Spike Stent

Spike Stent
Stent in 2012
Background information
Birth nameMark Stent
Also known as
  • Spike
  • Spikey Mikey
Born (1965-08-03) 3 August 1965 (age 59)
Alton, Hampshire, England
Genres
Occupations
  • 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.[citation needed] 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

Year Album/Song Artist Award Results Ref
1996 Bedtime Stories Madonna Best Pop Vocal Album Nominated [3]
1998 Homogenic Björk Best Alternative Music Album Nominated [4]
2001 Music Madonna Best Pop Vocal Album Nominated [5]
2001 Music Madonna Record of the Year Nominated [5]
2002 Vespertine Björk Best Alternative Music Album Nominated [4]
2005 Medulla Björk Grammy Best Alternative Album Nominated [4]
2006 Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Gwen Stefani Grammy Best Pop Vocal Album Nominated
2006 Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Gwen Stefani Grammy Album of the Year Nominated
2006 Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Gwen Stefani Grammy Record of the Year Nominated
2006 Supernature Goldfrapp Grammy Best Electronic/Dance Album Nominated
2007 Confessions on a Dance Floor Madonna Grammy Best Dance/Electronic Album Won
2008 Volta Bjork Grammy Best Alternative Music Album Nominated [4]
2008 Neon Bible Arcade Fire Grammy Best Alternative Album Nominated [6]
2009 I Am... Sasha Fierce Beyoncé Grammy Best Contemporary R&B Album Won [7]
2009 I Am... Sasha Fierce Beyoncé Grammy Album of the Year Nominated [7]
2010 Funhouse Pink Grammy Best Pop Vocal Album Nominated
2010 It's Blitz Yeah Yeah Yeahs Grammy Best Alternative Music Album Nominated
2010 21st Century Breakdown Green Day Grammy Best Rock Music Album Won
2010 The Fame Monster Lady Gaga Grammy Best Pop Vocal Album Won [8]
2010 The Resistance Muse Grammy Best Rock Album Won [9]
2010 Head First Goldfrapp Grammy Best Dance/Electronica Album Nominated
2010 Raymond V Raymond Usher Grammy Best Contemporary R&B Album Won [10]
2012 Channel Orange Frank Ocean Best Urban Contemporary Album Won [11]
2013 "We Take Care of Our Own" Bruce Springsteen Best Rock Song Nominated
2013 Wrecking Ball Bruce Springsteen Best Rock Album Nominated
2013 Red Taylor Swift Album of the Year Nominated
2013 The 2nd Law Muse Best Rock Album Nominated [12]
2015 x Ed Sheeran Best Pop Vocal Album Nominated [13]
2015 x Ed Sheeran Album of the Year Nominated [13]
2016 "Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran Record of the Year Nominated [13]
2016 How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Florence + the Machine Best Pop Vocal Album Nominated [14]
2016 "What Kind of Man" Florence and the Machine Best Rock Song Nominated [14]
2017 "Tearing Me Up" Bob Moses Best Dance Recording Nominated [15]
2018 ÷ Ed Sheeran Best Pop Vocal Album Won
2024 "Flowers" Miley Cyrus Record of the Year Won
2025 "Now and Then" The Beatles Record of the Year Pending [16]

Billboard Music Awards

Year Artist Album/Song Award Result
2001 Madonna "Music" Top Hot Dance Club Play Won
2001 Madonna "Music" Top Hot Dance Maxi Single Sales Won
2005 Gwen Stefani "Hollaback Girl" Digital Song the Year Won

Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards

Year Award Results
2011 Recording Engineer of the Year MPG Awards Won [17]
2014 Mix Engineer of the Year MPG Awards Won
2015 Mix Engineer of the Year MPG Awards Won [18]

Selected film credits

Artist Track/Album Year Film
U2 "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" 1995 Batman Forever
Tina Turner "GoldenEye" 1995 GoldenEye
Björk Selmasongs 2000 Dancer in the Dark
Madonna "Die Another Day" 2002 Die 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. ^ a b c d "Bjork Grammy Nominations". Bork. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  5. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c "Grammy Awards 2016". Grammys. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  14. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "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.