Gil Norton (born in Liverpool) is an English record producer known for his work with
alternative rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s w ...
bands such as
Pixies,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Foo Fighters
The Foo Fighters are an American Rock music, rock band formed in Seattle in 1994. Initially founded as a one-man project by former Nirvana (band), Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, the band comprises vocalist/guitarist Grohl, bassist Nate Mendel, gu ...
,
Tribe
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,
Jimmy Eat World,
Dashboard Confessional,
Feeder,
the Distillers,
Maxïmo Park,
Counting Crows,
Terrorvision,
the Triffids,
Del Amitri,
James,
the Feelers,
the Beekeepers,
Twin Atlantic,
General Fiasco,
Span,
Busted,
Bayside, and
Intergallactic Lovers.
Discography
As producer
* Chain of Command, ''Some Aspects, Honour Among Thieves'' (1981)
*
China Crisis, ''
Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain'' (1982)
*
Echo & the Bunnymen, ''
Ocean Rain'' (1984)
*
The Triffids, ''
Born Sandy Devotional'' (1986)
*
Martin Stephenson and the Daintees, ''
Boat to Bolivia'' (1986)
*
Throwing Muses, ''
Throwing Muses'' (1986)
*
The Triffids, ''
Calenture'' (1987)
*
Throwing Muses, ''
Chains Changed'' (1987)
* Robert Holmes, Age of Swing (1989)
*
Pixies, ''
Doolittle'' (1989)
*
Del Amitri, ''
Waking Hours'' (1989) (one track, "Move Away Jimmy Blue")
*
The Blue Aeroplanes, ''Swagger'' (1990)
*
James, ''
Gold Mother
''Gold Mother'' is the third studio album by English rock band James. It was released on 4 June 1990 on Fontana Records. With the addition of drummer David Baynton-Power, violinist/guitarist Saul Davies, and keyboardist Mark Hunter, James r ...
'' (1990) (one track, "
Sit Down")
*
Pixies, ''
Bossanova'' (1990)
*
Pale Saints, ''
The Comforts of Madness'' (1990)
*
Pere Ubu, ''
Worlds in Collision'' (1991)
*
Tribe
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, ''
Abort'' (1991)
*
Pixies, ''
Trompe le Monde'' (1991)
*
Del Amitri, ''
Change Everything'' (1992)
*
Belly, ''
Star
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'' (1993) (four tracks)
*
Catherine Wheel, ''
Chrome'' (1993)
*
Terrorvision, ''
How to Make Friends and Influence People'' (1994)
*
The Fatima Mansions, ''
Lost in the Former West'' (1994) (two tracks, "Walk in the Woods" and "Brain Blister")
*
Blink, ''A Map of the Universe'' (1994) (one track, "It's Not My Fault")
*
Catherine Wheel, ''
Happy Days
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'' (1995)
* The Meices, ''Dirty Bird'' (1996)
*
Terrorvision, ''
Regular Urban Survivors'' (1996)
*
Longpigs, ''
The Sun Is Often Out'' (1996) (additional mix and production on "On and On")
*
Honeycrack, ''Prozaic'' (1996)
*
Counting Crows, ''
Recovering the Satellites'' (1996)
*
The Age of Electric, ''
Make a Pest a Pet'' (1997)
*
Foo Fighters
The Foo Fighters are an American Rock music, rock band formed in Seattle in 1994. Initially founded as a one-man project by former Nirvana (band), Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, the band comprises vocalist/guitarist Grohl, bassist Nate Mendel, gu ...
, ''
The Colour and the Shape'' (1997)
*
Echobelly, ''
Lustra'' (1997)
*
The Beekeepers, ''Third Party, Fear and Theft'' (1998) (one track, "Do You Behave Like That at Home?")
*
K's Choice, ''
Cocoon Crash'' (1998)
*
Cast, ''
Magic Hour'' (1999)
*
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer. Her 1975 debut album '' Horses'' made her an influential member of the New York City-based punk rock movement. Smith has fu ...
