Paul Robert Fox (May 22, 1954 – December 25, 2022) was an American record producer,[1] who was best known for producing recording artists such as Faker, The Green Children, Gene Loves Jezebel, 10,000 Maniacs, XTC, Phish, Texas, Sunfall Festival, Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians, The Sugarcubes, Too Much Joy, They Might Be Giants, Edwin McCain, Semisonic, and Grant Lee Buffalo.[2] [3]
Fox also played as a session player with the Pointer Sisters, Rod Stewart, Patti LaBelle, Mötley Crüe, DeBarge, and Natalie Cole among others.[4]
Fox was diagnosed with Early-onset Alzheimer's disease in 2012. He practiced yoga.[5]
Fox died on December 25, 2022, at the age of 68.[6]
| Year | Title | Artist | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Break Out | The Pointer Sisters | Emulator | |
| 1984 | "Own the Night" | George McCrae | Keyboards Electronic Drums Producer | |
| 1985 | Nightshift | Commodores | Synthesizer Bass programming Drums programming Arrangement on "I Keep Running" and "Janet" Writer on "Janet" | |
| 1985 | Contact | The Pointer Sisters | Additional synthesizer Emulator | |
| 1986 | Hot Together | The Pointer Sisters | Synthesizer except "Sexual Power" Drums and associate producer on 4 tracks Horn arrangement Soloist Tom-Tom | |
| 1986 | Chico DeBarge | Chico DeBarge | Associate producer, drum programming, synthesizer and writer on "Talk to Me" Programming on "Desperate" and "If It Takes All Night" | |
| 1987 | All for Love | Princess | Producer, keyboards, bass, drums, and programming on 2 tracks | |
| 1987 | "He Turned Me Out" | The Pointer Sisters | Associate producer on "Translation" | |
| 1987 | Scarlett and Black | Scarlett and Black | Additional drum programming on "Let Yourself Go-Go" Bass synthesizer on "Yesterday's Gone" Keyboards Producer | |
| 1989 | Oranges & Lemons | XTC | Producer | |
| 1990 | Kiss of Life | Gene Loves Jezebel | Keyboards Producer | |
| 1991 | Perspex Island | Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians | Producer | |
| 1991 | Cereal Killers | Too Much Joy | Keyboards Backing vocals Producer | |
| 1992 | Stick Around for Joy | The Sugarcubes | Producer Mixing | |
| 1992 | Our Time in Eden | 10,000 Maniacs | Producer | |
| 1992 | The Wallflowers | The Wallflowers | Producer | |
| 1993 | Blow | Straitjacket Fits | Producer | |
| 1993 | Ricks Road | Texas | String arrangement Writer on "So Called Friend" Producer | |
| 1993 | MTV Unplugged | 10,000 Maniacs | Producer | |
| 1993 | Womb Amnesia | Subject to Change | Producer | |
| 1994 | Loose | Victoria Williams | Producer[7] | |
| 1994 | Necessary Angels | Sara Hickman | Producer | |
| 1994 | Hoist | Phish | Producer | |
| 1994 | John Henry | They Might Be Giants | Producer | |
| 1995 | Honor Among Thieves | Edwin McCain | Hammond organ Piano Producer | |
| 1995 | Free Like We Want 2 B | Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers | Additional production | |
| 1996 | Great Divide | Semisonic | Producer | |
| 1996 | Gotta Get Over Greta | The Nields | Keyboards, tambourine, producer, and mixing on "Taxi Girl" | |
| 1997 | Sweet 75 | Sweet 75 | Mellotron Organ Producer | |
| 1997 | Moonbathing on Sleeping Leaves | Sky Cries Mary | Cello arranger Producer | |
| 1998 | Jubilee | Grant Lee Buffalo | Producer | |
| 1998 | Phantom Planet Is Missing | Phantom Planet | Producer | |
| 1998 | One by One | Agents of Good Roots | Producer | |
| 1999 | Deconstruction | Meredith Brooks | Producer on "Sin City" | |
| 2001 | Tyler Hilton | Tyler Hilton | Producer | |
| 2001 | South | Heather Nova | Producer on "Virus of the Mind" | |
| 2002 | Divine Discontent | Sixpence None the Richer | Producer Orchestration | |
| 2004 | Terra Naomi | Terra Naomi | Writer on "Misery" and "I Still Love You" Engineer Producer | |
| 2004 | Bang Bang Bang | Sunfall Festival | Producer | |
| 2006 | Virtually | Terra Naomi | Producer | |
| 2006 | The Green Children | The Green Children | Additional keyboards Additional programming Bass synthesizer Engineer Producer | |
| 2006 | Motherlode | Sara Hickman | Producer on "Birdhouse" | |
| 2007 | Under the Influence | Terra Naomi | Producer | |
| 2007 | Be the Twilight | Faker | Producer |