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| birth_name = Mark Saunders |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|3|20}} |
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| genre =[[Pop music|Pop]], [[trip hop]], [[electronic dance music|electronic]], [[alternative rock]] |
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| occupation = Record producer |
| occupation = Record producer |
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| instrument = {{hlist|Drums|guitar|keyboards}} |
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| years_active = 1982–present |
| years_active = 1982–present |
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| associated_acts = [[The Cure (band)|The Cure]], [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]], [[Neneh Cherry]], [[Bomb the Bass]], [[Erasure]], [[Shiny Toy Guns]] |
| associated_acts = [[The Cure (band)|The Cure]], [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]], [[Neneh Cherry]], [[Bomb the Bass]], [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]], [[Shiny Toy Guns]] |
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| website = {{URL|marksaunders.com}} |
| website = {{URL|marksaunders.com}} |
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'''Mark Saunders''' (born 1959) is a British [[record producer]] who has worked on a number of albums since the |
'''Mark Saunders''' (born 1959) is a British [[record producer]] and [[audio engineer]] who has worked on a number of albums since the 1980s, with artists including [[The Cure (band)|the Cure]], [[David Byrne]], [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]], and [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]]. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Saunders's professional music career started as a drummer playing with [[Carlene Carter]], [[Johnny Cash]]'s stepdaughter, in 1982. The first time he went into a recording studio with her to record some demos, he was excited by the whole recording process and after the stint with Carlene finished in 1984, he landed a job as an assistant at West Side Studios, London working with production pair [[Clive Langer]] and [[Alan Winstanley]] who produced for [[Madness (band)|Madness]], [[Dexys Midnight Runners]], [[Lloyd Cole & the Commotions]], [[Elvis Costello]] and later [[Bush (British band)|Bush]]. |
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In 1985, |
In 1985, Saunders engineered the hit record "[[Dancing in the Street]]" by [[David Bowie]] and [[Mick Jagger]]. A year later, he became a freelance engineer and was discovered by [[Rhythm King]], a label at the forefront of British dance music. Working on a couple of [[Bomb the Bass]] mixes led to co-producing [[Neneh Cherry]]'s No. 2 US ''Billboard'' hit "[[Buffalo Stance]]" and the subsequent seminal multi-platinum album ''[[Raw Like Sushi]]''. Following this, he worked on many pop/dance acts including [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]], [[Depeche Mode]], [[Lisa Stansfield]] and [[Yazz]] as well as [[Ian McCulloch (singer)|Ian McCulloch]], [[the Mission (band)|the Mission]], [[The Farm (British band)|the Farm]], [[The Heart Throbs (band)|the Heart Throbs]], [[Texas (band)|Texas]] and [[the Sugarcubes]]. [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] of [[the Cure]] employed Saunders's radio friendly skills to mix all singles from the album ''[[Disintegration (The Cure album)|Disintegration]]''. "[[Lovesong (The Cure song)|Lovesong]]" became the Cure's highest-charting single, peaking at No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Saunders went on to work on further Cure albums - UK No. 1 ''[[Wish (The Cure album)|Wish]]'', ''[[Mixed Up (The Cure album)|Mixed Up]]'' and ''[[Wild Mood Swings]]''. |
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[[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] of [[The Cure]] employed Mark's radio friendly skills to mix all singles from the album ''[[Disintegration (The Cure album)|Disintegration]]''. "[[Lovesong (The Cure song)|Lovesong]]" became The Cure's highest charting single, peaking #2 in the Billboard Top 100. Mark went on to work on further Cure albums - UK #1 ''[[Wish (The Cure album)|Wish]]'', ''[[Mixed Up (The Cure album)|Mixed Up]]'' and ''[[Wild Mood Swings]]''. |
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[[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]], a big fan of |
[[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]], a big fan of Saunders's work for the Cure, asked him to program, co-produce and mix his critically acclaimed 1995 debut album ''[[Maxinquaye]]'', one of the definitive [[trip hop]] releases of the time. This, in turn, led to Tricky fans [[John Lydon]], [[David Byrne]], [[Cathy Dennis]] and [[Cyndi Lauper]] hiring Saunders to work on their albums. |
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In 1996 |
In 1996, Saunders moved his studio to [[Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan|Hell's Kitchen]], NYC and side-stepped into writing and producing music for big brand campaigns for companies such as [[Nike, Inc.]], [[Lowe's]], [[Reebok]] and [[Motorola]] although he continued to work on select artist projects for Erasure, [[Femi Kuti]] and [[Marilyn Manson (musician)|Marilyn Manson]] (''From Hell'' film soundtrack). While diversifying into TV/film work, Saunders became an early adopter of the [[surround sound]] format and has been brought on board to consult, record and mix surround projects for [[PBS]], [[EMI]], [[David Byrne]], film director [[Luc Besson]] as well as an exclusive project for [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] as part of a their major product release of [[Logic Pro|Logic 8]]. |
