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Stephen Street , The Man behind Classic Records by The Smiths , Blur, Cranberries, and more, will be. honored for his "outstanding contribution to British music" in this month

"I hope it doesn't mean you throw me out to pasture!", the Brit and Grammy kids-winner, who is currently working on a new Chrissie Hynde Record .

"It's funny," he continues. "When I began work as an assistant at Island Records Studio in The Basement back in the 80s, if someone said to me, 'You're going to 2020, and you get the award,' I have your hand bitten. "

Before he such a cruel act of cannibalism, we asked the 59-year-old to us some of the secrets of making a hit pop Record .

It is as much about managing egos, such as the inclusion of

sounds " recording technology has radically changed since the road in his early days in this cellar, "demystifying" The Process is on the Way - But the emotional needs of musicians, they are largely the same: to be human, and you need to be loved

The producer of his job, Street says, is mostly "getting The Best out of an artist" "you feel special".

"I don't know what I've done in a previous life, But I've sent already, a couple of Difficult People to work with," he says. "Then Again , I guess that's what happens with great artists, and I have nothing against that. "

Pop-don't come personalities much bigger or heavier than Morrissey and promoted by engineer-producer on The Smiths ' last album Strangeways Here we Come, the road went on to work on The Singer 's debut solo album Viva Hate.

"at the time, The Smiths were so adored, [that], if we would not have been me, Public Enemy Number One ," he recalls. "As I look back on it with great pride and equally great relief".

He sees it as his role to "lead" artists such as Morrissey in the direction of "whatever you want to get down on tape" and "don't stump your creative flow".

But , he stresses, it is also important to consider The Other talent in The Room and "not only to keep, to bend over backwards for The Front person".

"Sometimes you have to put the foot, But I hope they don't do it in a Way that you make enemies.

"And there are other points where you have to sit back and let you get it because you sort a good Band , your natural balance. "

During the earlier recording of Strangeways, the producer recalls, as [almost all] The Smiths balance liked to work hard with references to their favorite Comedy.

"Johnny [Marr] and Andy [Rourke] were completely obsessed with Spinal Tap," he says, "and there were mini-Stonehenge of cigarette packs to the left all over the Studio . Andy , The Bass line had learned by Note - to Large-Po!

"We only have that Morrissey was not in The Room , though. Don't worry about it. let "

Sometimes you have songs stew

Long after The Smiths had left at the cemetery gates, street found himself in the centre is another cornerstone, with Britpop and blur.

London was perfectly placed to Record The Band , "various", and finally, the critically-acclaimed third album, Parklife. He describes it as, "here, there and everywhere", acoustically speaking, "But it all hangs together well as a perfect, perfect album. "

It seems unthinkable now, But the title song of almost from the Studio .

"Parklife, The Track went through a very difficult process," Street explains.

"It was recorded in one of the first traces of [], and we just could not get it the Way we wanted to. At this point, Damon [Albarn] the emphasis of The Verses was, and it fell flat.

"I think we were precious, because it will make the pressure on us, a single, as it, apparently, to a large choir and we have The Drums too tight. So we left it in the box for a while. "

In trat Quadrophenia actor Phil Daniels -to give the originally booked had been, his Cockney vocal stylings to kicked another track by the name of The Debt Collector , and he "really lives, in The Song ".

"We Dave [Rowntree] back in the play in a much more bombastic, loose, kind of fashion-and it all came together," says street.

"So it was saved, But at one point it almost did not, so that the plate - that would be weird, isn't it?

"Sometimes you can hit be banging your head against a wall, and I only go out of the Way for a while, let him stew for a while And Then come back and look at it from a new angle. "

Remember: The Band numbers, the you the recording that YOU want to make

When the road for the first time is involved with The Cranberries , he thought, then you might have a decent little indie Band like the Cocteau Twins or The Sundays, But he says that "nobody could foresee" the great, worldwide success that was to follow.

her debut album, 1993's All The Other not to Do It, So Why Can't We? featured tender tracks like Dreams and linger, But was almost "ignored forever" in the UK, until MTV started to show them some love in The States .

"It was a fairy tale," says the street.

by the time her second album was in the works, the Irish Band that played "every gig under The Sun " - ready to cut loose-route, and let you do so, you are spectacular on the "bona fide classic" Zombie: a protest song about an IRA bombing in Warrington that killed two boys and injured many more.

"That was something really The Band and the muscles play on the second album, because they play so many dates at this point and wanted to the rock.

"So much of their material was relatively soft, so that [Zombie] was done as a Way To Let off steam. We don't have it, because we had no one to tell look about us at this point, 'make a classic rock Record !'

"It turned into a huge hit for you. "

over The Years , the street has noted, The Cranberries and the others, including The Kaiser Chiefs and Pete Doherty (he even ended up playing guitar with The Band On Tour at one point), if he thinks a song is too long, or needs a more ear-grabbing intro. But overall, he believes that it is important to remember "it's my Record ".

"I'm not busy," he says. "You are too busy to deal with me, you a service, and this is one thing I always try to remember".

The Cranberries " fairy-tale story ended tragically with in 2018, at the age of 46. The Band 's busy Street services a last time, to piece together the tracks before her death.

"I'm glad we managed to do at least One More Record ," he says, while acknowledging "it is a dangerous thing", for a Band that the remaining members to release music posthumously.

"you are accused of a kind of ulterior motive, But it was with very much love and affection, so when we were nominated for a Grammy, I was thrilled for The Band . "

12. MPG Awards takes place at London's Grosvenor House on 27 February.

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