Richard Swift (musician)

{{short description|American singer-songwriter (1977-2018)}} {{for|the American composer and music theorist|Richard Swift (composer)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Richard Swift | birth_name = <!-- Ricardo Sigilfredo Olivarez Swift-Ochoa--> <!--Citation needed--> | image = Richard Swift at the MAC, Birmingham - 09.06.2007.jpg | caption = Swift at the mac, Birmingham, England, in 2007 | background = solo_singer | birth_date = {{Birth date|1977|03|16}} | birth_place = California, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|07|03|1977|03|16}} | death_place = Tacoma, Washington, U.S. | genre = {{hlist|Indie rock|indie pop|lo-fi}} | instrument = {{hlist|Guitar|bass guitar|vocals|keyboards|drums}} | years_active = 2000–2018 | label = {{hlist|Polydor|Secretly Canadian|Velvet Blue Music}} | website = {{URL|richardswift.us}} }}

'''Richard Swift''' (born '''Ricardo Ochoa'''; March 16, 1977 – July 3, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and short-film maker. He was the founder, owner, and recording engineer of National Freedom, a recording studio located in Oregon,<ref name=":19">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/07/03/28635816/oregon-musician-and-producer-richard-swift-has-died|title=Oregon Musician and Producer Richard Swift Has Died|last=Lannamann|first=Ned|date=July 3, 2018|work=The Stranger|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> and worked as producer, collaborator, muse and influencer for acts including the Shins, Damien Jurado, David Bazan (of Pedro the Lion), Foxygen, Jessie Baylin, Nathaniel Rateliff, Lucius, Lonnie Holley, the Mynabirds, Wake Owl, Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab, Gardens & Villa, Cayucas, Fleet Foxes, Mango Safari and Guster.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-whisky-soaked-interview-with-richard-swift/|title=A Whiskey-Soaked Interview with Richard Swift|last=Benson|first=Thor|date=December 4, 2013|work=Noisey|access-date=July 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/richard-swift-is-gone-but-his-songs-are-still-here|title=Richard Swift Is Gone, But His Songs Are Still Here|last=Benson|first=Thor|date=July 3, 2018|work=The Daily Beast|access-date=July 4, 2018|quote=Over the years I’ve met countless musicians who worked with Swift or encountered him in numerous ways. The way they described him always felt like they were describing a mystical figure or a muse who had forever changed them.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/obituaries-people-news/richard-swift-black-keys-collaborator-dead-dies-at-41-1202864543/|title=Richard Swift, Singer-Songwriter and Black Keys Collaborator, Dies at 41|last=Aswad|first=Jem|date=July 3, 2018|work=Variety|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> Swift was a former member of Starflyer 59, the Shins, and the Arcs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://1859oregonmagazine.com/think-oregon/music/richard-swift/|title=Richard Swift's Sprawling Musical World|last=Nelson|first=Phil|date=April 18, 2016|website=1859|access-date=July 3, 2018}}</ref> He was also a part of the Black Keys' live band during their 2014–2015 tour, performing as their touring bassist and backing singer.

== Early life == Born in California<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/richard-swift-dead-at-41/|title=Richard Swift Dead at 41|last=Blais-Billie|first=Braudie|date=July 3, 2018|website=Pitchfork|access-date=July 3, 2018}}</ref> on March 16, 1977, with the name Ricardo Ochoa, into a musical Quaker family, Swift started performing and singing in churches at an early age.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/live/richard-swift-uk-tour|title=Richard Swift UK Tour|last=Murray|first=Robbin|date=April 17, 2009|work=Clash Magazine|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> In his youth, his family moved frequently, spending time in rural locations in Minnesota,<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/07/03/625660748/richard-swift-producer-of-indie-stars-and-solo-artist-dies-at-41|title=Richard Swift, Producer Of Indie Stars And Solo Artist, Dies at 41|last=Flanagan|first=Andrew|date=July 3, 2018|publisher=NPR|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> Utah, and Oregon.<ref name=":4" /> As a teenager, he worked at a farm near International Falls, Minnesota.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2005/sep/29/news/wk-cover29/2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913101647/http://articles.latimes.com/2005/sep/29/news/wk-cover29/2|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 13, 2016|title=Bands on the brink: Richard Swift|last=Bronson|first=Kevin|date=September 29, 2005|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=July 4, 2018|issn=0458-3035}}</ref><!-- and made movies on the family's handheld video camera. He soon started experimenting with a four-track cassette recorder. He began writing and recording original material at home.{{cn|date=July 2018}}-->

