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Tony Cohen (born 4 June 1957 - died 2 August 2017, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia) was an Australian record producer and sound engineer.

The Melbourne-based industry veteran got his start as a sound engineer in the mid-1970s. One of his earliest notable projects was producing the self-titled album for Perth glam-rockers Supernaut (3) before going on to work on The Ferrets' 1976 debut, Dreams Of A Love.

His renown began to grow and in 1978, he began what would blossom into a decades-long working relationship with Nick Cave (#19), first by working on Door, Door, the debut album by The Birthday Party (then known as The Boys Next Door) before going on to engineer and produce their self-titled sophomore effort in 1980. He also worked with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (#12) on eight albums, beginning with 1984's seminal From Her To Eternity.

Other artists Cohen worked with over the years, included Models (2), Hunters & Collectors, The Go-Betweens, The Beasts Of Bourbon (and Tex Perkins), The Cruel Sea, TISM, Dave Graney, Kim Salmon And The Surrealists, Powderfinger, Paul Kelly (2), Blackeyed Susans, Mick Harvey (#13), Kylie Minogue and Frenzal Rhomb.

He won three ARIAs in the mid-1990s — his first, in 1994, for Producer Of The Year thanks to his work on The Cruel Sea's The Honeymoon Is Over; his second two in 1995, for Producer Of The Year and Engineer Of The Year.