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Revision as of 07:56, 11 May 2023

For the Australian supervising film sound editor, see Andy Wright (sound engineer).

Andy Wright
Background information
Born1962 (age 61–62)
Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England[1]
GenresPop, classical, soul, rock, dance
Occupation(s)Music producer, songwriter
Years activec. 1984–present
Websitewww.andywrightmusic.com

Andy M Wright (born 1962)[1] is a London-based music producer, songwriter, and arranger who has worked with international artists such as Simply Red[2] and Mick Hucknall, Simple Minds,[3] Jeff Beck,[4] Eurythmics, Dave Stewart,[5] Toše Proeski,[6] Atomic Kitten,[7] Imelda May,[citation needed] and Andreas Vollenweider.[8]

Since the mid 1980's, he has worked as a programmer, keyboard player, session musician, musical arranger, and notably, a producer on projects spanning multiple music genres.

Early career

Beginning in the mid-1980s,[1] Wright played and performed in various bands and worked for a keyboard and equipment rental company in London, delivering and setting up instruments and studio gear for recording sessions. During this time he became proficient in the latest technologies then in use - and, already an accomplished keyboard player and musician, he was subsequently employed at Trident Studios, London, over several years. Whilst at Trident he played and programmed keyboards on sessions for many of the major acts of the time, and generally began to learn the art of recording and production.

The 1990s

During the 1990s, Wright set up his first recording studio in London's Primrose Hill. As a musician/producer/programmer, he worked on The KLF hit "America:What Time Is Love?" followed by a programming stint with Massive Attack on their album Protection. 1995 also saw the beginning of Wright's long working relationship with Simply Red on the album Life.[9] his work helping to spawn a number one hit single "Fairground".[citation needed]

During this period, Wright also collaborated on pop records for Shakespear's Sister, Imogen Heap, Sinead O'Connor and Alisha's Attic.[citation needed] He also has a co-production credit with Tom Jones on the album The Lead and How To Swing It with Alan Moulder and U2 producer Flood.[citation needed]

In 1999, Wright was involved in the production of the Eurythmics album Peace[10] which included the hit singles "I Saved the World Today", "17 Again" and the title track "Peace".

2000s to present

In 2000, Wright began working with noted guitarist Jeff Beck.[11][12] The resulting album, You Had It Coming,[4] produced the Grammy award-winning track "Dirty Mind" in the best rock instrumental performance category. Concurrently, Wright also produced the single "Reach" for S Club 7 as well as "Bring It All Back".

In 2001, Wright's production of [13]Atomic Kitten's "Eternal Flame" reached number 1 in the UK charts. Wright followed this with production of Gianna Nannini's album Aria in 2002.

In 2003, Wright and Jeff Beck worked together again on the eponymously titled album Jeff.[14] This produced the Grammy winning track, "Plan B", also in the best rock instrumental performance category. Wright's productions in 2003 also included "Sunrise",[15] the first single to be released from the album Home by Simply Red, as well as working on "A Thousand Beautiful Things"[16] for Annie Lennox, plus the song "Caruso" for the Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti on the album "Ti Adoro".

2004 / 2005 involved extensive work for Simply Red including co-production of the album Simplified.

In 2006, Wright began his collaboration with Macedonian artist Toše Proeski on songs for the album The Hardest Thing. Following Proeski's death in October 2007, The Hardest Thing was released posthumously in January 2009, going on to notable success throughout the Balkan region. He also worked with Soho Dolls, the Icelandic group, Nylon, and further projects for Simply Red.

In 2007, he contributed to Stay, for Simply Red.

In 2008, Wright worked on production of Mick Hucknall's first solo album post-Simply Red: Tribute to Bobby.

Highlights from recent projects

The following are some of the notable projects that Wright has either produced or co-produced in the years since 2009.

