David M. Allen
David M. Allen is a British record producer, engineer and mixer. He is mostly known for his work with new wave, synthpop and goth rock bands including the Cure, the Sisters of Mercy, the Chameleons, Depeche Mode, the Mission, the Associates, the Human League, Clan of Xymox, Gianna Nannini, Shelleyan Orphan and others. He also produced Neneh Cherry's hit album Man.
He created Blank Multimedia in 1994 operating from the home of XFM during 1995–1997, designed websites for Chrysalis and Rough Trade Records, and made an interactive cross-platform CD+ featuring The Plunge Club with music from Andy M. Wright. Blank organised a 24-hour Internet art gallery, groundbreaking for its time.Selected discography (as producer)
Studio albums
- The Members – Going West
- The Cure – The Top
- The Cure – The Head on the Door
- The Cure – Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
- The Cure – Disintegration
- The Cure – Wish
- 12 Drummers Drumming - Loveless
- The Sisters of Mercy – First and Last and Always
- The Chameleons – Strange Times
- The Associates – Waiting for the Love Boat
- Wire - Manscape
- Gianna Nannini - Scandalo
- Poems for Laila - La filette triste
- Gianna Nannini - X Forza E X Amore
- Gianna Nannini - Dispetto
- The Damned - Not of This Earth
- Frente - Shape
- Feline - Save Your Face
- Fra Lippo Lippi - Songs
- Neneh Cherry - Man
- The Mission - Aura
- The Mission - The Brightest Light
- David M. Allen - The Genetic Tape
- Sennen - Lost Harmony
- The Psychedelic Furs - Book of Days
Live albums
- The Cure – Concert
- Gianna Nannini - Giannissima
Singles
- Dead or Alive - "Misty Circles"
- Depeche Mode - "It's Called a Heart"
- Fra Lippo Lippi - "Shouldn't Have to Be Like That"
- Yassassin - "Pretty Face"
- Yassassin - "Cherry Pie"
Remixes
- Depeche Mode - "Route 66"
- Thomas Leer – "Heartbeat"
- The Human League - "Life on Your Own"
Films
- The Cure – The Cure in Orange
