Hugh Jones is a British record producer with many important post-punk, new wave and alternative rock albums to his credit.
Jones made a name early in the 1980s with a jangly sound that aged better than many of his contemporaries' production styles, however he started out as lead singer in the band Mistral in the early 1970s, whilst at the same time working as an apprentice engineer in IBC Studios in Central London. Though many of his early clients were big name acts—Echo & the Bunnymen, The Sound, Modern English, and The Damned, for example—his recent production credits have been more esoteric, though many admire his work with The Charlatans and Kitchens of Distinction.
Jones was later closely associated with Rockfield Studios in Wales and recorded many of his most successful records there including Simple Minds, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Damned, The Icicle Works, The Charlatans, Heidi Berry, Del Amitri, The Bluetones, Shack and Gene.
1970s1973 - Return To Forever - Light as a Feather (engineer)1976 - Ralph McTell - Another Star Ascending (The Boxer) (engineer)1977 - London - Animal Games (engineer)1979 - Simple Minds - Real to Real Cacophony (engineer)1980s1980 - Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (engineer)1980 - The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro (engineer)1980 - Simple Minds - Empires and Dance (engineer)1981 - Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call (engineer)1981 - Echo & the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here1981 - The Sound - From the Lions Mouth1981 - The Undertones - Positive Touch1982 - Fiat Lux - several singles & one mini album (Hired History)1983 - Clock DVA - Advantage1983 - Monsoon - Third Eye (co-producer and engineer)1982 - Modern English - After the Snow1982 - The Damned - Strawberries1984 - The Icicle Works - The Icicle Works1984 - Modern English - Ricochet Days1984 - Rubber Rodeo - Scenic Views1985 - The Icicle Works - The Small Price of a Bicycle (one track)1985 - The Colourfield - Virgins and Philistines1985 - Stan Ridgway - The Big Heat (two tracks)1985 - Del Amitri - Del Amitri1986 - Here's Johnny - Hellzapoppin1986 - Stump - Quirk Out1986 - That Petrol Emotion - Manic Pop Thrill1987 - Balaam & the Angel - Greatest Story Ever Told1987 - The Saints - All Fools Day1987 - Dumptruck - For the Country1988 - James - Strip-mine1988 - Stump - A Fierce Pancake1988 - Voice of the Beehive - Let It Bee1989 - Frazier Chorus - Sue1989 - Mary My Hope - Suicide Kings1989 - Del Amitri - Waking Hours1989 - James Ray and the Performance - Dust Boat1990s1990 - Vagabond Joy - Baby's Not a Guru1990 - Kitchens of Distinction - Strange Free World1990 - Ultra Vivid Scene - Joy 1967-19901990 - The Connells - One Simple Word1991 - Died Pretty - Doughboy Hollow1991 - Vagabond Joy - We're Going Home1992 - Richard Barone - Clouds Over Eden1992 - The Charlatans - Between 10th and 11th1992 - Pale Saints - In Ribbons1993 - Heidi Berry - Heidi Berry1993 - Died Pretty - Trace1994 - The Glee Club - Mine1994 - Pale Saints - Slow Buildings1994 - Dodgy - Homegrown1994 - The Family Cat - Magic Happens1996 - The Bluetones - Expecting to Fly1996 - Heidi Berry - Miracle1996 - Dodgy - Free Peace Sweet1997 - The Mutton Birds - Envy of Angels1998 - The Bluetones - Return to the Last Chance Saloon1999 - Gene - Revelation1999 - Shack - HMS Fable1999 - Dream City Film Club - Stranger Blues2000s2001 - Gene - Libertine2002 - The Charlatans - Songs from the Other Side2002 - Easyworld - This Is Where I Stand2004 - Obi - Diceman Lopez2005 - Echo & the Bunnymen - Siberia2006 - The Bluetones - The Bluetones2006 - Harrisons - No Fighting in the War Room2006 - My Elvis Blackout - Back in the Food Chain (EP)2007 - My Elvis Blackout - Six Tracks (EP)2007 - I Say Marvin - Powerdown!2008 - I Say Marvin - Gloria2010 - Modern English - Soundtrack