James Ford production discography

English record producer and songwriter James Ford has written and produced songs for various musicians, including Arctic Monkeys, Blur, Florence and the Machine, Depeche Mode, Haim, Jessie Ware, among others, also for his bands Simian Mobile Disco and the Last Shadow Puppets.

In 2023, Ford was named as the Producer of the Year by publication Consequence.

Albums

This is a list of albums produced by James Ford in its entirety or majority, solo or with other producers.


Album	Year	Artist(s)	Other producers
And the Big Red Nebula Band (As co-producer)	2004	Fingathing	Sneaky Peter Parker
Round & Round	2005	Garden	None
For Screening Purposes Only	2005	Test Icicles
Schmotime	2006	Absentee
The Bright Lights and What I Should Have Learned	2006	Duels
Making Dens	2006	Mystery Jets	Mystery Jets
Favourite Worst Nightmare	2007	Arctic Monkeys	Mike Crossey
Prince Umberto & The Sister Of Ill	2007	Bumblebeez	Invisibl
Myths of the Near Future	2007	Klaxons	None
Grown-Ups	2007	The Lodger	Alan Smyth
Attack Decay Sustain Release	2007	Simian Mobile Disco	Jas Shaw
The Age of the Understatement	2008	The Last Shadow Puppets	None
Sleep Forever	2010	Crocodiles
Detachments	2010	Detachments
Crush Depth	2010	Chrome Hoof	Leo Smee
Submarine (Extended play)	2011	Alex Turner	None
EP (Extended play)	2011	Beth Ditto	Jas Shaw
Suck It and See	2011	Arctic Monkeys	None
A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart (As additional producer)	2013	Bill Ryder-Jones	Bill Ryder-Jones Darren Jones
AM (except "R U Mine?")	2013	Arctic Monkeys	Ross Orton
Wilder Mind	2015	Mumford & Sons	None
Message from the Other Side	2015	Damian Lazarus & the Ancient Moons	Damian Lazarus
What Went Down	2015	Foals	None
West Kirby County Primary (As additional producer)	2015	Bill Ryder-Jones	Bill Ryder-Jones
Everything You've Come to Expect	2016	The Last Shadow Puppets	None
Belladonna of Sadness	2017	Alexandra Savior	Alex Turner
Spirit	2017	Depeche Mode	None
Season High (As additional producer)	2017	Little Dragon	Little Dragon Patrik Berger
Everything Is Forgotten	2017	Methyl Ethel	Jake Webb
Shock Machine	2017	Shock Machine	None
What Do You Think About the Car? (Except "Brazil", "Paracetamol" and "Listen to Your Friends")	2017	Declan McKenna	Rostam Batmanglij Max Marlow Neil Comber
A Fever Dream	2017	Everything Everything	Everything Everything
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino	2018	Arctic Monkeys	Alex Turner
The Now Now	2018	Gorillaz	Gorillaz Remi Kabaka Jr.
Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1 (As additional producer)	2019	Foals	Foals Brett Shaw Vincent Taurelle Tony Allen
Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2 (As additional producer)	2019	Foals	Foals Brett Shaw Vincent Taurelle
What's Your Pleasure? (Except "Adore You")	2020	Jessie Ware	Benji B Adam Bainbridge Morgan Geist Midland Joseph Mount Matthew Tavares
Drunk Tank Pink	2021	Shame	None
The Car	2022	Arctic Monkeys	None
The Waeve	2023	The Waeve	Graham Coxon Rose Elinor Dougall
Memento Mori	2023	Depeche Mode	None
That! Feels Good! (Except "Free Yourself", "Pearls", "Freak Me Now", and "Lightning")	2023	Jessie Ware	Stuart Price
3D Country	2023	Geese	None
The Ballad of Darren	2023	Blur
Prelude to Ecstasy	2024	The Last Dinner Party
Nonetheless	2024	Pet Shop Boys
Lives Outgrown	2024	Beth Gibbons	Beth Gibbons
Romance	2024	Fontaines D.C.	{{{1}}}

Songs

This is a list of song recordings written and/or produced by James Ford.


