Bob Ezrin#Partial discography

Ezrin was born in Toronto, Ontario, on March 25, 1949 to Jewish parents. He resided in the Forest Hill area of Toronto, and graduated from the University of Toronto Schools in 1967.{{cite web|title=Backbeat: Bob Ezrin, Crowbar, Kardinal Offishall Honored @ Canada's SOCAN Awards|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/backbeat/backbeat-bob-ezrin-crowbar-kardinal-offishall-1005567952.story|work=Billboard.biz|publisher=Billboard|access-date=November 29, 2012|author=Karen Bliss|date=November 28, 2011|archive-date=January 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106022014/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/backbeat/backbeat-bob-ezrin-crowbar-kardinal-offishall-1005567952.story|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/university-of-toronto-schools_congratulations-to-legendary-music-and-entertainment-activity-7308873146021949440-AJNX/|title=UTS LinkedIn Post|access-date=March 21, 2025}}

As of 2014, Ezrin continued to work as a record producer, arranger and songwriter, in addition to being involved with a variety of other projects in digital media, live production, film, television, and theatrical production.{{cite web|title=Bob Ezrin – Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bob-ezrin-mn0000059981/credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=January 31, 2013}}{{cite web|title=Bob Ezrin – IMDB|website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0264355/|access-date=January 31, 2013}}{{cite web|title=Interview: Bob Ezrin|url=http://www.hit-channel.com/bob-ezrin-pink-floydalice-cooperkisspeter-gabriel-producer/2508/#.UQmYnqXIbHg|publisher=hit-channel.com|access-date=January 31, 2013|date=April 12, 2012}}

Ezrin has worked on recordings with numerous major artists, including Pink Floyd, Phish, Alice Cooper, KISS, Balloonatic, Deep Purple, Lou Reed, The Kings, Hanoi Rocks, Taylor Swift, Peter Gabriel, Bonham, K'naan, 2Cellos, Kristin Chenoweth, Rod Stewart, Nine Inch Nails, The Jayhawks, Thirty Seconds to Mars, The Darkness, Jane's Addiction, Dr. John, Nils Lofgren, Berlin, Kansas, Julian Lennon, Joe Bonamassa and Deftones, among many others. Ezrin also recorded the very first demos for Toronto band Max Webster.{{cite web|title=Bob Ezrin – Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bob-ezrin-mn0000059981/credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=January 30, 2013}}

Ezrin has been described by Alice Cooper as "our George Martin".{{cite web|title=New Music Tuesday|url=http://www.letsnotgetcarriedaway.com/new-music-tuesday-50|work=Let's Not Get Carried Away|publisher=WordPress|access-date=November 29, 2012|author=Dave Sloan|date=August 21, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908022512/http://www.letsnotgetcarriedaway.com/new-music-tuesday-50/|archive-date=September 8, 2012|df=mdy-all}} Following his first production work on an album with Love it to Death in 1971, Ezrin embarked on a long-term collaboration that, by 1973, would see the release of the number one album Billion Dollar Babies, a year after the success of School's Out; Cooper subsequently became established as one of the biggest acts in the world.{{cite web|title=Alice Cooper Biography |url=http://rockhall.com/inductees/alice-cooper/bio |work=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |publisher=The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc |access-date=November 29, 2012 |year=2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613070109/http://rockhall.com/inductees/alice-cooper/bio |archive-date=June 13, 2011 |df=mdy }} After the disbanding of Cooper's group, Ezrin continued his collaboration with Cooper, as the latter embarked upon a solo career. In 1975, Cooper released the Ezrin-produced album, Welcome To My Nightmare. Ezrin worked with Cooper not just as a producer, but also as a co-writer, arranger, and musician.{{cite web|title=Bob Ezrin|url=http://performingsongwriter.com/bob-ezrin|work=Performing Songwriter. Be Heard.|access-date=November 29, 2012|author=Russell Hall|date=January–February 2002}}