== Career ==

=== Solo === Ricardo "Dicky" Ochoa released his first solo album under the name Dicky Ochoa on Metro One Recordings in 2000.{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}} While in 2002 released an album called ''Company with Frank Lenz and Elijah Thomson''.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} Also in 2002 he was a musician on the Promise Keepers Live Worship album.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} In 2001, Swift moved to Southern California to pursue his solo recording career.<ref name=":0" /> That same year, he recorded ''Walking Without Effort,'' an initially unreleased album with drummer and producer Frank Lenz.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/richard_swift_dead_at_41|title=Richard Swift Dies at 41|last=Slingerland|first=Calum|date=July 3, 2018|website=Exclaim!|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21537035/the_los_angeles_times/|title=Swift responses|last=Bronson|first=Kevin|date=July 29, 2004|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=July 4, 2018|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He recorded much of his early music on a four-track cassette recorder.<ref name=":19" /> From 2002 to 2005, he released four small pressings of "properly manufactured" 7" vinyl singles via Velvet Blue Music.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/07/03/625667567/richard-swift-was-a-sonic-revelation-right-from-his-first-single|title=Richard Swift Was A Sonic Revelation, Right From His First Single|last=Lars|first=Gotrich|date=July 3, 2018|publisher=NPR|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> Swift also released ''The Novelist'' in 2003 and ''Walking Without Effort'' (recorded in 2001) in 2005<ref name=":3" /> and combined the two albums to create the double-disc ''The Richard Swift Collection Vol. 1'' released by Leftwing Recordings in August 2004.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":7" /> In December 2003, American webzine ''Somewhere Cold'' voted ''The Novelist EP'' of the Year on their ''2003 Somewhere Cold Awards Hall of Fame'' list,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lamoreaux|first=Jason T.|date=December 1, 2003|title=Somewhere Cold Awards 2003|url=https://somewherecold.net/2003/12/01/swc-awards-2003/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930043924/https://somewherecold.net/2003/12/01/swc-awards-2003/|archive-date=September 30, 2020|access-date=September 30, 2020|website=Somewhere Cold|language=en-US}}</ref> while a year later, in December 2004, they ranked ''The Richard Swift Collection Vol. 1'' No. 5 on their ''2004 Somewhere Cold Awards Hall of Fame'' list.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lamoreaux|first=Jason T.|date=December 1, 2004|title=Somewhere Cold Awards 2004|url=https://somewherecold.net/2004/12/01/swc-awards-2004/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930041952/https://somewherecold.net/2004/12/01/swc-awards-2004/|archive-date=September 30, 2020|access-date=September 30, 2020|website=Somewhere Cold|language=en-US}}</ref>

