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Philip Thornalley (born 5 January 1960) is an English songwriter-producer who has worked in the music industry since 1978. He is perhaps best known for co-writing (with Scott Cutler and Anne Preven) the song "Torn" (made famous by Natalie Imbruglia's cover version, which he also produced) and the UK number one hits "Mama Do" and "Boys and Girls" for Pixie Lott. He also produced The Cure's 1982 album Pornography and was later their bass player for eighteen months, producing and performing the distinctive double bass line on their 1983 single "The Love Cats". In 1988, Thornalley released his only solo album Swamp and briefly joined the band Johnny Hates Jazz. He then worked principally as a songwriter for hire for many acts including Bryan Adams. In 2017 he joined Adams' band as bass player for 18 months before releasing two solo albums of his own seventies inspired music under the moniker Astral Drive.

Phil Thornalley
Background information
Birth namePhilip Thornalley
Born (1960-01-05) 5 January 1960 (age 62)
OriginWorlington, Mildenhall, Suffolk, England
Genres
  • Punk rock
  • post-punk
  • new wave
  • gothic rock
  • alternative rock
  • pop rock
Occupation(s)
  • Songwriter
  • producer
Instrument(s)
  • Bass guitar
  • guitar
  • vocals
  • drums
  • piano
Years active1978–present

Biography


Thornalley was born in Worlington, near Mildenhall, Suffolk, England.

He began working as a recording engineer in 1978, at RAK Studios in St. John's Wood, London for producers Mickie Most, Steve Lillywhite and Alex Sadkin.[1]

Thornalley became the producer for The Cure on their fourth album, Pornography.[2] After Simon Gallup parted ways with the band in 1982, he was The Cure's bassist for eighteen months. He produced their 1983 single The Love Cats and their first live album, Concert. However, he quit to resume working as a songwriter and producer.[3]

He was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical in 1984 for Into the Gap by the Thompson Twins and released his only solo album (Swamp).[1] in 1988.

Thornalley has worked primarily as songwriter and record producer for other artists. In 1991, he co-wrote "Torn" (with Scott Cutler and Anne Preven), which later appeared on Ednaswap's 1995 debut album.[1] Subsequently, he was asked to produce some songs for Natalie Imbruglia, and "Torn" was re-recorded alongside four other songs Thornalley wrote on Imbruglia's 1997 seven million selling debut album Left of the Middle, and became a worldwide hit single.[1] In 2012, the single was covered by One Direction on their live concert DVD Up All Night: The Live Tour.

Other artists Thornalley has worked with as a songwriter include Bryan Adams, BBMak,[4] Eliza Doolittle, Melanie C, Stephanie Kirkham and Pixie Lott.[1][5]

Artists Thornalley has produced, recorded or mixed include Duran Duran, Junior Giscombe, Thompson Twins, XTC, Sting, Edwyn Collins, Kiki Dee, Kim Wilde, Prefab Sprout, Hot Chocolate, Racey, Chris Spedding, Kasim Sulton, Robbie Nevil, The Frank and Walters, Ash, Julian Cope, Dionne Bromfield, Blur, Katrina and the Waves, Kate Earl, The Waterboys, Psychedelic Furs, Wax, Cyndi Lauper, Lulu, Seona Dancing and Clint Eastwood & General Saint.

In 2010, he wrote two UK number ones: "Mama Do" and "Boys and Girls" for Pixie Lott,[6] and in 2012 the top ten hit "Kiss the Stars".

In 2016 and 2017, Thornalley toured as bass player with Bryan Adams on his "Get Up" and "Ultimate" tours. He played 53 shows in the US, Canada, UK, Europe, Israel and Republic of South Africa. He contributed the song "That's Rock and Roll" to the Get Up album and "The Last Night on Earth" and "Talk to Me" to the 2019 Shine a Light album.

In May 2018, Thornalley announced a new solo project called 'Astral Drive' with the release of the single "Summer of '76", followed by the Love Is Real EP in January 2019 (including a cover of the Todd Rundgren song, "A Dream Goes On Forever").[7] The self-titled album was released in July 2018 on the Lojinx label.[8] In summer 2019, Astral Drive released a companion album of remixes and out takes titled 'Green'.[9] Summer 2021 saw the release of another album, again titled 'Astral Drive', including ten original songs and a cover of 'Open My Eyes' by Nazz.[10]

The National Portrait Gallery includes his portrait by photographer Julian Anderson where he is listed as 'songwriter'.[11]

In 2022 Bass Player Magazine listed Thornalley's upright bass performance on The Love Cats by The Cure as the 23rd best bass part of all time. [12]


Influences


Thornalley's influences are Todd Rundgren, The Beatles and Pink Floyd. Soul and R&B singer Reggie Sears has named Thornalley as his favourite singer and credits Thornalley's 1988 release Swamp as the main driving force for wanting to be a singer and musician.[13][14]


Selected work



As writer/producer


Singles
Albums

As producer only


Singles
Albums

As mixer



Albums as recording engineer and mixer only



Awards and nominations



Awards



Nominations



References


  1. Tingen, Paul (June 2010). "Phil Thornalley: Torn". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  2. Rees, Dafydd & Crampton, Luke (ed.) Rock movers & shakers, Volume 1991, Part 2 (1991), ISBN 978-0874366617, ("...the band going into RAK studios to record with new producer Phil Thornalley")
  3. "The Cure – Interview". Rockerilla (original in Italian). September 1983. Retrieved 6 July 2010.(noting that Thornalley is a current member of the Cure)
  4. "Production notes". Music Week. 17 July 1999. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  5. Savage, Mark (5 June 2009). "Pop Pixie has a whole Lotta love". BBC News. Retrieved 6 July 2010.("For the last three years, she has been collaborating with some of the biggest hitmakers in the industry, including Red One (Lady GaGa's Just Dance), Phil Thornalley (Natalie Imbruglia's Torn) and Toby Gad (Beyonce's If I Were A Boy).")
  6. "QUICKFIRE: Twelve years in waiting: Lott hitmaker reaches top". Music Week. 27 June 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  7. "Announcing Astral Drive – Summer of '76". Lojinx.com. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  8. "Hitmakers: Phil Thornalley on Torn | Interviews | Music Week". Musicweek.com. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  9. "Astral Drive". Lojinx.com. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  10. "Astral Drive - Astral Drive (Lojinx)". Lojinx.com. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  11. "Phil Thornalley - National Portrait Gallery". Npg.org.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  12. "Phil Thornalley recalls playing bass on the Cure's Love Cats: "I'm sure jazz players feel like crying whenever they hear that line!"". 7 March 2022.
  13. "Reggie Sears". Something for the Soul Radio Interview. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  14. "Reggie Sears Biography". Artistdirect.com. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  15. "Astral Drive - Astral Drive (Lojinx)". 6 July 2018.
  16. "Astral Drive - Astral Drive (Lojinx)". 23 August 2019.
  17. "Phil thornalley - lojinx, british indie record label".



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Phil Thornalley (nacido Philip Carden Thornalley; Worlington, Suffolk, 5 de enero de 1960) es un compositor y productor discográfico que ha trabajado en la industria de la música desde 1978, se le conoce principalmente por su breve etapa en la banda The Cure y por co-escribir (con Scott Cutler y Anne Preven) y producir la canción "Torn" de Ednaswap (grupo de Cutler y Preven), que fue versionada por Natalie Imbruglia con gran éxito de ventas, incluida en su álbum debut Left of the Middle.


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