Ezrin produced the best-selling KISS album Destroyer in 1976.{{cite web|title=The KissFAQ Interview: Resurrecting Destroyer With Bob Ezrin|url=http://www.kissfaq.com/forum11/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=74766|work=KissFAQ.com|publisher=KissFAQ|access-date=November 29, 2012|author=timstar78|year=1996–2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114222256/http://www.kissfaq.com/forum11/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=74766|archive-date=January 14, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} As explained by Peter Criss during an interview in the documentary KISS: Krazy Killer (1994), Ezrin co-wrote, arranged and performed the piano accompaniment to the song "Beth".{{cite web|title=Peter Criss Interview Goldmine Magazine 11/20/98|url=http://www.kiss-supreme.com/interviews/Peter%20goldmine.htm|work=KISS Supreme|publisher=Terje|access-date=November 29, 2012|author=Goldmine|date=November 20, 1998|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422011757/http://www.kiss-supreme.com/Interviews/Peter%20goldmine.htm|archive-date=April 22, 2012|df=mdy-all}} Ezrin proceeded to produce two other albums with the band -- Music from "The Elder" and Revenge—and remains close to the band's members in the 21st century.{{cite web|title=The KissFAQ Interview: Resurrecting Destroyer With Bob Ezrin|url=http://www.kissfaq.com/forum11/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=74766#p1577789|archive-date=January 27, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127214237/http://www.kissfaq.com/forum11/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=74766%23p1577789|url-status=dead|access-date=January 30, 2012|author=Tim McPhate}}

Ezrin has worked with Pink Floyd on a number of occasions, co-producing the albums The Wall, A Momentary Lapse of Reason, and The Division Bell. He has also co-written the songs "The Trial", "Signs of Life", "Learning to Fly", and "Take It Back".

Ezrin also produced the 1988 Kansas album In the Spirit of Things, and received a writing credit for the song "Ghosts" and three other songs.

In May 2009, Ezrin co-produced The Clearwater Concert at Madison Square Garden, celebrating the 90th birthday of musician and activist Pete Seeger. More than 50 guest artists, including Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Ben Harper, Joan Baez, Tom Morello, Ani DiFranco, Emmylou Harris, and Kris Kristofferson, performed at the event.{{cite book|title=The Clearwater concert : Pete Seeger's 90th birthday celebration from Madison Square Garden|via=WorldCat|publisher=OCLC|year=2009|oclc=695726154}} Ezrin also co-produced the PBS broadcast of the event.

Since 2010, Ezrin has co-produced Peter Gabriel's album Scratch My Back; co-produced The House Rules, by Christian Kane; and produced singles for K'naan, the Canadian Tenors, and young pop sensation Fefe Dobson for her album Joy.{{cite web|title = Joy – Fefe Dobson: Credits|url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/joy-mw0001980932/credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date = November 30, 2013}} Ezrin also reunited with Cooper, working on Cooper's Welcome 2 My Nightmare, on the corresponding live show, and numerous other related projects.{{cite web|title = Alice Cooper reunites with Bob Ezrin through Bigger Picture|url = http://hardrockhideout.com/2010/05/26/alice-cooper-reunites-with-bob-ezrin-through-bigger-picture/|work = Hard Rock Hideout|publisher = WordPress.com|access-date = January 31, 2013|author = Rob Rockitt|date = May 26, 2010}} He also mixed several projects, including Taylor Swift's Speak Now World Tour Live CD and DVD (2011), and an album by The Darkness (2012).{{cite web|title = Hot Cakes – The Darkness: Credits|url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/hot-cakes-mw0002393712/credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date = November 30, 2013}}

