Stephen Street

A producer best known for his long-time associations with [a=The Smiths] and [a=Blur], [b]Stephen Street[/b] began his career during the early 1980s as an engineer on reggae recordings from artists including [a=Black Uhuru], [a=King Sunny Ade] and [a=Linton Kwesi Johnson]. He made his first appearance on a [b]Smiths[/b] album engineering 1985's [b][i]Meat Is Murder[/b][/i], and by 1987's [i][b]Strangeways Here We Come[/i][/b] was serving as a full-fledged producer. The group disbanded soon after, but [b]Street[/b] continued collaborating with frontman [a=Morrissey], not only producing but also co-writing much of the material which comprised the singer's 1988 solo debut [i][b]Viva Hate[/i][/b]. His partnership with [b]Morrissey[/b] continued on a series of singles later collected on the [i][b]Bona Drag[/i][/b] compilation, after which [b]Street[/b] moved on to begin working with the fledgling [b]Blur[/b], helming both their 1991 debut LP [i][b]Leisure[/b][/i] and its 1993 follow-up [i][b]Modern Life Is Rubbish[/i][/b]. After producing [a=Cranberries]' 1994 debut [i][b]Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We[/i][/b], he returned to the [b]Blur[/b] fold for their 1994 breakthrough [i][b]Parklife[/i][/b]. Work with artists ranging from [a=The Pretenders] to [a=Sleeper] followed, but Street remained most loyal to [b]Blur[/b], next producing 1995's [i][b]The Great Escape[/i][/b] as well as the quartet's 1997 self-titled LP. He also had the production company [l=SBS Productions (2)] / [l=SBS Productions Ltd.], named after his initials.