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===== Lillywhite (born 1955) is a Grammy Award-winning English music producer.=====
'''Stephen Alan Lillywhite''', CBE (born 15 March 1955) is an English record producer. Since he began his career in 1977, Lillywhite has been credited on over 500 records, and has collaborated with a variety of musicians including U2, the Rolling Stones, XTC, Dave Matthews Band, Steel Pulse, Peter Gabriel, Talking Heads, Morrissey, the Killers, Kirsty MacColl, the Pogues, David Byrne, Big Country, Blue October, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Simple Minds, the Psychedelic Furs, Phish, Counting Crows and Joan Armatrading. He has won six Grammy Awards, including the Producer of The Year in 2006, and was made a Commander of the Order of The British Empire (CBE) in 2012 for his contributions to music.
 
[[File:TerrySteveStudio2010.jpg|left|thumb|168x168px|Lillywhite watching as [[Terry Balsamo|Terry]] tracks guitar at [[MSR Studios]]]]
 
Lillywhite called [[Evanescence]]'s label and showed interest in working with the band.<ref name="Spin2010" /> In 2010, he was the producer of their [[Evanescence (album)|third studio album]],<ref name="goingstudio" /><ref name="RollingStone" /> but parted ways in April the same year as he "wasn't the right fit".<ref name="rightfit" /><ref name="MSRstudios" /> Amy later stated it was hard to part ways with Lillywhite and start over with [[Nick Raskulinecz|another producer]].<ref name="quart" /> It was, however, later revealed that [[Wind-Up Records]] scrapped the album he produced.
==Early Career==
Lillywhite entered the music industry in 1972, when he worked as a tape operator for Polygram. He produced a demo recording for the band Ultravox, which led to them being offered a recording contract with Island Records. Lillywhite soon joined Island as a staff producer, where he worked with many of the leading New Wave artists. His first massive commercial success was with Siouxsie and the Banshees in August 1978 after producing their first single, "Hong Kong Garden", featuring an original hook played on a glockenspiel.
 
In 1987 Lillywhite worked with The Pogues, producing their breakthrough single "Fairytale of New York" it was due to him that his then wife, Kirsty MacColl, provided the lead female vocal for their biggest hit. The single narrowly missed being the UK Christmas number one single but was still one of the biggest selling records that year.
 
 
==Partial discography==
30 Seconds to Mars - This Is War
 
The Adventure Babies — Laugh
 
Joan Armatrading — Walk Under Ladders
 
Big Country — The Crossing, Wonderland, Steeltown
 
Blue October — Approaching Normal
 
Climie Fisher — some songs from Everything
 
Chris Cornell — Carry On
 
Counting Crows — Hard Candy
 
Marshall Crenshaw — Field Day
 
Crossfire Choir — Crossfire Choir
 
Crowded House — Time on Earth
 
Darius Danesh — Dive In
 
Dark Star — Twenty Twenty Sound
 
Dave Matthews Band — Under the Table and Dreaming, Crash, Before These Crowded Streets, The Lillywhite Sessions (unreleased)
 
Elwood — The Parlance of Our Time
 
Peter Gabriel — Peter Gabriel (aka Peter Gabriel III or Melt)


Guster — Lost and Gone Forever
On March 23, 2010, he [[Amy Lee on East Village Radio|interviewed]] Amy Lee on his radio show ''The Lillywhite Sessions'' on East Village Radio, where they discussed the production of the third album.<ref name="eastvillageradio">[https://web.archive.org/web/20100326095222/http://www.eastvillageradio.com/news/items.aspx?id=12694 "New Video: Amy Lee of Evanescence Live In The Booth With Steve Lillywhite. From 3.23"]. ''Eastvillageradio.com''. March 23, 2010.</ref> She revealed a song title, ''[[You Got a Lot to Learn]]'', to which they would start recording vocals that day.


The La's — The La's
Three songs (''[[Made of Stone]]'', ''[[Swimming Home]]'' and ''[[Secret Door]]'') on the self-titled album were originally worked on with him,<ref name="3songs" /> but had to be re-recorded and reworked due to legal issues.<ref name=amyleebrasil /><ref name="Chilango" /> Therefore, he is not credited as a producer on these songs.


