Studio
Metropolis Studios, Chiswick
Chris Potter is a BRIT Award winning and
Grammy nominated producer and mixer, best known
for his work on The Verve's #1
seminal album 'Urban Hymns', which features the
classic singles 'Bittersweet Symphony'
(2 billion
streams), 'Lucky
Man' (300 million
streams), 'Sonnet' (100
million) and the #1
single 'The Drugs Don't Work' (275
million). The album is the 17th biggest
selling album of all time in the UK. So far, it has sold a massive
10 million copies worldwide and is considered a British rock
classic. Chris also produced the band's #1
comeback album 'Forth', including the singles
'Love Is Noise' (40
million streams) and 'Rather Be'
(7.5 million streams).
Subsequently, Chris has worked extensively
with Richard Ashcroft on his solo
career, including four top 3 albums - the #1
Mercury nominated album 'Alone with
Everybody' (including the hit singles 'A Song for the
Lovers', 'Money to Burn' and 'C'mon People (We're
Making It Now)', 'Human Conditions' (featuring the
singles 'Check the Meaning', 'Science of Silence' and 'Buy It
in Bottles'), 'Keys to the World' (including
the singles 'Break the Night with Colour', 'Music Is Power' and
'Words Just Get in the Way') and 'These
People' (including the singles 'This Is How It
Feels', 'Hold On', 'They Don't Own Me'). This year, Chris
finished producing and mixing Richard's latest solo album
'Acoustic Hymns Vol 1', his highest charting album
since 'Alone With Everybody', peaking at #2 on the
UK albums chart. The album includes his much lauded duet with
Liam Gallagher, 'C'Mon People (We're
Making It Now)', which peaked on the
A-list at BBC Radio 2.
Alongside his work with The Verve and Richard Ashcroft, Chris
has worked on three albums for The Rolling
Stones, including the UK #2 and US #3
album 'Steel Wheels' which was certified 2x
platinum, U2's
'Popmart', Blur's 'Black Book'
and The Feeling's #2 platinum selling debut
album 'Twelve Stops and Home' (including the
hit singles 'Fill My Little World' and 'Rosé').
His other credits include tracks
for Passenger, I Am
Kloot, Keane, Jack
Savoretti, The
Rifles, Yusuf Islam
(formerly Cat Stevens),
Archive, Heather
Nova, White Belt Yellow
Tag, Sound of Guns, The
Chakras, Mick Jagger, Whale, Mega City Four, Psychedelic
Furs.
Most recently, Chris has produced and/or mixed tracks
for Michael Kiwanuka, The
Zombies, Newton Faulkner
('Indecisive'), Callum Beattie, Pale
Seas, Charlene Soraia
('Ghost'), Angus & Julia Stone
and Humanist featuring Dave Gahan.
Productions and Mixes
The Verve | Urban Hymns (album) | Produced, mixed | #1 (#17 all time) |
| The Drugs Don't Work (single) | Produced, mixed | #1 |
| Bitter Sweet Symphony (single) | Produced, mixed | #2 |
| Lucky Man (single) | Produced, mixed | #7 |
| Sonnet (single) | Produced, mixed | NCQ |
| Forth (album) | Produced, mixed | #1 |
| Love Is Noise (single) | Produced, mixed | #4 |
| Rather Be (single) | Produced, mixed | |
Richard Ashcroft | Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1 (album) | Produced, mixed | #2 |
| These People (album inc. singles) | Produced, mixed | #3 |
| Alone with Everybody (album inc. singles) | Produced, mixed | #1 |
| Keys to the World (album inc. singles) | Produced, mixed | #2 |
| Human Conditions (album inc. singles) | Produced, mixed | #3 |
R.A. & Liam Gallagher | C'mon People (We're Making It Now) [Don't Stop Mix] | Produced, mixed | |
Callum Beattie | People Like Us (album) | Produced | |
| Ghosts In The Dark (single) | Produced | |
| Miracle (EP) (inc. Dreamfly & Don't Cut The Rope) | Produced, mixed | |
| Man Behind the Sun (Acoustic) (single) | Produced, mixed | |
Michael Kiwanuka | Love & Hate (Live sessions at RAK Studios) | Mixed | |
