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Spike Stent
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Background information
Birth name	Mark Stent
Also known as	Spike Spikey Mikey
Born	(1965-08-03) 3 August 1965 (age 59) Alton, Hampshire, England
Genres	Alternative rock pop pop rock R&B electronic
Occupations	Mixer producer
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Columbia Warner Bros. Epic Interscope
Website	markspikestent.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.

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.

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

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

Billboard Music Awards

Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards

Selected film credits

Selected discography

2020s

• 2024: Blink-182 - One More Time... Part-2
• 2024: Indochine - Babel Babel
• 2024: Julian Lennon "I Should Have Known" (Spike Stent Version)
• 2024: Liam Gallagher and John Squire Liam Gallagher John Squire
• 2020: Marilyn Manson – We Are Chaos
• 2020: 5 Seconds of Summer – Calm
• 2020: Niall Horan – Heartbreak Weather
• 2020: Ted When – Edge Off
• 2020: Miley Cyrus – Plastic Hearts
• 2021: John Mayer – Sob Rock
• 2022: Liam Gallagher – C'mon You Know
• 2022: Peter Gabriel – i/o
• 2023: Gorillaz – Cracker Island
• 2023: Foo Fighters – But Here We Are
• 2023: Blink-182 – One More Time...
• 2023: The Beatles – "Now and Then"

2010s

• 2019: Charli XCX featuring Lizzo – "Blame It on Your Love"
• 2018: Post Malone – "Stay"
• 2018: Cardi B – "Thru Your Phone"
• 2018: Elton John – Revamp tracks "Your Song" featuring Lady Gaga and "Bennie and the Jets" featuring Pink and Logic
• 2018: Pale Waves – "Heavenly"
• 2018: Jade Bird – "Lottery"
• 2018: Chvrches – Love Is Dead
• 2018: Years & Years – "Sanctify"
• 2018: Rudimental – "These Days" featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen
• 2018: Marshmello featuring Anne Marie – "Friends"
• 2017: Kesha – "This Is Me"
• 2017: Miguel – "War & Leisure"
• 2017: Bishop Briggs – "Dream"
• 2017: Jessie Ware – Glasshouse
• 2017: PVRIS – "All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell"
• 2017: Justin Bieber and BloodPop – "Friends"
• 2017: Muse – "Dig Down"
• 2017: Mondo Cozmo – "Plastic Soul"
• 2017: Niall Horan – "Slow Hands"
• 2017: Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory
• 2017: Harry Styles – Harry Styles
• 2017: Ed Sheeran – ÷
• 2017: Julia Michaels – "Issues"
• 2017: Julia Michaels – "Uh Huh"
• 2017: Julia Michaels – "Nervous Systems"
• 2017: Rita Ora – "Your Song"
• 2017: Liam Gallagher – "As You Were"
• 2017: DreamCar – "Dreamcar"
• 2017: Take That – "Giants"
• 2016: Gwen Stefani – This Is What the Truth Feels Like
• 2015: Selena Gomez – Revival
• 2015: Florence + the Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
• 2015: Chvrches – Every Open Eye
• 2015: Grimes – Art Angels
• 2015: Duran Duran – Paper Gods
• 2014: Coldplay – Ghost Stories
• 2014: Ed Sheeran – x
• 2014: The Script – No Sound Without Silence
• 2014: Kasabian – 48:13
• 2013: Biffy Clyro – Opposites
• 2013: Bastille – Bad Blood
• 2013: Rudimental – Home
• 2013: White Lies – Big TV
• 2013: Haim – Days Are Gone
• 2013: Moby – Innocents
• 2013: John Newman – Tribute
• 2013: One Direction – Midnight Memories
• 2012: Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
• 2012: No Doubt – Push and Shove
• 2012: Taylor Swift – Red
• 2012: Muse – The 2nd Law
• 2011: Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials
• 2011: Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
• 2011: Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
• 2010: Lights – The Listening ("Ice")
• 2010: Usher – Raymond v. Raymond
• 2010: Nelly Furtado – The Best of Nelly Furtado ("Girlfriend in the City")
• 2010: Hurts – Happiness
• 2010: Goldfrapp – Head First
• 2010: Ellie Goulding – Lights
• 2010: P Diddy – Last Train to Paris ("Hello Good Morning")
• 2010: Take That – Progress
• 2010: James Blunt – Some Kind of Trouble
• 2010: The Wanted – The Wanted
• 2010: N.E.R.D – Nothing
• 2010: Duran Duran – All You Need Is Now
• 2010: The Script – Science and Faith
• 2010: Cheryl Cole – Messy Little Raindrops
• 2010: Christina Aguilera – Bionic ("Little Dreamer", "Kimono Girl", "Birds of Prey")

