Peter Walsh
British record producer
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| Intro | British record producer | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
| is | Musician Record producer Composer | |
| Work field | Business Music | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1960 | |
| Age | 65 years |
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Biography
Peter Walsh (born 1960) is a British record producer and engineer.
Walsh cut his teeth as an engineer at London's Utopia Studios in the late 1970s, working with Stevie Wonder, The Tubes, Spandau Ballet and The Boomtown Rats amongst others.
His breakthrough was as assistant producer on the 1981 debut album by Heaven 17, Penthouse and Pavement. Following this success he went on to produce several artists among them Peter Gabriel, China Crisis, Gene Loves Jezebel and Simple Minds.
In 1984, Walsh produced Scott Walker's album, Climate of Hunter. Walsh has continued to work with Walker, producing and performing on his 1995 album Tilt, and the 2006 album The Drift. In addition he has worked with Walker on records by Ute Lemper and Pulp.
Selected discography
- Penthouse and Pavement - Heaven 17 (1981) (Production assistant, engineer)
- Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain - China Crisis (1982) (Producer, engineer)
- New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) - Simple Minds (1982) (Producer, engineer)
- Plays Live - Peter Gabriel (1983) (Producer, engineer, mixing)
- Climate of Hunter - Scott Walker (1984) (Producer, engineer)
- Shades of Liberty - Silent Running (1984) (Producer, engineer)
- Certain Things Are Likely - Kissing the Pink (1986) (Producer)
- Heyday - The Church (1986) (Producer, engineer, mixing)
- Afternoons in Utopia - Alphaville (1986) (Producer, engineer, mixing)
- House Of Dolls - Gene Loves Jezebel (1987) (Producer, engineer, mixing)
- Twist of Shadows - Xymox (formerly/subsequently Clan of Xymox) 1989 (Producer)
- Phoenix - Xymox (formerly/subsequently Clan of Xymox) 1991 (Producer)
- Love - Heidi Berry (1991) (Programming, engineer, mixing)
- Tilt - Scott Walker (1995) (Producer, engineer, mixing)
- Punishing Kiss - Ute Lemper (2000) (Producer, mixing)
- We Love Life - Pulp (2001) (Producer, engineer, mixing)
- The Drift - Scott Walker (2006) (Producer, engineer, mixing)
- Bish Bosch - Scott Walker (2012) (Producer, engineer, mixing)
- Moraima - Andrés Suárez (2013) (Producer, engineer, mixing)
- Soused - Scott Walker and Sunn O))) (2014) (Producer)
- The International Swingers - The International Swingers (2015) (Mixer)