In 2012, Ezrin remixed KISS's 1976 album Destroyer, which by then had gone Double Platinum.{{cite web|last = Wright|first = Shauna|title = KISS set release date for 25th anniversary 'Destroyer' Deluxe Edition| date=January 10, 2012 |url = http://ultimateclassicrock.com/kiss-destroyer-deluxe-edition-release-date/|publisher = Ultimateclassicrock.com|access-date = January 11, 2012}} Also, he produced albums for 2Cellos and rock legends Deep Purple.{{cite web|title = Deep Purple teaming up with Bob Ezrin for new studio album|url = http://ultimateclassicrock.com/deep-purple-bob-ezrin/|work = Ultimate Classic Rock|access-date = November 29, 2012|author = Chris M. Junior|date = April 30, 2012}} Bob worked with the band Phish on their 2014 release, Fuego.{{cite web|url=https://music.yahoo.com/news/phish-prep-fuego-first-studio-album-five-years-175016879-rolling-stone.html|title=Phish Prep 'Fuego,' First New Studio Album in Five Years|date=May 14, 2014|work=yahoo.com}} They reunited for the band's next album, Big Boat, released in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2016/09/12/493632092/listen-phish-share-a-breezy-new-rocker|title=Listen: Phish Share A Breezy New Rocker|date=September 12, 2016|publisher=NPR|author = Mike Katzif}} Ezrin worked with Andrea Bocelli on Sì, Bocelli's first No. 1 album, both in the UK and USA.{{cite magazine|title=Producer Bob Ezrin Tells the Story Behind Andrea Bocelli's Duet With His Son|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8483581/bob-ezrin-andrea-bocelli-si-album|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Billboard Magazine|access-date=November 18, 2018|year=2018}}

Ezrin produced a live and television extravaganza to reopen the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, US, starring Green Day and U2.{{cite web|title=Musical performance set tone in New Orleans Saints' return to Superdome|url=http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2011/09/the_musical_performance_set_th.html|work=The Times-Picayune|publisher=New Orleans Net LLC|access-date=December 30, 2012|author=Mike Triplett|date=September 23, 2011}} He also worked on an album and live opera with L'Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio in Rome, Italy.{{cite web|title=Bob Ezrin produrrà l'Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio|url=http://www.troublezine.it/news/7305/bob-ezrin-produrr-lorchestra-di-piazza-vittorio|work=Troublezine|access-date=November 29, 2012|author=A cura di pavelo|language=it|year=2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114222045/http://www.troublezine.it/news/7305/bob-ezrin-produrr-lorchestra-di-piazza-vittorio|archive-date=January 14, 2015|df=mdy-all}}

In 1993, Ezrin co-founded a computer software company called 7th Level,{{cite web|title=7th Level Gets Out of Games|url=http://www.thecomputershow.com/computershow/news/7thlevelnogames.htm|work=The Computer Show|publisher=digit.com|access-date=November 29, 2012|author=Gary Fishman|author2=Susan Romeo}} which developed and published educational and entertainment CD-ROMs, including a series of Monty Python games.{{cite web|title = Monty Python's The Meaning of Life – Credits – allgame|url = http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=6603&tab=credits|work = allgame|publisher = Rovi Corp|access-date = November 30, 2013}}

In 1999, Ezrin co-founded Enigma Digital,{{cite news|title=Enigma Digital Acquires Two Radio Web Sites, Plans More|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-31-fi-59502-story.html|access-date=November 29, 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=January 1, 2000|author=Karen Kaplan}} an internet radio provider, that was eventually sold to Clear Channel; Ezrin was later appointed vice-chairman of Clear Channel Interactive.{{cite web|title=Clear Channel Communications Inc. Acquires Enigma Digital|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/clear-channel-communications-inc-acquires-enigma-digital-71257807.html|work=PR Newswire|publisher=PR Newswire Association LLC|access-date=November 29, 2012|author=Clear Channel Internet Group|date=February 7, 2012}} Ezrin was also Chairman of Live Nation Artists Recordings in 2007 and the first half of 2008.