He signed to indie label Secretly Canadian, who then re-released the ''Collection'' in 2005.<ref name=":8">{{Cite news|url=https://www.popmatters.com/swiftrichard-collection1-2496060081.html|title=Richard Swift: The Collection Vol. 1|last=Bernard|first=David|date=September 7, 2005|work=PopMatters|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref><!-- UK major label Polydor signed Swift, and yet again the double disc was re-released in hopes of introducing Swift to the UK.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}}--> In 2007, Secretly Canadian and Polydor issued Swift's proper follow-up album, ''Dressed Up For the Letdown''.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/richard_swift-dressed_up_for_letdown|title=Richard Swift Dressed Up for the Letdown|last=Saljoughi|first=Sara|date=February 13, 2007|website=Exclaim!|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/feb/23/popandrock.shopping4|title=CD: Richard Swift, Dressed Up for the Letdown|last=Costa|first=Maddy|date=February 23, 2007|website=The Guardian|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/profile/article/richard-swift-hp0wvwgxff8|title=Richard Swift|last=Paphides|first=Pete|date=February 23, 2007|work=The Times|access-date=July 4, 2018|issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9905-dressed-up-for-the-letdown/|title=Richard Swift: Dressed Up for the Letdown Album Review|last=Harvey|first=Eric|date=February 22, 2007|website=Pitchfork|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> Later in the year Swift met Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy during a taping of the BBC program ''Later...with Jools Holland''.<ref name=":15">{{Cite news|url=https://www.laweekly.com/music/extended-interview-richard-swift-not-a-rock-and-roll-romantic-2401225|title=Extended Interview: Richard Swift Not a "Rock and Roll Romantic"|last=Kosnett|first=Rena|date=October 17, 2008|work=L.A. Weekly|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> Tweedy asked Swift to support Wilco on their Sky Blue Sky US tour.<ref name=":18">{{Cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-richard-swift-producer-solo-artist-and-member-1827321098|title=R.I.P. Richard Swift, producer, solo artist, and member of The Shins and The Arcs|last=Rife|first=Katie|date=July 3, 2018|work=A.V. Club News|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> During the tour Tweedy invited Swift to record at their Loft studios in Chicago.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/interviews/an-interview-with-richard-swift-2610|title=An interview with Richard Swift|last=Thane|first=Rich|date=January 22, 2008|work=The Line of Best Fit|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref>

In October 2007, Swift started his fourth album at the Wilco Loft studios.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/richard_swift_takes_yet_another_new_direction_on_next_album|title=Richard Swift Takes Yet Another New Direction On Next Album|last=Thiessen|first=Brock|date=January 27, 2009|website=Exclaim!|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> In April 2008, Secretly Canadian released a double EP named ''Richard Swift As Onasis''.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news|url=https://www.popmatters.com/richard-swift-richard-swift-as-onassis-2496169600.html|title=Richard Swift: Richard Swift as Onassis|last=Tricker|first=Spencer|date=April 8, 2008|work=PopMatters|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> In August 2008, Swift released an EP entitled ''Ground Trouble Jaw'' as a free digital download.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thefader.com/2008/08/08/freeload-richard-swift-s-ground-trouble-jaw-ep|title=Freeload: Richard Swift's Ground Trouble Jaw EP|date=August 8, 2008|work=The FADER|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> In April 2009, Secretly Canadian released ''The Atlantic Ocean.''<ref name=":0" /> Co-produced by Mark Ronson, the album featured special guests such as Pat Sansone, Casey Foubert (Sufjan Stevens), Sean Lennon, and Ryan Adams.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":13">{{Cite news|url=https://secure.uncut.co.uk/blog/wild-mercury-sound/richard-swift-the-atlantic-ocean-36875|title=Richard Swift: "The Atlantic Ocean"|last=Mulvey|first=John|date=February 17, 2009|work=Uncut|access-date=July 4, 2018}}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> In 2011, he released another solo EP entitled ''Walt Wolfman''.<ref name=":16">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ocweekly.com/formerly-local-record-review-walt-wolfman-by-richard-swift-6593689/|title=(Formerly) Local Record Review: 'Walt Wolfman' by Richard Swift|date=October 14, 2011|work=OC Weekly|access-date=July 3, 2018}}</ref>

