Originally Posted by Dead-Air

In Utero technically is not "produced" by him since it just reads "recorded by". Still, that's just the credit, and the sound is so much better than the rest of their output, that I'm sure it's him. He just didn't tell them how to write the songs or bring in a pedal steel guitar player or the like. But then somebody procured a cellist, so who knows.

Albini claimed years ago that he charges proportionate to how much he likes the band. Nonetheless he got $100,000 for In Utero, and I'm sure he got something similar from the Stooges fiasco. At least back in the In Utero days he refused to take a royalties percentage as he's morally opposed to it.

Shellac is my favorite thing he's done musically too. I've seen both Shellac and Big Black and while both were great, the newer band really is superior in my book. Just more range overall, plus the other guys are every bit as talented as he is.