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==Discography== |
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==Select discography== |
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| 1986 |
| 1986 |
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|| David Bowie |
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|| "[[Absolute Beginners (David Bowie song)|Absolute Beginners]]" |
|| "[[Absolute Beginners (David Bowie song)|Absolute Beginners]]" |
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|| Engineer (title track of the ''[[Absolute Beginners (film)|Absolute Beginners]]'' soundtrack) |
|| Engineer (title track of the ''[[Absolute Beginners (film)|Absolute Beginners]]'' soundtrack) |
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| 1986 |
| 1986 |
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|| David Bowie |
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|| "That's Motivation" |
|| "That's Motivation" |
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|| Engineer ( |
|| Engineer (on the ''Absolute Beginners'' soundtrack) |
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| 1986 |
| 1986 |
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|| [[The Chameleons]] |
|| [[The Chameleons]] |
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|| [[Strange Times (The Chameleons album)|''Strange Times'']] |
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|| Engineer (album) |
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| 1989 |
| 1989 |
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|| Depeche Mode |
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|| "[[Everything Counts]]" ( |
|| "[[Everything Counts]]" (remixed by Tim Simenon & Mark Saunders) |
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|| Remixer |
|| Remixer |
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| 1989 |
| 1989 |
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|| [[Lloyd Cole & |
|| [[Lloyd Cole & the Commotions]] |
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|| "Her Last Fling" |
|| "Her Last Fling" |
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|| Mixer ( |
|| Mixer (on the album ''1984-1989'') |
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| 1989 |
| 1989 |
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|| [[Erasure]] |
|| [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] |
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|| ''[[Wild!]]'' |
|| ''[[Wild!]]'' |
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|| Producer |
|| Producer<ref>[http://www.erasureinfo.com/links/producers.html Erasureinfo.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213001747/http://www.erasureinfo.com/links/producers.html |date=13 February 2007 }}</ref> |
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|1989 |
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|Erasure |
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|''[[Crackers International]]'' |
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|Remixing, mixing |
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| 1989 |
| 1989 |
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|| [[Neneh Cherry]] |
|| [[Neneh Cherry]] |
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|| ''[[Raw Like Sushi]]'' |
|| ''[[Raw Like Sushi]]'' |
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|| Producer |
|| Producer<ref>{{cite news|last=Tannenbaum |first=Rob |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nenehcherry/albums/album/93075/review/5944848/raw_like_sushi |title=Neneh Cherry 'Raw like Sushi' Album Review |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=1989-10-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002105924/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nenehcherry/albums/album/93075/review/5944848/raw_like_sushi |archivedate=2007-10-02 }}</ref> |
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| 1990 |
| 1990 |
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|| [[The Cure]] |
|| [[The Cure]] |
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|| ''[[Mixed Up (The Cure album)|Mixed Up]]'' |
|| ''[[Mixed Up (The Cure album)|Mixed Up]]'' |
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|| Remixer, |
|| Remixer, producer |
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|1992 |
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|| [[The Mission (band)|The Mission]] |
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|| ''[[Masque (The Mission album)|Masque]]'' |
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|| Producer |
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| 1992 |
| 1992 |
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|| The Cure |
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|| ''[[Wish (The Cure album)|Wish]]'' |
|| ''[[Wish (The Cure album)|Wish]]'' |
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|| Mixer |
|| Mixer<ref>{{cite news|last=Hunter |first=James |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thecure/albums/album/154133/review/5941684/wish |title=The Cure 'Wish' Album Review |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=1992-05-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001211659/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thecure/albums/album/154133/review/5941684/wish |archivedate=2007-10-01 }}</ref> |