His final solo album, ''The Hex'', was released in September 2018, two months after his death. On November 1, 2024, Secretly Canadian released the career-spanning posthumous compilation ''4 Hits & a Miss - The Essential Richard Swift''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Corcoran |first1=Nina |title=Secretly Canadian Announces New Essential Richard Swift Album |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/secretly-canadian-announces-new-essential-richard-swift-album/ |access-date=14 November 2024 |publisher=Pitchfork |date=10 October 2024}}</ref>

=== Producer and back-up artist === In addition to the music recorded under his own name and producing work, he was also briefly a keyboardist in the band Starflyer 59 in 2002 and 2003,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/richard-swift-obituary-shins-black-keys-starflyer-59/|title=Ex-Shins, Black Keys member and solo artist Richard Swift dies at 41|last=Trapp|first=Philip|date=July 3, 2018|work=Alternative Press|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> playing live shows and contributing to their 2003 album ''Old''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-sep-14-wk-pop14-story.html|title=A stardom just out of reach|last=Bronson|first=Kevin|date=September 14, 2006|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=July 4, 2018|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> He also fronted his own electronic music side-project, Instruments of Science and Technology.<ref name=":14">{{Cite news|url=https://www.popmatters.com/instruments-of-science-technology-music-from-the-films-of-r-swift-2496184869.html|title=Instruments of Science & Technology: Music from the Films of R/Swift|last=Adcock|first=Zack|date=January 30, 2008|work=PopMatters|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.com/news/2009/mar/11/many-faces-richard-swift/|title=The Many Faces of Richard Swift|last=Comingore|first=Aly|date=March 11, 2009|website=Santa Barbara Independent|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> In December 2005, ''Somewhere Cold'' again listed Swift in their year-end list, ranking ''Instruments of Science and Technology'' No. 9 on their ''2005 Somewhere Cold Awards Hall of Fame'' list.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lamoreaux|first=Jason T.|date=December 1, 2005|title=Somewhere Cold Awards 2005|url=https://somewherecold.net/2005/12/01/swc-awards-2005/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930034224/https://somewherecold.net/2005/12/01/swc-awards-2005/|archive-date=September 30, 2020|access-date=September 30, 2005|website=Somewhere Cold|language=en-US}}</ref> [[File:Richard Swift with The Shins December 5, 2012.jpg|thumb|Swift performing with the Shins in December 2012]] Swift also played on multiple Michael Knott albums, CUSH, Kat Jones, Pony Express, Damien Jurado, and worked with Frank Lenz on Frank's solo material. In a 2007 interview, Swift commented on his techniques as a producer and engineer, stating "Most of my recording techniques come from looking at photos on the inside of Sly and the Family Stone or Beatles LPs, or from watching ''Sympathy for the Devil'' and thinking, 'Oh! That's where they put the mic!'"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockfeedback.com/magazine/detail/richard-swift-london-uk-spring-2007|title=Richard Swift – London, UK – Spring 2007|last=Pratt|first=Chris|date=March 13, 2007|website=Rockfeedback|access-date=July 3, 2018}}</ref> Swift is known to often provide hefty contributions as a multi-instrumentalist to the albums he produces.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/why-richard-swift-was-an-indie-rock-treasure/|title=Why Richard Swift Was an Indie Rock Treasure|last=Hogan|first=Marc|date=July 3, 2018|website=Pitchfork.com|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> In 2009, he began spending more time working with other artists as producer and band member. May 2010 saw the release of fellow Secretly Canadian recording artist Damien Jurado's record ''Saint Bartlett''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.popmatters.com/125850-damien-jurado-saint-bartlett-2496191602.html|title=Damien Jurado: Saint Bartlett|last=Lombardi|first=Anthony|date=May 26, 2010|work=PopMatters|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14258-saint-bartlett/|title=Damien Jurado: Saint Bartlett Album Review|last=Fitzmaurice|first=Larry|date=May 26, 2010|website=Pitchfork|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> In 2010, Swift also produced The Mynabirds' ''What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood'' and co-produced Laetitia Sadier's album ''The Trip''.<ref name=":3" /> He joined the Shins in 2011<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/richard-swift-dies-at-41/|title=Richard Swift, Indie Polymath, Dead at 41|last=Ross|first=Alex Robert|date=July 3, 2018|work=Noisey|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> and began touring with the Black Keys as their bassist in 2014.<ref name=":4" /> In 2015, he produced the self-titled album for Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats.<ref name=":2" />

