Stephen Brian Street[1] (born 29 March 1960 in Hackney, London[2]) is an English record producer best known for his work with the Smiths, the Cranberries and Blur.
[6] One of Street's first jobs as in-house engineer was for a session for the Smiths's "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now"[6] and commented in a HitQuarters interview, "I'd seen them just shortly beforehand on Top of the Pops doing "This Charming Man", and like most other people around that time who were into music I was really excited by them.
"[6] Although Street didn't work on the subsequent recording "William, It Was Really Nothing", he was asked to engineer their next album, Meat Is Murder, with Morrissey and Marr producing for the first time.
[6] During this time, he engineered for reggae artists including Black Uhuru and Linton Kwesi Johnson, and for jùjú musician King Sunny Adé.
[7] After the Smiths broke up, Street was producer and co-songwriter for Morrissey's debut solo album Viva Hate, which reached No.
[11] At one point, Street brought Blur guitarist Graham Coxon into the studio to rev his moped for a sound effect.
Street also produced the first two albums for ska-influenced indie band the Ordinary Boys: Over the Counter Culture in 2004 and Brassbound in 2005.
Street later commented that "Pete wasn't in a very good state for the first couple of weeks of making the record for the reasons that people know about.
Street produced the 1990 Danielle Dax album Blast the Human Flower, released on Sire Records, along with a subsequent remix EP.
The band, formed by ex-Loft guitarist Andy Strickland and roving drummer Dave Mew, had recorded a number of singles previously, some produced by John Parrish.
For Hangover Square, the band added a number of new tracks, including "Man Overboard" and "2 Steel Rings", both released as singles.
In 2001–2002, Street worked from Jacobs Studios in Farnham, Surrey to produce Wood/Water, the Promise Ring's final album, released by ANTI- in 2002.
Street co-produced the tracks "Save Us" and "Burn the Bridges" from the band's The Singles album with lead singer Grant Nicholas.
Street worked with alternative post-punk band White Lies when they were known as Fear of Flying, producing "Routemaster" and "Three's a Crowd".