Chris Sheldon

Chris Sheldon (born 25 September 1962) is a record producer, particularly of rock music based in London, England. He has produced or mixed records for the Foo Fighters, Garbage, Feeder, Therapy?, Biffy Clyro, Oceansize and Pixies amongst others. He lives in London, is married and has two daughters.

Career

Sheldon was born in Pakistan when his parents were posted abroad for work and grew up in Surrey. He took his first steps in the music industry when he was a drummer in several local punk and mainstream bands.

In the mid-1980s he worked as engineer in productions of artists such as Dead or Alive, Prefab Sprout, Elkie Brooks and Roger Waters. One of his first own productions was The Mission's 1990 album Carved In Sand. Therapy?'s EP "Shortsharpshock" reached number 9 in the UK Singles Chart on 20 March 1993. Their album Troublegum reached number 5 in the UK Albums Chart on 19 February 1994. Shed Seven's single "Going For Gold" entered the UK chart on 23 March 1996 at number 8.^[1]

Albums produced

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Key = p (produced), p/m (produced/mixed), m (mixed), e (engineered)

1980s

• The Icicle Works - If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy, Sing His Song (1987) m, e
• Roger Waters - Radio K.A.O.S. (1987) m, e

1990s

• Pixies - "Dig for Fire" (single) (1990) m, e
• Therapy? - Troublegum (1994) p/m
• Gun - Swagger (1994) p/m
• Radiohead - "Itch EP" (1994) m
• The Almighty - Crank (1994) p/m
• Terrorvision - How To Make Friends And Influence People (1994) m
• China Drum - Goosefair (1996) m
• Shed Seven - A Maximum High (1996) p/m
• Feeder - Swim (1996) p/m
• The Almighty - Just Add Life (1996) p
• Feeder - Polythene (1997) p/m
• Mike Scott - Still Burning (1997) m
• Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape (1997) m
• Velvet Jones - Colin (1997) p/m
• Anthrax - Volume 8: The Threat Is Real (1998) m
• Radiator - "Resistor" (Single) (1998) m
• Therapy? - Semi-Detached (1998) p/m
• Summercamp - (1998) p/m
• 3 Colours Red - Revolt (1999) m
• Jeff Beck - Who Else! (1999) m
• Idlewild - "When I Argue I See Shapes" (single) (1999) m
• Shed Seven - Going For Gold (1999) m

2000s

• The Vandals - Look What I Almost Stepped In... (2000) m, e
• Ruby Cruiser - Twelve Short Stories (2000) p/m/e
• Hundred Reasons - "Remmus" (EP) (2001) m
• My Vitriol - Finelines (2001) p/m
• Biffy Clyro - Blackened Sky (2002) p/m
• Sandstone Veterans - "Didn't Feel A Thing" (single) (2001) m
• Motor Ace - Shoot This (2002) p/m
• Therapy? - High Anxiety (2003) m
• 3 Colours Red - "Repeat To Fade" (single) (2003) p/m
• Biffy Clyro - The Vertigo Of Bliss (2003) p/m
• Oceansize - Effloresce (2003) p/m
• Amplifier - Amplifier (2004) m
• X Is Loaded - Raw Nerve (2004) p/m
• Biffy Clyro - Infinity Land (2004) p/m
• Oceansize - "Music for Nurses" (EP) (2004) p/m
• No Hope In New Jersey - Steady Diet Of Decline (2005) p
• Agent Blue - A Stolen Honda Vision (2005)
• Reuben - Very Fast Very Dangerous (2005) p/m
• Fono - Too Broken To Brake (2007) m
• The Mighty Roars - Swine and Cockerel (2007) m
• Kisschasy - Hymns for the Nonbeliever (2007) p/m
• Oceansize - Frames (2007) p/m
• Johnny Panic - "The Good Fight" (2007) m
• Slaves To Gravity - "Scatter The Crow" (2008) m
• Atomic Garden - Little Stories about Potential Events (2008) m
• Brigade - Come Morning We Fight (2008) p/m
• CloverSeeds - Innocence (2008) m
• Sucioperro - Pain Agency (2008) m
• Plain - "Different not Strange" (2008) m
• The Boxer Rebellion - Union (2009) m
• Gren - Gren (2009) m
• Fightstar - Grand Unification
• Kieran Leonard - "Scapegoat" (EP) (2009) m
• Isola - "Gravity" (Single) (2009) m

2010s

• Oceansize - Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up (2010) m
• Sucioperro - The Heart String & How To Pull It (2010) m
• Mor ve Ötesi - Masumiyetin Ziyan Olmaz (2010) p/m
• Amplifier - The Octopus (2010) m
• Skunk Anansie - "Wonderlustre" (2010) m
• The King Blues - Punk & Poetry (2011) m
• Johnny Panic - "Ritual Riots" (2011) m
• Nex - "A Clockwork Heart" (2008) m
• The Xcerts - "There Is Only You" (2014) m
• Lotus Crush - "Rabbit Hole" (2015) m
• Therapy? - "Disquiet" (2015)

References

1. Producers: Chris Sheldon on chartwatch.co.uk

External links

• Chris Sheldon's website