Nick DiDia
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Nick DiDia has engineered some of the biggest rock records of the past two decades, including:
- 5 albums for Stone Temple Pilots
- 5 albums for Pearl Jam
- 2 albums for Rage Against The Machine
- 5 albums for Powderfinger
- 4 albums for Bruce Springsteen
- 2 albums for Train
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PRODUCER/ENGINEER/MIXER Credits:
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Powderfinger
'Vulture Street 20'
Twenty years ago, Nick co-produced and recorded this album which debuted as the #1 Australian Album, winning 4 ARIA Awards, and charting for 47 weeks. This 20th Anniversary reissue once again debuts as the #1 Australian Album.
- #1 AUS Album
- #1 Album
- #1 Vinyl Album
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Dirty Honey
'Dirty Honey'
Nick produced and mixed the band's debut album, including the single "When I'm Gone," which reached #1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs airplay chart. This is the first time in history that an unsigned band has topped the chart.
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Powderfinger
'Unreleased'
The band says: "Nick DiDia's role in plucking these songs from the fire cannot be underestimated. The American-born producer - who collaborated with us on Internationalist, Odyssey Number Five, Vulture Street and Golden Rule - adopted Unreleased as his pet project, tinkering with it in the studio until it met the band's high bar."
- #2 debut on AUS Album chart
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Karnivool
'Asymmetry'
Nick co-produced, recorded and mixed the band's third studio album. It won an ARIA Award for "Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album." HBIH named it "One of the very best albums you are likely to hear this year."
- #1 debut on ARIA's Album Chart
- #1 debut on ARIA's Digital Album Chart
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The Living End
'The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating'
Nick produced and recorded this album, which won an ARIA Award for "Best Rock Album." The band also won an ARIA Award for "Most Popular Australian Live Artis."
- #3 debut on ARIA's Album Chart
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Katie Noonan and the Captains
'Emperor's Box'
Nick produced, recorded and mix this album. It reached #21 in Australia.
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Powderfinger
'Golden Rule'
Nick has produced several albums for this group, who are the 2nd most awarded band in ARIA Awards history. This album was produced, recorded and mixed by Nick.
- #1 debut in AUS
- 2x Platinum
- ARIA Winner "Most Popular AUS Album"
- ARIA Winner "Most Popular AUS Artist"
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Trial Kennedy
'New Manic Art'
Nick produced, recorded and mixed this album, including the #1 Most Played Song at Triple J, "Neighbors" and "The Great Escape."
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Kasey Chambers
'Bittersweet'
Nick produced, recorded and mixed Kasey's ninth studio album. It won the ARIA Award for "Best Country Album" in 2014.
- #2 debut on ARIA Albums Chart
- "Best Country Album" ARIA Winner
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Nine Days
'The Madding Crowd'
Nick produced, recorded and mixed this album. It includes the single "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)," which was the #1 Top 40 Song in the US, #3 Top Single in Canada, and was placed at #35 on Billboard's Hot 100 Year-End Chart.
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Powderfinger
'Vulture Street'
Nick co-produced and recorded this album. It won 4 ARIA Awards including "Album of the Year," "Best Rock Album" and "Best Group." The album spent 47 weeks on the ARIA Charts.
- #1 debut in AUS
- 6x Platinum
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Brad
'Interiors'
Nick produced, recorded and mixed the band's second studio album.
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Local H
'Pack Up The Cats'
Nick recorded and mixed this album. It was ranked "#20 Best Album of 1998" by Spin.
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Incubus
'A Crow Left of the Murder'
Nick has recorded several albums for Incubus, including 'A Crow Left...' This album was recorded live, as opposed to recording each instrument at separate times.
- #2 Billboard Top 200
- Platinum in US
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Powderfinger
'Odyssey Number Five'
The band's 4th album was produced, recorded and mixed by Nick. It debuted at #1 in AUS, was certified Platinum on its 3rd day of release, won 6 ARIA Awards including "Album of the Year," "Record of the Year" and "Best Rock Album," and was named Triple J's "#1 Hottest AUS Album of All Time." 20 years after its release, it returned at #2 on ARIA's Album Chart.
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Train
'Drops of Jupiter'
Nick engineered this album, the band's best-selling to date. It received 6 Grammy Nominations, including "Song of the Year" and "Record of the Year." The title track won the Grammy Award for "Best Rock Song."
- 2x Platinum in US, CAN
- 4x Platinum in AUS
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The Offspring
'Conspiracy of One'
Nick recorded this album, including the hits "Original Prankster" and "Million Miles Away." It was certified Platinum 5 weeks after its release, and has sold over 5 million copies worldwide. It has charted in the Top 10 in over 12 countries.
- #9 Billboard Top 200
- #4 Canadian Album
- Platinum US
- 2x Platinum in CAN
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Korn
'Issues'
The band's fourth studio album was recorded by Nick. It has sold over 13 million copies worldwide.
