#5: Brian Eno
The great Brian Eno has always felt like the producer who asked different questions from everyone else. Instead of treating the studio as a place that merely captured songs, he treated it as an instrument in its own right. His work with Talking Heads and U2 helped shape landmark records, while his own experiments helped define ambient music and gave art rock a more spacious, atmospheric future. One of the most fascinating things about Eno is that he often seemed less interested in polishing a performance than in changing the frame around it.