== Personal life and death == Swift lived in Cottage Grove, Oregon, where he met his wife, Shealynn.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ocweekly.com/martini-space-noise-6383535/|title=Martini Space Noise|last=Asch|first=Andrew|date=April 17, 2003|work=OC Weekly|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> They had three children.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.opb.org/news/article/musician-producer-richard-swift-dead/|title=Cottage Grove-Based Musician And Producer Richard Swift Dead at 41|last=Baer|first=April|date=July 3, 2018|website=Oregon Public Broadcasting|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref>

On June 19, 2018, ''Pitchfork'' reported that Swift had been hospitalized in Tacoma, Washington, recovering from an undisclosed "life-threatening condition" and that a GoFundMe had been set up to help cover his medical expenses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/richard-swift-recovering-from-life-threatening-condition-medical-fund-launched/|title=Richard Swift Recovering From "Life-Threatening Condition," Medical Fund Launched|last=Blais-Billie|first=Braudie|date=June 19, 2018|access-date=June 20, 2018|website=Pitchfork}}</ref> He died on July 3, 2018, in Tacoma.<ref name=":4" /><ref name="BBC_obit">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44699301 |title=Richard Swift: The Black Keys and Shins musician dead at 41 |publisher=BBC |date=July 3, 2018 |access-date=July 5, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/apxproducer-musician-richard-swift-of-the-shins-dies-at-age-41/|title=Musician Richard Swift of The Shins, The Black Keys dies at age 41 in Tacoma|date=July 3, 2018|work=The Seattle Times|access-date=July 8, 2018|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> Six days later, Swift's family released a statement confirming that he had suffered from alcohol addiction throughout his life, and that his death was ultimately caused by related "complications from hepatitis, as well as liver and kidney distress."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/richard-swifts-cause-of-death-revealed/|title=Richard Swift's Cause of Death Revealed|work=Pitchfork|first=Braudie|last=Blais-Billie|date=July 9, 2018|access-date=July 9, 2018}}</ref>

== Discography == === As a solo artist === ==== Albums ==== *''The Novelist'' – US (2003)<ref name=":3" /> *''Walking Without Effort'' – US (recorded in 2001, released 2005)<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":3" /> *''Dressed Up for the Letdown'' – US & UK (Secretly Canadian and Polydor, 2007)<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":10" /><ref name=":11" /> *''Music From the Films of R/Swift'' – Released under the name Instruments of Science & Technology – US (Secretly Canadian, 2008)<ref name=":14" /> *''Richard Swift As Onasis'' – US (Secretly Canadian, 2008)<ref name=":12" /> *''The Atlantic Ocean'' (Secretly Canadian, 2009)<ref name=":13" /> *''Library Catalog Music Series, Vol. 7: Music for Paradise Armor'' – Released under the name Instruments of Science & Technology (Asthmatic Kitty, 2010)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/library-catalog-music-series-vol-7-music-for-paradise-armor-mw0001999784|title=Library Catalog Music Series, Vol. 7: Music for Paradise Armor – Instruments of Science & Technology|last=Lymangrover|first=Jason|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> *''The Hex'' (Secretly Canadian, 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-hex-mw0003211755|title=The Hex|last=Donelson|first=Marcy|website=AllMusic|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref>

