James Ford production discography

English record producer and songwriter James Ford has written and produced songs for various musicians, including Arctic Monkeys, Blur, Florence and the Machine, Depeche Mode, Haim, Jessie Ware, among others, also for his bands Simian Mobile Disco and the Last Shadow Puppets.

Ford in 2013

In 2023, Ford was named as the Producer of the Year by publication Consequence.[1]

Albums

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This is a list of albums produced by James Ford in its entirety or majority, solo or with other producers.

Album Year Artist(s) Other
producers
Ref.
And the Big Red Nebula Band
(As co-producer)
2004 Fingathing Sneaky
Peter Parker
[2]
Round & Round 2005 Garden None [3]
For Screening Purposes Only 2005 Test Icicles [4]
Schmotime 2006 Absentee [5]
The Bright Lights and What I Should Have Learned 2006 Duels [6]
Making Dens 2006 Mystery Jets Mystery Jets [7]
Favourite Worst Nightmare 2007 Arctic Monkeys Mike Crossey [8]
Prince Umberto & The Sister Of Ill 2007 Bumblebeez Invisibl [9]
Myths of the Near Future 2007 Klaxons None [10]
Grown-Ups 2007 The Lodger Alan Smyth [11]
Attack Decay Sustain Release 2007 Simian Mobile Disco Jas Shaw [12]
The Age of the Understatement 2008 The Last Shadow Puppets None [13]
Sleep Forever 2010 Crocodiles [14]
Detachments 2010 Detachments [15]
Crush Depth 2010 Chrome Hoof Leo Smee [16]
Submarine
(Extended play)
2011 Alex Turner None [17]
EP
(Extended play)
2011 Beth Ditto Jas Shaw [18]
Suck It and See 2011 Arctic Monkeys None [19]
A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart
(As additional producer)
2013 Bill Ryder-Jones Bill Ryder-Jones
Darren Jones[a]
[20]
AM
(except "R U Mine?")
2013 Arctic Monkeys Ross Orton [21]
Wilder Mind 2015 Mumford & Sons None [22]
Message from the Other Side 2015 Damian Lazarus & the Ancient Moons Damian Lazarus [23]
What Went Down 2015 Foals None [24]
West Kirby County Primary
(As additional producer)
2015 Bill Ryder-Jones Bill Ryder-Jones [25]
Everything You've Come to Expect 2016 The Last Shadow Puppets None [26]
Belladonna of Sadness 2017 Alexandra Savior Alex Turner [27]
Spirit 2017 Depeche Mode None [28]
Season High
(As additional producer)
2017 Little Dragon Little Dragon
Patrik Berger[a]
[29]
Everything Is Forgotten 2017 Methyl Ethel Jake Webb [30]
Shock Machine 2017 Shock Machine None [31]
What Do You Think About the Car?
(Except "Brazil", "Paracetamol" and "Listen to Your Friends")
2017 Declan McKenna Rostam Batmanglij
Max Marlow
Neil Comber
[32]
A Fever Dream 2017 Everything Everything Everything Everything [33]
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino 2018 Arctic Monkeys Alex Turner [34]
The Now Now 2018 Gorillaz Gorillaz
Remi Kabaka Jr.
[35]
Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1
(As additional producer)
2019 Foals Foals
Brett Shaw
Vincent Taurelle[a]
Tony Allen[a]
[36]
Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2
(As additional producer)
2019 Foals Foals
Brett Shaw
Vincent Taurelle[a]
[37]
What's Your Pleasure?
(Except "Adore You")
2020 Jessie Ware Benji B
Adam Bainbridge
Morgan Geist
Midland[a]
Joseph Mount
Matthew Tavares
[38]
Drunk Tank Pink 2021 Shame None [39]
The Car 2022 Arctic Monkeys [40]
The Waeve 2023 The Waeve Graham Coxon
Rose Elinor Dougall
[41]
Memento Mori 2023 Depeche Mode None [42]
That! Feels Good!
(Except "Free Yourself", "Pearls", "Freak Me Now", and "Lightning")
2023 Jessie Ware Stuart Price [43]
3D Country 2023 Geese None [44]
The Ballad of Darren 2023 Blur [45]
Prelude to Ecstasy 2024 The Last Dinner Party [46]
Nonetheless 2024 Pet Shop Boys [47]
Lives Outgrown 2024 Beth Gibbons Beth Gibbons [48]
Romance 2024 Fontaines D.C. [49]

Songs

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This is a list of song recordings written and/or produced by James Ford.

