Hugh Jones (producer)
Hugh Jones is a British record producer with many important post-punk, new wave and alternative rock albums to his credit.Career
Jones made a name early in the 1980s with a jangly sound that aged better than many of his contemporaries' production styles, however he started out as lead singer in the band Mistral in the early 1970s, whilst at the same time working as an apprentice engineer in IBC Studios in Central London. Though many of his early clients were big-name acts—Echo & the Bunnymen, The Sound, Modern English, and The Damned, for example—his recent production credits have been more esoteric, though many admire his work with The Charlatans and Kitchens of Distinction.
Jones was later closely associated with Rockfield Studios in Wales and recorded many of his most successful records there including Simple Minds, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Damned, Dumptruck, The Icicle Works, The Charlatans, Heidi Berry, Del Amitri, The Bluetones, Shack and Gene.Production credits
;1970s
- 1973 - Return to Forever - Light as a Feather
- 1976 - Ralph McTell - Another Star Ascending
- 1977 - London - Animal Games
- 1979 - Simple Minds - Real to Real Cacophony
;1980s
;1990s
- 1990 - Vagabond Joy - Baby's Not a Guru
- 1990 - Kitchens of Distinction - Strange Free World
- 1990 - Ultra Vivid Scene - Joy 1967-1990
- 1990 - The Connells - One Simple Word
- 1991 - Died Pretty - Doughboy Hollow
- 1991 - Vagabond Joy - We're Going Home
- 1992 - Richard Barone - Clouds Over Eden
- 1992 - The Charlatans - Between 10th and 11th
- 1992 - Pale Saints - In Ribbons
- 1993 - Heidi Berry - Heidi Berry
- 1993 - Died Pretty - Trace
- 1994 - The Glee Club - Mine
- 1994 - Pale Saints - Slow Buildings
- 1994 - Dodgy - Homegrown
- 1994 - The Family Cat - Magic Happens
- 1996 - The Bluetones - Expecting to Fly
- 1996 - Heidi Berry - Miracle
- 1996 - Dodgy - Free Peace Sweet
- 1997 - The Mutton Birds - Envy of Angels
- 1998 - The Bluetones - Return to the Last Chance Saloon
- 1999 - Gene - Revelation
- 1999 - Shack - HMS Fable
- 1999 - Dream City Film Club - Stranger Blues
;2000s
- 2001 - Gene - Libertine
- 2002 - The Charlatans - Songs from the Other Side
- 2002 - Easyworld - This Is Where I Stand
- 2004 - Obi - Diceman Lopez
- 2005 - Echo & the Bunnymen - Siberia
- 2006 - The Bluetones - The Bluetones
- 2006 - Harrisons - No Fighting in the War Room
- 2006 - My Elvis Blackout - Back in the Food Chain
- 2007 - My Elvis Blackout - Six Tracks
- 2007 - I Say Marvin - Powerdown!
- 2008 - I Say Marvin - Gloria
- 2010 - Modern English - Soundtrack