# Spike Stent

Mark "Spike" Stent (born 3 August 1965) is an English record producer and mixing engineer who has worked with many international artists including Madonna, Marshmello, U2, Beyoncé, Björk, Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, 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 Jacob Studios as a teenager before a two-year stint at Trident Studios. After Trident, Stent worked at Olympic Studios in Barnes, South London. While at Olympic, Stent worked with artists such as Massive Attack, Bjork, Madonna, U2, Keane, and Oasis. Radiohead enlisted him to produce their 2007 album In Rainbows, but the collaboration was unsuccessful.
Stent works at two studios: Mix Suite LA in EastWest Studios and Mix Suite UK.

## Awards and nominations
### Grammy Awards

| Year | Album/Song | Artist | Award | Results |
| 1996 | Bedtime Stories | Madonna | Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated |
| 1998 | Homogenic | Björk | Best Alternative Music Album | Nominated |
| 2001 | Music | Madonna | Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated |
| 2001 | Music | Madonna | Record of the Year | Nominated |
| 2002 | Vespertine | Björk | Best Alternative Music Album | Nominated |
| 2005 | Medulla | Björk | Grammy Best Alternative Album | Nominated |
| 2006 | Love. Angel. Music. Baby. | Gwen Stefani | Grammy Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated |
| 2006 | Love. Angel. Music. Baby. | Gwen Stefani | Grammy Album of the Year | Nominated |
| 2006 | Love. Angel. Music. Baby. | Gwen Stefani | Grammy Record of the Year | Nominated |
| 2006 | Supernature | Goldfrapp | Grammy Best Electronic/Dance Album | Nominated |
| 2007 | Confessions on a Dance Floor | Madonna | Grammy Best Dance/Electronic Album | Won |
| 2008 | Volta | Bjork | Grammy Best Alternative Music Album | Nominated |
| 2008 | Neon Bible | Arcade Fire | Grammy Best Alternative Album | Nominated |
| 2009 | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Grammy Best Contemporary R&B Album | Won |
| 2009 | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Grammy Album of the Year | Nominated |
| 2010 | Funhouse | Pink | Grammy Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated |
| 2010 | It's Blitz | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Grammy Best Alternative Music Album | Nominated |
| 2010 | 21st Century Breakdown | Green Day | Grammy Best Rock Music Album | Won |
| 2010 | The Fame Monster | Lady Gaga | Grammy Best Pop Vocal Album | Won |
| 2010 | The Resistance | Muse | Grammy Best Rock Album | Won |
| 2010 | Head First | Goldfrapp | Grammy Best Dance/Electronica Album | Nominated |
| 2010 | Raymond V Raymond | Usher | Grammy Best Contemporary R&B Album | Won |
| 2012 | Channel Orange | Frank Ocean | Best Urban Contemporary Album | Won |
| 2013 | "We Take Care of Our Own" | Bruce Springsteen | Best Rock Song | Nominated |
| 2013 | Wrecking Ball | Bruce Springsteen | Best Rock Album | Nominated |
| 2013 | Red | Taylor Swift | Album of the Year | Nominated |
| 2013 | The 2nd Law | Muse | Best Rock Album | Nominated |
| 2015 | x | Ed Sheeran | Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated |
| 2015 | x | Ed Sheeran | Album of the Year | Nominated |
| 2016 | "Thinking Out Loud" | Ed Sheeran | Record of the Year | Nominated |
| 2016 | How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful | Florence + the Machine | Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated |
| 2016 | "What Kind of Man" | Florence and the Machine | Best Rock Song | Nominated |
| 2017 | "Tearing Me Up" | Bob Moses | Best Dance Recording | Nominated |
| 2018 | ÷ | Ed Sheeran | Best Pop Vocal Album | Won |
| 2024 | "Flowers" | Miley Cyrus | Record of the Year | Won |
| 2025 | "Now and Then" | The Beatles | Record of the Year | Nominated |

### Billboard Music Awards

| Year | Artist | Album/Song | Award | Result |
| 2001 | Madonna | "Music" | Top Hot Dance Club Play | Won |
| 2001 | Madonna | "Music" | Top Hot Dance Maxi Single Sales | Won |
| 2005 | Gwen Stefani | "Hollaback Girl" | Digital Song the Year | Won |

### Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards

| Year | Award | Results |
| 2011 | Mix Engineer of the Year MPG Awards | Won |
| 2014 | Mix Engineer of the Year MPG Awards | Won |
| 2015 | Mix Engineer of the Year MPG Awards | Won |
| 2020 | Mix Engineer of the Year MPG Awards | Won |

## Selected film credits

| Artist | Track/Album | Year | Film |
| U2 | "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" | 1995 | Batman Forever |
| Tina Turner | "GoldenEye" | 1995 | GoldenEye |
| Björk | Selmasongs | 2000 | Dancer in the Dark |
| Madonna | "Die Another Day" | 2002 | Die Another Day |

## Selected discography
### 2020s

* 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
* 2020: Marilyn Manson – We Are Chaos
* 2020: 5 Seconds of Summer – Calm
* 2020: Niall Horan – Heartbreak Weather
* 2020: Ted When – Edge Off
* 2020: Miley Cyrus – Plastic Hearts
* 2021: John Mayer – Sob Rock
* 2022: Liam Gallagher – C'mon You Know
* 2022: Peter Gabriel – i/o
* 2023: Gorillaz – Cracker Island
* 2023: Foo Fighters – But Here We Are
* 2023: Blink-182 – One More Time...
* 2023: The Beatles – "Now and Then"

### 2010s

* 2019: Charli XCX featuring Lizzo – "Blame It on Your Love"
* 2018: Post Malone – "Stay"
* 2018: Cardi B – "Thru Your Phone"
* 2018: Elton John – Revamp tracks "Your Song" featuring Lady Gaga and "Bennie and the Jets" featuring Pink and Logic
* 2018: Pale Waves – "Heavenly"
* 2018: Jade Bird – "Lottery"
* 2018: Chvrches – Love Is Dead
* 2018: Years & Years – "Sanctify"
* 2018: Rudimental – "These Days" featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen
* 2018: Marshmello featuring Anne Marie – "Friends"
* 2017: Kesha – "This Is Me"
* 2017: Miguel – "War & Leisure"
* 2017: Bishop Briggs – "Dream"
* 2017: Jessie Ware – Glasshouse
* 2017: PVRIS – "All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell"
* 2017: Justin Bieber and BloodPop – "Friends"
* 2017: Muse – "Dig Down"
* 2017: Mondo Cozmo – "Plastic Soul"
* 2017: Niall Horan – "Slow Hands"
* 2017: Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory
* 2017: Harry Styles – Harry Styles
* 2017: Ed Sheeran – ÷
* 2017: Julia Michaels – "Issues"
* 2017: Julia Michaels – "Uh Huh"
* 2017: Julia Michaels – "Nervous Systems"
* 2017: Rita Ora – "Your Song"
* 2017: Liam Gallagher – "As You Were"
* 2017: DreamCar – "Dreamcar"
* 2017: Take That – "Giants"
* 2016: Gwen Stefani – This Is What the Truth Feels Like
* 2015: Selena Gomez – Revival
* 2015: Florence + the Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
* 2015: Chvrches – Every Open Eye
* 2015: Grimes – Art Angels
* 2015: Duran Duran – Paper Gods
* 2014: Coldplay – Ghost Stories
* 2014: Ed Sheeran – x
* 2014: The Script – No Sound Without Silence
* 2014: Kasabian – 48:13
* 2013: Biffy Clyro – Opposites
* 2013: Bastille – Bad Blood
* 2013: Rudimental – Home
* 2013: White Lies – Big TV
* 2013: Haim – Days Are Gone
* 2013: Moby – Innocents
* 2013: John Newman – Tribute
* 2013: One Direction – Midnight Memories
* 2012: Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
* 2012: No Doubt – Push and Shove
* 2012: Taylor Swift – Red
* 2012: Muse – The 2nd Law
* 2011: Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials
* 2011: Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
* 2011: Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
* 2010: Lights – The Listening ("Ice")
* 2010: Usher – Raymond v. Raymond
* 2010: Nelly Furtado – The Best of Nelly Furtado ("Girlfriend in the City")
* 2010: Hurts – Happiness
* 2010: Goldfrapp – Head First
* 2010: Ellie Goulding – Lights
* 2010: P Diddy – Last Train to Paris ("Hello Good Morning")
* 2010: Take That – Progress
* 2010: James Blunt – Some Kind of Trouble
* 2010: The Wanted – The Wanted
* 2010: N.E.R.D – Nothing
* 2010: Duran Duran – All You Need Is Now
* 2010: The Script – Science and Faith
* 2010: Cheryl Cole – Messy Little Raindrops
* 2010: Christina Aguilera – Bionic ("Little Dreamer", "Kimono Girl", "Birds of Prey")

