Pierre Marchand


  • Pierre Marchand grew up in Montreal, and quickly developed a reputation in the Canadian music scene as an excellent musician and engineer. He played keyboards or bass on albums by such artists as Daniel Lanois, the Neville Brothers and Tragically Hip. He engineered records for Daniel Lanois before moving on to produce artists on his own.

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PRODUCER/ENGINEER/MIXER Credits:

  • Sarah McLachlan
    'Wonderland'

    Sarah's ninth studio album, and second Christmas album, was produced and recorded by Pierre.
    • Juno Award Winner (2017) "Adult Contemporary Album of the Year"
    • Grammy nominee "Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album"
    • Gold in Canada
    • #5 US Top Holiday Album
  • Sarah McLachlan
    'Shine On'

    Pierre has produced all of Sarah's albums since 'Solace' in 1991, and has co-written and performed on many of her songs. He produced and recorded this album, and co-wrote the songs "In Your Shoes," "Monsters," "Broken Heart," and "Brink of Destruction."
    • Juno Award "A/C Album of the Year"
    • #1 Album in CAN
    • #4 Album in US
    • #4 Digital Album
  • Sarah McLachlan
    'Laws Of Illusion'

    Pierre produced, recorded and mixed this album. He also co-wrote 8 tracks with Sarah, and played guitar, bass, keyboards, and provided backing vocals. The album received 3 Juno Awards Nominations for "Artist of the Year," "Songwriter of the Year," and "Pop Album of the Year."
    • #3 Billboard Top 200 debut
    • #12 debut in AUS (highest to date)
  • Sarah McLachlan
    'Wintersong'

    This Christmas album was produced, recorded and mixed by Pierre. It was the best-selling holiday album of 2006 in the US, and received a Juno Award Nomination for "Pop Album of the Year" and a Grammy Nomination for "Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album."
    • #7 Billboard Top 200
    • 2x Platinum in CAN
    • Platinum in US
  • Sarah McLachlan
    'Afterglow'

    Pierre produced, recorded and mixed this album. He also co-wrote the songs "Perfect Girl" and "World On Fire," which earned Pierre a Juno Nomination for "Producer of the Year." The album won a Juno Award for "Pop Album of the Year" and received 4 other Juno Nominations including "Songwriter of the Year."It has sold over 5 million copies worldwide.
    • #1 Album in CAN
    • #2 Billboard Top 200 debut
  • Sarah McLachlan
    'Surfacing'

    Sarah's most well-known album was produced, recorded and mixed by Pierre. He also co-wrote 3 songs and performed bass, keyboards and background vocals. The album won 2 Grammy Awards and 4 Juno Awards, including "Album of the Year." Pierre and Sarah also won the Juno Award for "Songwriter of the Year" and "Single of the Year" for "Building A Mystery."
    • Over 16 million copies sold worldwide
    • #1 Album in Canada
    • #2 Album in US
  • Sarah McLachlan
    'Fumbling Towards Ecstasy'

    Pierre produced, recorded and mixed this album. He also co-wrote the title track, and performed bass, piano, keyboards and organ. It was voted #200 on Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Alubms and #119 on Pitchfork's list of the 150 Best Albums of the 1990's.
    • #2 Top Catalog Album
    • 5x Platinum in CAN
    • 3x Platinum in US
  • Sarah McLachlan
    'Solace'

    This is the first album that Pierre produced, recorded and mixed for Sarah. It features the singles "Into The Fire" and "The Path of Thorns," and has been certified double platinum in Canada and Gold in the US.
  • Stevie Nicks
    'Trouble In Shangri-La'

    Pierre produced and recorded "Love Is" for this album.
    • #5 debut on Billboard Top 200
    • certified Gold in US within first 6 weeks
  • The Devlins
    'Waiting'

    Pierre produced, recorded and mixed this album. The title track has been used in various films and soundtracks, as well as an advertising campaign for HBO and in orignal programming for Discovery Channel.
  • Leigh Nash
    'Blue On Blue'

    Pierre produced, recorded and mixed this solo debut album for the former vocalist of Sixpence None The Richer.
    • #5 Album in Japan
    • #25 Top Heatseeker Album
  • Gogh Van Go
    'Gogh Van Go'

    This debut album was produced, recorded and mixed by Pierre, and includes the hit songs "Bed Where We Hide" and "Tunnel of Trees." The video for "Tunnel of Trees" won a Juno Award for "Best Video."
  • Rufus Wainwright
    'Poses'

    Pierre produced, recorded and mixed this album including the tracks Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk, Greek Song, Poses, Grey Gardens, Rebel Prince, The Consort, One Man Guy, Evil Angel, In a Graveyard. It won a Juno Award for "Best Alternative Album." It also won a GLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding Music Album." Mojo included it on their "100 Modern Classics" list.
    • #1 Top Heatseeker Album
    • Gold in CAN
  • Lenka
    'Lenka'

    Pierre produced and recorded "Skipalong," "Anything I'm Not" and "Like A Song" which he also mixed.
    • #3 Heatseeker Album
  • Gomez
    "Moon and Sun"

    Pierre produced, recorded and mixed this song for the 'Grey's Anatomy Original Soundtrack, Vol. 3.'

SONGWRITING Credits:

  • Sarah McLachlan
    "One Dream"

    Pierre co-wrote, produced, recorded and mixed this song. It was the official theme song of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
  • Sarah McLachlan
    "Building A Mystery"

    Pierre co-wrote this song for the album 'Surfacing.' It won 2 Juno Awards for "Songwriter of the Year" and for "Single of the Year." Canada's RPM ranked it the #1 Single of the Year. It also won a Grammy Award for "Best Femal Pop Vocal Performance."
  • Sarah McLachlan
    "Adia"

    Pierre co-wrote this song for the album 'Surfacing.' It was the 20th most successful song of 1998 in the US. The song was nominated for a Grammy for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance."
  • Sarah McLachlan
    "World On Fire"

    Pierre co-wrote this song for the album 'Afterglow.' An alternate version, featuring Robbie Robertson, was written and recorded for the Steven Spielberg epic miniseries 'Into The West.' The song earned Pierre a Juno Nomination for "Producer of the Year."
  • Sarah McLachlan
    "Into The Fire"

    Pierre co-wrote this song for Sarah's second album, 'Solace.'
  • Sarah McLachlan
    "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy"

    The title track to Sarah's third album was co-written by Pierre.

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