Acting

Hugh Padgham

Born

1955-02-15 (71)

Place of birth

Amersham, England, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

8 titles

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. 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".

Known for

Classic Albums poster
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A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a stage in the history of music.

Classic Albums

1997

Classic Albums: Phil Collins - Face Value poster
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A rare and welcome insight into Phil Collins' prodigious musical talent and the fascinating story of his first solo record. Collins first enjoyed international success as the drummer of Genesis and then as lead singer after Peter Gabriel left the band. In 1981, however, Face Value launched him as a solo artist and remains, in many ways, his most exciting and unusual music offering. Face Value was immediately a worldwide hit, entering the British charts at Number 1, spending almost six years in the Top 75, and selling in excess of 12 million copies. The album went on to make the U.S. Top 10, earning a gold record. This documentary includes several previously unseen performances, as well as rare home movies, unique photographs and documents from Phil's own private archives, and insights into the music from an eclectic range of musicians who worked on the album.

Classic Albums: Phil Collins - Face Value

1999

Phil Collins: No Jacket Required poster
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Phil Collins' 1985 album No Jacket Required features the hit singles 'Sussudio', 'One More Night', 'Don't Lose My Number' and 'Take Me Home'. Produced by Collins and Hugh Padgham, the album reached number one in many countries around the world including the United Kingdom and the United States. For its 40th anniversary, No Jacket Required was issued on Blu-ray audio with an immersive Dolby Atmos Mix created by Steven Wilson. Wilson also created a dedicated 5.1 mix and a new stereo mix. Additionally the album includes a hi-res stereo version of the original 1985 mix.

Phil Collins: No Jacket Required

2025

XTC: This Is Pop poster
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A journey into the world of one of Britain's best-loved and most influential bands of modern times, XTC. Through a mixture of animation, archive and specially-shot sequences, the film explores the minds of principle songwriters, Partridge and Moulding.

XTC: This Is Pop

2017

Phil Collins: Face Value poster
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Face Value is the debut studio album by English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins, released on 13 February 1981, by Virgin Records in the United Kingdom and Atlantic Records in North America. After separating from his first wife around 1979, Collins began to write songs during a break in activity from Genesis, with much of the material concerning his personal life. The album was recorded from mid-1980 to early 1981 with Collins and Hugh Padgham as producers. Face Value was an instant commercial success and reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart for three weeks and No. 7 on the US Billboard 200. It has since sold over five million copies in the US and over 1.5 million in the UK. The Blu-ray audio features the album newly mixed in Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and stereo by Steven Wilson. It also features the original stereo mix (2016 remaster) in high resolution uncompressed audio.

Phil Collins: Face Value

2026

VH1 Behind the Music: Genesis poster
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VH1 Behind the Music: Genesis

1999

Film credits

2000s · 2 titles

1990s · 2 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

Phil Collins: No Jacket Required poster
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Phil Collins' 1985 album No Jacket Required features the hit singles 'Sussudio', 'One More Night', 'Don't Lose My Number' and 'Take Me Home'. Produced by Collins and Hugh Padgham, the album reached number one in many countries around the world including the United Kingdom and the United States. For its 40th anniversary, No Jacket Required was issued on Blu-ray audio with an immersive Dolby Atmos Mix created by Steven Wilson. Wilson also created a dedicated 5.1 mix and a new stereo mix. Additionally the album includes a hi-res stereo version of the original 1985 mix.

Phil Collins: No Jacket Required

2025

Phil Collins: Face Value poster
NR

Face Value is the debut studio album by English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins, released on 13 February 1981, by Virgin Records in the United Kingdom and Atlantic Records in North America. After separating from his first wife around 1979, Collins began to write songs during a break in activity from Genesis, with much of the material concerning his personal life. The album was recorded from mid-1980 to early 1981 with Collins and Hugh Padgham as producers. Face Value was an instant commercial success and reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart for three weeks and No. 7 on the US Billboard 200. It has since sold over five million copies in the US and over 1.5 million in the UK. The Blu-ray audio features the album newly mixed in Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and stereo by Steven Wilson. It also features the original stereo mix (2016 remaster) in high resolution uncompressed audio.

Phil Collins: Face Value

2026