=== EPs and singles === *''Buildings in America'' (2004) *''You're Lying'' (2004) *''P.S. It All Falls Down'' (2005) *''Nothing to Do with Foxy Boxing'' (2005) *''Beautifulheart'' (2006) *''Kisses for the Misses'' (single, 2007)<ref name=":17">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ocweekly.com/music-secretly-good-6366696/|title=Secretly Good|last=Chang|first=Vickie|date=April 5, 2007|work=OC Weekly|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> *''The Songs of National Freedom'' (single, 2007)<ref name=":17" /> *''Ground Trouble Jaw'' (2008)<ref name=":15" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/richard-swifts-one-man-genre-2156464|title=Richard Swift's One-Man Genre|last=Kosnett|first=Rena|date=October 15, 2008|work=L.A. Weekly|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> *''Lady Luck'' (single, 2009)<ref name=":18" /> *''The Atlantic Ocean'' (2009) <!--*3" CD EP as a part of the Laminar Excursion Monthly (2010) --><!-- Only primary sources available --> *''Walt Wolfman'' (2011)<ref name=":16" /> *''Kensington'' (2014)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-richard-swift-5-songs-20180703-story.html|title=Experience the late Richard Swift's pop brilliance in five of his best songs|last=Roberts|first=Randall|date=July 3, 2018|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.spin.com/2012/12/built-to-spill-the-melvins-why-joyful-noise-2013-flexi-disc-series/|title=Sufjan Stevens, the Melvins Prep New Music for Joyful Noise's 2013 Flexi Disc Series|last=McGovern|first=Kyle|date=December 17, 2012|website=Spin.com|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref>

=== Box-sets === * ''The Richard Swift Collection, Volume 1: The Novelist / Walking Without Effort'' – US (2005)<ref name=":8" /><!-- UK (2006){{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} -->

===Compilations=== * ''4 Hits & a Miss - The Essential Richard Swift'' (Secretly Canadian, 2024)

=== As producer === *The Mynabirds – ''What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood'' (2010), ''Generals (album)'' (2012)<ref name=":3" /> *Joshua James – ''From The Top of Willamette Mountain'' (2012)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joshua James |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/album-reviews/joshua-james-1.546673 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> *Foxygen – ''We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic'' (2013)<ref name=":3" /> *Pure Bathing Culture – Moon Tides (2013)<ref name=":3" /> *Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – ''Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats'' (2015), ''Tearing at the Seams'' (2018)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mixonline.com/recording/bringing-soul-back-to-the-studio-with-producer-engineer-richard-swift|title=Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats|last=Schultz|first=Barbara|date=February 26, 2018|work=Mix|access-date=July 5, 2018}}</ref> *Damien Jurado – ''Saint Bartlett'' (2010), ''Maraqopa'' (2012), ''Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son'' (2014), ''Visions of Us on the Land'' (2016)<ref name=":3" /> *Guster – ''Evermotion'' (2015){{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} *David Bazan – ''Care'' (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://davidbazan.com/discography/care/|title=Care – Pedro the Lion}}</ref> *Born Ruffians – ''Uncle, Duke & The Chief'' (2018)<ref name="Ruffians">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/uncle-duke-the-chief-mw0003127832/credits |title= Born Ruffians – Uncle, Duke & the Chief |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=4 November 2020 |quote=Richard Swift – Instrumentation, Mixing, Producer}}</ref> *Matt Hopper – ''Jersey Finger'' (2010)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bandcamp.matthopper.com/album/jersey-finger|title=Jersey Finger – Matt Hopper}}</ref> *Kevin Morby – ''City Music'' (2017)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hilton |first=Robin |date=2017-06-16 |title=Kevin Morby Explains His New Album, 'City Music' Track By Track |language=en |publisher=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/06/16/532586685/kevin-morby-explains-his-new-album-city-music-track-by-track |access-date=2022-07-05}}</ref> *Lonnie Holley - ''National Freedom'' (2020)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jagjaguwar::JAG380 |url=https://jagjaguwar.com/release/jag380/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |language=en}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *{{Official website|http://www.richardswift.us}}

{{The Shins}} {{The Arcs}} {{Authority control}}

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