Dave McCracken

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Dave McCracken is a British songwriter and music producer. He has produced on Ian Brown's solo albums; Golden Greats , Music of the Spheres and Solarized . [1] He also produced Vantage Point by dEUS, The Rifles' second album, and programmed and played keyboards on Playing the Angel by Depeche Mode.

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References

  1. Paoletta, Michael (5 March 2005). "Albums". Billboard . Retrieved 28 May 2012.