2000s

• 2009: Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown ("Last of the American Girls", "21 Guns", "Rain on Me")
• 2009: Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster ("Bad Romance", "Telephone" Featuring Beyoncé)
• 2009: Tegan & Sara – Sainthood ("Hell")
• 2009: Muse – The Resistance
• 2009: Vedera – Stages ("Satisfy", "Loving Ghosts", "Back to the Middle")
• 2009: Cheryl Cole – 3 Words ("Fight for This Love")
• 2009: Ciara – Fantasy Ride ("G Is for Girl")
• 2009: Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand ("Katherine")
• 2009: FrankMusik – Complete Me ("Confusion Girl")
• 2009: The Yeah You's – Looking Through You
• 2009: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It's Blitz
• 2009: Lenka – Trouble Is a Friend
• 2009: Sean Garrett – Turbo 919 ("Why", "What You Doin' Turbo 919")
• 2009: Lily Allen – It's Not Me, It's You ("Everyone's at It", "The Fear")
• 2008: The Script – The Script ("Breakeven", "Talk You Down", "The Man Who Can't Be Moved")
• 2008: Sneaky Sound System – Sneaky Sound System ("Kansas City", "UFO")
• 2008: The Pussycat Dolls – Doll Domination ("When I Grow Up")
• 2008: CSS – Donkey
• 2008: Pink – Funhouse
• 2008: Beyoncé – I Am... Sasha Fierce
• 2008: Madonna – Hard Candy
• 2007: M.I.A – Kala ("Boyz", "Jimmy")
• 2007: Maroon 5 – It Won't Be Soon Before Long
• 2007: Arcade Fire – Neon Bible ("Black Mirror", "No Cars Go")
• 2007: Hard-Fi – Once Upon a Time in the West ("Suburban Knights")
• 2007: Stereophonics – Pull The Pin ("Rewind")
• 2007: Natasha Bedingfield – N.B
• 2007: Björk – Volta
• 2006: Depeche Mode – The Complete Depeche Mode ("A Pain That I'm Used To")
• 2006: The Feeling – Twelve Stops and Home
• 2006: Keane – Under the Iron Sea
• 2006: Gwen Stefani – The Sweet Escape
• 2005: Madonna – Confessions on a Dance Floor
• 2005: Goldfrapp – Supernature
• 2005: Fischerspooner – Odyssey
• 2005: Kaiser Chiefs – Employment ("Everyday I Love You Less and Less")
• 2005: Aqualung – Strange and Beautiful ("Easier to Lie")
• 2005: Dave Mathews Band – Stand Up
• 2005: The Black Eyed Peas – Monkey Business
• 2004: Björk – Medúlla
• 2004: Keane – Hopes and Fears
• 2004: Gwen Stefani – Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
• 2004: Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten
• 2003: Massive Attack – 100th Window
• 2003: Madonna – American Life
• 2003: Dave Mathews Band – Some Devil
• 2003: The Black Eyed Peas – Elephunk
• 2002: Linkin Park – Reanimation
• 2002: Oasis – Heathen Chemistry
• 2001: No Doubt – Rock Steady
• 2001: Björk – Vespertine
• 2000: All Saints – Saints & Sinners ("Black Coffee", "Pure Shores")
• 2000: Madonna – Music
• 2000: Oasis – Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
• 2000: Oasis – Familiar to Millions

1990s

• 1999: Echo & The Bunnymen – What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? – (Rust (song))
• 1998: Massive Attack – Mezzanine
• 1998: Mansun – Six
• 1997: U2 – Pop
• 1997: Spice Girls – Spice World
• 1997: Erasure – Cowboy
• 1997: Björk – Homogenic
• 1996: Spice Girls – Spice
• 1994: Massive Attack – Protection
• 1994: Madonna – Bedtime Stories
• 1993: Depeche Mode – Songs of Faith and Devotion
• 1991: The KLF – The White Room

1980s

• 1989: ABC – Up
• 1988: The Mission – Children
• 1987: Erasure – It Doesn't Have to Be
• 1985: The Cult – Love

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. ^ "Bjork Grammy Nominations". Bork. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
5. ^ "Madonna Awards and Nominations". Madonna Awards and Nominations. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
6. "And The GRAMMY Went To ... Arcade Fire". Grammys. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
7. ^ "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. ^ "Grammy Awards 2016". Grammys. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
14. ^ "Florence and The Machine Grammy Nominations". Grammy Nominations. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
15. "Awards". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
16. Pedersen, Erik (8 November 2024). "Grammy Nominations: Beyoncé Leads Field With 11 Including Album, Song & Record Of The Year Along With Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter & Billie Eilish – Full List". Deadline. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
17. "MPG 2011". Music Radar. 15 February 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
18. "MPG Awards 2015". MPG. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
19. "Calm – 5 Seconds of Summer (Credits)". AllMusic. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
20. 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)
21. "Harry Styles - Harry Styles | Credits". AllMusic. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
22. ^ "Mark "Spike" Stent". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
23. Snapes, Laura (22 June 2015). "Keeping it Unreal: In the Studio with Chvrches". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 26 September 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Article by Paul Tingen from 1999: Spike Stent / The Work Of A Top-flight Mixer
• Article by Paul Tingen in Sound on Sound magazine, February 2010: Spike Stent on his mix of Muse's album The Resistance
• Spike Stent discography at Discogs

• English audio engineers
• English record producers
• Living people
• 1965 births
• People from Alton, Hampshire
• Grammy Award winners