Ted Jensen is an American mastering engineer who, among others, has mastered the Eagles' Hotel California, Green Day's American Idiot and Norah Jones' Come Away with Me.
Selected works Ted Jensen started working making tape copies at Sterling Sound in 1976. Soon after, he became an apprentice to owner Lee Hulko and mastering engineer, George Marino, taking over much of Hulko's mastering workload while Hulko focused more on management duties. In his first year at Sterling Sound, Jensen mastered the Eagles album, Hotel California and the Climax Blues Band's Gold Plated. The following year, Jensen mastered Billy Joel's The Stranger, Rod Stewart's Foot Loose & Fancy Free, Cat Stevens' Izitso and Bob Marley & The Wailers' Exodus. In the last 45 years, Ted Jensen has mastered thousands of albums for thousands of pop and rock artists.
1970s–1980s
1976 Gold Plated – Climax Blues Band 1976 Happy Being Lonely – The Chi-Lites 1976 Hotel California – Eagles 1976 Majesty Music – Miroslav Vitouš 1976 Renaissance – Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes 1976 Underwater Electronic Orchestra – Jean-Yves Labat 1977 A Fantasy Love Affair – Peter Brown 1977 Exodus – Bob Marley and the Wailers 1977 Fandango – Fandango 1977 Foot Loose & Fancy Free – Rod Stewart 1977 I Came to Dance – Nils Lofgren 1977 I Robot – The Alan Parsons Project 1977 Izitso – Cat Stevens 1977 One of a Kind – Dave Grusin 1977 Rhapsody in Blue – Walter Murphy 1977 Songwriter – Justin Hayward 1977 Stage Pass – Michael Stanley Band 1977 The Hardness of the World – Slave 1977 The Stranger – Billy Joel 1977 What a Wonderful World – Johnny Nash 1977 Young Loud and Snotty – The Dead Boys 1978 52nd Street – Billy Joel 1978 Angie – Angela Bofill 1978 Babylon by Bus – Bob Marley and the Wailers 1978 But Seriously, Folks... – Joe Walsh 1978 Cecil Taylor Unit – Cecil Taylor 1978 Deadlines – Strawbs 1978 Get Out – Foxy 1978 Heaven Help the Fool – Bob Weir 1978 Hot Streets – Chicago 1978 Kaya – Bob Marley and the Wailers 1978 Legends – Dave Valentin 1978 Live: Take No Prisoners – Lou Reed 1978 Live at Carnegie Hall: 40th Anniversary Concert – Benny Goodman 1978 Octave – The Moody Blues 1978 Pieces of Eight – Styx 1978 Ross – Diana Ross 1978 Some Girls – The Rolling Stones 1978 Street Hassle – Lou Reed 1978 Shakedown Street – Grateful Dead 1978 The Best of Joe Walsh – Joe Walsh 1978 Urban Desire – Genya Ravan 1978 You Ain't No Friend of Mine! – Idris Muhammad 1979 Carolyne Mas – Carolyne Mas 1979 Chicago 13 – Chicago 1979 Cornerstone – Styx 1979 Mountain Dance – Dave Grusin 1979 Partners in Crime – Rupert Holmes 1979 Rogue Waves – Terry Reid 1979 Survival – Bob Marley and the Wailers 1979 The B-52's – The B-52's 1979 The Bells – Lou Reed 1979 The Long Run – Eagles 1979 Three Works for Jazz Soloists and Symphony Orchestra – Don Sebesky 1979 What Cha' Gonna Do with My Lovin' – Stephanie Mills 1980 Clues – Robert Palmer 1980 Eagles Live – Eagles 1980 Emotional Rescue – The Rolling Stones 1980 Empty Glass – Pete Townshend 1980 Face to Face – Rick Derringer 1980 Glass Houses – Billy Joel 1980 One-Trick Pony – Paul Simon 1980 Uprising – Bob Marley and the Wailers 1980 Warm Leatherette – Grace Jones 1980 White Music – Crack the Sky 1980 Winelight – Grover Washington Jr. 1981 'Nard – Bernard Wright 1981 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap – AC/DC 1981 Face Dances – The Who 1981 Get Wet – Get Wet 1981 Ghost in the Machine – The Police 1981 Metal Priestess – Plasmatics 1981 Music from "The Elder" – Kiss 1981 Nightclubbing – Grace Jones 1981 Paradise Theater – Styx 1981 Songs in the Attic – Billy Joel 1981 Why Do Fools Fall in Love – Diana Ross 1982 All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes – Pete Townshend 1982 Bill Wyman – Bill Wyman 1982 Cardiac Party – Jack Mack & The Heart Attack 1982 Don Blackman – Don Blackman 1982 Living My Life - Grace Jones 1982 Out of the Shadows – Dave Grusin 1982 