Annifrid Lyngstad (Frida) — Shine
In 2013, Lillywhite talked about his work on Evanescence's third album in an interview<ref name="interview2013" />:


Kirsty MacColl — Kite, Electric Landlady, Galore
{{quote|'''What are things that arise that cause your involvement in producing an artist's album to stop, like that one Dave Matthews Band or the Evanescence record?'''
Well, the Dave Matthews record was a strange situation. With Evanescence, I suppose that I was interested in the idea of Amy [Lee] as a great artist. When I was involved there weren't really many band members involved, so the record was a really interesting combination of electronic sounds, but it didn't have any power chords. I like that. Very rarely do you hear any power chords on records I've made. I suppose I was interested in seeing how she could take her music in a new direction. Maybe I was wrong, but I was thinking, "Does the world really need another Evanescence album that sounds like Evanescence?" I don't know — maybe it did. But what happened was a few people lost their nerve. I don't even think it was her. It was people at the record company who really had no other band. They were thinking more in terms of the commerce rather than the art.}}


Matchbox Twenty — Exile on Mainstream
In another interview the same year:


Morrissey — Vauxhall and I, Southpaw Grammar, Maladjusted
{{quote|I did some work with Evanescence a couple of years ago. I was very proud of what we did, but the record company decided it sounded not like Evanescence. It seemed like Amy Lee wanted to change her style so that's what we were trying to do because I didn't really think the world really needed another Evanescence record. It's like saying, "Limp Bizkit! Yeah, let's make another Limp Bi-!" No one cares!<ref name="interview2" />}}


Jason Mraz — Mr. A-Z
In January 2014, Amy sued her label for unpaid royalties and appointing the band under-qualified promoters, and fans asked Lillywhite on Twitter his thoughts about it. He said he believed the album he was working on was "far better" than the [[Evanescence (album)|2011 self-titled album]] they "forced her to release."<ref name="tweet1" /> He added he was let go because the record label thought the album "didn't sound enough like Evanescence"<ref name="tweet2" /> and that this was a "fact which I will testify to in court."<ref name="tweet3" /> He described the sound of the album as "a great combination of real instruments and synths."<ref>Lillywhite, Steve (January 7, 2014). [https://twitter.com/Sillywhite/status/420618333755424768 "a great combination of real instruments and synths !"]. ''Twitter''.</ref>


Ours — Distorted Lullabies
When Amy released her cover of Chris Isaak's [[Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing|"Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing"]] in 2015, she revealed the cover was slated for inclusion on the original third album produced by Lillywhite that was rejected by her label. She called it "[[Broken Record|broken record]]", and added she owns those unfinished recordings and "plan to finish some, re-do some, and probably keep a couple to myself."<ref name="baby" /> Lillywhite is credited as a producer on the "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing" cover, along with Amy herself and [[Will "Science" Hunt]].<ref name="baby" />


Penetration — Coming Up for Air
''[[Yeah Right]]'', [[Feeding the Dark|''Feeding the Dark'']] and ''[[Take Cover]]'' were originally worked on his sessions in 2010, but were revamped for 2021's ''[[The Bitter Truth]]''.<ref>"Songs like "Yeah Right", "Feeding the Dark" and "Take Cover", we started working on while we were writing for the ''Evanescence'' album, but for some reason we didn't finish them, we didn't feel like they were ready." - [https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/musica/amy-lee-habla-sobre-el-regreso-de-evanescence-cuando-nacio-la-banda-el-rock-era-mainstream-ahora-nid24032021/ Amy in March 2021]</ref> He is not credited as a producer on them as they were re-recorded.


Phish — Billy Breathes, Joy
==See also==
*[[Amy Lee on East Village Radio|Steve Lillywhite interview with Amy Lee (East Village Radio)]] (March 23, 2010)
*[[MSR Studios]]
*''[[Perfect Dream]]


The Pogues — If I Should Fall From Grace with God, Peace and Love
== References ==
{{reflist|2|refs=


The Psychedelic Furs — The Psychedelic Furs, Talk Talk Talk
<ref name="Spin2010">{{cite news|last=Goodman|first=William|date=March 5, 2010|url=https://www.spin.com/2010/03/exclusive-amy-lee-new-evanescence-album/|title=Exclusive: Amy Lee on the New Evanescence Album|newspaper=Spin|accessdate=}}</ref>