Ezrin is also co-founder and vice chairman of Wow Unlimited Media.

In 2009, Ezrin, along with Garth Richardson and Kevin Williams,{{cite web|title=Nimbus' Founders|url=http://nimbusrecording.com/about/founders|work=Nimbus School of Recording|publisher=Nimbus School of Recording Arts|access-date=November 29, 2012|year=2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227085753/http://nimbusrecording.com/about/founders/|archive-date=December 27, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} co-founded the Nimbus School of Recording Arts in Vancouver.{{cite web|title=Canadian Company Capabilities|url=http://www.ic.gc.ca/app/ccc/srch/nvgt.do?sbPrtl=&prtl=1&estblmntNo=234567030835&profile=cmpltPrfl&profileId=501&app=sold&lang=eng|work=Industry Canada|access-date=November 29, 2012|date=September 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114232156/http://www.ic.gc.ca/app/ccc/srch/nvgt.do?sbPrtl=&prtl=1&estblmntNo=234567030835&profile=cmpltPrfl&profileId=501&app=sold&lang=eng|archive-date=January 14, 2015|url-status=dead}} Ezrin stated that his goal was to provide new engineers and producers with the hands-on teaching experience that he believed was no longer available from traditional recording studios.{{cite web|title=An Interview with Bob Ezrin|url=http://www.long-mcquade.com/news/1652|work=Long & McQuade Musical Instruments|publisher=Long & McQuade Limited|access-date=November 29, 2012|author=Scott Buchanan|year=2011}}

Ezrin is a board member of the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation,{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} a national initiative that supports music in US schools by donating musical instruments to under-funded music programs. He is also an Advisory Committee member of MusiCounts, the musical education initiative of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, that provides instruments to Canadian school music programs.{{cite web|title=Advisory Committee|url=http://musicounts.ca/about/advisory-committee/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216072332/http://www.musicounts.ca/about/advisory-committee/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 16, 2012|work=Musicounts|access-date=November 29, 2012|year=2012}}

He is co-founder, with U2's The Edge, of Music Rising, an initiative to preserve the musical culture of the Gulf coast region following the damage caused by the hurricanes and flooding of 2005.{{cite web|title=Interview: Bob Ezrin, Producer, Music Rising Co-Founder|url=http://www.interference.com/8498-interview-bob-ezrin-producer-music-rising-co-founder/|work=Interference|publisher=Social Knowledge ® and Interference, THE U2 Community|access-date=November 29, 2012|author=Devlin Smith|date=September 22, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108225716/http://www.interference.com/8498-interview-bob-ezrin-producer-music-rising-co-founder/|archive-date=November 8, 2011|df=mdy-all}}

On February 18, 2010, Ezrin helped with the mobilization of the Young Artists for Haiti group. Fifty Canadian artists recorded a rendition of hip hop star K'naan's "Wavin' Flag" for the victims of the Haiti quake.{{cite web|title=Young Artists For Haiti's "Wavin' Flag" Single Still No. 1 Download|url=http://www.samaritanmag.com/haiti|work=Samaritan Mag|publisher=Samaritanmag.com|access-date=December 16, 2012|author=Karen Bliss|date=April 18, 2010}} The song was reworked by Ezrin to include specific lyrics for Haiti, with proceeds disseminated to Free the Children, War Child Canada, and World Vision Canada. The production raised over US$2 million.{{cite web|url=http://cmw.net/media/press-room/legendary-producers-bob-ezrin-and-steve-lillywhite-join-canadian-music-week-2013-as-featured-speakers/|title=Legendary Producers Bob Ezrin and Steve Lillywhite Join Canadian Music Week 2013 as Featured Speakers|work=Canadian Music Fest|access-date=December 30, 2012|year=2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615013551/http://cmw.net/media/press-room/legendary-producers-bob-ezrin-and-steve-lillywhite-join-canadian-music-week-2013-as-featured-speakers/|archive-date=June 15, 2013|df=mdy-all}} K'naan explained in regard to the initiation of the project: "I got a call from Randy [Lennox, president] at Universal [Music Canada] and Bob Ezrin. They had this idea that they wanted to do something lasting, that actually educates young people in Canada about Haiti and not let the fatigue of the subject wash over everybody and everybody just forget Haiti."

