Stephen Hague

Stephen Hague (born Portland, Maine, 1960)[1] is an American record producer[2][3] most active with various British acts in the 1980s.

Stephen Hague
Born	1960 (age 59–60) Portland, Maine, United States
Occupation	Music producer

Early career

Starting his career as a member of the band Jules and the Polar Bears, Hague simultaneously started his production career by producing (with Jules Shear) the 2 albums and one EP by that band released between 1978 and 1980. He then branched out into producing work by other artists, including 1980s Sparks offshoot band Gleaming Spires, their first album being recorded on Hague's home 4 track. This 1981 album spawned the L.A. radio hit "Are You Ready For The Sex Girls" on the Posh Boy label, a recording subsequently featured in Hollywood features The Last American Virgin and Revenge of the Nerds. Hague and Shear teamed up to produce both albums by new-wavers Slow Children in 1981 and '82; Hague also co-produced Elliot Easton's 1985 solo album Change No Change.

Commercial successes

Hague's first noted UK production was on Malcolm McLaren's "Madam Butterfly" single. He later worked with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Public Image Ltd., Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Melanie C, Peter Gabriel, Dubstar,[4] Erasure and Robbie Robertson, producing the hits "(Forever) Live and Die", "West End Girls", "True Faith", "Regret", "Chains of Love" and "A Little Respect." He was also the producer responsible for the biggest success Siouxsie and the Banshees had in the US, with their 1991 single "Kiss Them for Me".

Production credits

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1980s

Year	Artist	Title	Additional information
1980	Bob Beland	Stealing Cars b/w "I Can Walk Away"	7" single
	Roger Swallow	CUT	LP
1981	Slow Children	Slow Children
	Gleaming Spires	"Are You Ready For The Sex Girls"	Rodney On The Roq 2 compilation
	Gleaming Spires	Songs of The Spires	LP
1982	Bob Beland	Bob Beland	EP
1983	Gleaming Spires	Walk On Well Lighted Streets	LP
	Hilary	Kinetic	EP
	Rock Steady Crew	"Hey you, the rock steady crew"	album written and produced
1984	Malcolm McLaren	"Madam Butterfly (Un Bel Di Vedremo)"
	Andy Pratt	"Fun in the First World"
1985	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	Crush
	Andy Pratt	"Not Just for Dancing"	now "Age of Goodbye"
1986	Pet Shop Boys	Please
	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	The Pacific Age
	Pete Shelley	Heaven & the Sea
1987	New Order	"True Faith" / "1963"	single
	Pet Shop Boys	Actually	"What Have I Done to Deserve This?", "King's Cross"
	Communards	Red
	Various Artists	Some Kind of Wonderful
1988	The Apartments	The Shyest Time
	Climie Fisher	Everything
	Erasure	The Innocents
	Jane Wiedlin	Fur
1989	Pere Ubu	Cloudland
	Holly Johnson	Blast	"Love Train" & "Heaven's Here"
	New Order	"Round & Round"	7" & 12" single versions
	Public Image Ltd.	9

1990s

Year	Artist	Title	Additional information
1990	Jimmy Somerville	Read My Lips
	Marc Almond	"A Lover Spurned"	Single from the album Enchanted
	New Order	"World in Motion"
	Robbie Robertson	Storyville
1991	Banderas	"This Is Your Life"
	Siouxsie and the Banshees	Superstition
	Chapterhouse	"Falling Down"
	Electronic	"Feel Every Beat"	single, additional production and remix
	Pet Shop Boys	"DJ Culture"	single, additional production and mix of 7”
1992	Electronic	"Disappointed"	single, additional production and mix of 7”
1993	One Dove	"Morning Dove White"
	New Order	Republic
	The Other Two	The Other Two & You
	Morten Harket	"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
	Pet Shop Boys	Very	additional production
1994	Blur	"To The End"
1995	Dubstar	Disgraceful	co-produced with Graeme Robinson
	Jimmy Somerville	"Heartbeat"
	Gregory Gray	"Euroflake in Silverlake"
	Frances Ruffelle	"God Watch Over You"	single
1996	Robbie Williams	"Freedom"	single
	Dicte	Voodoo Vibe
	Manic Street Preachers	Everything Must Go	Australia and The Girl Who Wanted To Be God
1997	Dubstar	Goodbye
	James	Whiplash	co-produced with Brian Eno
	ManBREAK	"Come and See"
	Sarah Cracknell	"Anymore"
1998	Ace of Base	"Cruel Summer"	coproduced
	Pretenders	Viva el Amor
1999	Technique	Pop Philosophy
1999	Tom Jones	Reload	produced or co-produced five of seventeen tracks

2000-present

Year	Artist	Title	Additional information
2001	Afro Celt Sound System	Volume 3: Further in Time
	Closer to Heaven Original London Cast	Closer to Heaven (Original Cast Recording)	co-produced with Pet Shop Boys
2002	a-ha	Lifelines
2004	Peter Gabriel	Up	co-produced with Peter Gabriel
2005	The Modern	Life In A Modern World	unreleased album (See Matinée Club below)
	David Mead	Wherever You Are	EP
2007	Client	Heartland	few songs
	The Cinematics	"A Strange Education"
	Melanie C	This Time	"What If I Stay", "Forever Again", "Don't Let Me Go", "Immune", "May Your Heart", "I Want Candy"
	Melanie C	"Understand" (remix)
2008	Peter Gabriel and Various Artists	Big Blue Ball	co-produced with Peter Gabriel
	Fryars		singles
2009	Robbie Williams
2010	Akira the Don	The Life Equation
2011	Joseph Arthur
	Claudia Brücken	The Lost Are Found
2012	Creature	Sick Imagination
	Low Sea	Remote Viewing
2013	Tristen	Caves	album
2014	James Varnish	V	EP
2020	Whitey	Now That's Why I Killed Music	album

References

1. Thompson, Dave (2000-11-01). Alternative rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 773–. ISBN 978-0-87930-607-6. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
2. Massey, Howard (2000-01-01). Behind the glass: top record producers tell how they craft the hits. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 259–. ISBN 978-0-87930-614-4. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
3. Black, Johnny (2004-06-01). Reveal: the story of R.E.M. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 72–. ISBN 978-0-87930-776-9. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
4. Buckley, Peter (2003-10-28). The rough guide to rock. Rough Guides. pp. 321–. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0. Retrieved 13 August 2011.

External links

• Biography on MP3.com