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Nick Lowe discography
Lowe performing with Rockpile in 1980
Studio albums14
Live albums3
Compilation albums6
EPs3
Singles23
Tribute albums7

Nick Lowe is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer. His discography consists of 14 studio albums, 1 live album, 3 EPs, 23 singles, and 6 compilations. In addition, he has been a performer and producer on numerous albums by other artists.

Albums[edit]

Studio[edit]

Year Album Peak chart positions Record label
UK
[1] 		US
[2] 		AUS
[3] 		SWE
 NL
1978 Jesus of Cool 22 127 77 31 26 Radar Records
1979 Labour of Lust 42 31 53 20 —
1982 Nick the Knife 99 50 — 18 — Columbia Records
1983 The Abominable Showman — 129 — 29 —
1984 Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit — 113 — 45 —
1985 The Rose of England — 119 100 49 —
1988 Pinker and Prouder Than Previous — — — — —
1990 Party of One — 182 — — — Reprise Records
1994 The Impossible Bird — — — — — Upstart Records
1998 Dig My Mood — — — — —
2001 The Convincer — — — 32 — Proper Records
2007 At My Age — — — 10 — Proper Records
2011 The Old Magic 66 84 — 9 —
2013 Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection for All the Family — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live[edit]

Year Album Record label
2004 Untouched Takeaway Yep Roc Records
2015 The Quality Holiday Revue Live (with Los Straitjackets)
2020 Live at the Haw River Ballroom (with Los Straitjackets)

EPs[edit]

Year Title Record Label Format
1977 Bowi Stiff 7" 45 rpm
1980 Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds Sing the Everly Brothers[4] F-Beat / Columbia 7" 33⅓ rpm
1982 My Heart Hurts F-Beat Two 7" 45 rpm records
2018 Tokyo Bay / Crying Inside Yep Roc Two 7" 45 rpm records/CD
2019 Love Starvation / Trombone 12" record / CD
2020 Lay It On Me 12" record / CD

Singles[edit]

Year Title Peak chart positions Record Label B-side Album Notes
UK
[1] 		US Pop
[2] 		US AC
 US Rock
[2] 		CAN
 AUS
[3]
1976 "So It Goes" — — — — — — Stiff Records "Heart of the City" Jesus of Cool The first Stiff Records label single. The song was featured in the movies Rock 'n' Roll High School and Adventureland.
"Keep It Out of Sight" — — — — — — Dynamo Records "(I've Been Taking the) Truth Drug" Non-album singles Netherlands-only release
1977 "Halfway to Paradise" — — — — — — Stiff Records "I Don't Want the Night to End"
1978 "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass" 7 — — — — — Radar Records "They Called It Rock" Jesus of Cool
"Little Hitler" — — — — — — Radar Records "Cruel to Be Kind"
"American Squirm" — — — — — — "(What's So Funny 'Bout)
Peace, Love and Understanding?" 		Non-album single
1979 "Crackin' Up" 34 — — — — — "Basing Street" Labour of Lust
"Cruel to Be Kind" 12 12 36 — 12 12 "Endless Grey Ribbon"
"Switch Board Susan" — — — — 81 — Columbia Records "Basing Street" North American–only release
1982 "Stick It Where the Sun Don't Shine" — — — 43 35 — "My Heart Hurts" Nick the Knife
"Burning" — — — — — — F Beat Records "Zulu Kiss"
"My Heart Hurts" — — — — — — "Pet You and Hold You" (Live)
1983 "Ragin' Eyes" — — — — — — "Tanque-Rae" The Abominable Showman
"Wish You Were Here" — — — — — — Columbia Records "How Do You Talk to an Angel" US-only release
1984 "Half a Boy and Half a Man" 53 — — — — 66 F Beat Records "Awesome" Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit
"L.A.F.S." — — — — — — "(Hey Big Mouth)
Stand Up and Say That"
1985 "I Knew the Bride
(When She Used to Rock 'n' Roll)" 		130 77 — 27 — 26 "Darlin' Angel Eyes" The Rose of England
1987 "Lovers Jamboree" — — — — — — Columbia Records "Crying in My Sleep" Pinker and Prouder Than Previous US-only release
1990 "All Men Are Liars" — — — — — 76 Reprise Records "Gai-Gin Man" Party of One
1994 "True Love Travels on a Gravel Road" — — — — — — Non-album single The Impossible Bird
1995 "I Live on a Battlefield" — — — — — — Diesel Only Records "Without Love"
1997 "You Inspire Me" — — — — — — Dig My Mood
2001 "She's Got Soul" — — — — — — The Convincer
2011 "Go 'Way Hound Dog" — — — — — — Yep Roc "(I've Changed My) Wild Mind" Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