Ezrin is a Chairman Emeritus of the Los Angeles Mentoring Partnership and a past Trustee and Governor of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS).{{cite web|title=Win a guitar autographed by Bryan Adams and support Evolutionary|url=http://www.rainbowschools.ca/news/2012/21680.php|work=Rainbow Schools|publisher=Rainbow District School Board|access-date=November 29, 2012|author=Norm McIntosh|date=April 27, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114232124/http://www.rainbowschools.ca/news/2012/21680.php|archive-date=January 14, 2015|df=mdy-all}}

He is also a member of the Board of the Canadian Journalism Foundation, which promotes, celebrates and facilitates excellence in journalism.

As of 2022, Bob is engaged as a Canadian climate activist.{{cite web|title=News from the Canadian Journalism Foundation|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/-c-o-r-r-e-c-t-i-o-n-from-source-the-canadian-journalism-foundation--805612852.html|work=Correction from the Source|publisher=Cision|access-date=January 19, 2022}}{{cite web|title=Guest Lecturer|url=https://www.trentu.ca/education/guest-lecturer|publisher=Trent University|access-date=January 18, 2022}}{{cite web|title=Guest Lecturer|url=https://luminatofestival.com/artists/bob-ezrin|publisher=Luminato|access-date=19 January 2022}}

In 1982, Ezrin briefly appeared as the host of Enterprise, a City-TV panel show that replaced Dr. Morton Shulman's The Shulman File; he has also been a frequent interviewee for documentary films and television.{{cite web|title=Robert Ezrin – IMDB|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0264355/#Self|publisher=IMDB.com, Inc.|access-date=November 29, 2012}} Ezrin has created new theatrical, television, and live events with RadicalMedia, based in New York, including Jay-Z's feature film, Fade to Black.{{cite web|title=Fade to black [videorecording] / Paramount Classics presents a @Radical. Media, Marcy Projects & Roc-A-Fella Records production, a Shawn Carter film; produced by Bob Ezrin, Rich Kleiman, Justin Wilkes; directed by Pat Paulson and Michael John Warren|url=http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/6976240|work=Stanford University Libraries|publisher=Stanford University|access-date=November 29, 2012|year=2005}} In 2012, Ezrin appeared in Artifact, a documentary film about the modern music business focused on the legal battle between Thirty Seconds to Mars and record label EMI.

He is a co-producer of Melanie Doane's children's music television series Ukulele U.Stephen Cooke, [https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/lifestyles/sing-along-with-melanie-doanes-ukulele-u-encourages-youthful-music-making-100704910/ "Sing along with Melanie: Doane’s Ukulele U encourages youthful music making"]. SaltWire Network, March 11, 2022.

Ezrin was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in April 2004{{cite web|title=Bob Ezrin|url=http://canadianmusichalloffame.ca/inductees/bob-ezrin|work=Canadian Music Hall of Fame|access-date=November 29, 2012|year=2010}} and the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame in March 2006.{{cite web|title=LEGENDARY PRODUCER Bob Ezrin Canadian Music Hall of Fame Producer & Founder of Nimbus School of Recording Arts|url=http://canadianurbanmusicconference.com/bob|work=Canadian Urban Music Conference|access-date=November 29, 2012|year=2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114225234/http://www.canadianurbanmusicconference.com/bob|archive-date=January 14, 2015|df=mdy-all}}

