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Eric Watson
Eric Watson is credited on 1,579 pressings across 181 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1981–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,579
Credits
181
Albums
5
Decades active
726
In collections
Biography
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English photographer. Born 9 September 1955 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Died 18 March 2012 after suffering a heart attack.
He was the main photographer of between 1981 and 1986. Eric Watson was most famous for his work with Pet Shop Boys. He was their main photographer and video director from 1984 to 1991 (the first video having been "Opportunities", co-directed by Andy Morahan) before concentrating on TV commercials.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,579 releases · 181 albums · active 1981–2025
- Other credits · 1,687
- Performance · 3
Studios: Sarm West Studios · Advision Studios · Union Studios, Munich · Abbey Road Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

The Smiths
1984

Welcome To The Pleasuredome
1984

Please
1986

Actually
1987

True
1983

Architecture & Morality
1981

Introspective
1988

The Singles 81 → 85
1985

Very
1993

Behaviour
1990

Discography (The Complete Singles Collection)
1991

Catching Up With Depeche Mode
1985

Running In The Family
1987

Fastway
1983

No Parlez
1983

Two Tribes
1984

Listen
1983

West End Girls
1985

It's A Sin
1987

True Democracy
1982

Always On My Mind
1987

White Feathers
1983

The Youth Of Today
1982

Pinky Blue
1982
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