With Brinsley Schwarz[edit]

Year Album Producer Record label
1970 Brinsley Schwarz Brinsley Schwarz, Dave Robinson United Artists Records
1970 Despite It All
1972 Silver Pistol Dave Robinson
1972 Nervous on the Road
1973 Please Don't Ever Change Brinsley Schwarz, Vic Maile
1973 The New Favourites of... Brinsley Schwarz Dave Edmunds

With Rockpile[edit]

Year Album Peak chart positions Producer Record label
UK
[5] 		CAN
[6] 		US
[7] 		SWE
[8]
1980 Seconds of Pleasure 34 29 27 8 Nick Lowe & Rockpile Columbia Records

With Little Village[edit]

Year Album Peak chart positions Producer Record label
UK
 SWE
 NL
1992 Little Village 23 16 18 Little Village Reprise Records

Compilation albums[edit]

As producer[edit]

For Elvis Costello[edit]

For others[edit]

As primary artist/song contributor[edit]

  • 1977: A Bunch of Stiff Records (Stiff Records) - track 1, "I Love My Label"
  • 1978: Live Stiffs Live (Stiff) as Nick Lowe's Last Chicken in the Shop: track 1, "I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock 'n' Roll)": track 2, "Let's Eat" (live compilation of the first Stiff tour).
  • 1994: various artists - Adios Amigo: A Tribute to Arthur Alexander (Razor & Tie) - track 11, "In the Middle of It All"
  • 1996: various artists - Rig Rock Deluxe: A Musical Tribute to the American Truck Driver (Upstart) - track 14, "I'm Coming Home" with the Impossible Birds
  • 1999: various artists - Original Soundtrack: Mumford (Hollywood) - track 3, "From Now On"
  • 2002: various artists - Evangeline Made: A Tribute to Cajun Music (Vanguard) - track 13, "Arrête Pas la Musique (Don't Stop the Music)"
  • 2004: various artists - Sweetheart: Love Songs (Hear Music) - track 1, "It's All in the Game"
  • 2011: various artists - Rave On Buddy Holly (Hear Music / Fasntasy) - track 11, "Changing All Those Changes"

As sideman[edit]

As composer[edit]

1972–1979[edit]

  • 1972: Teddy Rastor - Come On, Come On (Sayton Records) - B-side of single, "Brand New You, Brand New Me"
  • 1975: Dave Edmunds - Subtle as a Flying Mallet (RCA)- track 10, "She's My Baby"
  • 1975: Dr. Feelgood - Malpractice (Columbia) - track 10, "Because You're Mine" (co-written with John B. Sparks and Wilko Johnson)
  • 1976: Kursaal Flyers - The Great Artiste (UK Records) - track 9, "Television"
  • 1976: Dave Edmunds - Here Comes the Weekend (Swan Song Records) - A-side of single
  • 1977: Dave Edmunds - Get It (Swan Song) - track 2, "I Knew the Bride"; track 4, "Here Comes the Weekend" (co-written with Dave Edmunds); track 11, "What Did I Do Last Night?"; track 12, "Little Darlin'" (co-written with Dave Edmunds)
  • 1977: The Rumour - Max (Mercury) - track 1, "Mess With Love"
  • 1978: Dave Edmunds - Tracks on Wax 4 (Swan Song) - track 2, "Never Been in Love" (co-written with Rockpile); track 4, "Television"; track 5, "What Looks Best on You" (co-written with Dave Edmunds); track 7, "Deborah" (co-written with Dave Edmunds); track 11, "Heart of the City"
  • 1978: Dr. Feelgood - Private Practice (United Artists) - track 4, "Milk And Alcohol" and track 8, "It Wasn't Me" (both co-written with Gypie Mayo)
  • 1978: Lene Lovich - Stateless (Stiff) - track 6, "Tonight"
  • 1978: Leo Kottke - Burnt Lips (Chrysalis) - track 1, "Endless Sleep"
  • 1978: The Rumour - Frogs Sprouts Clogs and Krauts (Stiff) - track B1 "Leaders" (co-written with Martin Belmont)
  • 1979: Carlene Carter - Two Sides to Every Woman (Warner Bros.) - track 1, "Do It in a Heartbeat" (co-written with Carlene Carter)
  • 1979: Dr. Feelgood - As It Happens (United Artists) - track 10, "Milk and Alcohol" (co-written with Gypie Mayo)

