Glen Ballard
| Glen Ballard | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 1, 1953 Natchez, Mississippi United States |
| Genres | rhythm and blues, rock, pop music |
| Occupations | Songwriter, Record producer |
| Instruments | Keyboards, Synthesizer, Guitar |
| Years active | 1978–present |
Glen Ballard (born May 1, 1953 in Natchez, Mississippi) is an American songwriter and record producer, best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill (1995),[1][2] which won Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album", and "Album of the Year" amongst others, and is ranked by the Rolling Stone amongst The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. He was involved in the recording and writing of Michael Jackson's Thriller and Bad.[3] As a writer he co-wrote songs like "Man in the Mirror" (1987) [3] and "Hand in My Pocket" (1995). He is the founder of Java Records. Also worked on albums by superstar Katy Perry, (A) Katy Perry and One of the Boys.
He won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture for the song Believe (The Polar Express).
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[edit] Discography
He has performed on, or produced, the following:
- Michael Jackson — Thriller (1982)
- Pointer Sisters — Break Out (1983)
- Patti Austin — Patti Austin (1984)
- Evelyn King — So Romantic (1984)
- Jack Wagner — All I Need (1984)
- Jack Wagner — Lighting Up the Night (1985)
- Teddy Pendergrass — Workin' It Back (1985)
- Michael Jackson — Bad (1987)
- Jack Wagner — Don't Give Up Your Day Job (1987)
- Paula Abdul — Forever Your Girl (1989)
- Paula Abdul — Shut Up and Dance (1990)
- Wilson Phillips — Wilson Phillips (1990)
- Curtis Stigers — Curtis Stigers (1991)
- Michael Jackson — Dangerous (1991)
- Wilson Phillips — Shadows and Light (1992)
- Trey Lorenz — Trey Lorenz (1992)
- Jack Wagner — Alone in the Crowd (1993)
- K. T. Oslin — Greatest Hits: Songs from an Aging Sex Bomb (1993)
- Lea Salonga — Lea Salonga (1993)
- Evelyn King — Love Come Down: The Best of Evelyn "Champagne" King (1993)
- Alanis Morissette — Jagged Little Pill (1995)
- Sheena Easton — My Cherie (1995)
- Chynna Phillips — Naked And Sacred (1995)
- Curtis Stigers — Time Was (1995)
- Van Halen — Best of Volume I ("Me Wise Magic" and "Can't Get This Stuff No More") (1996)
- Aerosmith — Nine Lives (1997)
- The Corrs — Talk On Corners (1997)
- Alanis Morissette — Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
- The Moffats — Chapter I: A New Beginning (1999)
- No Doubt — Return of Saturn (2000)
- TITAN A.E. — Music From The Motion Picture (2000)
- Judith Owen — Limited Edition (2000)
- Bliss 66 — Trip to the 13th (2001)
- Shakira — "The One" (2001)
- Dave Matthews Band — Everyday (2001)
- Crashed... (2001)
- Christina Aguilera — Stripped (2002) (co-wrote The Voice Within)
- Lisa Marie Presley — To Whom It May Concern (2003)
- Anastacia — Anastacia (2004)
- Elisa — Pearl Days (2004)
- Katy Perry — (A) Katy Perry (2005; Album Filed)
- Alanis Morissette — Jagged Little Pill Acoustic (2005)
- O.A.R. — Stories of a Stranger (2005)
- Hayley Westenra - The New World Soundtrack (2005)
- Goo Goo Dolls — Let Love In (2006)
- P.O.D. — Testify (2006)
- Annie Lennox — Dark Road (2007)
- Carina Round — Slow Motion Addict (2007)
- Emmy Rossum — Inside Out (2007)
- Annie Lennox — Songs of Mass Destruction (2007)
- Anouk — Who's Your Momma (2007)
- A Hero Comes Home (2007)
- Katy Perry — One of the Boys (2008)
- Idina Menzel — I Stand (2008)
- Anna Vissi — Apagorevmeno (2008)
- Wilson Phillips — Christmas in Harmony (2010)
- Stevie Nicks — In Your Dreams (2011) (produced tracks with Dave Stewart)
[edit] Screenplay
Ballard wrote the screenplay for Clubland, an ill-received music-driven film about an aspiring musician in Los Angeles. He has written songs in half-a-dozen films including The Slugger’s Wife, Navy Seals, and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.
[edit] Musical theater
Ballard co-wrote the music and lyrics for Ghost The Musical with David A. Stewart and Bruce Joel Rubin, which opened in London's West End on 19 July 2011 and will open on Broadway in the spring of 2012.
[edit] Further reading
- Glen Ballard songbook. Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., 2000. ISBN 0793552540.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Alanis Morissette Explores The Healing Power of Song". New York Times. November 1, 1998. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01EFDC103CF932A35752C1A96E958260&pagewanted=all.
- ^ "Music: Two-Hit Wonders". TIME. Apr. 10, 2000. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,996572,00.html.
- ^ a b "Michael Jackson’s lyrics tell a hard story". MSNBC. 2009-06-29. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/31614225.
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