Performance · Production
Bernard Sumner
Salford, United Kingdom
Bernard Sumner is credited on 1,891 releases across 595 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1978–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,891
Credits
595
Albums
6
Decades active
1,855
In collections
Biography
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British musician, songwriter and producer.
B. January 4, 1956. Crumpsall, North Manchester.
Sumner was his mother's maiden name & is the surname on his birth certificate, he was adopted by his step father James Dickin.
Previously worked on a TV adaptation of The Wind In The Willows at an animation studio at Cosgrove Hall, Chorlton, Greater Manchester.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,891 releases · 595 albums · active 1978–2026
- Performance · 2,975
- Production · 350
- Other credits · 73
- Engineering · 64
Studios: Clear, Manchester · Real World Studios · RAK Studios · Strawberry Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

The Joshua Tree
1987

Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
1995

The Downward Spiral
1994

Unknown Pleasures
1979

Closer
1980

Power, Corruption & Lies
1983

This Is Happening
2010

Blue Monday
1983

Low-life
1985

Brotherhood
1986

Technique
1989

Movement
1981

The Crow (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1994

Trainspotting (Music From The Motion Picture)
1996

Surrender
1999

Republic
1993

Get Ready
2001

On Fire
1989

Total (From Joy Division To New Order)
2011

(The Best Of) NewOrder
1994

Veneer
2003

Love.Angel.Music.Baby.
2004

Electronic
1991

Stranger Things (Music From The Netflix Original Series)
2017
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