1980–1989[edit]

  • 1980: The Rumour - Purity of Essence (Stiff) - track 2, "I Don't Ever Want the Night to End"
  • 1981: Dave Edmunds - Twangin... (Swan Song) - track 4, "(I'm Gonna Start) Living Again If It Kills Me" (co-written with Carlene Carter and Dave Edmunds); track 9, "I'm Only Human" (co-written with Rockpile)
  • 1981: The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Butt Rockin' (Chrysalis) - track 2, "One's Too Many" (co-written with Kim Wilson)
  • 1982: Paul Carrack - Suburban Voodoo (Epic) - track 3, "I Need You" (co-written with Martin Belmont and Paul Carrack); track 4, "I'm in Love" (co-written with Carlene Carter); track 5, "Don't Give My Heart a Break" (co-written with Carlene Carter and Paul Carrack); track 8, "What a Way to Go" and track 9, "So Right, So Wrong" (both co-written with J. E. Ceiling, James Eller, Martin Belmont, and Paul Carrack); track 10, "From Now On"
  • 1983: Alvin Stardust - A Picture of You (Stiff) - track 4, "What Looks Good On You Is Me" (co-written with Dave Edmunds)
  • 1983: Carlene Carter C'est C Bon (Epic) - track 9, "Don't Give My Heart a Break" (co-written with Carlene Carter and Paul Carrack)
  • 1985: Don Dixon - Most of the Girls Like to Dance but Only Some of the Boys Like To (Enigma) - track 3, "Skin Deep"
  • 1985: Queen Ida And Her Zydeco Band - Caught in the Act! (GNP Crescendo) - track 6, "Half a Boy, Half a Man"
  • 1986: The Men They Couldn't Hang - How Green Is the Valley (MCA) - track 6, "Wishing Well"
  • 1987: Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Rockin' (Columbia) - track 2, "Here Comes the Weekend" (co-written with Dave Edmunds); track 10, "I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll)"
  • 1987: The Oyster Band - Wide Blue Yonder (Cooking Vinyl) - track 7, "The Rose of England"

1990–1999[edit]

2000–2009[edit]

2010–2017[edit]

  • 2010: Carrie Rodriguez - Love and Circumstance (Ninth Street Opus) - track 1, "Big Love" (co-written with Ry Cooder, John Hiatt, and Jim Keltner)
  • 2010: Paul Carrack - A Different Hat (Absolute UK / Carrack) - track 5, "I Live on a Battlefield" (co-written with Paul Carrack)
  • 2011: Jonell Mosser - Fortunes Lost, Fortunes Told (Brothers Mothers Music) - track 11, "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day"
  • 2011: Wilco - The Whole Love (Anti- / Epitaph) - track 13, "I Love My Label" (bonus track)
  • 2012: Paul Carrack - Good Feeling (Carrack / Universal) - track 8, "From Now On"
  • 2012: Wilco - iTunes Session (dBpm) - track 8, "Cruel to Be Kind"
  • 2013: Colin Gilmore - The Wild and Hollow (Woobietown) - track 10, "Raging Eyes"
  • 2013: Kathy Greenholdt - When You're Dead (CD Baby) - track 10, "The Beast in Me"
  • 2013: Mavis Staples - One True Vine (Anti-) - track 5, "Far Celestial Shore"
  • 2013: The Strypes - Snapshot (Universal) - track 12, ""Heart of the City"
  • 2014: David Broza - East Jerusalem/West Jerusalem (BMG / S-Curve) - track 9, "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding"
  • 2014: JD McPherson - The Warm Covers EP (New Rounder) - track 3, "Rome Wasn't Built In a Day"
  • 2017: Billy Valentine - Brit Eyed Soul (Cleopatra) - track 12, "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding"

