Chris Hughes (record producer)

Chris Hughes ( born March 3, 1954 in London, England), also known as Merrick, is a British drummer, percussionist and music producer from Liverpool.

Life

Chris Hughes began his career as a music producer in the late 1970s. In 1979 he produced the album " Compass Kum'pas " the synthpop band Dalek I ( Love You), which was published in 1980. On this album, Hughes also played extra drum parts and percussion. In 1980 he moved under the name Merrick to Adam And The Ants, for whom he played as a second drummer and worked as a producer.

1982 Hughes left the " Ants". From then on, Chris Hughes focused on working as a music producer, often in collaboration with Ian Stanley.

From 1982 to 1989, Hughes as a producer and musician in the British New Wave band Tears For Fears. Beginning of the 1990s, Hughes played drums on some songs on the debut album Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos, released in 1992.

Published in 1994, Chris Hughes his first solo CD shift.

Discography

  • Adam And The Ants - Cartrouble ( Single Release ) - 1979 (production )
  • Adam And The Ants - Kick ( B-side of " Cartrouble " ) - 1979 (production )
  • Adam And The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier - 1980 (drums & production )
  • Adam And The Ants - Prince Charming - 1981 ( drums, brass Arrangement & Production )
  • Adam And The Ants - Goody Two Shoes ( Single Release ) - 1982 (drums & production )
  • Adam And The Ants - Red Scab (B- side of " Goody two shoes" ) - 1982 (drums & production )
  • Wan Chung - Dance Hall Days - 1983 (production )
  • Tears For Fears - The Hurting - 1982 ( Production & Schlagzeugprogammierung )
  • Tears For Fears - Song From The Big Chair - 1983 (production )
  • Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love - 1989 ( drums)
  • Rober Plant - Fate Of Nations - 1993
  • Paul McCartney - Motor Of Love (from " Flowers in the Wind" ) - 1989
  • Peter Gabriel - Red Rain ( from the album "So " ) ( Schlagzeugprogammierung )
  • Peter Gabriel - No Way Out ( from the album " Up" ) ( Schlagzeugprogammierung )
  • Propaganda - 1234 - 1990 (production )
  • Howard Jones - Everlasting Love ( from the album " Cross That Line") - 1989 (production )
  • Howard Jones - The Prisoner ( from the album " Cross That Line") - 1989 (production )
  • Paul Young - Paul Young (producer)
  • Moya Brennan - Two Horizons (production )
  • Bon Jovi - This Left Feels Right
  • Emma Townshend - Winterland
  • A- ha - Waiting For Her ( from the album " East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon" ) ( drums)
  • Def Leppard - Hello America ( from the album " On Through The Night" ) ( synthesizer)
  • Enya - Watermark - ( from the album " Enya " ) ( drums)
  • Enya - Storms In Africa - ( from the album " Enya " ) ( drums)
  • Merrick And Tibbs - Call Of The Wild - 1982
  • Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes - 1992 (drums)
  • Red Box - Lean On Me - 1985 (production )
  • Rick Ocasek - This Side Of Paradise - 1986 (production )
  • Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations - 1993 (production & some with drums)
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