English record producer and songwriter James Ford has written and produced songs for various musicians, including Arctic Monkeys, Blur, Florence and the Machine, Depeche Mode, Haim, Jessie Ware, among others, also for his bands Simian Mobile Disco and the Last Shadow Puppets.
In 2023, Ford was named as the Producer of the Year by publication Consequence.
Albums This is a list of albums produced by James Ford in its entirety or majority, solo or with other producers. + Album Year Artist(s) Otherproducers And the Big Red Nebula Band 2004 Fingathing SneakyPeter Parker Round & Round2005 Garden rowspan="4" For Screening Purposes Only Test Icicles Schmotime2006 Absentee The Bright Lights and What I Should Have Learned Duels Making Dens Mystery Jets Mystery Jets Favourite Worst Nightmare2007 Arctic Monkeys Mike Crossey Prince Umberto & The Sister Of Ill Bumblebeez Invisibl Myths of the Near Future Klaxons Grown-Ups The Lodger Alan Smyth Attack Decay Sustain Release Simian Mobile Disco Jas Shaw The Age of the Understatement 2008 The Last Shadow Puppets rowspan="3" Sleep Forever2010 Crocodiles Detachments Detachments Crush Depth Chrome Hoof Leo Smee Submarine2011 Alex Turner EP Beth Ditto Jas Shaw Suck It and See Arctic Monkeys A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart2013 Bill Ryder-Jones Bill Ryder-JonesDarren Jones AM Arctic Monkeys Ross Orton Wilder Mind2015 Mumford & Sons Message from the Other Side Damian Lazarus & the Ancient Moons Damian Lazarus What Went Down Foals West Kirby County Primary Bill Ryder-Jones Bill Ryder-Jones Everything You've Come to Expect 2016 The Last Shadow Puppets Belladonna of Sadness2017 Alexandra Savior Alex Turner Spirit Depeche Mode Season High Little Dragon Little DragonPatrik Berger Everything Is Forgotten Methyl Ethel Jake Webb Shock Machine Shock Machine What Do You Think About the Car? Declan McKenna Rostam BatmanglijMax MarlowNeil Comber A Fever Dream Everything Everything Everything Everything Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino2018 Arctic Monkeys Alex Turner The Now Now Gorillaz GorillazRemi Kabaka Jr. Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 12019 Foals FoalsBrett ShawVincent TaurelleTony Allen Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2 Foals FoalsBrett ShawVincent Taurelle What's Your Pleasure? 2020 Jessie Ware Benji BAdam BainbridgeMorgan GeistMidlandJoseph MountMatthew Tavares Drunk Tank Pink 2021 Shame rowspan="2" The Car 2022 Arctic Monkeys The Waeve2023 The Waeve Graham CoxonRose Elinor Dougall Memento Mori Depeche Mode That! Feels Good! Jessie Ware Stuart Price 3D Country Geese rowspan="4" The Ballad of Darren Blur Prelude to Ecstasy2024 The Last Dinner Party Nonetheless Pet Shop Boys Lives Outgrown Beth Gibbons Beth Gibbons Romance Fontaines D.C. rowspan="2" City Lights The Waeve Cemetery Classics Moon Diagrams Moses Archuleta Forever Howlong2025 Black Country, New Road More Pulp Générique Verlo Alex Turner, Loren Humphrey The Mountain2026 Gorillaz Gorillaz, Samuel Egglenton, Remi Kabaka Jr., Bizarrap Help(2) Various (War Child) Emotional Junglist Nia Archives Ethan P. Flynn, Jakwob, Nia Archives, Sampha
Songs This is a list of song recordings written and/or produced by James Ford.
