Yeah, he produced Elvis Costello, wrote "(What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" and "Cruel to be Kind", and is commonly referred to as the "Jesus of Cool" (the title of his best known solo album from 1978; re-tilted Pure Pop for Now People in the US).
But Nick Lowe has never impressed us; and the fact that he gave up on The Pretenders--after producing their first single, a cover of The Kinks' "Stop Your Sobbing"--because he felt they weren't going anywhere, pretty much sealed his fate with us. Just sayin'.
