Andy Wright (music producer)
Andy M Wright (born 1962) is a London-based music producer, songwriter and arranger who has worked with international artists such as Simply Red and Mick Hucknall, Dave Stewart, Toše Proeski, Atomic Kitten, and Andreas Vollenweider. Since the mid 1980's, he has worked as a programmer, musical arranger and producer on projects spanning music genres. Early career. In the mid-1980s, following an advertisement in "The Melody Maker", Wright worked for a keyboard hire company in London, delivering and setting up studio equipment for recording sessions. In order to acquire a job in recording studio, he  learnt to set up synthesisers and drum machines by reading manual books. The 1990s. In the 1990s, Wright set up a recording studio. Working as a musician/producer/programmer, he worked on The KLF hit "America:What Time Is Love?" This was followed by a programming stint with Massive Attack on their seminal album "Protection". 1995 also saw the beginning of Wright's long working relationship with Simply Red on the album "Life". The number one hit "Fairground", which featured on the record, owed to Wright's musical vision of blending Brazilian rhythms and trance house keyboards. In 1996, Wright  collaborated on pop records for Shakespear's Sister, Imogen Heap, Sinead O'Connor and Alisha's Attic. He also has a co-production credit with Tom Jones on the album "The Lead and How To Swing It" with Alan Moulder and U2 producer and Flood. In 1999 Wright was involved in the production of the Eurythmics album "Peace" which contained the hit singles "I Saved the World Today", "17 Again" and the title track "Peace". Wright stated that working with Dave Stewart led to 'the most interesting years of his working life', adding that Stewart was 'unpredictable, always coming up with  ideas, projects, adventures, and often going to faraway places to create. He was so full of positive emotions around his projects that it really seemed to create an environment that brought out the best in everyone.' He also co-produced the Eurythmics song "Peace Is Just A Word". 2000 onwards. In the year 2000, Wright began working with Jeff Beck. The resulting album, "You Had It Coming", produced a Grammy award-winning track "Dirty Mind" in the best rock instrumental performance category. He also provided singles "Reach" on S Club 7 and "Bring It All Back". In 2001, Wright scored  a UK number one single with Atomic Kitten's "Eternal Flame", followed by production of Gianna Nannini's album "Aria' in 2002. In 2003, Wright and Jeff Beck worked together again on the eponymously titled album "Jeff". This produced the Grammy winning track, "Plan B", also in the best rock instrumental performance category. Wright's production in 2003 also included "Sunrise", the first track off the album "Home" by Simply Red. He also worked on "A Thousand Beautiful Things" for Annie Lennox, plus the song "Caruso" for the Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti on the album "Ti Adoro". 2004 / 2005 involved  extensive work for Simply Red including co-production of the album "Simplified". In 2006, Wright began his collaboration with Macedonian artist Toše Proeski on songs for the album "The Hardest Thing". Following Proeski's death in October 2007, "The Hardest Thing" was released posthumously in January 2009 and reached the top of the charts all over the Balkan region. Later that year, he worked with Soho Dolls, chart-topping Icelandic popsters, Nylon, and further projects for Simply Red. In 2007, he contributed to "Stay", the final Simply Red album. In 2008, Wright worked on production of Mick Hucknall's first  solo album post-Simply Red: "Tribute to Bobby". Highlights from recent projects. The following are some of the more notable projects that Andy Wright has either produced or co-produced in the years since 2009. Musical credits. An extensive list of Wright's work is catalogued on AllMusic and Discogs.