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| 1995 |
| 1995 |
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|| [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]] |
|| [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]] |
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|| ''[[Maxinquaye]]'' |
|| ''[[Maxinquaye]]'' |
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|| Producer, |
|| Producer, engineer, keyboards, mixer<ref>{{cite news |last=Fadele |first=Dele|author-link=Dele Fadele |url=http://www.moon-palace.de/tricky/nme95-2.html|title=Tricky 'Maxinequaye' Album Review |publisher=The NME |date=1995-02-18 }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=November 2016}}<ref name=SoundOnSound>{{cite web|title=CLASSIC TRACKS: Tricky 'Black Steel'|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun07/articles/classictracks_0607.htm|publisher=SoundOnSound|accessdate=17 April 2014}}</ref> |
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| 1996 |
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|| [[Cathy Dennis]] |
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|| ''[[Am I the Kinda Girl?]]'' |
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|| Producer, engineer, mixer, guitar, bass, keyboards, drum programming<ref>{{cite web |title=Am I The Kinda Girl? credits |url=https://www.discogs.com/Cathy-Dennis-Am-I-The-Kinda-Girl/release/568396 |website=[[Discogs]] |year=1996 |accessdate=1 November 2018}}</ref> |
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| 1996 |
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|| [[Cyndi Lauper]] |
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|| ''[[Sisters of Avalon]]'' |
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|| Producer |
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| 1997 |
| 1997 |
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|| ''[[We Are Pilots]]'' |
|| ''[[We Are Pilots]]'' |
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|2009 |
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|Erasure |
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|''[[Total Pop! The First 40 Hits]]'' |
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|Mixing, producer<ref name=":0" /> |
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|2009 |
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|[[The Sounds]] |
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|''[[Crossing the Rubicon]]'' |
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|Audio engineer, audio production, engineer, guitar, mixing, producer<ref name=":0" /> |
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|2009 |
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|[[A-ha]] |
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|''[[Foot of the Mountain]]'' |
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|Producer, programming<ref name=":0" /> |
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|2011 |
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|[[Florence and the Machine|Florence + the Machine]] |
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|''[[Ceremonials]]'' |
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|Bass, guitar, percussion, vocals (background)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Mark Saunders Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mark-saunders-mn0000237819 |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref> |
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|2017 |
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|[[Randy Jones (singer)|Randy Jones]] |
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|"[[Hard Times (Randy Jones song)|Hard Times]]" |
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|Mixing |
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|2021 |
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|The Mission |
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|''A Garden of Earthly Delights: The Mercury Years'' |
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|Mixing, producer |
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Latest revision as of 01:32, 21 July 2024
Mark Saunders | |
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Birth name | Mark Saunders |
Born | 20 March 1959 |
Genres | Pop, trip hop, electronic, alternative rock |
Occupation | Record producer |
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Years active | 1982–present |
Website | marksaunders |
Mark Saunders (born 1959) is a British record producer and audio engineer who has worked on a number of albums since the 1980s, with artists including the Cure, David Byrne, Erasure, and Tricky.
Career
[edit]Saunders's professional music career started as a drummer playing with Carlene Carter, Johnny Cash's stepdaughter, in 1982. The first time he went into a recording studio with her to record some demos, he was excited by the whole recording process and after the stint with Carlene finished in 1984, he landed a job as an assistant at West Side Studios, London working with production pair Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley who produced for Madness, Dexys Midnight Runners, Lloyd Cole & the Commotions, Elvis Costello and later Bush.
