Colin Thurston

Colin Thurston (1947 - 2007) was a sound engineer and producer who co-produced The Human League's debut album Reproduction and the single "I Don't Depend On You" released as The Men.

Thurston's first notable credit was as sound engineer on David Bowie's "Heroes" album. In 1979 he produced Magazine's second album Secondhand Daylight before moving on to Reproduction the same year. He also produced Big Oceans by Interview for Virgin the same year.

In 1981 he produced Duran Duran's acclaimed debut eponymous album and went on to produce the highly successful Rio for the group in 1982. Thurston produced Talk Talk's The Party's Over (1982), and Kajagoogoo's White Feathers (1983), the latter with Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes. He also worked with Gary Numan on his 1985 album The Fury.

In 1986 Thurston was called upon to produce The Human League's new album. he lost interest in the project after working on some demos and handed over the project to engineer Paul Rabiger. The album production was eventually given to American team Jam and Lewis and became Crash.