He began his production career working around his have studio, Grant Avenue Studios inside Hamilton, Ontario. He worked sustaining the total of local elastic, virtually all notably Martha and the Muffins, for whom his sister Jocelyne played bass.

When existence found by Brian Eno and working collaboratively with him in occasionally of Eno's have projects, his career was given the brobdingnagian boost after Eno invited him to co-create U2's album The Unforgettable Fire.

Bono of U2 recommended Lanois to Bob Dylan in the late 1980s; in 1989 Lanois produced Dylan's Oh Mercy, widely considered one of Dylan's greatest later albums. Eight years late Dylan & Lanois worked together in Time Out of Mind, Dylan's first album since 1990, which won the Grammy for Best Album inside 1997.

Too when existence a producer, singer & songster, Lanois plays the guitar, pedal steel and dobro. His wide range of talents come put to have in numbers of of the albums he produces, in which he typically leaves his atmospherical & emotionally resonant signature healthy.

He is okay, working using Dashboard Confessional on their new album. Discography
Acadie, 1989 For the Beauty of Wynona, 1993 Sweetly Angel Mine, 1996 Misplaced within Mississippi, 1996 Sling Blade, 1996 Shine, 2003 Rockets, 2004 Belladonna, 2005

Production credits
This is the Ice Age - Martha and the Muffins, 1981 Dance When Curfew - Nash the Slash, 1982 Danseparc - Martha and the Muffins, 1982 Ambient 4/On Land - Brian Eno, 1982 Parachute Club - Parachute Club, 1983 Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks - Brian Eno, 1983 The Pearl - Harold Budd and Brian Eno, 1984 Mystery Walk - M + M, 1984 The Unforgettable Fire - U2, 1984 Thursday Afternoon - Brian Eno, 1985 Hybrid - Michael Brook, 1985 Birdy - Peter Gabriel, 1985 Voices - Roger Eno, 1985 So - Peter Gabriel, 1986 The Joshua Tree - U2, 1987 Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson, 1988 Oh Mercy - Bob Dylan, 1989 Yellow Moon - Neville Brothers, 1989 Achtung Baby - U2, 1991 Flash player of the Spirit - Jon Hassell and Farafina, 1992 Us - Peter Gabriel, 1992 The Last of the Mohicans - movie soundtrack, 1992 Ron Sexsmith - Ron Sexsmith, 1994 Wrecking Ball - Emmylou Harris, 1995 Nighttime to Nighttime - Geoffrey Oryema, 1996 Fever In Fever Out - Luscious Jackson, 1996 Time Out of Mind - Bob Dylan, 1997 Brian Blade Fellowship - Brian Blade, 1998 Dozen Bar Blues - Scott Weiland, 1998 Teatro - Willie Nelson, 1998 Power Spot - Jon Hassell, 2000 The Million Dollar Hotel - movie soundtrack, 2000 ''All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2, 2000 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb'' - U2, 2004 (track "Love and Peace or Else")