Basher: The Best of Nick Lowe
Compilation album by Nick Lowe
Released	20 September 1989
Genre	New wave, pub rock
Length	1:16:09
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Nick Lowe

Basher: The Best of Nick Lowe is a 1989 compilation album by British singer-songwriter Nick Lowe. ^[1]

Critical reception

Duncan Holland of British music newspaper Music Week reviewed the album positively and named this collection "flawless". ^[2]

Track listing

All songs by Nick Lowe except where noted.

1. " So It Goes" – 2:33
2. "Heart of the City" – 2:01
3. " I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass" ( Andrew Bodnar/ Steve Goulding/Lowe) – 3:13
4. "Little Hitler" ( Dave Edmunds/Lowe) – 2:59
5. "No Reason" – 3:32
6. "36 Inches High" – 2:58
7. "Marie Provost" – 2:49
8. "American Squirm" – 2:31
9. "Cracking Up" – 2:59
10. "Big Kick, Plain Scrap!" – 2:31
11. "Born Fighter" – 3:10
12. " Switch Board Susan" ( Mickey Jupp) – 3:49
13. " Without Love" – 2:29
14. " Cruel to Be Kind" (Lowe/ Ian Gomm) – 3:28
15. "When I Write the Book" (Lowe/ Rockpile) – 3:17
16. "Heart" – 3:42
17. "Raging Eyes" – 2:38
18. "Time Wounds All Heels" ( Carlene Carter/ Simon Climie/Lowe) – 2:45
19. "Maureen" – 3:07
20. "Half a Boy and Half a Man" – 2:56
21. " 7 Nights to Rock" ( Henry Glover/Louis Innis/Buck Trail) – 2:47
22. " She Don't Love Nobody" ( John Hiatt) – 3:23
23. "The Rose of England" – 3:26
24. " I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll)" – 4:27
25. "Lovers Jamboree" ( Paul Carrack/Lowe) – 3:42

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