Mark "Spike" Stent (born 3 August 1965) is an English record producer and mixing engineer who has worked with many international artists including Madonna, Sade, Marshmello, U2, Beyoncé, the Beatles, Björk, Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, the Foo Fighters, Grimes, Ed Sheeran, Beth Orton, Harry Styles, Frank Ocean, Vince Staples, Selena Gomez, All Saints, Spice Girls, Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Mansun, Gorillaz, Maroon 5, Muse, Lily Allen, Peter Gabriel, Gwen Stefani, Moby, No Doubt, Lenka, Usher, Kaiser Chiefs, Linkin Park, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Oasis, Keane, Massive Attack, Bastille, Diana Vickers and Take That.
Career
Stent grew up in Hampshire, England and first gained experience as an engineer at Jacobs Studios as a teenager before a two-year stint at Trident Studios.
Stent works at two studios: Mix Suite LA in EastWest Studios and Mix Suite UK.
Awards and nominations
Grammy Awards
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| 1996 || Bedtime Stories || Madonna || Best Pop Vocal Album|| ||
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| 1998 || Homogenic || Björk || Best Alternative Music Album|| ||
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| 2001 || Music || Madonna || Best Pop Vocal Album|| ||
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| 2001 || Music || Madonna || Record of the Year|| ||
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| 2009 || I Am... Sasha Fierce || Beyoncé || Grammy Best Contemporary R&B Album || ||
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| 2009 || I Am... Sasha Fierce || Beyoncé || Grammy Album of the Year || ||
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| 2010 || The Resistance || Muse || Grammy Best Rock Album || ||
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| 2010 || Head First || Goldfrapp || Grammy Best Dance/Electronica Album || ||
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| 2010 || Raymond V Raymond || Usher || Grammy Best Contemporary R&B Album || ||
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| 2012 || Channel Orange || Frank Ocean || Best Urban Contemporary Album||
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| 2013 || "We Take Care of Our Own" || Bruce Springsteen || Best Rock Song|| ||
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| 2013 || Wrecking Ball || Bruce Springsteen || Best Rock Album|| ||
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| 2013 || Red || Taylor Swift || Album of the Year|| ||
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| 2013 || The 2nd Law || Muse || Best Rock Album|| ||
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| 2015 || x || Ed Sheeran || Best Pop Vocal Album|| ||
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| 2015 || x || Ed Sheeran || Album of the Year|| ||
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| 2016 || "What Kind of Man" || Florence and the Machine || Best Rock Song|| ||
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| 2018 || ÷ || Ed Sheeran || Best Pop Vocal Album|| ||
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| 2024 || "Flowers" || Miley Cyrus|| Record of the Year|| ||
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| 2025 || "Now and Then" || the Beatles || Record of the Year || ||
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Billboard Music Awards
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| 2001 ||Madonna || "Music" || Top Hot Dance Club Play || Won
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| 2001 ||Madonna || "Music" || Top Hot Dance Maxi Single Sales || Won
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| 2005 ||Gwen Stefani || "Hollaback Girl" || Digital Song the Year || Won
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Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards
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| 2011 || Mix Engineer of the Year MPG Awards || Won ||
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| 2014 || Mix Engineer of the Year MPG Awards || Won ||
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| 2015 || Mix Engineer of the Year MPG Awards || Won ||
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| 2020 || Mix Engineer of the Year MPG Awards || Won ||
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Selected film credits
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| U2 || "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" || 1995 || Batman Forever
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| Tina Turner || "GoldenEye" || 1995 || GoldenEye
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| Björk || Selmasongs || 2000 || Dancer in the Dark
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| Madonna || "Die Another Day" || 2002 || Die Another Day
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Selected discography
1980s
- 1985: The Cult – Love
- 1987: Erasure – It Doesn't Have to Be
- 1988: The Mission – Children
- 1989: ABC – Up
1990s
- 1991: The KLF – The White Room
- 1993: Depeche Mode – Songs of Faith and Devotion
- 1994: Madonna – Bedtime Stories
- 1994: Massive Attack – Protection
- 1996: Spice Girls – Spice
- 1997: Björk – Homogenic
- 1997: Erasure – Cowboy
- 1997: Spice Girls – Spice World
- 1997: U2 – Pop
- 1998: Mansun – Six
- 1998: Massive Attack – Mezzanine
