John Smith

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UK Engineer/Producer at Mayfair Studios. He worked with Blur during most of the group’s recording career. Has been known to work with UK Producer Stephen Street.

ALBUMS

Do You Remember How It Was? 1996/1999

Parklife / The Great Escape

Indie Rock/Britpop

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Britpop/Art Rock

Blur 21 (The Box)

2012, Box Set, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, 2x CD, 2x CD, 3x DVD, Vinyl,

Leftfield/Indie Rock/Music Hall/House/Shoegaze/Punk/Lo-Fi/Art Rock/Dub/Afrobeat/Krautrock/Acoustic/Synth-pop/Ballad/Britpop

When In Rome, Kill Me

Glorious - 36 Essential Modern Anthems

2001, 2xCD, Comp, Columbia,

Alternative Rock/Leftfield/Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Dub/Reggae-Pop/New Wave/Downtempo/Synth-pop/Britpop

And We All Fall Down

2000, LP, Album, 625 Thrashcore, Crime Scene Records

10th Anniversary Box Set

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Art Rock/Euro House/Shoegaze/Krautrock/Synth-pop/Punk/Acoustic/Ballad/Novelty/Music Hall/Psychedelic Rock/Leftfield/Lo-Fi/Lounge/Easy Listening/Britpop

1998, CD, Single, Car, Food, Parlophone, BLUR FC,

The Answer To Why I Hate You

The Story So Far...

1996, Cass, Comp, Vox Magazine,

Blues Rock/Indie Rock/Classic Rock/Downtempo/Trip Hop/Breakbeat

Indie Rock/Britpop

Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Britpop

Sale Of The Century

Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Britpop

The Story Of A Charmless Man

What Do I Do Now?

Blur's Country House

Indie Rock/Ballad/Britpop

Indie Rock/Britpop

Blur Starring Phil Daniels

Indie Rock/Britpop

The Special Collectors Edition

Alternative Rock/Britpop/Indie Rock/Art Rock

Indie Rock/Britpop

Alternative Rock/Pop Rock/Ethereal/Indie Rock/Shoegaze/Folk Rock/Acid Jazz/Contemporary R&B/Synth-pop/Britpop

Indie Rock/Britpop

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Power Of Dreams

There I Go Again

Farewell To Twilight

Chess (4) Starring Petra Berger, Denise van der Hek Special Guest Star Rene Froger*

The Beauty And The Beast

1993, CD, Single, Dino Music

Kill Your Friends (Music From And Inspired By The Film)

Freedom, Part. 1

Smashes & Trashes

Alternative Rock/Funk Metal

Herbert Grönemeyer

Lied 3 - Du Bist Die

2007, CD, Maxi, EMI, Grönland Records,

Electro/Pop Rock

Please Yourself

2007, CD, Promo, Grönland Records,

Alternative Rock/Electro House

Herbert Grönemeyer

2007, CD Red Cover,

Lied 1 - Stück Vom Himmel

Electro/Pop Rock

Nature Of This Town / Are You Leaving For The Country

The Power Of Shower

The Best Of Latvia 2

2006, CD, Comp, Microphone Records,

Indie Rock/Pop Rock/Rock & Roll/Disco/Eurodance/House/Trance/Europop/Hip Hop/Vocal/Acid Jazz

Demon Days Live At The Manchester Opera House

2006, DVD DVD-9,

Leftfield/Trip Hop/Conscious/Pop Rap/Electro/Downtempo/Alternative Rock

Pop Rock/Ballad

James Dean Bradfield

An English Gentleman

Alternative Rock

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

Petra Jean Phillipson

2005, CD Digipak,

Folk Rock/Acoustic

A Day Before Tomorrow

Your Love Means Everything

Abstract/Downtempo/Ambient

Herbert Grönemeyer

Hallelujah World

Folk/Vocal/Ballad

Invincible Summer

Pop Rock/Synth-pop

This Is My Time (Radio Edit)

Damon Albarn & Michael Nyman

Ravenous (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Modern/Folk/Score/Soundtrack/Appalachian Music

I Love My Friends

Alternative Rock

Britpop/Indie Rock

Sweet Catatonia

Way Beyond Blue

Are You Sure? / Stop To Think

1995, 7", Single, Paradise (17),

Indie Rock/Britpop

Blur et Françoise Hardy

To The End (La Comedie)

Chanson/Romantic/Ballad/Britpop

Alternative Rock

Alternative Rock/Punk

Power Of Dreams

There I Go Again

APPEARANCES +

The LoTek Four Vol II

2016, 3xCD, Comp, RM + DVD, Comp, RM, NTSC + Box, Victor,

Industrial/IDM/Heavy Metal/Abstract/Downtempo/Ambient

Herbert Grönemeyer

Herbert Grönemeyer

The Blue Aeroplanes

Midlife: A Beginner's Guide To Blur

Herbert Grönemeyer

Lied 6 - Leb In Meiner Welt

Pop Rock/Ballad

The Brit Box (UK Indie, Shoegaze, And Brit-Pop Gems Of The Last Millennium)