Year Description
2023 Production of Simple Minds album Direction of the Heart debuting at no 4 on the UK album chart.[17] Production of the Simply Red album Time
2021 /2022 Production of Simple Minds single Vision Thing a BBC2 Record of the Week. [18] Production of new material by Betty Boo.[19] including the singles, Get Me to the Weekend,[20][21] Shining Star and Right by Your Side. Production of the Gilbert O'Sullivan album 'Driven' [22] [23] Production of Betty Boo album Boomerang
2020 Co-production of Blue Eyed Soul Simply Red's 12th Studio Album - which debuted at no 6 on the UK album chart [24]
2019 Simple Minds album (mixing) Live in the City of Angels. The album was a UK top 10 hit [25]
2018 Produced the album80s Symphonic album for BMG[26][27] recorded at Abbey Road Studios. The album features new arrangements and original performances of well known international songs from the 1980s.[28]
2018 Co-produced the Echo & the Bunnymen album The Stars, the Oceans & the Moon
2018 Co-produced Simple Minds album Walk Between Worlds - a top 5 album in the UK.[29] Also a Radio 2 Album of the Week.
2017 Co-produced the Nell Bryden album Bloom - a Radio 2 Album of the Week[30]
2016 Co-produced Simple Minds album Acoustic - the record achieving top twenty status on the album chart (peaking at number 16 in UK)[31]
2016 Co-produced the Keith Harkin album On Mercy Street - a number one release on the 'World Music' Billboard charts.[32]
2015 Co-produced Simply Red's 30 year anniversary album Big Love a top 4 release on [33] the UK Album Chart.[34]
2014 Co-produced Big Music with Simple Minds[35][36]
2014 Produced and co-wrote the album Magnetic for Miel
2014 Produced and co-wrote debut album for English singer songwriter Purdy.
2013 Produced the album 20th Century Man for Croatian rock musician Gibonni.
2012 Produced and co-wrote vocalist Peter Grant's album Too Close
2011 Co-produced the second solo album project for Mick Hucknall,[37] American Soul, the eighth studio collaboration to feature Wright. The record achieved double gold status in the UK and was a 'Single of the week' and 'Album of the week' on BBC Radio 2
2010 Worked on two charity records. The first in aid of the Haiti earthquake, a cover of "I Put a Spell on You", the Screamin' Jay Hawkins track and featuring a line-up including Nick Cave, Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream, Paloma Faith, Chrissie Hynde, Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols, Mick Jones of The Clash and actor Johnny Depp on guitar. The second for Oxfam for use in conjunction with film at the G8 Summit. Jim Kerr from Simple Minds and Martha Wainwright recorded "Promised You A Miracle", a Simple Minds track.
2010 Worked with Imelda May on her album Mayhem - critically acclaimed[38][39] and a UK Top 10 hit.[40]
2009 Produced classical musician Diana Yukawa's album The Butterfly Effect. The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios[41][42]

Musical credits

An extensive list of Wright's work is catalogued on AllMusic.[43]

References

  1. ^ a b c McNair, James (2009). Wright, Andy M (ed.). "Bio". Andywrightmusic.com. London: Rita Coburn Whack Media Productions. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Andy Wright Interview". Roland Corporation. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Producers Andy Wright & Gavin Goldberg". 27 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Jeff Beck - You Had It Coming". Discogs.
  5. ^ Live in The Mix. "Andy Wright interview". Live In The Mix Music. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Simple Minds Behind The Scenes". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  7. ^ Taylor, Chuck (21 March 1998). "Radio Programming". Billboard.
  8. ^ "The Andreas Vollenweider Story". Vollenweider.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  9. ^ BBC interview. "Interview with Simply Red". Retrieved 8 January 2015 – via YouTube.
  10. ^ "ANDY WRIGHT: Recording Eurythmics 'I Saved the World Today'".
  11. ^ James, McNair. "Jeff Beck interview" (PDF). Andy Wright Music. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  12. ^ "Biography". Jeff Beck Official. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  13. ^ Ink 19. "Atomic Kitten Review". Ink19.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Tarquin, Brian (2012). "Chapter 1". Recording Techniques of the Guitar Masters. Cengage Learning 2012. pp. 11–13. ISBN 9781435460171.
  15. ^ "Simply Red - Sunrise (Remixes)". Discogs.
  16. ^ "Annie Lennox - A Thousand Beautiful Things". Discogs.
  17. ^ https://acharts.co/album/181980
  18. ^ "BBC - Radio 2 New Music Playlist".
  19. ^ "Re-doin' The Do: The resurrection of Betty Boo". BBC News. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  20. ^ "Betty Boo".
  21. ^ "Betty Boo readying two new albums following 'Get Me to the Weekend' comeback". 26 January 2022.
  22. ^ "Driven - Record Collector Magazine".
  23. ^ "UK: Gilbert O'Sullivan releases new album, Driven". 8 April 2022.
  24. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  25. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  26. ^ "Various - 80s Symphonic". Rough Trade. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  27. ^ "80s Symphonic - Various Artists Song - BBC Music". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  28. ^ "Andy Wright Interview: Orchestral Manoeuvres - Classic Pop Magazine".
  29. ^ "Simple Minds Talk New Album 'Walk Between Worlds,' Share Promo Video". Billboard. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  30. ^ "Nell Bryden - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  31. ^ "Acoustic - 2016 - SIMPLEMINDS.COM". SIMPLEMINDS.COM. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  32. ^ "Keith Harkin - Official Website - Bio". Keithharkin.com. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  33. ^ "Florence Welch tops UK album chart". Bbc.com. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  34. ^ "The Official UK Top 40 Albums Chart". Radio 1. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  35. ^ Record Collector Mag. "Simple Minds Big Music Review". Recordcollectormag.com. Diamond Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  36. ^ Mettler, Mike (30 December 2014). "Did Simple Minds Fast Forward Or New Bands Rewind? Big Music Sounds Fresh Either Way". Digitaltrends.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  37. ^ "Mick Hucknall on American Soul Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  38. ^ Gendre, Kevin Le. "BBC - Music - Review of Imelda May - Mayhem". Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  39. ^ McCormick, Neil (5 October 2010). "Imelda May: Mayhem, CD review". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  40. ^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  41. ^ "The Butterfly Effect - Out Now".
  42. ^ "Abbey Road Studios Prepare for Violinists Recording".
  43. ^ "producer". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
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