In 1985, Saunders engineered the hit record "Dancing in the Street" by David Bowie and Mick Jagger. A year later, he became a freelance engineer and was discovered by Rhythm King, a label at the forefront of British dance music. Working on a couple of Bomb the Bass mixes led to co-producing Neneh Cherry's No. 2 US Billboard hit "Buffalo Stance" and the subsequent seminal multi-platinum album Raw Like Sushi. Following this, he worked on many pop/dance acts including Erasure, Depeche Mode, Lisa Stansfield and Yazz as well as Ian McCulloch, the Mission, the Farm, the Heart Throbs, Texas and the Sugarcubes. Robert Smith of the Cure employed Saunders's radio friendly skills to mix all singles from the album Disintegration. "Lovesong" became the Cure's highest-charting single, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Saunders went on to work on further Cure albums - UK No. 1 Wish, Mixed Up and Wild Mood Swings.
Tricky, a big fan of Saunders's work for the Cure, asked him to program, co-produce and mix his critically acclaimed 1995 debut album Maxinquaye, one of the definitive trip hop releases of the time. This, in turn, led to Tricky fans John Lydon, David Byrne, Cathy Dennis and Cyndi Lauper hiring Saunders to work on their albums.
In 1996, Saunders moved his studio to Hell's Kitchen, NYC and side-stepped into writing and producing music for big brand campaigns for companies such as Nike, Inc., Lowe's, Reebok and Motorola although he continued to work on select artist projects for Erasure, Femi Kuti and Marilyn Manson (From Hell film soundtrack). While diversifying into TV/film work, Saunders became an early adopter of the surround sound format and has been brought on board to consult, record and mix surround projects for PBS, EMI, David Byrne, film director Luc Besson as well as an exclusive project for Apple as part of a their major product release of Logic 8.
Select discography
[edit]Year | Artist | Record | Credit |
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1985 | David Bowie and Mick Jagger | "Dancing in the Street" | Engineer |
1986 | David Bowie | "Absolute Beginners" | Engineer (title track of the Absolute Beginners soundtrack) |
1986 | David Bowie | "That's Motivation" | Engineer (on the Absolute Beginners soundtrack) |
1986 | The Chameleons | Strange Times | Engineer (album) |
1988 | Depeche Mode | "Strangelove '88" | Remixer (with Tim Simenon from Bomb the Bass) |
1989 | Depeche Mode | "Everything Counts" (remixed by Tim Simenon & Mark Saunders) | Remixer |
1989 | Lloyd Cole & the Commotions | "Her Last Fling" | Mixer (on the album 1984-1989) |
1989 | Erasure | Wild! | Producer[1] |
1989 | Erasure | Crackers International | Remixing, mixing |
1989 | Neneh Cherry | Raw Like Sushi | Producer[2] |
1990 | The Cure | Mixed Up | Remixer, producer |
1992 | The Mission | Masque | Producer |
1992 | The Cure | Wish | Mixer[3] |
1995 | Tricky | Maxinquaye | Producer, engineer, keyboards, mixer[4][failed verification][5] |
1996 | Cathy Dennis | Am I the Kinda Girl? | Producer, engineer, mixer, guitar, bass, keyboards, drum programming[6] |
1996 | Cyndi Lauper | Sisters of Avalon | Producer |
1997 | Gravity Kills | Manipulated | Remix |
2006 | Shiny Toy Guns | We Are Pilots | Producer |
2009 | Erasure | Total Pop! The First 40 Hits | Mixing, producer[7] |
2009 | The Sounds | Crossing the Rubicon | Audio engineer, audio production, engineer, guitar, mixing, producer[7] |
2009 | A-ha | Foot of the Mountain | Producer, programming[7] |
2011 | Florence + the Machine | Ceremonials | Bass, guitar, percussion, vocals (background)[7] |
2017 | Randy Jones | "Hard Times" | Mixing |
2021 | The Mission | A Garden of Earthly Delights: The Mercury Years | Mixing, producer |
References
[edit]- ^ Erasureinfo.com Archived 13 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tannenbaum, Rob (8 October 1989). "Neneh Cherry 'Raw like Sushi' Album Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2 October 2007.
- ^ Hunter, James (14 May 1992). "The Cure 'Wish' Album Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007.
- ^ Fadele, Dele (18 February 1995). "Tricky 'Maxinequaye' Album Review". The NME.
- ^ "CLASSIC TRACKS: Tricky 'Black Steel'". SoundOnSound. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ "Am I The Kinda Girl? credits". Discogs. 1996. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Mark Saunders Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 January 2024.