Pat McCarthy (record producer)

Patrick McCarthyis arecord producerfromDublin, Ireland,who has worked for severalrockandalternative rockartists, includingThe Waterboys,Counting Crows,R.E.M.,andU2.

In 1998, he replacedScott Littas R.E.M.'s in-house producer, co-producing three of their albumsUp,RevealandAround the Sunas well as theMan on the Moonsoundtrack;McCarthy had previously served as engineer on R.E.M.'s albumsMonsterandNew Adventures in Hi-Fi.In 2007 it was announced that R.E.M.'s fourteenth studio album,Accelerate,would be produced byJacknife Leerather than McCarthy.[1]McCarthy also mixedMadonna's successful 1998 albumRay of Light.More recently, he wrote English-language lyrics for the popular YouTube Japanese song "Bad Apple!!",subsequently performed byCristina Vee.

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