime producer of
R.E.M.,
Scott Litt began his career during the late '70s, engineering recordings from
Ian Hunter and
Carly Simon. His production debut was the
dB's' 1982 effort
Repercussion, followed a year later by
Chris Stamey's It's a Wonderful Life.
Litt then returned to engineering duties for several years, going back to producing in 1986 with
Matthew Sweet's Inside and
Beat Rodeo's
Home in the Heart of the Beat. His breakthrough project was
R.E.M.'s 1987 commercial smash
Document; overnight,
Litt was among the most sought-after producers in all of alternative rock, and his dance card quickly filled up with albums from the
Woodentops (Wooden Foot Cops on the Highway),
Reckless Sleepers (
Big Boss Sounds) and, most notably,
Patti Smith (her comeback effort
Dream of Life). In 1988, he reunited with
R.E.M. for
Green, and continued to steer the band as they became one of the most popular artists in the world, helming classic LPs including
Out of Time and
Automatic for the People. Concurrently,
Litt worked on records from the
Indigo Girls (their eponymous 1989 debut), the
Replacements (their 1990 swan song
All Shook Down),
Juliana Hatfield (1993's
Become What You Are), and
Nirvana (1994's posthumous
MTV Unplugged in New York). ~ Jason Ankeny