Dave Meegan is a

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. He trained under

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and is best known for his work with Marillion. Marillion guitarist

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has said he admires Meegan's work so much he considers him to be "a sixth member of the band". He also worked for U2 as an engineer during the sessions for ''

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'' and ''

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''. Meegan's association with Marillion began when he worked as an assistant engineer on their second album, '' Fugazi''. He later returned to produce their albums '' Brave'', a concept album, and '' Afraid of Sunlight'', which were their final two albums released on EMI in the 1990s. He also produced their 2001 album '' Anoraknophobia'' and their 2004 album ''

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'', containing the single " You're Gone" which reached number 7 in the

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, the band's highest-charting single since

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replaced original singer

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in 1989. He also produced ''Slinky,'' by the

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, and ''

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,'' by

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. More recently, Dave Meegan has worked with Andrew Morris (singer-songwriter) for Imagem Production Music.

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