, ''
Gung Ho'' (2000)
*
SR-71, ''
Now You See Inside'' (2000)
*
Alien Crime Syndicate, ''
From the Word Go'' (2000)
*
Terris, ''Learning to Let Go'' (2001)
*
Feeder, ''
Echo Park'' (2001)
*
Ed Harcourt, ''
Here Be Monsters'' (2001)
*
The Feelers, ''
Communicate'' (2001)
*
Feeder, ''
Comfort in Sound'' (2002)
*
Dashboard Confessional, ''
A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar'' (2003)
*
The Distillers, ''
Coral Fang'' (2003)
*
Span, ''
Mass Distraction'' (2004)
*
Alien Crime Syndicate, ''
Ten Songs in the Key of Betrayal'' (2004)
*
Jimmy Eat World, ''
Futures'' (2004)
*
Feeder, ''
Pushing the Senses'' (2005)
*
Son of Dork, ''
Welcome to Loserville'' (2005)
*
Morningwood, ''
Morningwood'' (2006)
*
Gomez, ''
How We Operate'' (2006)
*
Ben Kweller, ''
Ben Kweller'' (2006)
*
Maxïmo Park, ''
Our Earthly Pleasures'' (2007)
*
Funeral for a Friend
Funeral for a Friend are a Welsh post-hardcore band from Bridgend, Wales, Bridgend, formed in 2001. The band's members are Kris Roberts (guitar, backing vocals), Gavin Burrough (guitar, vocals), Darran Smith (guitar), Richard Boucher (bass), an ...
, ''
Tales Don't Tell Themselves'' (2007)
*
Foo Fighters
The Foo Fighters are an American Rock music, rock band formed in Seattle in 1994. Initially founded as a one-man project by former Nirvana (band), Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, the band comprises vocalist/guitarist Grohl, bassist Nate Mendel, gu ...
, ''
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace'' (2007)
*
Counting Crows, ''
Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings'' (2008)
*
In Case of Fire, ''
Align the Planets'' (2009)
*
Eskimo Joe, ''
Inshalla'' (2009)
*
Brendan Benson, ''
My Old, Familiar Friend'' (2009)
*
Violent Soho, ''
Violent Soho'' (2010)
*
General Fiasco, ''
Buildings'' (2010) (one track, "
I'm Not Made of Eyes")
*
Gyroscope
A gyroscope (from Ancient Greek γῦρος ''gŷros'', "round" and σκοπέω ''skopéō'', "to look") is a device used for measuring or maintaining Orientation (geometry), orientation and angular velocity. It is a spinning wheel or disc in ...
, ''
Cohesion'' (2010)
*
Bayside, ''
Killing Time'' (2011)
*
Sum 41, ''
Screaming Bloody Murder'' (2011) (uncredited additional drums production)
*
Twin Atlantic, ''
Free'' (2011)
*
Futures, ''The Karma Album'' (2011)
*
Pulled Apart by Horses, ''
Tough Love'' (2012)
*
You Me at Six, "
The Swarm" (2012)
*
Maxïmo Park, ''
The National Health'' (2012)
*
Pure Love, ''
Anthems'' (2013)
*
Surfer Blood, ''
Pythons'' (2013)
*
Pixies, ''
EP1'' (2013)
*
AFI, ''
Burials'' (2013)
*
The People The Poet, ''The Narrator'' (2013) (two tracks, "Sing" and "Molly Drove Me Away")
*
Pixies, ''
EP2'' (2014)
*
Pixies, ''
Indie Cindy'' (2014)
*
Twin Atlantic, ''
Great Divide'' (2014)
*
Stornoway
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The town's population is around 6,953, making it the third-largest island town in Scotlan ...
, ''
Bonxie'' (2015)
*
The Virginmarys, ''Divides'' (2016)
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*
Band of Skulls, ''By Default'' (2016)
*
Intergalactic Lovers, ''Exhale'' (2017)
*
Busted, ''
Half Way There'' (2019)
*
Higher Power, ''
27 Miles Underwater'' (2020)
*
The Hunna, “
The Hunna” (2022)
References
External links
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English record producers
Living people
People from Liverpool
Year of birth missing (living people)