Steve Lillywhite

Steve Lillywhite (born 1955) is a well-known British music producer. He is the former husband of the late singer Kirsty MacColl with whom he fathered two children, Jamie and Louis.

He first entered the music industry in 1972, when he worked as a tape operator for Polygram. He produced a demo recording for the band Ultravox, which led to them being offered a recording contract with Island Records. Lillywhite soon joined Island as a staff producer, where he worked with many of the leading New Wave artists.

In 1980, Lillywhite produced Boy, the debut album of the then unknown U2 and went on to produce October and War, of which the latter proved to be the band's major breakthrough.

Partial Discography

• Joan Armatrading: Walk under Ladders
• Big Country: The Crossing, Steeltown
• Marshall Crenshaw: Field Day
• Climie Fisher: a few songs from Everything
• Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel (III or Melt)
• The La's: The La's
• Kirsty MacColl: Kite, Electric Landlady, Galore
• Dave Matthews Band: Under The Table & Dreaming, Crash, The Lillywhite Sessions, Before These Crowded Streets
• Morrissey: Vauxhall and I, Southpaw Grammar, Maladjusted
• Penetration: Coming Up For Air
• Phish: Billy Breathes
• The Pogues: If I Should From Grace With God, Peace and Love
• Psychedelic Furs: Psychedelic Furs, Talk Talk Talk
• The Rolling Stones: Dirty Work
• Simple Minds: Sparkle In The Rain
• Siouxsie & The Banshees: The Scream
• The Smiths: mixed the "Ask" single (The World Won't Listen)
• Talking Heads: Naked
• Thompson Twins: Sidekicks
• Johnny Thunders: So Alone
• Travis: Good Feeling
• U2: Boy, October, War, Under a Blood Red Sky, a few songs on Achtung Baby, All That You Can't Leave Behind, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb;
• World Party: Bang!
• XTC: Drums & Wires, Black Sea