- 1999: Echo & The Bunnymen – What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? –
2000s
- 2000: All Saints – Saints & Sinners
- 2000: Madonna – Music
- 2000: Oasis – Familiar to Millions
- 2000: Oasis – Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
- 2001: Björk – Vespertine
- 2001: No Doubt – Rock Steady
- 2002: Linkin Park – Reanimation
- 2002: Oasis – Heathen Chemistry
- 2003: Dave Mathews Band – Some Devil
- 2003: Madonna – American Life
- 2003: Massive Attack – 100th Window
- 2003: The Black Eyed Peas – Elephunk
- 2004: Björk – Medúlla
- 2004: Gwen Stefani – Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
- 2004: Keane – Hopes and Fears
- 2004: Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten
- 2005: Aqualung – Strange and Beautiful
- 2005: Dave Mathews Band – Stand Up
- 2005: Fischerspooner – Odyssey
- 2005: Goldfrapp – Supernature
- 2005: Kaiser Chiefs – Employment
- 2005: Madonna – Confessions on a Dance Floor
- 2005: The Black Eyed Peas – Monkey Business
- 2006: Depeche Mode – The Complete Depeche Mode
- 2006: Gwen Stefani – The Sweet Escape
- 2006: Keane – Under the Iron Sea
- 2006: The Feeling – Twelve Stops and Home
- 2007: Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
- 2007: Björk – Volta
- 2007: Hard-Fi – Once Upon a Time in the West
- 2007: M.I.A – Kala
- 2007: Maroon 5 – It Won't Be Soon Before Long
- 2007: Natasha Bedingfield – N.B
- 2007: Stereophonics – Pull The Pin
- 2008: Beyoncé – I Am... Sasha Fierce
- 2008: CSS – Donkey
- 2008: Madonna – Hard Candy
- 2008: Pink – Funhouse
- 2008: Sneaky Sound System – Sneaky Sound System
- 2008: The Pussycat Dolls – Doll Domination
- 2008: The Script – The Script
- 2009: Cheryl Cole – 3 Words
- 2009: Ciara – Fantasy Ride
- 2009: FrankMusik – Complete Me
- 2009: Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
- 2009: Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
- 2009: Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster
- 2009: Lenka – Trouble Is a Friend
- 2009: Lily Allen – It's Not Me, It's You
- 2009: Muse – The Resistance
- 2009: Sean Garrett – Turbo 919
- 2009: Tegan & Sara – Sainthood
- 2009: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It's Blitz
- 2009: The Yeah You's – Looking Through You
- 2009: Vedera – Stages
2010s
- 2010: Cheryl Cole – Messy Little Raindrops
- 2010: Sade – Soldier Of Love
- 2010: Christina Aguilera – Bionic
- 2010: Duran Duran – All You Need Is Now
- 2010: Ellie Goulding – Lights
- 2010: Goldfrapp – Head First
- 2010: Hurts – Happiness
- 2010: James Blunt – Some Kind of Trouble
- 2010: Lights – The Listening
- 2010: N.E.R.D – Nothing
- 2010: Nelly Furtado – The Best of Nelly Furtado
- 2010: P Diddy – Last Train to Paris
- 2010: Take That – Progress
- 2010: The Script – Science and Faith
- 2010: The Wanted – The Wanted
- 2010: Usher – Raymond v. Raymond
- 2011: Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
- 2011: Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
- 2011: Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials
- 2012: Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
- 2012: Muse – The 2nd Law
- 2015: Duran Duran – Paper Gods
- 2015: Florence + the Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
- 2015: Grimes – Art Angels
- 2015: Selena Gomez – Revival
- 2016: Gwen Stefani – This Is What the Truth Feels Like
- 2017: Jessie Ware – Glasshouse
- 2017: Julia Michaels – "Issues"
- 2017: Julia Michaels – "Nervous Systems"
- 2017: Julia Michaels – "Uh Huh"
- 2017: Justin Bieber and BloodPop – "Friends"
- 2017: Kesha – "This Is Me"
- 2017: Liam Gallagher – "As You Were"
- 2017: Miguel – "War & Leisure"
- 2017: Mondo Cozmo – "Plastic Soul"
- 2017: Muse – "Dig Down"
- 2017: Niall Horan – "Slow Hands"
- 2017: PVRIS – "All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell"
- 2017: Rita Ora – "Your Song"
- 2017: Take That – "Giants"
- 2017: Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory
- 2018: Cardi B – "Thru Your Phone"
- 2018: Chvrches – Love Is Dead
- 2018: Elton John – Revamp tracks "Your Song" featuring Lady Gaga and "Bennie and the Jets" featuring Pink and Logic
- 2018: Jade Bird – "Lottery"
- 2018: Marshmello featuring Anne Marie – "Friends"
- 2018: Pale Waves – "Heavenly"
- 2018: Post Malone – "Stay"
- 2018: Rudimental – "These Days" featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen
- 2018: Years & Years – "Sanctify"
- 2019: Charli XCX featuring Lizzo – "Blame It on Your Love"
2020s
- 2020: 5 Seconds of Summer – Calm
- 2020: Marilyn Manson – We Are Chaos
- 2020: Miley Cyrus – Plastic Hearts
- 2020: Niall Horan – Heartbreak Weather
- 2020: Ted When – Edge Off
- 2021: John Mayer – Sob Rock
- 2022: Liam Gallagher – C'mon You Know
- 2023: Blink-182 – One More Time...
- 2023: Foo Fighters – But Here We Are
- 2023: Gorillaz – Cracker Island
- 2023: Peter Gabriel – i/o
- 2023: the Beatles – "Now and Then"
- 2024: Blink-182 - One More Time... Part-2
- 2024: Indochine - Babel Babel
- 2024: Julian Lennon "I Should Have Known" (Spike Stent Version)
- 2024: Liam Gallagher and John Squire Liam Gallagher John Squire
- 2025: Lorde - Virgin
- 2025: Yungblud - "Zombie"
- 2026: Foo Fighters – "Your Favorite Toy"
- 2026: Holly Humberstone - Cruel World
- 2026: Peter Gabriel – "o\i"
Notes and references
External links
- Article by Paul Tingen in Sound on Sound magazine, February 2010: Spike Stent on his mix of Muse's album The Resistance