Phil Thornalley

Phil Thornalley

Philip Carden Thornalley (born January 5, 1960 in Worlingham, Suffolk, England) is an English audio engineer and occasional bassist and vocalist who has worked with numerous musical groups.

Thornalley began working as a recording engineer in 1978, at RAK Studios in St. John's Wood, London for producer Mickie Most (Hot Chocolate, Kim Wilde, Chris Spedding and Racey). He also worked with producer Steve Lillywhite (Psychedelic Furs and Thompson Twins).

Based on his engineering work with the Psychedelic Furs, Thornalley became the producer for The Cure on their fourth album, Pornography. After Simon Gallup quit in 1982, he filled in as their bassist during the recording of Japanese Whispers, which he also helped produce, and The Cure's first live album, Concert.

In 1984 he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for Into the Gap by the Thompson Twins.

After Gallup had reconciled with Robert Smith, Thornalley left The Cure in order to concentrate on his other projects, and went on to work with the band Johnny Hates Jazz, initially as an engineer for their debut LP, Turn Back the Clock. When vocalist Clark Datchler departed from Johnny Hates Jazz in 1988, Thornalley became the band's new lead singer. He also released a solo album that same year called Swamp. In 1991, Johnny Hates Jazz released the album Tall Stories with Thornalley on lead vocals, but it was a commercial failure.

Thornalley has worked as a mixing engineer for Duran Duran, XTC, Sting and the Thompson Twins. He also produced Prefab Sprout, Orange Juice and Seona Dancing, and co-produced Robbie Nevil alongside mentor Alex Sadkin for the international hit "C'est La Vie" in 1986.

Since then Thornalley has worked primarily as songwriter and record producer for other artists, including Bryan Adams and Melanie C. He has also worked extensively with Natalie Imbruglia, especially for her debut album, Left of the Middle.

The worldwide smash "Torn", co-written by Thornalley for the band Ednaswap and covered by Imbruglia in 1997, has been his biggest hit to date, along with the radio hit "Wishing I Was There".

List of songs

These are a list of songs that Phil has written (and co-written):

• Bardot - "These Days"
• BBMak - "Back Here" and "Can't Say"
• Bellefire - "Perfect Bliss"
• Brian McFadden - "Walking Disaster"
• Bryan Adams - "Friday Night In London", "How Do Ya Feel Tonight", "Not Romeo Not Juliet" and "On A Day Like Today"
• Ednaswap - "Torn"
• Fiona feat Ghost - "Slowly"
• Geri Halliwell - "Very Slowly"
• Hepburn - "Bugs", "Here Comes Napolean", "I Can't Cry", "I Quit", "Next Life", "Out Of Sight", "See The Girl With The World In Her Eyes" and "Waiting For God"
• Holly Valance - "Help Me Help You"
• Jamie Benson - "Invincible"
• Jennifer Paige - "These Days"
• John Farnham - "Keep Talking"
• Lee Harding - "You Could Have Anyone","Let's Not Go To Work" and "Call The Nurse"
• Lulu - "I Love You Goodbye", "Keep Talking.. I'm Listening" and "Yeah, Now You Love Me"
• Melanie C - "Angel On My Shoulder", "Be The One", "Do I", "Ga Ga", "I Want You Back", "Last Night On Earth", "Let's Love" and "Positively Somewhere"
• Natalie Imbruglia - "Always Never", "City", "Don't You Think ?", "Frightened Child", "Intuition", "One More Addiction", "Satellite", "Something Better", "Standing There", "Torn" and "Wishing I Was There"
• Nick Carter - "Forever Rebel"
• Noise Next Door - "Miss U"
• Randy Crawford - "I Get a Little Burned"
• Ronan Keating - "The Way You Make Me Feel"
• Sean Maguire - "Today's The Day"
• Shannon Noll - "Drive","Before We Say Goodbye","This Is It" and "Don't Fight It"
• Stephanie Kirkham - "Monday Morning"