Live radio performances[edit]

  • 1995: various artists - 2 Meter Sessies - Volume 6 (Radio Records) - track 9, "True Love Travels on a Gravel Road"
  • 1996: various artists - Q107's Concerts in the Sky: The Campfire Versions (MCA Records Canada) - track 5, "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding"
  • 1996: various artists - KGSR Broadcast, Volume 6 (KGSR) - track 2-3, "Soulful Wind"
  • 2002: various artists - Live at the World Cafe, 10th Anniversary (World Cafe) - track 2-6, "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding"
  • 2008: various artists - Live at the World Cafe, Volume 24 (World Cafe) - track 9, "I Trained Her to Love Me"
  • 2011: "Comedy Bang! Bang!" podcast episode 126, featured "Stoplight Roses," "Sensitive Man," "All Men Are Liars," and "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding"
  • 2012: various artists - The Old Grey Whistle Test Live (BBC / Rhino) - track 3-12, "Sensitive Man"
  • 2013: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! (NPR) featured "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding" and "Christmas at the Airport"

Tributes[edit]

  • 2001: various artists - Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe (Telarc) - 13 songs featuring Dar Williams, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello, and others
  • 2005: various artists - Lowe Profile: A Tribute to Nick Lowe (Brewery) two-disc, 30-song collection featuring Dave Alvin, Foster & Lloyd, Ian Gomm, and others
  • 2002: various artists - The Stiff Generation: If It Ain't Stiff It Ain't Worth a Tribute (Groove Disques) - track 1, "So It Goes"; track 9, "Endless Sleep"; track 14, "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass"; track 24: "I Love My Label"
  • 2005: Elizabeth McQueen and the Firebrands - Happy Doing What We’re Doing (Freedom [City Hall]) tribute to pub rock features several songs written and co-written by Lowe
  • 2009: various artists - Si No Es Stiff No Merece un Tributo (Culturapop / Rock Indiana) - Spanish compilation features 3 songs written by Lowe
  • 2012: various artists - Lowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe (Fiesta Red) - 13 songs featuring Ron Sexsmith, Robert Ellis, Chatham County Line and others
  • 2014: Davey Lane - Under the Covers includes covers of all 11 songs from Jesus of Cool
  • 2015: Duck the Piano Wire - Duck the Knife subtitled A Homemade Remake of Nick the Knife, includes covers of all 12 songs
  • 2017: Los Straitjackets - What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Los Straitjackets (Yep Roc) instrumental versions of Nick Lowe compositions

Cinema[edit]

Television[edit]

  • 1995: The Brothers Grunt (MTV) season 4, episode 30, "The Ugly Gruntling" featured the music video for "All Men Are Liars"
  • 1999: The Sopranos (HBO) season 1, episode 1 featured Lowe's recording of "The Beast in Me"
  • 2011: True Blood (HBO) season 4, episode 43, "Cold Grey Light of Dawn" featured Lowe's song "Cold Grey Light of Dawn"

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "NICK LOWE - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Nick Lowe - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 182. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ a b Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 588–589. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
  5. ^ "Rockpile". Official Charts Company.
  6. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Rockpile - Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018.
  8. ^ Steffen Hung. "Rockpile - Seconds of Pleasure". Swedishcharts.com.

External links[edit]

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