Rearview Mirror — All Lights Off
<ref name="goingstudio">{{cite news|date=February 4, 2010|url=http://fcevenindeathchile.blogspot.com/2010/02/llendo-al-estudio-suprimido.html|title=Llendo al estudio - Suprimido!|work=Evanescence Chile|language=Spanish|accessdate=}}</ref>


Tom Robinson — Sector 27
<ref name="RollingStone">{{cite news|last=Weingarten|first=Christopher|date=March 2, 2010|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/evanescence-go-electro-as-lee-has-fun-with-music-on-next-lp-99682/|title=Evanescence Go Electro As Lee Has “Fun With Music” on Next LP|newspaper=Rolling Stone|accessdate=}}</ref>


The Members - At the Chelsea Nightclub
<ref name="rightfit">{{cite news|last=Goodman|first=William|date=April 13, 2011|url=https://www.spin.com/2011/04/amy-lee-talks-evanescences-comeback-lp/|title=Amy Lee Talks Evanescence’s Comeback LP|newspaper=Spin|accessdate=}}</ref>


The Rolling Stones — Dirty Work
<ref name="interview2013">{{cite news|last=Baccigaluppi|first=John|date=2013|url=https://tapeop.com/interviews/93/steve-lillywhite/|title=Steve Lillywhite: U2, Peter Gabriel, XTC|work=Tape Op|accessdate=}}</ref>


Simple Minds — Sparkle in the Rain
<ref name="interview2">{{cite web|date=May 10, 2013|url=https://youtu.be/39qAGN3ox-w?t=2812|title=Celebrity Interview Steve Lillywhite|work=YouTube|accessdate=}}</ref>


Siouxsie and the Banshees — The Scream
<ref name="tweet1">{{cite web|last=Lillywhite|first=Steve|date=January 3, 2014|url=https://twitter.com/Sillywhite/status/419172321392226304|title=i will back her up for sure. i believe the record i was working on was far better than what they forced her to release !|work=Twitter|accessdate=}}</ref>


The Smiths — mixed the "Ask" single (The World Won't Listen)
<ref name="tweet2">{{cite web|last=Lillywhite|first=Steve|date=January 3, 2014|url=https://twitter.com/Sillywhite/status/419223633534259200|title=i remember them thinking it didn't sound...|work=Twitter|accessdate=}}</ref>


Switchfoot — Oh! Gravity.
<ref name="tweet3">{{cite web|last=Lillywhite|first=Steve|date=January 3, 2014|url=https://twitter.com/Sillywhite/status/419224017342439424|title= that is a fact which i will testify to in court !!|work=Twitter|accessdate=}}</ref>


Talking Heads — Naked
<ref name="baby">{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Amy|date=December 15, 2015|url=https://www.facebook.com/AmyLeeOfficial/posts/1105375239514245|title=Cover #4: Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing|work=Facebook|accessdate=}}</ref>


Thompson Twins — Set
<ref name="3songs">"You're getting it in pieces, and there are a few good bits left to go. Made of Stone, Secret Door and Swimming Home were from the broken record, and they went on the Ev self titled album" - Amy on [https://www.facebook.com/AmyLeeBrasil/photos/a.700829276654339/1025939330809997/?type=3&theater Facebook]</ref>


Johnny Thunders — So Alone
<ref name="quart">{{cite news|last=Bence|first=Inkei|url=http://www.quart.hu/quart/interju/20120619-evanescence-interju-amy-lee-enekesnovel.html|title=Interview with Amy Lee|date=June 19, 2012|work=Quart|language=Hungarian|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620202032/http://www.quart.hu/quart/interju/20120619-evanescence-interju-amy-lee-enekesnovel.html|archivedate=June 20, 2012}}</ref>


Toyah — The Changeling
<ref name="Chilango">{{cite news|last=Del Valle|first=Luis|date=January 1, 2012|url=http://www.chilango.com/musica/nota/2012/01/01/entrevista-a-evanescence|title=Interview with Amy Lee: Evanescence is Back|work=Chilango|language=Spanish|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109022011/http://www.chilango.com/musica/nota/2012/01/01/entrevista-a-evanescence|archivedate=January 9, 2012}}</ref>


Travis — Good Feeling
<ref name=amyleebrasil>{{cite web|title=Entrevista Exclusiva Com Amy Lee|url=http://www.amyleebrasil.com/2012/09/entrevista-exclusiva-com-amy-lee/|work=AmyLeeBrasil.com|date=September 5, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304222751/http://www.amyleebrasil.com/2012/09/entrevista-exclusiva-com-amy-lee/|archivedate=March 4, 2013|language=Portuguese}}</ref>