In 2011, Ezrin and Young Artist for Haiti won the Juno Award in Canada for "Single of the Year".{{cite news|title=And the JUNO goes to... Arcade Fire, Neil Young, and Justin Bieber|url=http://www.vancouverobserver.com/culture/music/2011/03/28/and-juno-goes-to...-arcade-fire-neil-young-and-justin-bieber|access-date=November 29, 2012|newspaper=Vancouver Observer|date=March 28, 2011|author=Kei Baritugo}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Also in 2011, he was awarded an "Outstanding Contribution" at the Classic Rock Magazine Awards.{{cite web|title=Outstanding Contribution|url=http://awards.classicrockmagazine.com/awards/outstanding-contribution|work=Classic Rock presented by Orange|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|access-date=November 29, 2012|year=2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119073735/http://awards.classicrockmagazine.com/awards/outstanding-contribution|archive-date=November 19, 2012|df=mdy-all}} In 2013, he was honoured with a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto.{{cite web|url=http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/2013/bob-ezrin|title=Bob Ezrin|publisher=Canada's Walk of Fame|access-date=September 23, 2013}}

Ezrin was also honoured in 2013 by The Royal Conservatory of Music,{{cite web|title=The Royal Occasion Gala Honours Randy Bachman, Bob Ezrin, and Adrianne Pieczonka|url=https://www.rcmusic.ca/media/news-releases/royal-occasion-gala-honours-randy-bachman-bob-ezrin-and-adrianne-pieczonka|year=2013|access-date=September 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915131730/https://www.rcmusic.ca/media/news-releases/royal-occasion-gala-honours-randy-bachman-bob-ezrin-and-adrianne-pieczonka|archive-date=September 15, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} being named an Honorary Fellow of The Royal Conservatory.{{cite web|title=Nimbus Co-Founder Bob Ezrin Honoured by Royal Conservatory of Music|url=http://nimbusrecording.com/nimbus-co-founder-bob-ezrin-honoured-by-royal-conservatory-of-music|year=2013}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In late 2022, Ezrin was named an Officer of the Order of Canada, "For his ongoing contributions to music and entertainment production, and for his sustained advocacy of musical education, journalism and environmental justice."{{cite web |last1=Simon |first1=Mary |title=Order of Canada appointees – December 2022 |url=https://gg.ca/en/order-canada-appointees-december-2022 |website=The Governor General of Canada |date=December 21, 2022 |publisher=King's Press |access-date=2022-12-29}}

In February 2025, Ezrin was named as a recipient of the Governor General's Performing Arts Award.Cassandra Szklarski, [https://www.rmoutlook.com/film-news/music-producer-bob-ezrin-actor-graham-greene-among-governor-generals-performing-arts-laureates-10259702 "Music producer Bob Ezrin, actor Graham Greene among Governor General's performing arts laureates"]. Rocky Mountain Outlook, February 20, 2025.

Ezrin is married to Janet Ezrin.{{cite web|title=Music Producer Bob Ezrin Kisses His Wife Jan During Canada's Walk of Fame Induction|date=September 22, 2013 |url=http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/canada-s-walk-of-fame-induction-ceremony-slideshow/music-producer-bob-ezrin-kisses-wife-jan-during-photo-222004074.html|publisher=Yahoo News Canada|access-date=March 23, 2014}}

Ezrin moved to Los Angeles in 1985 and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in the 1990s. In 2025, having moved back to Toronto from Nashville, he started the process to renounce his U.S. citizenship. In the context of tensions between Canada and the U.S., he told The Globe and Mail that he believed his Canadian honours represented not only recognition for prior work but also a responsibility to stand up for Canada going forward.{{cite news |last1=Wheeler |first1=Brad |title=Famed music producer Bob Ezrin renouncing U.S. citizenship, returns to Canada |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/article-famed-music-producer-bob-ezrin-renouncing-us-citizenship-returns-to/ |access-date=26 February 2025 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=26 February 2025 |language=en-CA}}

