Hugh Padgham

Hugh Padgham
Hugh Padgham
Birth name	Hugh Charles Padgham
Born	15 February 1955; Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England
Genres	Rock; electronic; new wave; pop rock; synth-pop; soft rock;
Occupation(s)	Record producer; engineer;
Years active	1978–present
Labels	A&M; Island; Universal; London; London UK; Major;

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. A 1992 poll in Mix magazine voted him one of the world's "Top Ten Most Influential Producers". 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".

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