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Find the producers behind your most-played tracks

ListenBrainz supplies the tracks; MusicBrainz supplies producer credits, including one found only at release level.

MusicBrainz listenbrainz.get_top_tracksmusicbrainz.get_recording_credits_batch

Captured June 2026

Two toolkits

ListenBrainz supplies the most-played tracks and MusicBrainz supplies their credits. If a recording has no producer, the lookup checks the release.

The prompt

According to my ListenBrainz history, what are my top tracks, and who produced them? Use MusicBrainz for the credits and fall back to release-level credits when the recording-level producer is missing. Tell me which producers keep showing up.

The response

According to my ListenBrainz history, what are my top tracks, and who produced them? Use MusicBrainz for the credits and fall back to release-level credits when the recording-level producer is missing. Tell me which producers keep showing up.

Pulling your most-played tracks from ListenBrainz, then running them through MusicBrainz credits with the release-level fallback on.

Executing listenbrainz.get_top_tracks Executing musicbrainz.get_recording_credits_batch
Recurring producers behind top ListenBrainz tracksHorizontal bar chart showing Rick Rubin on eight tracks, Rich Costey and David Sardy on two tracks each, and Rupert Hine on one track surfaced only through release-level fallback.Producer fingerprint from top tracksListenBrainz top tracks + MusicBrainz producer creditsRick RubinRich CosteyDavid SardyRupert Hine8221surfaced only via the release-level fallback
Producer counts across the top 24 resolved ListenBrainz tracks. Coral marks the producer surfaced only by MusicBrainz release-level credit fallback.

Across your 24 top tracks, the recurring hand is unmistakable: Rick Rubin produced eight of them, all through the Strokes. After that the field flattens fast, with Rich Costey (Interpol, Muse) and David Sardy (the Walkmen, Band of Horses) each turning up twice, and a long tail of one-offs.

The interesting catch is Saga’s “On the Loose,” which has no producer credit at the recording level at all. Rupert Hine only appears because the release-level fallback walked up to the Worlds Apart release. Eight tracks came back with no producer credit anywhere upstream, which is normal for indie and recent releases.

The fallback

Rupert Hine appears only because the release-level lookup finds the credit for Saga’s “On the Loose.” Eight tracks have no producer credit at either level and remain in the report.