Passenger | Do What You Like (Radio Edit) (single) | Mixed | |
Rolling Stones | Steel Wheels (album) | Mixed | #2 UK, #3 US |
| Flashpoint (album) | Mixed | #6 |
| No Security (album) | Co-produced, Mixed | #34 (U.S.) |
| The Singles 1971-2006 (album) | Produced, mixed | |
Keane | The Best of Keane (album) | Mixed | #10 |
| Thin Air (song) | Mixed | |
| Let It Slide (song) | Mixed | |
| He Used to Be a Lovely Boy (song) | Mixed | |
The Feeling | Twelve Stops And Home (album) | Produced, mixed | #2 |
| Fill My Little World (single) | Produced, mixed | #10 |
| Rosé (single) | Produced, mixed | |
| Join With Us (album) | Mixed | #1 |
| Together We Were Made (album) | Mixed | |
| Singles (2006-2011) (album) | Mixed | |
Paul McCartney & Youth (as The Fireman) | Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest (album) | Recorded, mixed | |
Humanist | Shock Collar (featuring Dave Gahan) (single) | Mixed | |
Blur | 13 [Special Edition] (album) | Produced, mixed | #1 |
| Black Book (song) | Produced, mixed | |
U2 | Popmart: Live From Mexico City | Mixed | |
Jack Savoretti | Between The Minds (album) | Mixed | |
| Without (single) | Mixed | |
| Dreamers (single) | Mixed | |
Gabrielle | Gabrielle (album) | Mixed, recorded | #10 |
| Give Me a Little More Time (single) | Mixed, recorded | #5 |
| Heartbreaker | Mixed, engineered | |
| If You Really Cared (single) | Mixed, recorded | |
| Forget About the World (single) | Mixed, recorded | |
| Walk On By (single) | Mixed, recorded | #7 |
| Always (album) | Mixed, engineered | |
| Why (featuring Paul Weller) (single) | Mixed, engineered | |
De La Soul | Keepin' The Faith [Just A Touch-Edit] (single) | Mixed, engineered | |
I Am Kloot | I Am Kloot (album) | Produced, mixed | |
| B (album) | Produced, mixed | |
| Life In A Day (single) | Produced, mixed | |
| 3 Feet Tall (single) | Produced, mixed | |
| Untitled #1 (single) | Produced, mixed | |
| From Your Favourite Sky (single) | Produced, mixed | |
| Proof (single) | Produced, mixed | |
Archive | 25 (album) | Mixed | |
| Take My Head (album) | Mixed, Additional production | |
| You Make Me Feel (single) | Mixed | |
| Take My Head (single) | Mixed | |
| The Way You Love Me (single) | Mixed | |
| Cloud In The Sky (single) | Mixed | |
Angus & Julia Stone | Down The Way (album) | Mixed | #1 (AUS) |
| Heart Full Of Wine (EP) | Produced, mixed | |
| My Malakai (song) | Produced, mixed | |
Alex Francis | Free (single) | Produced, Mixed | |
Pale Seas | Stargazing For Beginners (album) | Produced, Mixed | |
| Someday (single) | Mixed | |
| Into the Night (single) | Produced, Mixed | |
Charlene Soraia | Love Is the Law (album) | Produced, mixed | |
| Ghost (single) | Produced, mixed | |
The Levellers | Greatest Hits (album) | Mixed | |
| Just The One (Featuring Bellowhead) (single) | Mixed | |
| Julie (Featuring Frank Turner) | Mixed | |
The Zombies | Still Got That Hunger (album) | Produced, mixed | |
Newton Faulkner | Indecisive (Radio Edit) (single) | Mixed | |
The Rifles | Freedom Run (album) | Produced, mixed | |
Heather Nova | Oyster (album) | Produced, mixed | |
Tom Jones | The Lead And How To Swing It (album) | Engineered | |
The Orange Lights | Life Is Still Beautiful | Produced | |
Cyndi Lauper | Hey Now (Girls Just Want To Have Fun) [Sly & Robbie's Home Grown Version] (single) | Additional production, mixed | |
RPA & The United Nations of Sound | United Nations of Sound (album) | Mixed, vocal production | |
The Clash | London Calling | Mix | |
Sound of Guns | What Came From Fire (album) | Produced, mixed | |
White Belt Yellow Tag | You're Not Invincible EP | Produced, mixed | |
All the Young | Welcome Home (album) | Produced, mixed | |
Story One | The Shadowline | Produced, Mixed | |