Song Writers Producers Album Year Ref.
"Another Level"
(Disclosure)
Disclosure
James Ford
Never Enough 2021 [50]
"Aries"
(Gorillaz featuring Peter Hook and Georgia)
Damon Albarn
Remi Kabaka Jr.
James Ford
P2J[a]
Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez 2020 [51]
"As Far as I Could Get"
(Florence and the Machine)
Florence Welch
James Ford
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 2015 [52]
"Between Two Lungs"
(Florence and the Machine)
James Ford
Isabella Summers[a]
Lungs 2009 [53]
"British Bombs"
(Declan McKenna)
James Ford Non-album single 2019 [54]
"Broken English"
(Halloweens)
Halloweens
James Ford
Morning Kiss at the Acropolis 2020 [55]
"Caught"
(Florence and the Machine)
Florence Welch
James Ford
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 2015 [52]
"Celestial Dancers"
(Birdy)
Birdy
Foy Vance
James Ford
Young Heart 2021 [56]
"Cornerstone"
(Arctic Monkeys)
James Ford Humbug 2009 [57]
"Cruel"
(Jessie Ware)
Jessie Ware
James Ford
Dave Okumu
James Ford
Dave Okumu
Tough Love 2014 [58]
"Deepest Lonely"
(Birdy)
James Ford Young Heart 2021 [56]
"Désolé"
(Gorillaz featuring Fatoumata Diawara)
Damon Albarn
Remi Kabaka Jr.
James Ford
Fatoumata Diawara
Damon Albarn
Remi Kabaka Jr.
James Ford
Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez 2020 [51]
"Dog Days Are Over"
(Florence and the Machine)
James Ford
Isabella Summers[a]
Lungs 2009 [53]
"Don't Save Me"
(Haim)
Haim
James Ford
Days Are Gone 2013 [59]
"Drumming Song"
(Florence and the Machine)
Florence Welch
James Ford
Crispin Hunt
James Ford Lungs 2009 [53]
"Edge"
(Haim)
Haim
James Ford
Days Are Gone 2013 [59]
"Fire and Rain"
(Birdy)
James Ford Birdy 2011 [60]
"Hardest of Hearts"
(Florence and the Machine)
James Ford
Isabella Summers[a]
Lungs 2009 [53]
"Hiding"
(Florence and the Machine)
Florence Welch
James Ford
James Ford How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 2015 [52]
"I'm Not Calling You a Liar"
(Florence and the Machine)
James Ford
Isabella Summers[a]
Lungs 2009 [53]
"If I Could Change Your Mind"
(Haim)
Haim
James Ford
Haim
James Ford
Days Are Gone 2013 [59]
"Kiss of Life"
(Kylie Minogue and Jessie Ware)
Kylie Minogue
Jessie Ware
James Ford
Danny Parker
Shungudzo
James Ford Disco: Guest List Edition 2021 [61]
"Landscape" (Demo)
(Florence and the Machine)
Florence Welch
James Ford
James Ford Ceremonials 2011 [62]
"Loneliness"
(Birdy)
James Ford Young Heart 2021 [56]
"The Lost Chord"
(Gorillaz featuring Leee John)
Damon Albarn
Remi Kabaka Jr.
James Ford
Leee John
Damon Albarn
Remi Kabaka Jr.
James Ford
Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez 2020 [51]
"Midnight Caller"
(Jessie Ware)
Jessie Ware
James Ford
James Ford Tough Love 2014 [58]
"Moderation"
(Florence and the Machine)
Florence Welch
James Ford
Doveman
Matthew Daniel Siskin
James Ford
Matthew Daniel Siskin
Non-album single 2019 [63]
"My Propeller"
(Arctic Monkeys)
James Ford Humbug 2009 [57]
"People Help the People"
(Birdy)
James Ford Birdy 2011 [60]
"Pure Feeling"
(Florence and the Machine)
Florence Welch
James Ford
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 2015 [52]
"Run the Wild Flowers"
(Friendly Fires)
Friendly Fires
James Ford
James Ford Inflorescent 2019 [64]
"Second Hand News"
(Birdy)
James Ford Young Heart 2021 [56]
"Secret Door"
(Arctic Monkeys)
James Ford Humbug 2009 [57]
"Send Me Down"
(Haim)
Haim
James Ford
Days Are Gone 2013 [59]
"Shake"
(Little Boots)
Little Boots
James Ford
James Ford Nocturnes 2013 [65]
"Shy Boy"
(Carly Rae Jepsen)
James Ford The Loveliest Time 2023 [66]
"Silhouettes"
(Friendly Fires)
Friendly Fires
James Ford
Nick Hodgson
Mark Ralph
James Ford
Inflorescent 2019 [64]
"St. Jude"
(Florence and the Machine)
Florence Welch
James Ford
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 2015 [52]
"Surrender"
(Birdy)
James Ford Young Heart 2021 [56]
"Want Your Feeling"
(Jessie Ware)
James Ford
Dev Hynes
Tough Love 2014 [58]
"The Way We Are"
(Jessie Ware)
Jessie Ware
Jimmy Napes
James Ford
James Ford Tough Love 2014 [58]
"What You Don't Know"
(Matthew Dear)
Matthew Dear
James Ford
Jas Shaw
Matthew Dear
James Ford
Jas Shaw
Bunny 2018 [67]
"White Winter Hymnal"
(Birdy)
James Ford Birdy 2011 [60]

