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Alex James
real name Steven Alexander James
Alex James is credited on 1,148 releases across 231 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1986–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,148
Credits
231
Albums
5
Decades active
648
In collections
Biography
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Steven Alexander "Alex" James FRSA (born 21 November 1968) is an English musician and songwriter, as well as a journalist and cheesemaker. Best known as the bassist of the band Blur
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,148 releases · 231 albums · active 1986–2025
- Performance · 1,372
- Other credits · 765
- Production · 44
- Engineering · 12
Studios: Maison Rouge · 13 (2) · The Town House · Mayfair Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Lungs
2009
Parklife
1994
Blur
1997
13
1999
Trainspotting (Music From The Motion Picture)
1996
The Great Escape
1995
The Ballad Of Darren
2023
Modern Life Is Rubbish
1993
The Magic Whip
2015
Very
1993
Think Tank
2003
Leisure
1991
Baby Driver (Music From The Motion Picture)
2017
The Best Of
2000
Bustin' + Dronin'
1998
The Special Collectors Edition
1994
Read My Lips
2001
Tender
1999
Blur 21 (The Box)
2012
Live At Wembley Stadium
2024
Cruel Intentions (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1999
Live At The Budokan (Japan Only Official Live Album)
1996
Caught Beneath The Landslide (The Other Side Of Britpop And The '90s)
2021
Symphony Of Lungs (BBC Proms At The Royal Albert Hall)
2025
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Blur
- Duffy
- Marianne Faithfull
- Sophie Ellis Bextor
- Florence + The Machine
- Brock Landars
- The Pianoman
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