Alan Kenneth Winstanley (born 2 November 1952)[1] is an English record producer and songwriter, active from the mid-1970s onwards. He usually works with Clive Langer.[2]

Alan Winstanley
Winstanley (right) with Clive Langer in 1984
Background information
Birth name	Alan Kenneth Winstanley
Born	(1952-11-02) 2 November 1952 (age 70) Fulham, London, England
Genres	Rock pop new wave
Occupation(s)	Record producer songwriter
Years active	Mid 1970s–present

His early career during the mid-1970s was as an audio engineer, working on albums by The Stranglers in addition to releases by Joe Jackson and Generation X.[2] He also worked with songwriter Brian Wade producing teen pop singer Nikki Richards' single "Oh Boy!" in 1978.

Notable studio albums produced or co-produced by Winstanley

• Generation X (1978) (Winstanley engineered).
• One Step Beyond... – Madness (1979)[2]
• The Raven – The Stranglers (1979)[3]
• 4 Out of 5 Doctors – 4 Out of 5 Doctors (1980)[4]
• Absolutely – Madness (1980)[5]
• Kilimanjaro – The Teardrop Explodes (1980)[2]
• 7 – Madness (1981)[2]
• Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary - Tenpole Tudor (1981)
• Too-Rye-Ay – Dexys Midnight Runners (1982)[6]
• The Rise & Fall – Madness (1982)[7]
• Punch the Clock – Elvis Costello and the Attractions (1983)[2]
• Goodbye Cruel World – Elvis Costello and the Attractions (1984)[2]
• Despite Straight Lines – Marilyn (1985)[8]
• People – Hothouse Flowers (1988)[2]
• Flood – They Might Be Giants (1990)[9]
• Home – Hothouse Flowers (1990)[2]
• Kill Uncle – Morrissey (1991)[10]
• Sixteen Stone – Bush (1994)[2]
• One Day at a Time – Symposium (1997)[11]
• The Science of Things – Bush (1999)[12]
• Lifelines – a-ha (2002)[13]
• Please Describe Yourself – Dogs Die in Hot Cars (2004)[14]
• Despite Straight Lines: The Very Best of Marilyn – Marilyn (2008)[8]
• The Liberty of Norton Folgate – Madness (2009)[15]
• The Borderland – Hardwicke Circus (2021)

References

External links

• Official website