{{cite news |last1=Slingerland |first1=Calum |title=Storied Producer Bob Ezrin Renounces US Citizenship, Returns to Canada |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/storied-producer-bob-ezrin-renounces-us-citizenship-returns-to-canada |access-date=7 March 2025 |work=Exclaim! |date=28 February 2025 |language=en-CA}}

• 2Cellos: In2ition (2013) – producer and mixer
• Thirty Seconds to Mars: 30 Seconds to Mars (2002) – producer
• Aerosmith: Get Your Wings (1974) – executive producer
• Alice Cooper
• Love It to Death (1971) – producer, co-writer, and mixer
• Killer (1971) – producer, co-writer, and mixer
• School's Out (1972) – producer, co-writer, and mixer
• Billion Dollar Babies (1973) – producer, co-writer, and mixer
• Welcome to My Nightmare (1975) – producer, co-writer, and mixer
• Alice Cooper Goes to Hell (1976) – producer, keyboardist, co-writer, and mixer
• Lace and Whiskey (1977) – producer, co-writer, and mixer
• The Alice Cooper Show (1977) – producer, co-writer, and mixer
• DaDa (1983) – producer, co-writer, and mixer
• Brutal Planet (2000) – executive producer
• Dragontown (2001) – executive producer
• Old School box set (2011) – project producer
• Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011) – producer, co-writer, and mixer
• Paranormal (2017) – producer, composer, and mixer
• Detroit Stories (2021) – producer, composer, and mixer
• Army of Anyone: Army of Anyone (2006) – producer and mixer
• The Babys: The Babys (1977) – co-producer with Brian Christian and mixer
• Balloonatic: My Underworld, Five Cent Beer (2003) - Producer and mixer
• Berlin: "Count Three and Pray" (1986) – producer and mixer
• Robin Black: Instant Classic (2005) – co-producer with Gggarth and mixer
• Andrea Bocelli
• Sì (2018) – producer and writer
• Bonham: The Disregard of Timekeeping (1989) – producer and mixer
• The Canadian Tenors
• "Hallelujah" (2010), from the album The Perfect Gift – producer and mixer
• "Forever Young" (2012), from the album Lead with Your Heart – producer and mixer
• "World Stand Still" - (2012), from the album Lead with Your Heart – vocal producer and mixer
• Catherine Wheel: Adam and Eve (1997) – co-producer with Gggarth
• Christian Kane: The House Rules (2010) – co-producer with Jimmie Lee Sloas and mixer
• Tim Curry: Read My Lips (1978) – producer and mixer
• The Darkness: Hot Cakes (2012) – mixer and co-producer on one song ("Every Inch of You")
• Deep Purple
• Now What?! (2013) – producer, mixer and composer
• Infinite (2017) – producer, mixer and composer
• Whoosh! (2020) – producer, mixing, percussion, backing vocals and composer
• Turning to Crime (2021) – producer, backing vocals, co-lead vocals
• =1 (2024) - producer, mixing, backing vocals and composer
• Deftones: Saturday Night Wrist (2006) – producer
• Dr. John: Hollywood Be Thy Name (1975) – producer and mixer
• Escape from Earth: Three Seconds East (2004) – producer and mixer
• Fefe Dobson: Joy (2010) – producer and mixer
• Flo & Eddie: Flo & Eddie (1973) – producer and mixer
• Peter Gabriel
• Peter Gabriel (I) (1977) – producer and mixer
• "That'll Do" (1998) (title track from the film Babe: Pig in the City) – producer
• "My Head Sounds Like That" (2002) (from the album Up) – brass arrangements
• Scratch My Back (2010) – co-producer with Peter Gabriel
• David Gilmour: About Face (1984) – co-producer with David Gilmour
• Hanggai
• Horse of Color (2016) - co-producer and mixer
• Homeland (2017) - producer
• Hanoi Rocks: Two Steps from the Move (1984) – producer and mixer
• Héroes del Silencio: Avalancha (1995) – producer