Notes

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  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer

References

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  3. ^ Round & Round (metadata). Garden. Static Caravan Recordings. 2005.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ For Screening Purposes Only (metadata). Test Icicles. Domino Recording Company. 2005.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Schmotime (metadata). Absentee. Memphis Industries. 2006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ The Bright Lights and What I Should Have Learned (metadata). Duels. Nude Records. 2006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Making Dens (metadata). Mystery Jets. 679 Recordings. 2006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ Favourite Worst Nightmare (metadata). Arctic Monkeys. Domino Recording Company. 2007.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ Prince Umberto & The Sister Of Ill (metadata). Bumblebeez. 81 Records / Modular Recordings. 2007.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ Myths of the Near Future (metadata). Klaxons. Polydor Records. 2007.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ^ Grown-Ups (metadata). The Lodger. Angular Recording Corporation. 2007.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ^ Attack Decay Sustain Release (metadata). Simian Mobile Disco. Wichita Recordings / Interscope Records. 2007.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ^ The Age of the Understatement (metadata). The Last Shadow Puppets. Domino Recording Company. 2008.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ^ Sleep Forever (metadata). Crocodiles. Fat Possum Records. 2010.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  15. ^ Detachments (metadata). Detachments. THISISNOTANEXIT. 2010.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  16. ^ Crush Depth (metadata). Chrome Hoof. Southern Records. 2010.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  17. ^ Submarine (metadata). Alex Turner. Domino Recording Company. 2011.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  18. ^ EP (metadata). Beth Ditto. Deconstruction Records. 2011.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  19. ^ Suck It and See (metadata). Arctic Monkeys. Domino Recording Company. 2011.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  20. ^ A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart (metadata). Bill Ryder-Jones. Domino Recording Company. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  21. ^ AM (metadata). Arctic Monkeys. Domino Recording Company. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  22. ^ Wilder Mind (metadata). Mumford & Sons. Gentlemen of the Road / Island Records / Glassnote Records. 2015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  23. ^ Message from the Other Side (metadata). Damian Lazarus & the Ancient Moons. Crosstown Rebels. 2015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  24. ^ What Went Down (metadata). Foals. Transgressive Records / Warner Bros. Records. 2015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  25. ^ West Kirby County Primary (metadata). Bill Ryder-Jones. Domino Recording Company. 2015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  26. ^ Everything You've Come to Expect (metadata). The Last Shadow Puppets. Domino Recording Company. 2016.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  27. ^ Belladonna of Sadness (metadata). Alexandra Savior. Columbia Records. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  28. ^ Spirit (metadata). Depeche Mode. Columbia Records / Mute Records. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  29. ^ Season High (metadata). Little Dragon. Because Music. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  30. ^ Everything Is Forgotten (metadata). Methyl Ethel. 4AD. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  31. ^ Shock Machine (metadata). Shock Machine. Marathon Artists. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  32. ^ What Do You Think About the Car? (metadata). Declan McKenna. Columbia Records. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  33. ^ A Fever Dream (metadata). Everything Everything. RCA Victor. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  34. ^ Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (metadata). Arctic Monkeys. Domino Recording Company. 2018.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  35. ^ The Now Now (metadata). Gorillaz. Parlophone / Warner Bros. Records. 2018.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  36. ^ Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1 (metadata). Foals. Warner Bros. Records / Transgressive Records. 2019.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  37. ^ Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2 (metadata). Foals. Warner Records / Transgressive Records. 2019.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  38. ^ What's Your Pleasure? (metadata). Jessie Ware. PMR Records / EMI Records. 2020.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  39. ^ Drunk Tank Pink (metadata). Shame. Dead Oceans. 2021.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  40. ^ The Car (metadata). Arctic Monkeys. Domino Recording Company. 2022.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  41. ^ The Waeve (metadata). The Waeve. Transgressive Records. 2023.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  42. ^ Memento Mori (metadata). Depeche Mode. Columbia Records. 2023.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  43. ^ That! Feels Good! (metadata). Jessie Ware. EMI Records. 2023.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  44. ^ 3D Country (metadata). Geese. Partisan Records. 2023.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  45. ^ The Ballad of Darren (metadata). Blur. Parlophone / Warner Records. 2023.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  46. ^ Prelude to Ecstasy (metadata). The Last Dinner Party. Island Records. 2024.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  47. ^ Nonetheless (metadata). Pet Shop Boys. x2 / Parlophone. 2024.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  48. ^ Lives Outgrown (metadata). Beth Gibbons. Domino Recording Company. 2024.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  49. ^ Romance (metadata). Fontaines D.C. XL Recordings. 2024.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  50. ^ Never Enough (metadata). Disclosure. Disclosure. 2021.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  55. ^ Morning Kiss at the Acropolis (metadata). Halloweens. Halloweens / AWAL. 2020.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  56. ^ a b c d e Young Heart (metadata). Birdy. Atlantic Records. 2021.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  57. ^ a b c Humbug (metadata). Arctic Monkeys. Domino Recording Company. 2009.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  58. ^ a b c d Tough Love (metadata). Jessie Ware. PMR Records / Island Records / Interscope Records. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  59. ^ a b c d Days Are Gone (metadata). Haim. Polydor Records. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  60. ^ a b c Birdy (metadata). Birdy. 14th Floor Records / Atlantic Records. 2011.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  61. ^ Disco: Guest List Edition (metadata). Kylie Minogue. Darenote / BMG Rights Management. 2021.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  64. ^ a b Inflorescent (metadata). Friendly Fires. Polydor Records. 2019.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  65. ^ Nocturnes (metadata). Little Boots. On Repeat Records. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  66. ^ The Loveliest Time (metadata). Carly Rae Jepsen. 604 Records / Schoolboy Records / Interscope Records. 2023.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  67. ^ Bunny (metadata). Matthew Dear. Ghostly International. 2018.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)