### 2000s

* 2009: Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown ("Last of the American Girls", "21 Guns", "Rain on Me")
* 2009: Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster ("Bad Romance", "Telephone" Featuring Beyoncé)
* 2009: Tegan & Sara – Sainthood ("Hell")
* 2009: Muse – The Resistance
* 2009: Vedera – Stages ("Satisfy", "Loving Ghosts", "Back to the Middle")
* 2009: Cheryl Cole – 3 Words ("Fight for This Love")
* 2009: Ciara – Fantasy Ride ("G Is for Girl")
* 2009: Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand ("Katherine")
* 2009: FrankMusik – Complete Me ("Confusion Girl")
* 2009: The Yeah You's – Looking Through You
* 2009: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It's Blitz
* 2009: Lenka – Trouble Is a Friend
* 2009: Sean Garrett – Turbo 919 ("Why", "What You Doin' Turbo 919")
* 2009: Lily Allen – It's Not Me, It's You ("Everyone's at It", "The Fear")
* 2008: The Script – The Script ("Breakeven", "Talk You Down", "The Man Who Can't Be Moved")
* 2008: Sneaky Sound System – Sneaky Sound System ("Kansas City", "UFO")
* 2008: The Pussycat Dolls – Doll Domination ("When I Grow Up")
* 2008: CSS – Donkey
* 2008: Pink – Funhouse
* 2008: Beyoncé – I Am... Sasha Fierce
* 2008: Madonna – Hard Candy
* 2007: M.I.A – Kala ("Boyz", "Jimmy")
* 2007: Maroon 5 – It Won't Be Soon Before Long
* 2007: Arcade Fire – Neon Bible ("Black Mirror", "No Cars Go")
* 2007: Hard-Fi – Once Upon a Time in the West ("Suburban Knights")
* 2007: Stereophonics – Pull The Pin ("Rewind")
* 2007: Natasha Bedingfield – N.B
* 2007: Björk – Volta
* 2006: Depeche Mode – The Complete Depeche Mode ("A Pain That I'm Used To")
* 2006: The Feeling – Twelve Stops and Home
* 2006: Keane – Under the Iron Sea
* 2006: Gwen Stefani – The Sweet Escape
* 2005: Madonna – Confessions on a Dance Floor
* 2005: Goldfrapp – Supernature
* 2005: Fischerspooner – Odyssey
* 2005: Kaiser Chiefs – Employment ("Everyday I Love You Less and Less")
* 2005: Aqualung – Strange and Beautiful ("Easier to Lie")
* 2005: Dave Mathews Band – Stand Up
* 2005: The Black Eyed Peas – Monkey Business
* 2004: Björk – Medúlla
* 2004: Keane – Hopes and Fears
* 2004: Gwen Stefani – Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
* 2004: Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten
* 2003: Massive Attack – 100th Window
* 2003: Madonna – American Life
* 2003: Dave Mathews Band – Some Devil
* 2003: The Black Eyed Peas – Elephunk
* 2002: Linkin Park – Reanimation
* 2002: Oasis – Heathen Chemistry
* 2001: No Doubt – Rock Steady
* 2001: Björk – Vespertine
* 2000: All Saints – Saints & Sinners ("Black Coffee", "Pure Shores")
* 2000: Madonna – Music
* 2000: Oasis – Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
* 2000: Oasis – Familiar to Millions

### 1990s

* 1999: Echo & The Bunnymen – What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? – (Rust (song))
* 1998: Massive Attack – Mezzanine
* 1998: Mansun – Six
* 1997: U2 – Pop
* 1997: Spice Girls – Spice World
* 1997: Erasure – Cowboy
* 1997: Björk – Homogenic
* 1996: Spice Girls – Spice
* 1994: Massive Attack – Protection
* 1994: Madonna – Bedtime Stories
* 1993: Depeche Mode – Songs of Faith and Devotion
* 1991: The KLF – The White Room

### 1980s

* 1989: ABC – Up
* 1988: The Mission – Children
* 1987: Erasure – It Doesn't Have to Be
* 1985: The Cult – Love