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Barry Adamson
Moss Side, United Kingdom · b. 1958-06-11
Barry Adamson is credited on 1,130 releases across 206 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1978–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,130
Credits
206
Albums
6
Decades active
525
In collections
Biography
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Barry Adamson was born on 11 June 1958 and raised in Moss Side, Manchester, and was bass player in post punk band, Magazine between 1978 and 1982. He then went on to become a founder member of Nick Cave's illustrious Bad Seeds in 1984. Since 1989, with the release of debut album "Moss Side Story," Adamson has forged his own solo career.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,130 releases · 206 albums · active 1978–2026
- Performance · 2,949
- Other credits · 501
- Production · 251
- Engineering · 59
- Mastering · 2
Studios: Hansa Tonstudios · AAV · Mayfair Studios · Trident Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Push The Sky Away
2013
Lost Highway
1997
Let Love In
1994
No More Shall We Part
2001
Kicking Against The Pricks
1986
Natural Born Killers (A Soundtrack For An Oliver Stone Film)
1994
From Her To Eternity
1984
Junkyard
1982
The Firstborn Is Dead
1985
Real Life
1978
Your Funeral ... My Trial
1986
The Correct Use Of Soap
1980
Visage
1980
Secondhand Daylight
1979
Lovely Creatures (The Best Of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds) (1984 – 2014)
2017
Live From KCRW
2013
Live Seeds
1993
Live God
2025
Fade To Grey (The Singles Collection)
1983
The Anvil
1982
The Best Of
B-Sides & Rarities
2005
Useless
1997
URGH! A Music War
1981
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