Song	Writers	Producers	Album	Year
"Another Level" (Disclosure)	Disclosure James Ford	—	Never Enough	2021
"Aries" (Gorillaz featuring Peter Hook and Georgia)	—	Damon Albarn Remi Kabaka Jr. James Ford P2J	Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez	2020
"As Far as I Could Get" (Florence and the Machine)	Florence Welch James Ford	—	How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful	2015
"Between Two Lungs" (Florence and the Machine)	—	James Ford Isabella Summers	Lungs	2009
"British Bombs" (Declan McKenna)	—	James Ford	Non-album single	2019
"Broken English" (Halloweens)	Halloweens James Ford	—	Morning Kiss at the Acropolis	2020
"Caught" (Florence and the Machine)	Florence Welch James Ford	—	How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful	2015
"Celestial Dancers" (Birdy)	Birdy Foy Vance James Ford	—	Young Heart	2021
"Cornerstone" (Arctic Monkeys)	—	James Ford	Humbug	2009
"Cruel" (Jessie Ware)	Jessie Ware James Ford Dave Okumu	James Ford Dave Okumu	Tough Love	2014
"Deepest Lonely" (Birdy)	—	James Ford	Young Heart	2021
"Désolé" (Gorillaz featuring Fatoumata Diawara)	Damon Albarn Remi Kabaka Jr. James Ford Fatoumata Diawara	Damon Albarn Remi Kabaka Jr. James Ford	Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez	2020
"Dog Days Are Over" (Florence and the Machine)	—	James Ford Isabella Summers	Lungs	2009
"Don't Save Me" (Haim)	—	Haim James Ford	Days Are Gone	2013
"Drumming Song" (Florence and the Machine)	Florence Welch James Ford Crispin Hunt	James Ford	Lungs	2009
"Edge" (Haim)	—	Haim James Ford	Days Are Gone	2013
"Fire and Rain" (Birdy)	—	James Ford	Birdy	2011
"Hardest of Hearts" (Florence and the Machine)	—	James Ford Isabella Summers	Lungs	2009
"Hiding" (Florence and the Machine)	Florence Welch James Ford	James Ford	How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful	2015
"I'm Not Calling You a Liar" (Florence and the Machine)	—	James Ford Isabella Summers	Lungs	2009
"If I Could Change Your Mind" (Haim)	Haim James Ford	Haim James Ford	Days Are Gone	2013
"Kiss of Life" (Kylie Minogue and Jessie Ware)	Kylie Minogue Jessie Ware James Ford Danny Parker Shungudzo	James Ford	Disco: Guest List Edition	2021
"Landscape" (Demo) (Florence and the Machine)	Florence Welch James Ford	James Ford	Ceremonials	2011
"Loneliness" (Birdy)	—	James Ford	Young Heart	2021
"The Lost Chord" (Gorillaz featuring Leee John)	Damon Albarn Remi Kabaka Jr. James Ford Leee John	Damon Albarn Remi Kabaka Jr. James Ford	Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez	2020
"Midnight Caller" (Jessie Ware)	Jessie Ware James Ford	James Ford	Tough Love	2014
"Moderation" (Florence and the Machine)	Florence Welch James Ford Doveman Matthew Daniel Siskin	James Ford Matthew Daniel Siskin	Non-album single	2019
"My Propeller" (Arctic Monkeys)	—	James Ford	Humbug	2009
"People Help the People" (Birdy)	—	James Ford	Birdy	2011
"Pure Feeling" (Florence and the Machine)	Florence Welch James Ford	—	How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful	2015
"Run the Wild Flowers" (Friendly Fires)	Friendly Fires James Ford	James Ford	Inflorescent	2019
"Second Hand News" (Birdy)	—	James Ford	Young Heart	2021
"Secret Door" (Arctic Monkeys)	—	James Ford	Humbug	2009
"Send Me Down" (Haim)	—	Haim James Ford	Days Are Gone	2013
"Shake" (Little Boots)	Little Boots James Ford	James Ford	Nocturnes	2013
"Shy Boy" (Carly Rae Jepsen)	—	James Ford	The Loveliest Time	2023
"Silhouettes" (Friendly Fires)	Friendly Fires James Ford Nick Hodgson	Mark Ralph James Ford	Inflorescent	2019
"St. Jude" (Florence and the Machine)	Florence Welch James Ford	—	How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful	2015
"Surrender" (Birdy)	—	James Ford	Young Heart	2021
"Want Your Feeling" (Jessie Ware)	—	James Ford Dev Hynes	Tough Love	2014
"The Way We Are" (Jessie Ware)	Jessie Ware Jimmy Napes James Ford	James Ford	Tough Love	2014
"What You Don't Know" (Matthew Dear)	Matthew Dear James Ford Jas Shaw	Matthew Dear James Ford Jas Shaw	Bunny	2018
"White Winter Hymnal" (Birdy)	—	James Ford	Birdy	2011