2007, Box Set, 4x CD,

Alternative Rock/Garage Rock/Indie Rock/Lo-Fi/Britpop/Shoegaze

Herbert Grönemeyer

Lied 2 - Kopf Hoch, Tanzen

Electro/Pop Rock

The Blue Aeroplanes

Indie Rock/New Wave

Never Said Goodbye

2006, CD Digipack,

Alternative Rock/Pop Rock

James Dean Bradfield

The Great Western

James Dean Bradfield

That's No Way To Tell A Lie

Alternative Rock

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

Alternative Rock

David Morales / Trevor Nelson / Jade Jagger

Renaissance Presents Pacha Ibiza Vol 2

2005, 3xCD, Comp, Mixed, Renaissance,

Soul-Jazz/House/Disco/RnB/Swing/Deep House/Hip Hop

Electro/Downtempo/Pop Rap

Lockdown Project

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Shoot From The Hip

Europop/Electro

Britpop/Indie Rock

The High Fidelity

Herbert Grönemeyer

Pop Rock/Downtempo/Electro

Versi Per La Libertà

2001, CD, Album, Enh, Storie Di Note,

Chanson/Pop Rock/Vocal

Alternative Rock/Acoustic/Pop Rock/Big Beat/Britpop

The Best Of...The Radio Show

2000, CD, Promo, Food, Parlophone

2000, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Virgin, Virgin,

Indie Rock/Britpop

The High Fidelity

The Beach (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Breakbeat/House/Pop Rock/Trance/Soundtrack

The High Fidelity

Indie Rock/Leftfield/Alternative Rock

Blur CD Exclusive To The Observer

1999, CD, Comp, Enh, Promo, Food, The Observer,

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Britpop

Tvt2k (Gratuitous Millennial Tie-In)

1999, CD, Comp, Promo, TVT Records

No Distance Left To Run

Splendor - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Soundtrack/House/Big Beat

Indie Rock/Britpop

Leftfield/Indie Rock/House

The High Fidelity

Electro/Experimental

Abstract/Indie Rock

Assembly Line People Program

Critical Gate / Glass Static (Remix)

1998, 7", Transcopic

Glorious ...Mud (The Ultimate Festival Compilation)

1998, CD, Comp, Promo, Time Out,

Indie Pop/Hard Rock/Shoegaze/Britpop

The High Fidelity

The High Fidelity

Come Again (Part 1)

Alternative Rock

Girls Against Boys

Alternative Rock/Synth-pop

Assembly Line People Program

Subdivision Of Being

Alternative Rock

Seven More Minutes

Pop Rock/Indie Rock

The Sky Is Too High

Art Rock/Punk/Indie Rock

Bustin' + Dronin'

Indie Rock/Downtempo/Dub/Experimental/Alternative Rock/Britpop

Motorway Man (Steve Osborne Mixes)

1997, 12", Promo, Indolent Records,

Progressive House/Indie Rock

The Nineties Collection

1997, CD, Comp, EMI 100, EMI,

Alternative Rock/Synth-pop/Ballad/Heavy Metal/Britpop

Fairweather Friend

Leftfield/House/Indie Rock

Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Britpop

Pleased To Meet You

Pop Rock/Indie Rock

She's A Good Girl

The Answer To Why I Hate You

Punk/Indie Rock

Death Of A Party

Downtempo/Indie Rock/Dub/Breaks/Britpop

Alternative Rock/Britpop

Techno/Electro/Synth-pop

A Flavour Of The Label 5

1996, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Parlophone, Parlophone

It Could Be You

Britpop/Indie Rock

Indie Rock/Britpop

Jesus Loves You More If You Can Drive

Colonial Cousins

Colonial Cousins

Unheard Pleasures

1995, Cass, Comp, Select Magazine,

Leftfield/Techno/Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Britpop

1995, CD, Single, Promo, Food,

Indie Rock/Britpop

Alternative Rock/Punk

The Great Escape

Wasted - The Best Of Volume (Part 1)

Leftfield/Techno/Trip Hop/Tech House/Ambient

The Story Of A Charmless Man

Britpop/Indie Rock

Siouxsie & The Banshees

Pop Rock/Alternative Rock

1994, CD, Album, XEO Invitation,

Abstract/IDM/Industrial

Volume Twelve - Winter '94

Industrial/Indie Rock/Dub/Ambient/Hard Rock/Experimental

Synth-pop/Indie Rock/Britpop

End Of A Century

Indie Rock/Country Rock/Lo-Fi/Parody/Britpop

1993, Cass, Not On Label,

Intro The Gift Recordings

Britpop/Indie Rock

Pop Rock/Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Industrial/New Wave/Acid Jazz/Synth-pop/Britpop

1992, CD, Comp, Volume,

Alternative Rock/Industrial/Indie Rock/House/New Wave/Ambient/Leftfield

Indie Rock/Britpop

File Under Rock

Power Of Dreams

There I Go Again

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock

Music, Music (This Is Why)

Red Hot + Dance

House/Acid Jazz/Funk/Dance-pop/Contemporary R&B

Powercut (2) Featuring Nubian Prinz

Electro/Funk/Industrial/Breaks/Dub/Experimental

Pay It All Back Volume Three

Reggae/Industrial/Dub/Tech House/Breaks/Funk

There's No Other Way

Breakbeat/Dub/Electro/Funk

Fusion/Indian Classical

Before The Storm

An Imitation Of Love

Ashley Hutchings & John Kirkpatrick

The Compleat Dancing Master

LP, Delta Music,

Acoustic/Art Rock

Freedom, Part. 1

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Britpop/Indie Rock

Demon Days Live At The Manchester Opera House

Leftfield/Trip Hop/Conscious/Pop Rap/Electro/Downtempo

Hit Collection 2000

2003, CD, Comp, M/Print, Unofficial, DJ's Club Records,

Britpop/Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Experimental/Art Rock

A Day Before Tomorrow

Bustin' + Dronin' (Remixes)

The Beach (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Breakbeat/House/Pop Rock/Trance/Soundtrack

The Great Escape

Indie Rock/Britpop