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Nigel Gray was an English record producer. His album credits include Outlandos d'Amour (1978), Reggatta de Blanc (1979), and Zenyatta Mondatta (1980) for the Police, Kaleidoscope (1980) and Juju (1981) for Siouxsie and the Banshees, as well as five albums for Godley & Creme.
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- ↑ "Past Winners Search". Grammy.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- 1 2 Duquette, Mike (May 6, 2022). "All 70 Police Songs Ranked Worst to Best". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- ↑ Golsen, Tyler (5 January 2023). "What's that Sound? Stewart Copeland's delayed drums on The Police's 'Walking on the Moon'". Far Out Magazine.
The first album where Copeland managed to implement his new delay technique was on Reggatta de Blanc. The album's title track became a playground for Copeland's new mastery of effects, but most listeners would first hear Copeland's new delay fascination on the song 'Walking on the Moon'.
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