Notes

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References

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Round & Round (metadata). Garden. Static Caravan Recordings. 2005.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
For Screening Purposes Only (metadata). Test Icicles. Domino Recording Company. 2005.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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Making Dens (metadata). Mystery Jets. 679 Recordings. 2006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Favourite Worst Nightmare (metadata). Arctic Monkeys. Domino Recording Company. 2007.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Prince Umberto & The Sister Of Ill (metadata). Bumblebeez. 81 Records / Modular Recordings. 2007.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Myths of the Near Future (metadata). Klaxons. Polydor Records. 2007.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Grown-Ups (metadata). The Lodger. Angular Recording Corporation. 2007.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Attack Decay Sustain Release (metadata). Simian Mobile Disco. Wichita Recordings / Interscope Records. 2007.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
The Age of the Understatement (metadata). The Last Shadow Puppets. Domino Recording Company. 2008.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Sleep Forever (metadata). Crocodiles. Fat Possum Records. 2010.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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Crush Depth (metadata). Chrome Hoof. Southern Records. 2010.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Submarine (metadata). Alex Turner. Domino Recording Company. 2011.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
EP (metadata). Beth Ditto. Deconstruction Records. 2011.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Suck It and See (metadata). Arctic Monkeys. Domino Recording Company. 2011.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart (metadata). Bill Ryder-Jones. Domino Recording Company. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
AM (metadata). Arctic Monkeys. Domino Recording Company. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Wilder Mind (metadata). Mumford & Sons. Gentlemen of the Road / Island Records / Glassnote Records. 2015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Message from the Other Side (metadata). Damian Lazarus & the Ancient Moons. Crosstown Rebels. 2015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
What Went Down (metadata). Foals. Transgressive Records / Warner Bros. Records. 2015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
West Kirby County Primary (metadata). Bill Ryder-Jones. Domino Recording Company. 2015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Everything You've Come to Expect (metadata). The Last Shadow Puppets. Domino Recording Company. 2016.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Belladonna of Sadness (metadata). Alexandra Savior. Columbia Records. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Spirit (metadata). Depeche Mode. Columbia Records / Mute Records. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Season High (metadata). Little Dragon. Because Music. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Everything Is Forgotten (metadata). Methyl Ethel. 4AD. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Shock Machine (metadata). Shock Machine. Marathon Artists. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
What Do You Think About the Car? (metadata). Declan McKenna. Columbia Records. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
A Fever Dream (metadata). Everything Everything. RCA Victor. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (metadata). Arctic Monkeys. Domino Recording Company. 2018.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
The Now Now (metadata). Gorillaz. Parlophone / Warner Bros. Records. 2018.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1 (metadata). Foals. Warner Bros. Records / Transgressive Records. 2019.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2 (metadata). Foals. Warner Records / Transgressive Records. 2019.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
What's Your Pleasure? (metadata). Jessie Ware. PMR Records / EMI Records. 2020.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Drunk Tank Pink (metadata). Shame. Dead Oceans. 2021.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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The Waeve (metadata). The Waeve. Transgressive Records. 2023.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Memento Mori (metadata). Depeche Mode. Columbia Records. 2023.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
That! Feels Good! (metadata). Jessie Ware. EMI Records. 2023.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
3D Country (metadata). Geese. Partisan Records. 2023.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
The Ballad of Darren (metadata). Blur. Parlophone / Warner Records. 2023.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Prelude to Ecstasy (metadata). The Last Dinner Party. Island Records. 2024.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Nonetheless (metadata). Pet Shop Boys. x2 / Parlophone. 2024.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Lives Outgrown (metadata). Beth Gibbons. Domino Recording Company. 2024.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Romance (metadata). Fontaines D.C. XL Recordings. 2024.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Never Enough (metadata). Disclosure. Disclosure. 2021.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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Disco: Guest List Edition (metadata). Kylie Minogue. Darenote / BMG Rights Management. 2021.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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Nocturnes (metadata). Little Boots. On Repeat Records. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
The Loveliest Time (metadata). Carly Rae Jepsen. 604 Records / Schoolboy Records / Interscope Records. 2023.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Bunny (metadata). Matthew Dear. Ghostly International. 2018.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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