Spike Stent


Mark "Spike" Stent is an English record producer and mixing engineer who has worked with many international artists including Madonna, Marshmello, U2, Beyoncé, the Beatles, Björk, Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, Grimes, Ed Sheeran, Beth Orton, Harry Styles, Frank Ocean, Vince Staples, Selena Gomez, All Saints, Spice Girls, Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Mansun, Gorillaz, 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 Jacobs 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

  • 2025: Lorde - Virgin
  • 2025: Yungblud - "Zombie"
  • 2024: Blink-182 - One More Time... Part-2
  • 2024: Indochine - Babel Babel
  • 2024: Julian Lennon "I Should Have Known"
  • 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"
  • 2026: Peter Gabriel – "o\i"

    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
  • 2010: Usher – Raymond v. Raymond
  • 2010: Nelly Furtado – The Best of Nelly Furtado
  • 2010: Hurts – Happiness
  • 2010: Goldfrapp – Head First
  • 2010: Ellie Goulding – Lights
  • 2010: P Diddy – Last Train to Paris
  • 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''

    2000s

  • 2009: Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
  • 2009: Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster
  • 2009: Tegan & Sara – Sainthood
  • 2009: Muse – The Resistance
  • 2009: Vedera – Stages
  • 2009: Cheryl Cole – 3 Words
  • 2009: Ciara – Fantasy Ride
  • 2009: Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
  • 2009: FrankMusik – Complete Me
  • 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
  • 2009: Lily Allen – It's Not Me, It's You
  • 2008: The Script – The Script
  • 2008: Sneaky Sound System – Sneaky Sound System
  • 2008: The Pussycat Dolls – Doll Domination
  • 2008: CSS – Donkey
  • 2008: Pink – Funhouse
  • 2008: Beyoncé – I Am... Sasha Fierce
  • 2008: Madonna – Hard Candy
  • 2007: M.I.A – Kala
  • 2007: Maroon 5 – It Won't Be Soon Before Long
  • 2007: Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
  • 2007: Hard-Fi – Once Upon a Time in the West
  • 2007: Stereophonics – Pull The Pin
  • 2007: Natasha Bedingfield – N.B
  • 2007: Björk – Volta
  • 2006: Depeche Mode – The Complete Depeche Mode
  • 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
  • 2005: Aqualung – Strange and Beautiful
  • 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
  • 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? –
  • 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''