Clive Langer

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Clive Langer (born June 19, 1954 in Hampstead ) is a British guitarist , producer and composer .

Life

In the late 1970s, Langer was a member of the Deaf School , a band that was somewhere between pub rock and punk . In the studio at the mixer he made a name for himself in the 1980s, especially as the producer of Madness , ex- Deaf School singer Bette Bright and other Stiff Records and Radar / F-Beat Records artists. Langer almost always had Alan Winstanley as a partner; as a producer duo they were known under the abbreviation Clanger / Winstanley . Together they later produced artists such as Elvis Costello , Morrissey , Bush , They Might Be Giants , Lloyd Cole & the Commotions , Sandie Shaw , or the number one hit "Dancing in the Street" (1985) for David Bowie & Mick Jagger .

In 1980 Langer released the album Splash under the band name Clive Langer & the Boxes (with James Eller , bass; Martin Hughes , drums; and Ben Barson , an ex Deaf School buddy and brother of Madness keyboardist Mike Barson , on keyboards) ; a single from the LP was the Womack / Womack standard It's All Over Now .

Together with Elvis Costello , Langer wrote the anti- Falklands war song "Shipbuilding" , a hit that entered the UK charts with two different interpreters : Robert Wyatt (No. 35, 1983) and Tasmin Archer (No. 40, 1994).

Langer also wrote the music for the films Still Crazy (1998) and Brothers of the Head (2006).

Discography

As Clive Langer & The Boxes

  • 1979: I Want the Whole World (EP)
  • 1980: Splash (album)
  • 1980: It's All Over Now (single)
  • 1988: Hope, Honor, Love (album, compilation of "Splash", EP and single tracks)

As producer (with Alan Winstanley - selection)

  • 1980: Absolutely , Madness (Stiff)
  • 1981: Seven , Madness (Stiff)
  • 1982: Rhythm Breaks the Ice , Bette Bright / Illuminations (Korova)
  • 1982: Too-Rye-Ay , Dexy's Midnight Runners (Mercury)
  • 1982: Rise and Fall , Madness (Stiff)
  • 1983: Punch the Clock , Elvis Costello (Columbia)
  • 1984: Goodbye Cruel World , Elvis Costello (Columbia)
  • 1985: Don't Stand Me Down , Dexy's Midnight Runners (Mercury)
  • 1985: Mad Not Mad , Madness (Geffen)
  • 1985: Easy Pieces , Lloyd Cole & the Commotions (Geffen)
  • 1986: What Price Paradise , China Crisis (A&M)
  • 1987: Uptown , Neville Brothers (EMI)
  • 1988: People , Hothouse Flowers (London)
  • 1989: Trade Secrets With the Moon , The Adventures (Elektra)
  • 1990: The Jeremy Days , The Jeremy Days (Polydor)
  • 1991: Kill Uncle , Morrissey (reprise)
  • 1993: Before and After , Tim Finn (Capitol)
  • 1994: Sixteen Stone , Bush (Elektra)
  • 1995: Frestonia , Aztec Camera (reprise)
  • 1998: Hope and Dream Explosion , Drill Team (Reprise)
  • 1999: Wonderful , Madness (Virgin)
  • 1999: The Science of Things , Bush (Trauma)
  • 2001: Paper Scissors Stone , Catatonia (Blanco Y Negro)
  • 2001: Mink Car , They Might Be Giants (Restless)
  • 2002: Lifelines , a-ha (WEA)
  • 2009: The Liberty of Norton Folgate , Madness (Lucky Seven)

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personal data
SURNAME Langer, Clive
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British guitarist, producer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Hampstead , UK