• Hollywood Vampires: Hollywood Vampires (2015) - producer and mixer
• Steve Hunter: Swept Away (1978) – producer and mixer
• Hurricane: Over the Edge (1988) – co-producer with Mike Clink
• Jane's Addiction: Strays (2003) – co-producer with Brian Virtue
• The Jayhawks: Smile (2000) – producer
• K'naan: Alone – single (2013) – co-writer, mixer, and co-producer with will.i.am (The Black Eyed Peas))
• Kansas: In the Spirit of Things (1988) – producer and mixer
• The Kings
• The Kings Are Here (1980) – producer and mixer
• Amazon Beach (1981) – producer and mixer
• Kiss
• Destroyer (1976) – producer and mixer
• Music from "The Elder" (1981) – producer and mixer
• Revenge (1992) – producer
• Destroyer: Resurrected (2012) – producer and mixer
• Kristin Chenoweth: Some Lessons Learned (2011) – producer, mixer, and co-writer
• Kula Shaker: Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts (1999) – producer
• Julian Lennon: Help Yourself (1991) – producer
• Lucius: Good Grief (2016) – co-producer with Shawn Everett and Lucius
• Murray McLauchlan: Storm Warning (1981) – producer and mixer
• Nils Lofgren: Nils (1979) – producer and mixer
• Nine Inch Nails: The Fragile (1999) – album sequencing ("I'd never examined what I was actually saying with these 20-something songs," Trent Reznor observed. "Then I realised it could be looked at as two acts. I see Ezrin as he's leaving my studio and I say, 'Bob, you did it, man!' and he says, 'Yeah, I know – I got a flight to catch.' We hugged each other and that was it."{{cite magazine|first=Paul|last=Elliott|title=Going Down…|magazine=Kerrang!|date=September 25, 1999|pages=16–17}}
• Geoffrey Oryema: Beat the Border (1993) – co-producer with Richard Blair and David Bottrill
• Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio: album (2007) – producer and mixer
• Phish:
• Fuego (2014) – producer, mixer
• Big Boat (2016) – producer, mixer
• Pink Floyd
• The Wall (1979) – co-producer with David Gilmour and Roger Waters
• A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) co-producer with David Gilmour
• The Division Bell (1994) – co-producer with David Gilmour
• The Endless River (2014) – bass guitar
• Trevor Rabin: Can't Look Away (1989) – producer
• Lou Reed: Berlin (1973) – producer and mixer
• Johnny Reid
• A Christmas Gift To You (2013) - producer and mixer
• A Christmas Gift To You Platinum Edition (2014) - producer and mixer
• Revival (2017) - co-producer, composer and mixer
• What Love Is All About (2015) - producer and mixer
• Rod Stewart: Every Beat of My Heart (1986) – producer
• Soundtrack
• Babe: Pig in the City – Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (1998)
• Heavy Metal 2000 (1999)
• Taylor Swift: Speak Now World Tour Live (2011) – mixer for both the CD and DVD
• Téléphone: Dure Limite (1982) – producer and mixer
• The Tenors: "Who Wants to Live Forever" from Under One Sky (2015) - producer, arranger and mixer
• The Tenors feat. Johnny Reid: "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (2017) - producer and mixer
• The Throbs: The Language of Thieves and Vagabonds (1991) – co-producer with Dick Wagner and Brian Christian
• U2: U2 at the BBC (2017) – producer
• U2 and Green Day: live recording of "The Saints Are Coming" (2006)
• Ursa Major: [Ursa Major] (1972) – producer and mixer
• Villebillies: "Greatest Moment" single (2006) – producer and mixer
• Vow Wow: Mountain Top (1990) – co-producer with Brian Christian, mixer, and co-writer
• Dick Wagner: Richard Wagner (1978) – producer and mixer
• Young Artists for Haiti: "Wavin' Flag" single (2010) – producer

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