Editing Nick Lowe (section)

===Producer===
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Lowe's work as a producer is at least as notable as his work as a performer and songwriter.  His early 'rough and ready' production style earned him the nickname "Basher", inspired by his supposed instructions to bands to 'bash it out—we'll tart it up later'. Beginning with his tenure at Stiff Records as an in-house producer in 1976, Lowe was responsible for producing some of the benchmark releases of punk and new wave, including the [[The Damned (band)|Damned]]'s first single, "[[New Rose]]", considered the first English punk single, as well as the group's debut album, ''[[Damned Damned Damned]]''.

Lowe also produced [[Elvis Costello]]'s first five albums, from 1977 to 1981, including ''[[My Aim Is True]]'', ''[[This Year's Model]]'', and ''[[Armed Forces (album)|Armed Forces]]'', which spun off numerous UK hit singles.  Other Stiff acts produced by Lowe included punk parody group [[Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias]], new wave singer [[Wreckless Eric]] and roots rocker [[Mickey Jupp]].

Other clients (both before and after Lowe left Stiff in 1978) included the [[The Pretenders|Pretenders]] (the 1978 debut single "[[Stop Your Sobbing]]", which was a modest UK and U.S. hit); Graham Parker (his well-received first and third albums); [[Dr. Feelgood (band)|Dr. Feelgood]] (several LPs, and their biggest hit single, 1979's "[[Milk and Alcohol]]"); [[Johnny Cash]] (his 1980 single "Without Love", a minor hit on the U.S. and Canadian country charts); and his then-wife [[Carlene Carter]] (2 albums in 1980 and 1981).

From 1982 to 1985, he produced material for [[Paul Carrack]], [[John Hiatt]], [[the Fabulous Thunderbirds]] and [[the Men They Couldn't Hang]]. Beginning in the mid-1980s, Lowe became more selective in his choice of outside production tasks, helming the 1986 LP ''[[Blood & Chocolate]]'' for Elvis Costello, a 1988 single ("Windows of the World" b/w "1969") for the Pretenders, and the [[Katydids (band)|Katydids]]' self-titled debut album of 1990. After that, Lowe essentially retired from producing recordings for other acts, although the country-rock band [[the Mavericks]] persuaded him to produce one track for the ''Apollo 13'' soundtrack in 1995.