Tom Dalgety is an English record producer and audio engineer. He is most noted for his work with

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, and

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. He was nominated for

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s in 2019 for his production work on the Ghost album ''

Prequelle ''Prequelle'' is the fourth studio album by the Swedish rock band Ghost. It was released on 1 June 2018 and produced by Tom Dalgety. The album's first single, "Rats", was released ahead of the album on 13 April, and as of 28 July, had peaked at ...

'' (

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) and production and songwriting on the Ghost track "

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" (

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Biography

Dalgety was born in

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. He grew up in Frome, Somerset, and began his career working at

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in Wales.

's self-titled debut album, produced by Dalgety and the band, was released in August 2014. It was nominated for the 2014

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for best album. It debuted at number one on the

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and went on to become certified as a platinum selling record ( BPI). Dalgety also worked with the band on their second album ''

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'', which also went straight in at the top of the

. In 2015, Dalgety won "Breakthrough Producer of the Year" at the UK's Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards. In 2016, he was nominated for "British Producer of the Year" at the

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for his work on

's debut self titled album. In 2016, Dalgety produced the ''

Popestar ''Popestar'' is the second EP by the Swedish rock band Ghost. It consists mainly of covers and was produced by Tom Dalgety. The EP was released on 16 September 2016, by Loma Vista Recordings. The band began the Popestar Tour of North America fo ...

'' EP for

, which went to number 1 in the ''Billboard'' Rock Album chart. In January 2017, the single "

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" taken from the EP subsequently went to number 1 on ''Billboard''′s Mainstream Rock Song Chart. And in February 2017 Ghost were awarded a Swedish

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Award with the ''Popestar'' EP winning the best Best Hard Rock/Metal album category. Dalgety was nominated for "UK Producer of the Year" for the second time by the Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards 2018. In late 2018, Dalgety was nominated for the

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for his production work on the

album ''

'' - nominated for

and his production and songwriting on the

track "

" - nominated for

Awards and nominations

* 2015 - won "Breakthrough Producer of the Year" at the Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards * 2015 - won "Music Producer/Engineer of the Year" in the Resolution magazine Creative Awards *2016 - nominated for "UK Producer of the Year" at the Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards * 2016 - nominated for "British Producer of the Year" at the BRIT awards *2018 - nominated for "UK Producer of the Year" at the Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards *2019 - nominated for Best Rock Album (Ghost's "Prequelle") at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards *2019 - nominated for Best Rock Song (Ghost's "Rats") at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards

Credits

Dalgety has worked with artists including: *

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Killing Joke Killing Joke are an English rock music, rock band from Notting Hill, London, England, formed in 1979 by Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards), Paul Ferguson (drums), Geordie Walker (guitar) and Youth (musician), Youth (bass). Their first album, ''Ki ...

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Siouxsie Susan Janet Ballion (born 27 May 1957), known professionally as Siouxsie Sioux, is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. She was the lead singer of the rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees (1976–1996). They released 11 ...

Simple Minds Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977. They have released a string of hit singles, becoming best known internationally for "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (1985), which topped the '' Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United St ...

* The Maccabees *

Therapy? Therapy? are a Northern Irish rock band from Larne, formed in 1989 by guitarist-vocalist Andy Cairns and drummer-vocalist Fyfe Ewing. Therapy? recorded their first demo with Cairns filling in on bass guitar. To complete the lineup, the band r ...

Cat's Eyes Cat's Eyes are an alternative pop duo formed in early 2011 by vocalist Faris Badwan (known for his work with English indie rock band the Horrors) and Italian-Canadian soprano, composer and multi-instrumentalist Rachel Zeffira. History The band ...

Smoke Fairies Smoke Fairies (Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies) are a British band hailing from Chichester. History Blamire and Davies met at school in Sussex during the late 1990s. They spent 2002 in New Orleans, where they absorbed American blues music ...

* The Family Rain *

Grave Pleasures Grave Pleasures is a Finnish post-punk band from Helsinki. Formed in 2010, Grave Pleasure's previous incarnation, Beastmilk, released a demo followed by an EP, and later debut full-length '' Climax''. Members Mat McNerney and Valtteri Arino conti ...

Broken Hands Broken Hands are an English rock band, formed in 2006 in Faversham, Kent, England. The band is composed of vocalist Dale Norton, guitarist Jamie Darby, bassist Thomas Ford, drummer Callum Norton and guitarist/keyboardist David Hardstone. They a ...

* The Amazons *

Blood Red Shoes Blood Red Shoes are an English alternative rock duo from Brighton consisting of Laura-Mary Carter and Steven Ansell. They have released six full-length albums, '' Box of Secrets'' (2008), '' Fire Like This'' (2010), '' In Time to Voices'' (2012), ...

* Inheaven * Demob Happy * The Damned * Creeper

References

External links

Official site
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