Records – Foreigner 1982 Shangó – Santana 1982 Sheffield Steel – Joe Cocker 1982 Silk Electric Diana Ross 1982 The Nylon Curtain – Billy Joel 1983 An Innocent Man – Billy Joel 1983 Clics modernos – Charly García 1983 "Weird Al" Yankovic – "Weird Al" Yankovic 1983 Confrontation – Bob Marley and the Wailers 1983 Kilroy Was Here – Styx 1983 Love Over and Over - Kate McGarrigle & Anna McGarrigle 1983 Madonna – Madonna 1983 Night Lines – Dave Grusin 1983 Speaking in Tongues – Talking Heads 1983 Sports Huey Lewis and the News 1983 Such Is Love – Peter, Paul and Mary 1983 Whammy! – The B-52's 1983 You Bought It – You Name It – Joe Walsh 1984 20/20 – George Benson 1984 Agent Provocateur - Foreigner 1984 Caught in the Act – Styx 1984 Christine McVie – Christine McVie 1984 Dave Grusin and the NY-LA Dream Band – Dave Grusin 1984 Desert Moon – Dennis DeYoung 1984 Earth Crisis – Steel Pulse 1984 Home Again – Judy Collins 1984 Legend – Bob Marley and the Wailers 1984 Stop Making Sense – Talking Heads 1984 Swept Away – Diana Ross 1984 Valotte – Julian Lennon 1985 20/20 – George Benson 1985 Deedles – Diane Schuur 1985 Gettin' Away with Murder – Patti Austin 1985 Invasion of Your Privacy – Ratt 1985 Lyle Mays – Lyle Mays 1985 Spoiled Girl - Carly Simon 1985 That's Why I'm Here – James Taylor 1986 Back in the High Life – Steve Winwood 1986 Beyond the Pale – Fiona 1986 City Slicker – James Young 1986 Desire Caught by the Tail – Adrian Belew 1986 Fame and Fortune – Bad Company 1986 Fore! – Huey Lewis and the News 1986 Powerplay - Billy Cobham 1986 Rebel Music – Bob Marley and the Wailers 1986 The Big Picture – Michael W. Smith 1986 The Bridge – Billy Joel 1986 The Secret Value of Daydreaming – Julian Lennon 1986 Third Degree – Johnny Winter 1986 True Blue – Madonna 1987 Cinemagic – Dave Grusin 1987 Coming Around Again – Carly Simon 1987 Crazy Nights – Kiss 1987 Grappelli Plays Jerome Kern – Stéphane Grappelli 1987 Inside Information – Foreigner 1987 Kohuept – Billy Joel 1987 Love Is for Suckers – Twisted Sister 1987 Men and Women – Simply Red 1987 No Pain for Cakes – The Lounge Lizards 1987 Picture This – Billy Cobham 1987 Pleased to Meet Me – The Replacements 1987 Trust Your Heart – Judy Collins 1988 Knock Dem Dead – Arrow 1988 Peter & The Wolf / Carnival Of The Animals – Part II – "Weird Al" Yankovic, Wendy Carlos 1989 O'La Soca – Arrow 1990 Soca Dance Party – Arrow 1988 Big Thing – Duran Duran 1988 CK – Chaka Khan 1988 Ivory Coast – Bob James 1988 Live at the Blue Note – Dave Valentin 1988 My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama – Dweezil Zappa 1988 No Easy Walk to Freedom – Peter, Paul and Mary 1988 Roll with It – Steve Winwood 1988 State of Emergency – Steel Pulse 1988 The Carrack Collection – Paul Carrack 1988 Underneath the Radar – Underworld 1989 Heart Like a Gun – Fiona 1989 Journeyman – Eric Clapton 1989 Powerful Stuff – The Fabulous Thunderbirds 1989 Save Yourself – McAuley Schenker Group 1989 Steel Wheels – The Rolling Stones 1989 Storm Front – Billy Joel 1989 Trouble Walkin' - Ace Frehley 1989 Waiting for Spring – David Benoit
1990s–2000s
1990 Cherry Pie – Warrant 1990 Edge of the Century – Styx 1990 Fast Forward – Spyro Gyra 1990 Feeding Frenzy: Jimmy Buffett Live! – Jimmy Buffett 1990 Filosofía Barata y Zapatos de Goma – Charly García 1990 Grand Piano Canyon – Bob James 1990 Have You Seen Me Lately – Carly Simon 1990 Hearts and Flowers – Joan Armatrading 1990 Liberty – Duran Duran 1990 Light Struck – Dave Valentin 1990 Reference Point – Acoustic Alchemy 1990 Refugees of the Heart - Steve Winwood 1990 The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken – REO Speedwagon 1990 The Immaculate Collection – Madonna 1991 Back on the Case – Acoustic Alchemy 1991 Backlash – Bad English 1991 Dark Sneak Love Action – Tom Tom Club 1991 LaTour – LaTour 1991 Live at the Apollo – B.B. King 1991 Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988 – Keith