+ Song Writers Producers Album Year "Another Level" DisclosureJames Ford Never Enough 2021 "Aries" Damon AlbarnRemi Kabaka Jr.James FordP2J Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez 2020 "As Far as I Could Get" Florence WelchJames Ford How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 2015 "Between Two Lungs" James FordIsabella Summers Lungs 2009 "British Bombs" James Ford 2019 "Broken English" HalloweensJames Ford Morning Kiss at the Acropolis 2020 "Caught" Florence WelchJames Ford How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 2015 "Celestial Dancers" BirdyFoy VanceJames Ford Young Heart 2021 "Cornerstone" James Ford Humbug 2009 "Count the Ways" Georgia DaviesLizzie MaylandAbigail MorrisAurora NishevciEmily RobertsCasper MilesJames Ford From the Pyre 2025 "Cruel" Jessie WareJames FordDave Okumu James FordDave Okumu Tough Love 2014 "Deepest Lonely" James Ford Young Heart 2021 "Désolé" Damon AlbarnRemi Kabaka Jr.James FordFatoumata Diawara Damon AlbarnRemi Kabaka Jr.James Ford Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez 2020 "Dog Days Are Over" James FordIsabella Summers Lungs 2009 "Don't Save Me" HaimJames Ford Days Are Gone 2013 "Drumming Song" Florence WelchJames FordCrispin Hunt James Ford Lungs 2009 "Edge" HaimJames Ford Days Are Gone 2013 "Everybody Scream" Florence WelchMark BowenJames FordAaron Dessner Everybody Scream 2025 "Fire and Rain" James Ford Birdy 2011 "Fort Knox Sigrid Askjell James Ford There's Always More That I Could Say 2025 "Hardest of Hearts" James FordIsabella Summers Lungs 2009 "Hiding" Florence WelchJames Ford James Ford How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 2015 "I'm Not Calling You a Liar" James FordIsabella Summers Lungs 2009 "If I Could Change Your Mind" HaimJames Ford HaimJames Ford Days Are Gone 2013 "Kiss of Life" Kylie MinogueJessie WareJames FordDanny ParkerShungudzo James Ford Disco: Guest List Edition 2021 "Landscape" (Demo) Florence WelchJames Ford James Ford Ceremonials 2011 "Loneliness" James Ford Young Heart 2021 "The Lost Chord" Damon AlbarnRemi Kabaka Jr.James FordLeee John Damon AlbarnRemi Kabaka Jr.James Ford Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez 2020 "Midnight Caller" Jessie WareJames Ford James Ford Tough Love 2014 "Moderation" Florence WelchJames FordDovemanMatthew Daniel Siskin James FordMatthew Daniel Siskin 2019 "My Propeller" James Ford Humbug 2009 "People Help the People" James Ford Birdy 2011 "Pure Feeling" Florence WelchJames Ford How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 2015 "Run the Wild Flowers" Friendly FiresJames Ford James Ford Inflorescent 2019 "Second Hand News" James Ford Young Heart 2021 "Secret Door" James Ford Humbug 2009 "Send Me Down" HaimJames Ford Days Are Gone 2013 "Shake" Little BootsJames Ford James Ford Nocturnes 2013 "Shy Boy" James Ford The Loveliest Time 2023 "Silhouettes" Friendly FiresJames FordNick Hodgson Mark RalphJames Ford Inflorescent 2019 "St. Jude" Florence WelchJames Ford How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 2015 "Surrender" James Ford Young Heart 2021 "Two Years" SigridAskjellJames Ford There's Always More That I Could Say 2025 "Want Your Feeling" James FordDev Hynes Tough Love 2014 "The Way We Are" Jessie WareJimmy NapesJames Ford James Ford Tough Love 2014 "This Is the Killer Speaking" Georgia DaviesLizzie MaylandAbigail MorrisAurora NishevciEmily RobertsCasper MilesJames Ford From the Pyre 2025 "What You Don't Know" Matthew DearJames FordJas Shaw Matthew DearJames FordJas Shaw Bunny 2018 "White Winter Hymnal" James Ford Birdy 2011 "Woman Is a Tree" Georgia DaviesLizzie MaylandAbigail MorrisAurora NishevciEmily RobertsCasper MilesJames Ford From the Pyre 2025
Notes signifies an additional producer
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