- #1 Billboard Top 200
- #1 ARIA Album
- #2 Canadian Album
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Powderfinger
'Internationalist'
Nick produced, recorded and mixed the band's third album. It won 4 ARIA Awards including "Album of the Year," "Best Rock Album" and "Single of the Year."
- #1 debut on ARIA Album Chart
- 5x Platinum
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Bruce Springsteen
'High Hopes'
Nick recorded this album, which Rolling Stone named the "2nd best album of 2014." It debuted at #1 in over 10 countries, including US, Australia, Germany, UK. With this album, Springsteen became the third all-time for most #1 albums (behind The Beatles and Jay-Z).
- #1 Billboard Top 200
- #1 ARIA Album
- #1 UK Album
- #1 Top Rock Album
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Bruce Springsteen
'The Rising'
Nick recorded this album, which won a Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album," and sold over 520,000 copies in its first week.
- #1 debut on Billboard Top 200
- #1 Canadian Album
- #1 UK Album
- 2x Platinum
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Bruce Springsteen
'Devils and Dust'
Nick recorded this acoustic album, which received 5 Grammy Award nominations including "Best Contemporary Folk Album" and "Son of the Year."
- #1 debut on Billboard Top 200
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Bruce Springsteen
'Magic'
This album, also recorded by Nick, was ranked #2 on Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2007," and the single "Long Walk Home" was #8 on its "100 Best Songs of 2007." The album received 3 Grammy nominations including "Best Rock Album" and "Best Rock Song."
- #1 debut in US and UK
- Platinum in US, CAN, EUR
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Bruce Springsteen
'Working on a Dream'
Nick produced this album. It reached #1 in 17 countries, and placed in the Top 10 almost everywhere else. It has sold over 3 million copies worldwide, and received a Grammy nomination for "Best Rock Song."
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Pearl Jam
'Backspacer'
This album was recorded by Nick. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album." Billboard ranked it #8 on their Top 10 Albums of 2009 and Rolling Stone placed it at #11 on their year-end list.
- #1 debut on Billboard Top 200
- #1 Canadian Album
- #1 ARIA Album
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Pearl Jam
'Yield'
Nick recorded this album. It placed in the Top 10 in over 20 countries, including US, Austrlia, Canada, UK, Mexico, Germany, Spain and Norway.
- #2 debut on Billboard Top 200
- Platinum in US, AUS
- 2x Platinum in CAN
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Pearl Jam
'No Code'
The band's 4th studio album was recorded by Nick.
- #1 debut on Billboard Top 200
- #1 ARIA Album
- #1 Canadian Album
- Platinum in US, AUS
- 2x Platinum in CAN
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Pearl Jam
'Vitalogy'
The band's 3rd album, recording by Nick, sold over 877,000 copies in its first week. It was the 2nd fastest selling album in history (behind the band's previous release 'Vs').
- #1 Billboard Top 200
- 5x Platinum in US
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Pearl Jam
'Vs.'
Nick recorded this album, which set the record for most copies sold in its first week. It sold over 950,000 in its first five days, and outperformed all other entries in the Billboard Top 10 combined.
- #1 Billboard Top 200
- #1 ARIA Album
- #1 Canadian Album
- 7x Platinum in US
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Stone Temple Pilots
'Core'
The band's debut album was recorded by Nick.
- #1 Heatseeker Album
- #3 Billboard Top 200
- 8x Platinum in US
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Stone Temple Pilots
'Purple'
Nick recorded this album, which was included in Rock Hard magazine's "500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time" and in Guitar World's 100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time." Loudwire ranked the album as #6 on its "10 Best Hard Rock Albums of 1994."
- #1 debut on Billboard Top 200
- #1 ARIA Album
- 6x Platinum in US
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Stone Temple Pilots 'Tiny Music...Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop'
The band's third album was recorded by Nick. It includes the singles "Big Bang Baby," "Lady Picture Show" and "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" - all of which reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock Chart.
- 2x Platinum in US
- Platinum in CAN
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Stone Temple Pilots
'Shangri-La Dee Da'
This is the fifth album that Nick has recorded with the band. It was certified Gold in both the US and Canada.
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Stone Temple Pilots
'No. 4'
This is the fourth album that Nick has recorded with the band. It received a Grammy nomination for "Best Hard Rock Performance" for the song "Sour Girl."
- Platinum in US and Canada
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Rage Against the Machine
'The Battle of Los Angeles'
Nick recorded this album. It received a Grammy nomination for "Best Rock Album." Time and Rolling Stone name it the "Best Album of 1999." The album was also included in Rock Hard magazine's book "The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums Of All Time," and on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time."
- #1 debut on Billboard Top 200
- 2x Platinum in US and CAN
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Rage Against the Machine
'Evil Empire'
The band's second album was recorded by Nick. It charted in the Top 10 in 13 countries, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Hard Rock Performance."
- #1 debut on Billboard Top 200
- 3x Platinum in US