U2 — Boy, October, War, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, some songs on The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, All That You Can't Leave Behind, No Line on the Horizon
<ref name="MSRstudios">{{cite news|last=Weiss|first=David|date=May 21, 2010|url=https://sonicscoop.com/2010/05/21/msr-studios-hosts-kid-cudi-evanescence-lloyd-banks-cast-recordings/|title=MSR Studios Hosts Kid Cudi, Evanescence, Lloyd Banks, + Cast Recordings|newspaper=SonicScoop|accessdate=September 17, 2019}}</ref>


Ultravox — Ultravox!, Ha!-Ha!-Ha!
}}


World Party — Bang!


XTC — Drums and Wires, Black Sea
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Stephen Alan Lillywhite, CBE (born 15 March 1955) is an English record producer. Since he began his career in 1977, Lillywhite has been credited on over 500 records, and has collaborated with a variety of musicians including U2, the Rolling Stones, XTC, Dave Matthews Band, Steel Pulse, Peter Gabriel, Talking Heads, Morrissey, the Killers, Kirsty MacColl, the Pogues, David Byrne, Big Country, Blue October, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Simple Minds, the Psychedelic Furs, Phish, Counting Crows and Joan Armatrading. He has won six Grammy Awards, including the Producer of The Year in 2006, and was made a Commander of the Order of The British Empire (CBE) in 2012 for his contributions to music.

Lillywhite watching as Terry tracks guitar at MSR Studios

Lillywhite called Evanescence's label and showed interest in working with the band.[1] In 2010, he was the producer of their third studio album,[2][3] but parted ways in April the same year as he "wasn't the right fit".[4][5] Amy later stated it was hard to part ways with Lillywhite and start over with another producer.[6] It was, however, later revealed that Wind-Up Records scrapped the album he produced.

On March 23, 2010, he interviewed Amy Lee on his radio show The Lillywhite Sessions on East Village Radio, where they discussed the production of the third album.[7] She revealed a song title, You Got a Lot to Learn, to which they would start recording vocals that day.

Three songs (Made of Stone, Swimming Home and Secret Door) on the self-titled album were originally worked on with him,[8] but had to be re-recorded and reworked due to legal issues.[9][10] Therefore, he is not credited as a producer on these songs.

In 2013, Lillywhite talked about his work on Evanescence's third album in an interview[11]:

Vin1.jpg What are things that arise that cause your involvement in producing an artist's album to stop, like that one Dave Matthews Band or the Evanescence record?

Well, the Dave Matthews record was a strange situation. With Evanescence, I suppose that I was interested in the idea of Amy [Lee] as a great artist. When I was involved there weren't really many band members involved, so the record was a really interesting combination of electronic sounds, but it didn't have any power chords. I like that. Very rarely do you hear any power chords on records I've made. I suppose I was interested in seeing how she could take her music in a new direction. Maybe I was wrong, but I was thinking, "Does the world really need another Evanescence album that sounds like Evanescence?" I don't know — maybe it did. But what happened was a few people lost their nerve. I don't even think it was her. It was people at the record company who really had no other band. They were thinking more in terms of the commerce rather than the art.

Vin2.jpg


In another interview the same year:

Vin1.jpg I did some work with Evanescence a couple of years ago. I was very proud of what we did, but the record company decided it sounded not like Evanescence. It seemed like Amy Lee wanted to change her style so that's what we were trying to do because I didn't really think the world really needed another Evanescence record. It's like saying, "Limp Bizkit! Yeah, let's make another Limp Bi-!" No one cares![12] Vin2.jpg


In January 2014, Amy sued her label for unpaid royalties and appointing the band under-qualified promoters, and fans asked Lillywhite on Twitter his thoughts about it. He said he believed the album he was working on was "far better" than the 2011 self-titled album they "forced her to release."[13] He added he was let go because the record label thought the album "didn't sound enough like Evanescence"[14] and that this was a "fact which I will testify to in court."[15] He described the sound of the album as "a great combination of real instruments and synths."[16]

