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Stuart Matthewman
Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom
Stuart Matthewman is credited on 1,330 releases across 314 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1979–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,330
Pressings credited
314
Albums
6
Decades active
608
In collections
Biography
Stuart Colin Matthewman, also known as Cottonbelly, is an English songwriter, record producer and musician. He is best known as the guitarist and saxophonist of the band Sade. His work as a member of Sade has earned him four Grammy Awards and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination in 2024. Alongside the rest of the band, Matthewman was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2026. Matthewman has also worked extensively with Maxwell, co-producing the majority of his albums. Additionally, he is also a member of Sweetback.
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Credited work
1,330 releases · 314 albums · active 1979–2025
- Performance · 2,229
- Other credits · 907
- Production · 110
- Engineering · 20
- Mastering · 2
Studios: Power Plant Studios · Studio Miraval · Studio Marcadet · Compass Point Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Diamond Life
1984
Promise
1985
The Best Of Sade
1994
Love Deluxe
1992
Stronger Than Pride
1988
Lovers Rock
2000
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2010
Covers
2011
Soldier Of Love
2010
B-Sides & Rarities
2005
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
1996
Uncontrolled Substance
1999
Black Radio
2012
Murda Muzik
1999
Greenpeace Rainbow Warriors
1989
Lovers Live
2002
blackSUMMERS'night
2016
Sing Into My Mouth
2015
Embrya
1998
100% Colombian
1998
Rose Ave.
2014
Now
2001
Never As Good As The First Time
1986
The Sweetest Taboo
1985
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