Slayer + Adele: the Core Relation
Two endpoints. 4 steps. Where would you dig next?
Rick Rubin produced Reign in Blood and several tracks on Adele’s 21.
Follow the route
Slayer → Reign in Blood → Rick Rubin → 21 → Adele
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Slayer released Reign in Blood. Source
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Rick Rubin produced Reign in Blood. Source
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Rick Rubin produced 21. Source
Keep the detail straight
21 has multiple producers. This does not credit Rubin with every track, including Rolling in the Deep.
Three more rabbit holes
Beastie Boys to Johnny Cash: the same producer, very different records.
Continue through Rick Rubin.
Rick Rubin produced Licensed to Ill and Johnny Cash’s American Recordings.
Beastie Boys → Licensed to Ill → Rick Rubin → American Recordings → Johnny Cash
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Nirvana to Pixies in four steps, through the recording desk.
An editorial recommendation in the same behind the console theme; this pairing does not assert an extra factual connection.
Steve Albini recorded In Utero and Surfer Rosa.
Nirvana → In Utero → Steve Albini → Surfer Rosa → Pixies
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Doolittle and Everlong share a person behind the console.
An editorial recommendation in the same behind the console theme; this pairing does not assert an extra factual connection.
Gil Norton produced Pixies’ Doolittle and Foo Fighters’ The Colour and the Shape.
Pixies → Doolittle → Gil Norton → The Colour and the Shape → Foo Fighters
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Find a different route
Open Find, choose Slayer and Adele and explore the graph. This is one documented route; the finder may offer a shorter one. Follow a person, a record or a place that catches your ear.
Spot a missing credit or a better source? Open the relevant entry and contribute what you can document. A cover, sample, shared city and shared stage mean different things; the source should support the exact relationship.