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==Influence== In 2011, ''The New York Times'' claimed: "The 40-year career of the English singer-songwriter Nick Lowe constitutes a paradox: the songs he has written are better known than he is."<ref name="NYTimes14Sep2011" /> [[Alex Turner (musician)|Alex Turner]], of the [[Arctic Monkeys]], described Lowe as one of his favourite lyricists.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Orellana |first=Patricio |title=Alex Turner: "Creo que las cosas eran mΓ‘s cool en el pasado" - Rolling Stone Argentina |url=https://www.rollingstone.com.ar/1459775-alex-turner-creo-que-las-cosas-eran-mas-cool-en-el-pasado |access-date=15 August 2018 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=26 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815200956/http://www.rollingstone.com.ar/1459775-alex-turner-creo-que-las-cosas-eran-mas-cool-en-el-pasado |archive-date=15 August 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In another interview, he said that he was "blown away" and sent "back to square one" by Lowe's songwriting.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner gives props to Nick |url=http://itsoktolikenicklowe.com/arctic-monkeys-give-props-to-nick |publisher=Itsoktolikenicklowe.com |date=8 July 2011 |access-date=14 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001081932/http://itsoktolikenicklowe.com/arctic-monkeys-give-props-to-nick |archive-date=1 October 2012}}</ref> [[Wilco]] covered the Nick Lowe song "I Love My Label" as the B-side to "I Might" (2011) on their own dBpm label. Nick Lowe toured with Wilco for their album ''[[The Whole Love]]'' and would make guest appearances on his "[[Cruel to Be Kind]]" and (along with [[Mavis Staples]]) appeared onstage for a cover of [[the Band]]'s song "[[The Weight]]".
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