Eric Ratz is a Canadian producer, engineer, and mixer. He has won multiple Grammy and Juno awards. Throughout his career, Ratz has worked with some of Canada's most successful and influential rock bands, including Arkells,

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, Billy Talent,

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. He has been nominated for 11 Juno awards in both the Producer and Recording Engineer categories. He has won the

Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award The Juno Award for "Producer of the Year" has been awarded since 1975, as recognition each year for the best record producer in Canada. It was renamed the "Jack Richardson Producer of the Year" award in 2003, after Jack Richardson who was a noted ...

, two Recording Engineer of the Year Juno Awards, and a Grammy award.

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

The

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pr ...

s are presented by

The Recording Academy The Recording Academy (formally the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences; abbreviated NARAS) is an American learned academy of musicians, producers, recording engineers, and other musical professionals. It is famous for its Grammy A ...

. Ratz was an engineer in both of the nominees. , - !scope="row", 1997 , Enrique Iglesias - Enrique Iglesias , rowspan="2" , Best Latin Pop Album , , - !scope="row", 1998 , Enrique Iglesias - Vivir ,

Juno Awards

The Juno Awards are administered by the

Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) is a non-profit organization responsible for promoting Canadian music and artists. It administers the Juno Awards, the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the MusiCounts music education cha ...

(CARAS).

Music awards

, - !scope="row", 1997 , Big Sugar -

Hemi-Vision ''Hemi-Vision'' is the third album by Canadian blues-rock band Big Sugar. The album was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 1997 Juno Awards. The singles from the album were " Diggin' a Hole", "If I Had My Way", "Gone For Good", and " Up Bab ...

- Engineer/Mixer , Rock Album of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2000 , Danko Jones -

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- Engineer/Mixer , Best Alternative Album , , - !scope="row", 2001 , Sarah Harmer -

You Were Here ''You Were Here'' is an album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer, released in 2000. Background ''You Were Here'' was Harmer's commercial breakthrough in Canada after years of almost reaching the pop charts with Weeping Tile. The album's ...

- Mixer , Best Pop Album , , - !scope="row" rowspan="4", 2005 ,

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- Mixer , rowspan="2" , Adult Alternative Album of the Year , , - ,

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- All Of Our Names - Engineer/Mixer , , - , Thornley - Come Again - Engineer , rowspan="2" , Rock Album of the Year , , - ,

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- Seven Circles - Engineer , , - !scope="row" rowspan="3", 2007 , Billy Talent - Devil In A Midnight Mass - Engineer , Single of the Year , , - , rowspan="2" , Billy Talent -

Billy Talent II ''Billy Talent II'' is the second studio album by Canadian rock band Billy Talent, released on June 27, 2006. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 48,000 copies in its first week. The album also reached No. 1 on the G ...

- Engineer , Rock Album of the Year , , - , Album of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2008 , Billy Talent - 666 Live - Audio Producer , Music DVD of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="4", 2010 , Stereos - Stereos - Engineer , Pop Album of the Year , , - ,

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- Engineer , Alternative Album of the Year , , - , rowspan="2" , Billy Talent -

Billy Talent III ''Billy Talent III'' is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Billy Talent. It was released on July 10, 2009, in Europe, July 13 in the United Kingdom, July 14 in Canada, and September 22 in the US. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Canad ...

- Engineer , Album of the Year , , - , rowspan="2" , Rock Album of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2011 , Cancer Bats - Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bones - Producer , , - !scope="row" rowspan="5", 2013 , Billy Talent - Viking Death March - Engineer , Single of the Year , , - , Cancer Bats - Dead Set On Living - Producer , Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year , , - , Billy Talent -

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- Engineer , rowspan="2" , Rock Album of the Year , , - , Big Wreck - Albatross - Producer , , - , Monster Truck - Producer , Breakthrough Group of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2014 , Monster Truck - Furiosity - Producer , Rock Album of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="4", 2015 , Skull Fist - Chasing the Dream - Mixer , Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year , , - , Big Wreck - Ghosts - Producer , rowspan="2" , Rock Album of the Year , , - , Arkells - High Noon - Producer , , - , Arkells - Producer , Group of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2016 , Diemonds - Never Wanna Die - Producer , Heavy Metal Album of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="4", 2017 , Monster Truck - Sittin' Heavy - Producer , rowspan="2" , Rock Album of the Year , , - , Billy Talent - Afraid of Heights - Engineer , , - , Billy Talent - Engineer , Group of the Year , , - , Mandroid Echostar - Coral Throne - Producer , Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="3", 2018 , Splash'N Boots - Love, Kisses and Hugs - Producer , Children's Album of the Year , , - , rowspan="2" , Arkells - Knocking at the Door - Producer , Video of the Year , , - , Single of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="4", 2019 , Arkells - Producer , Group of the Year , , - ,

- The Spark That Moves - Engineer , Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year , , - , Monster Truck - True Rockers - Engineer , rowspan="2" , Rock Album of the Year , , - , Arkells - '' Rally Cry'' - Producer ,

Producer and recording engineer awards

! , - !scope="row", 2005 , "Lucky Me" and "Day One" by

, rowspan="4" , Recording Engineer of the Year , , style="text-align:center;" rowspan="10", , - !scope="row", 2007 , " Devil in a Midnight Mass" and " Red Flag" By Billy Talent , , - !scope="row", 2013 , " Albatross" by Big Wreck and " Surprise, Surprise!" By Billy Talent , , - !scope="row" rowspan="2", 2014 , rowspan="2" , "Sweet Mountain River" and "The Lion" by Monster Truck , , - , Jack Richardson Producer of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="2", 2015 , "Ghosts" by Big Wreck and "Satellite Hotel" by One Bad Son , Recording Engineer of the Year , , - , "Leather Jacket" by Arkells and "Ghosts" by Big Wreck , Jack Richardson Producer of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="2", 2017 , "Afraid of Heights" by Billy Talent and "Don't Tell me How to Live" by Monster Truck , Recording Engineer of the Year , , - , "The Enforcer" by Monster Truck and "Fever" by Royal Tusk , Jack Richardson Producer of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2018 , "Knocking at the Door" by Arkells and "My Little RnR" by Danko Jones , Recording Engineer of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2019 , "People's Champ" and "Relentless" by Arkells , Jack Richardson Producer of the Year , , style="text-align:center;,

References

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