Richards and the X-Pensive Winos 1991 Music for the People – Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch 1991 Mental Jewelry – Live 1991 Musical Portraits – Dave Valentin 1991 Pocket Full of Kryptonite – Spin Doctors 1991 Pure Schuur – Diane Schuur 1991 Real Life – Simple Minds 1991 Road Apples – The Tragically Hip 1991 Talkin' Blues – Bob Marley and the Wailers 1991 The Prodigal Stranger – Procol Harum 1991 Unusual Heat – Foreigner 1991 Walk That Walk, Talk That Talk – The Fabulous Thunderbirds 1991 Word of Mouth – Mike + The Mechanics 1992 Doo-Bop – Miles Davis 1992 Early Alchemy – Acoustic Alchemy 1992 Erotica – Madonna 1992 Fictionary – Lyle Mays 1992 Flowers and Stones – Peter, Paul and Mary 1992 GRP All-Star Big Band – GRP All-Star Big Band 1992 Homebelly Groove...Live – Spin Doctors 1992 Images and Words – Dream Theater 1992 Secret Story – Pat Metheny 1992 Songs for a Dying Planet – Joe Walsh 1992 Soul of a New Machine – Fear Factory 1992 Strange Weather – Glenn Frey 1992 Unplugged – Eric Clapton *Grammy Winner Album of the Year 1992 Serú '92 - Serú Girán 1993 Blink of an Eye – Michael McDonald 1993 Duets – Frank Sinatra 1993 Harbor Lights – Bruce Hornsby 1993 Live at the Marquee – Dream Theater 1993 Memorial Beach – A-ha 1993 Mexican Moon – Concrete Blonde 1993 No Cure for Cancer – Denis Leary 1993 Peter, Paul & Mommy, Too – Peter, Paul and Mary 1993 River of Dreams – Billy Joel 1993 Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera – Carly Simon 1993 The Rainy Season – Marc Cohn 1993 The Road to You – Pat Metheny 1993 What You Hear Is What You Get: The Best of Bad Company – Bad Company 1994 10 on Broadway – Dennis DeYoung 1994 Awake – Dream Theater 1994 Duets II – Frank Sinatra 1994 Excuses for Bad Begavior (Part One) – Sandra Bernhard 1994 Far Beyond Driven – Pantera 1994 Freak City Soundtrack – Material Issue 1994 From the Cradle – Eric Clapton 1994 Fruitcakes – Jimmy Buffett 1994 Going Back Home – Ginger Baker 1994 Groove On – Gerald Levert 1994 Hell Freezes Over – Eagles 1994 Naveed – Our Lady Peace 1994 Night Music – Joe Jackson 1994 Letters Never Sent – Carly Simon 1994 The Mind's Eye – Stiltskin 1994 Throwing Copper – Live 1994 To the Bone – The Kinks 1994 Turn It Upside Down – Spin Doctors 1994 Under the Table and Dreaming – Dave Matthews Band 1995 A Boy Named Goo – Goo Goo Dolls 1995 A Change of Seasons – Dream Theater 1995 Adrenaline – Deftones 1995 Astro-Creep: 2000 – Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head – White Zombie 1995 Barometer Soup – Jimmy Buffett 1995 Damaged Goods – Nils Lofgren 1995 Demanufacture – Fear Factory 1995 Frogstomp – Silverchair 1995 It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah – Black Grape 1995 Life Begins at 40 Million – The Bogmen 1995 Love and Other Obsessions – Spyro Gyra 1995 Mint 400 – Ammonia 1995 Mr. Moonlight – Foreigner 1995 Naked Songs – Live and Acoustic – Rickie Lee Jones 1995 Natural Mystic: The Legend Lives On – Bob Marley and the Wailers 1995 One Clear Voice – Peter Cetera 1995 Plumb – Jonatha Brooke and The Story 1995 Sinatra 80th: Live in Concert – Frank Sinatra 1995 Tails – Lisa Loeb 1995 Tambu – Toto 1995 Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Symphony No. 5; Previn: Reflections 1995 We Live Here – Pat Metheny Group 1996 A Place in the World – Mary Chapin Carpenter 1996 Banana Wind – Jimmy Buffett 1996 Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) – Pat Metheny and Charlie Haden 1996 Crash – Dave Matthews Band 1996 Mortal City – Dar Williams 1996 Neurotic Outsiders – Neurotic Outsiders 1996 No Talking, Just Head – The Heads 1996 Quartet – Pat Metheny 1996 Remember – Rusted Root 1996 The Great Southern Trendkill – Pantera 1996 Tidal – Fiona Apple 1996 Villains – The Verve Pipe 1996 You've Got to Believe in Something – Spin Doctors 1997 Aftertaste – Helmet 1997 Around the Fur – Deftones 1997 Beautiful World – Big Head Todd and the Monsters