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| - | ==Track listing== | + | '''Nicholas Drain "Nick" Lowe''' (born 24 March 1949), is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer. |
| - | #"Spanish Stroll" - [[Mink DeVille]] | + | |
| - | #"Roadrunner" - [[Modern Lovers]] | + | ==Career history== |
| - | #"I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass" - [[Nick Lowe]] | + | ===Songwriter=== |
| - | #"[[Midnight Rider]]" - [[Paul Davidson]] | + | Lowe’s best-known songs include his own hits: |
| - | #"Express Yourself" - [[Hopeton Lewis]] | + | * “[[So It Goes (Nick Lowe song)|So It Goes]]” - first song on the [[Stiff Records]] label |
| - | #"Monkey Spanner" - [[Dave & Ansel Collins]] | + | * “(I Love The Sound of) Breaking Glass” - his biggest UK hit |
| - | #"Ire Feelings" (Leggo Skanga) - [[Rupie Edwards]] | + | * “[[Cruel to Be Kind]]” - his biggest US hit |
| - | #"Three Piece Suit" - [[Trinity]] | + | |
| - | #"Wish I Didn't Miss You" - [[Angie Stone]] | + | He also wrote songs most famous for their cover versions: |
| - | #"I Can Dig It Baby" - [[Little Beaver]] | + | * “[[(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding]]” - famously covered by [[Elvis Costello]] |
| - | #"Your Kiss Is Sweet" - [[Syreeta]] | + | * “[[I Knew the Bride|I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock ’n’ Roll)]]” - hit for [[Rockpile]] bandmate [[Dave Edmunds]] |
| - | #"I'll Keep A Light In My Window" - [[Ben Vereen]] | + | * “[[The Beast in Me]]” - covered by father-in-law [[Johnny Cash]] |
| - | #"Brother Where Are You" - [[Oscar Brown Jr]]. | + | |
| - | #"Mory" - [[Yoro Kery Goro]] | + | Some songs were written or co-written for albums he produced: |
| - | #"Linus and Lucy" - [[Vince Guaraldi Trio]] | + | * “[[Milk and Alcohol]]” and “That’s it, I Quit” - [[Dr. Feelgood]] |
| - | #"[[Blue Skies]]" - [[Willie Nelson]] | + | * “(I Live on a) Battlefield” and “I Need You” - [[Paul Carrack]] |
| - | #"Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In)" - [[Kenny Rogers]] & [[The First Edition]] | + | |
| - | #"Don't Lay Your Funky Trip on Me" - [[Senor Soul]] | + | Lowe also wrote a number of songs with clever wordplay that qualify as “[[novelty song|novelties]]”, among them: |
| - | #"[[Radioactivity (Fatboy Slim song)|Radioactivity]]" - [[Fatboy Slim]] | + | * “Bay City Rollers We Love You” - recorded as “Terry Modern” of “The Tartan Horde” |
| - | #"Who Loves the Sun" - [[The Velvet Underground]] | + | * “I Love my Label” - paean to the United Artists label - released on Stiff Records |
| - | #"Zombie Jamborie" - [[Sandpebbles]] | + | * “[[All Men Are Liars (song)|All Men Are Liars]]” |
| - | #"From a Logical Point of View" - [[Robert Mitchum]] | + | * “Half a Boy and Half a Man” |
| - | #"Satisfied 'N' Tickled Too" - [[Taj Mahal]] | + | |
| - | #"My World" - [[Sly & The Family Stone]] | + | |
| - | #"Tema Da Desilusao Garota De Ipanema" - [[Tom Jobim]] | + | |
| - | #"[[Everything Is Everything]]" - [[Bootsy Collins]] (spoken word from a poem by [[Paul Heaton]]) | + | |
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Nicholas Drain "Nick" Lowe (born 24 March 1949), is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer.
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Career history
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Songwriter
Lowe’s best-known songs include his own hits:
- “So It Goes” - first song on the Stiff Records label
- “(I Love The Sound of) Breaking Glass” - his biggest UK hit
- “Cruel to Be Kind” - his biggest US hit
He also wrote songs most famous for their cover versions:
- “(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding” - famously covered by Elvis Costello
- “I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock ’n’ Roll)” - hit for Rockpile bandmate Dave Edmunds
- “The Beast in Me” - covered by father-in-law Johnny Cash
Some songs were written or co-written for albums he produced:
- “Milk and Alcohol” and “That’s it, I Quit” - Dr. Feelgood
- “(I Live on a) Battlefield” and “I Need You” - Paul Carrack
Lowe also wrote a number of songs with clever wordplay that qualify as “novelties”, among them:
- “Bay City Rollers We Love You” - recorded as “Terry Modern” of “The Tartan Horde”
- “I Love my Label” - paean to the United Artists label - released on Stiff Records
- “All Men Are Liars”
- “Half a Boy and Half a Man”
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