When Amy released her cover of Chris Isaak's "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing" in 2015, she revealed the cover was slated for inclusion on the original third album produced by Lillywhite that was rejected by her label. She called it "broken record", and added she owns those unfinished recordings and "plan to finish some, re-do some, and probably keep a couple to myself."[17] Lillywhite is credited as a producer on the "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing" cover, along with Amy herself and Will "Science" Hunt.[17]

Yeah Right, Feeding the Dark and Take Cover were originally worked on his sessions in 2010, but were revamped for 2021's The Bitter Truth.[18] He is not credited as a producer on them as they were re-recorded.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Goodman, William (March 5, 2010). "Exclusive: Amy Lee on the New Evanescence Album". Spin. https://www.spin.com/2010/03/exclusive-amy-lee-new-evanescence-album/.
  2. ↑ "Llendo al estudio - Suprimido!" (in Spanish). Evanescence Chile. February 4, 2010. http://fcevenindeathchile.blogspot.com/2010/02/llendo-al-estudio-suprimido.html.
  3. ↑ Weingarten, Christopher (March 2, 2010). "Evanescence Go Electro As Lee Has “Fun With Music” on Next LP". Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/evanescence-go-electro-as-lee-has-fun-with-music-on-next-lp-99682/.
  4. ↑ Goodman, William (April 13, 2011). "Amy Lee Talks Evanescence’s Comeback LP". Spin. https://www.spin.com/2011/04/amy-lee-talks-evanescences-comeback-lp/.
  5. ↑ Weiss, David (May 21, 2010). "MSR Studios Hosts Kid Cudi, Evanescence, Lloyd Banks, + Cast Recordings". SonicScoop. https://sonicscoop.com/2010/05/21/msr-studios-hosts-kid-cudi-evanescence-lloyd-banks-cast-recordings/. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  6. ↑ Bence, Inkei (June 19, 2012). "Interview with Amy Lee" (in Hungarian). Quart. Archived from the original on June 20, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120620202032/http://www.quart.hu/quart/interju/20120619-evanescence-interju-amy-lee-enekesnovel.html.
  7. ↑ "New Video: Amy Lee of Evanescence Live In The Booth With Steve Lillywhite. From 3.23". Eastvillageradio.com. March 23, 2010.
  8. ↑ "You're getting it in pieces, and there are a few good bits left to go. Made of Stone, Secret Door and Swimming Home were from the broken record, and they went on the Ev self titled album" - Amy on Facebook
  9. ↑ "Entrevista Exclusiva Com Amy Lee" (in Portuguese). AmyLeeBrasil.com. September 5, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130304222751/http://www.amyleebrasil.com/2012/09/entrevista-exclusiva-com-amy-lee/.
  10. ↑ Del Valle, Luis (January 1, 2012). "Interview with Amy Lee: Evanescence is Back" (in Spanish). Chilango. Archived from the original on January 9, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120109022011/http://www.chilango.com/musica/nota/2012/01/01/entrevista-a-evanescence.
  11. ↑ Baccigaluppi, John (2013). "Steve Lillywhite: U2, Peter Gabriel, XTC". Tape Op. https://tapeop.com/interviews/93/steve-lillywhite/.
  12. ↑ "Celebrity Interview Steve Lillywhite". YouTube. May 10, 2013. https://youtu.be/39qAGN3ox-w?t=2812.
  13. ↑ Lillywhite, Steve (January 3, 2014). "i will back her up for sure. i believe the record i was working on was far better than what they forced her to release !". Twitter. https://twitter.com/Sillywhite/status/419172321392226304.
  14. ↑ Lillywhite, Steve (January 3, 2014). "i remember them thinking it didn't sound...". Twitter. https://twitter.com/Sillywhite/status/419223633534259200.
  15. ↑ Lillywhite, Steve (January 3, 2014). "that is a fact which i will testify to in court !!". Twitter. https://twitter.com/Sillywhite/status/419224017342439424.
  16. ↑ Lillywhite, Steve (January 7, 2014). "a great combination of real instruments and synths !". Twitter.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Lee, Amy (December 15, 2015). "Cover #4: Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing". Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/AmyLeeOfficial/posts/1105375239514245.
  18. ↑ "Songs like "Yeah Right", "Feeding the Dark" and "Take Cover", we started working on while we were writing for the Evanescence album, but for some reason we didn't finish them, we didn't feel like they were ready." - Amy in March 2021
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