Performance · Production
Ian Stanley
Bath, United Kingdom
Ian Stanley is credited on 2,291 releases across 407 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1982–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
2,291
Pressings credited
407
Albums
5
Decades active
657
In collections
Biography
Ian Christopher Stanley (born 28 February 1957) is a British musician, songwriter and record producer. He was a member of Tears for Fears for most of the 1980s, and played a significant role in the making of their multi-platinum-selling second studio album Songs from the Big Chair.
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Credited work
2,291 releases · 407 albums · active 1982–2025
- Performance · 2,630
- Production · 1,495
- Engineering · 233
- Other credits · 101
Studios: The Wool Hall · Sarm West Studios · The Shed · Metropolis Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Songs From The Big Chair
1985
The Hurting
1983
The Seeds Of Love
1989
Under The Pink
1994
The Sickness
2000
Little Earthquakes
1992
Weezer
2019
Stillmatic
2001
Boys For Pele
1996
Greatest Hits Volume One (A Slight Case Of Overbombing)
1993
Shout
1984
Rule The World
2017
Polka Party!
1986
Into The Fire
1987
Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92)
1992
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
1985
Black Radio III
2022
Mainstream
1987
Songs For A Nervous Planet
2024
Last Of The Independents
1994
Cross That Line
1989
Little Earthquakes - The B-Sides
2023
1984-1989
1989
Live At Massey Hall Toronto, Canada / 1985
2021
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