Alan Winstanley

Alan Kenneth Winstanley (born 2 November 1952)^[1] is an English record producer and songwriter, active from the mid-1970s onwards. He usually works with Clive Langer.^[2]

His early career during the mid-1970s was as an audio engineer, working on albums by The Stranglers in addition to releases by Joe Jackson and Generation X.^[2] He also worked with songwriter Brian Wade producing teen pop singer Nikki Richards' single "Oh Boy!" in 1978.

Notable studio albums produced or co-produced by Winstanley

• One Step Beyond... – Madness (1979)^[2]
• The Raven – The Stranglers (1979)^[3]
• 4 Out of 5 Doctors – 4 Out of 5 Doctors (1980)^[4]
• Absolutely – Madness (1980)
• Kilimanjaro – The Teardrop Explodes (1980)^[2]
• 7 – Madness (1981)^[2]
• Too-Rye-Ay – Dexy's Midnight Runners (1982)^[5]
• The Rise & Fall – Madness (1982)^[6]
• Punch the Clock – Elvis Costello and the Attractions (1983)^[2]
• Goodbye Cruel World – Elvis Costello and the Attractions (1984)^[2]
• Despite Straight Lines – Marilyn (1985)^[7]
• People – Hothouse Flowers (1988)^[2]
• Flood – They Might Be Giants (1990)^[8]
• Home – Hothouse Flowers (1990)^[2]
• Kill Uncle – Morrissey (1991)^[9]
• Sixteen Stone – Bush (1994)^[2]
• One Day at a Time – Symposium (1997)^[10]
• The Science of Things – Bush (1999)^[11]
• Lifelines – a-ha (2002)^[12]
• Please Describe Yourself – Dogs Die in Hot Cars (2004)^[13]
• Despite Straight Lines: The Very Best of Marilyn – Marilyn (2008)^[7]
• The Liberty of Norton Folgate – Madness (2009)^[14]

References

External links

• Official website