Spike Stent
Stent in 2012
Background information
Birth nameMark Stent
Also known as
  • Spike
  • Spikey Mikey
Born (1965-08-03) 3 August 1965
Alton, Hampshire, England
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Mixer
  • producer
Years active1985–present
Labels
Websitemarkspikestent.com

Mark "Spike" Stent (born 3 August 1965) is an English record producer and mixing engineer who has worked with many international artists including Madonna, Marshmello, U2, Beyoncé, Björk, Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, Grimes, Ed Sheeran, Beth Orton, Harry Styles, Frank Ocean, Selena Gomez, All Saints, Spice Girls, Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Mansun, Maroon 5, Muse, Lily Allen, Peter Gabriel, Gwen Stefani, Moby, No Doubt, Lenka, Usher, Kaiser Chiefs, Linkin Park, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Oasis, Keane, Massive Attack, Bastille, Diana Vickers and Take That.[1]

Career

Stent grew up in Hampshire, England and first gained experience as an engineer at Jacob Studios as a teenager before a two-year stint at Trident Studios. After Trident, Stent worked at Olympic Studios in Barnes, South London. While at Olympic, Stent worked with artists such as Massive Attack, Bjork, Madonna, U2, Keane, and Oasis. Radiohead enlisted him to produce their 2007 album In Rainbows, but the collaboration was unsuccessful.[2]

Stent works at two studios: Mix Suite LA in EastWest Studios and Mix Suite UK.

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

YearAlbum/SongArtistAwardResultsRef
1996Bedtime StoriesMadonnaGrammy Best Pop Vocal AlbumNominated[3]
1998HomogenicBjörkGrammy Best Alternative Music PerformanceNominated[4]
2001MusicMadonnaGrammy Best Pop Vocal AlbumNominated[5]
2001MusicMadonnaGrammy Record of the YearNominated[5]
2002VespertineBjörkGrammy Best Alternative Music AlbumNominated[4]
2005MedullaBjörkGrammy Best Alternative AlbumNominated[4]
2006Love. Angel. Music. Baby.Gwen StefaniGrammy Best Pop Vocal AlbumNominated
2006Love. Angel. Music. Baby.Gwen StefaniGrammy Album of the YearNominated
2006Love. Angel. Music. Baby.Gwen StefaniGrammy Record of the YearNominated
2006SupernatureGoldfrappGrammy Best Electronic/Dance AlbumNominated
2007Confessions on a Dance FloorMadonnaGrammy Best Dance/Electronic AlbumWon
2008VoltaBjorkGrammy Best Alternative Music AlbumNominated[4]
2008Neon BibleArcade FireGrammy Best Alternative AlbumNominated[6]
2009I Am... Sasha FierceBeyoncéGrammy Best Contemporary R&B AlbumWon[7]
2009I Am... Sasha FierceBeyoncéGrammy Album of the YearNominated[7]
2010FunhousePinkGrammy Best Pop Vocal AlbumNominated
2010It's BlitzYeah Yeah YeahsGrammy Best Alternative Music AlbumNominated
201021st Century BreakdownGreen DayGrammy Best Rock Music AlbumParticipation Certificate
2010The Fame MonsterLady GagaGrammy Best Pop Vocal AlbumParticipation Certificate[8]
2010The ResistanceMuseGrammy Best Rock AlbumWon[9]
2010Head FirstGoldfrappGrammy Best Dance/Electronica AlbumNominated
2010Raymond V RaymondUsherGrammy Best Contemporary R&B AlbumParticipation Certificate[10]
2012Channel OrangeFrank OceanGrammy Best Urban Contemporary AlbumWon[11]
2013"We Take Care of Our Own"Bruce SpringsteenGrammy Best Rock SongNominated
2013Wrecking BallBruce SpringsteenGrammy Best Rock AlbumNominated
2013RedTaylor SwiftGrammy Album of the YearNominated
2013The 2nd LawMuseGrammy Best Rock AlbumNominated[12]
2015xEd SheeranGrammy Best Pop Vocal AlbumNominated[13]
2015xEd SheeranGrammy Album of the YearNominated[13]
2016"Thinking Out Loud"Ed SheeranGrammy Record of the YearNominated[13]
2016How Big, How Blue, How BeautifulFlorence and the MachineGrammy Best Pop Vocal AlbumNominated[14]
2016"What Kind of Man"Florence and the MachineGrammy Best Rock SongNominated[14]
2017"Tearing Me Up"Bob MosesGrammy Best Dance RecordingNominated[15]
2018÷Ed SheeranGrammy Best Pop AlbumWon

Billboard Music Awards

YearArtistAlbum/SongAwardResult
2001Madonna"Music"Top Hot Dance Club PlayWon
2001Madonna"Music"Top Hot Dance Maxi Single SalesWon
2005Gwen Stefani"Hollaback Girl"Digital Song the YearWon

Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards

YearAwardResults
2011Recording Engineer of the Year MPG AwardsWon[16]
2014Mix Engineer of the Year MPG AwardsWon
2015Mix Engineer of the Year MPG AwardsWon[17]

Selected film credits

ArtistTrack/AlbumYearFilm
U2"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"1995Batman Forever
Tina Turner"GoldenEye"1995GoldenEye
BjörkSelmasongs2000Dancer in the Dark
Madonna"Die Another Day"2002Die Another Day

Selected discography

2020s

2010s

2000s

1990s

1980s

Notes and references

  1. Sound on Sound magazine, January 1999 (link). Retrieved March 2006.
  2. Vozick-Levinson, Simon (27 April 2012). "The making of Radiohead's In Rainbows". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  3. "Grammys 1996". CNN. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Bjork Grammy Nominations". Bork. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Madonna Awards and Nominations". Madonna Awards and Nominations. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  6. "Arcarde Fire Grammy Nominatoins". Grammys. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Grammys 2009". Grammys. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  8. "Grammys 2010 Gaga". Grammys. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  9. "Grammys Muse 2010". Grammys. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  10. "Usher Grammy". Grammys. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  11. "Grammy Frank". Grammys. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  12. "2nd Law Nominations". Muse. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  13. 1 2 3 "Grammy Awards 2016". Grammys. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  14. 1 2 "Florence and The Machine Grammy Nominations". Grammy Nominations. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  15. "Awards". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  16. "MPG 2011". Music Radar. 15 February 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  17. "MPG Awards 2015". MPG. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  18. "Calm – 5 Seconds of Summer (Credits)". AllMusic. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  19. Heartbreak Weather (Media notes). Niall Horan. Neon Haze Music / Capitol Records. 2020.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  20. "Harry Styles - Harry Styles | Credits". AllMusic. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Mark "Spike" Stent". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  22. Snapes, Laura (22 June 2015). "Keeping it Unreal: In the Studio with Chvrches". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
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