Hugh Padgham

Hugh Padgham
Birth nameHugh Charles Padgham
Born (1955-02-15) 15 February 1955 (age 69)[1]
Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • engineer
Years active1978–present
Labels
Spouse
(m. 2012)

Hugh Charles Padgham (born 15 February 1955) is an English record producer and audio engineer. He has won four Grammy Awards, for Producer of the Year and Album of the Year for 1985, Record of the Year for 1990, and Engineer of the Year for 1993.[2] Padgham's co-productions include hits by Phil Collins, XTC, Genesis, the Human League, Sting, and the Police. He pioneered (with Peter Gabriel and producer Steve Lillywhite) the "gated reverb" drum sound used most famously in Collins' song "In the Air Tonight".[3]

  1. ^ Hugh Padgham, Esq Authorised Biography – Debrett’s People of Today, Hugh Padgham, Esq Profile Archived 21 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Hugh Padgham". GRAMMY.com. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  3. ^ Howell, Steve (March 2005). "Q. How do I set up a gated reverb?". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 5 August 2015.