Lloyd Cole

Lloyd Cole (born 31 January 1961) is an English singer and songwriter, known for his role as lead singer of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions from 1984 to 1989, and for his subsequent solo work.

Early life

Cole was born in Buxton. He grew up in nearby Chapel-en-le-Frith and went to New Mills Grammar School and later attended Runshaw College in Leyland. He studied a year of Law at University College London but switched to the University of Glasgow, where he studied Philosophy and English and met the other members of The Commotions.

Career

The Commotions' 1984 debut, Rattlesnakes, contained literary and pop culture references to such figures as Arthur Lee, Norman Mailer, Grace Kelly, Eve Marie Saint, Simone de Beauvoir, Truman Capote, and Joan Didion. The group produced two more albums, Easy Pieces and Mainstream, before disbanding in 1989, when Cole relocated to New York and recorded with various artists, including Fred Maher, Robert Quine and Matthew Sweet.

This solo setting produced two albums, Lloyd Cole in 1990 and Don't Get Weird on Me Babe in 1991. The latter was recorded in two parts: one side continued the New York rock mastered on his first solo album, while the other side featured a session orchestra, much in the style of Burt Bacharach or Scott Walker. Although some reviewers have claimed Don't Get Weird on Me Babe (the title being a quotation from the American minimalist writer Raymond Carver) to be a creative peak, it produced significantly fewer record sales. While he remained with Polydor as his record label, the US distribution contract with Capitol Records ended. (US rights were immediately picked up by Rykodisc.)

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Lloyd Cole (album)

Lloyd Cole, also known as The X Album, is the debut solo album by English singer, songwriter and musician Lloyd Cole released on February 21, 1990 by Polydor and Capitol. Previously Cole was best known for his work with The Commotions but this album marked a departure from their signature sound and an opportunity for him to collaborate with other musicians and explore new ideas.

Background

Following the release of Mainstream, and limited touring and promotion in support of it, Cole left the Commotions. The chance to write and record new types of songs was the motivating factor.

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ALBUMS

Standards released: 2013
Selected Studies Vol. 1 released: 2013
Broken Record released: 2010
Folksinger (Volume 1: Radio Bremen) released: 2009
Folksinger (Volume 2: The Whelan) released: 2009
Cleaning Out the Ashtrays released: 2009
Live at the BBC released: 2007
Antidepressant released: 2006
Music in a Foreign Language released: 2004
Plastic Wood released: 2004
Etc. released: 2002
Collection released: 1999
Love Story released: 1995
Don't Get Weird on Me, Babe released: 1991
Lloyd Cole released: 1990
Sweetheart (bootleg) released:
The Best Of... Heartbroken, Volume 1 released:
Bad Vibes released:

Standards

Released 2013

California Earthquake
Women’s Studies
Period Piece
Myrtle and Rose
No Truck
Blue Like Mars
Opposites Day
Silver Lake
It’s Late
Kids Today
Diminished Ex

Selected Studies Vol. 1

Released 2013

Pastoral
Selbsportrait-Reich
Wandelbar
Still Life with Kannyu
TangoLargo
Orschel
HIQS
Fehmarn F/O
Virginie L
Lullerby

Broken Record

Released 2010

Like a Broken Record
Writers Retreat!
The Flipside
Why in the World?
Westchester County Jail
If I Were a Song
That's Alright
Oh Genevieve
Man Overboard
Rhinestones
Double Happiness

Folksinger (Volume 1: Radio Bremen)

Released 2009

Like Lovers Do
Music in a Foreign Language
Why I Love Country Music
Trigger Happy
No Blue Skies
Butterfly
Famous Blue Raincoat
No More Love Songs
NYC Sunshine
What's Wrong With This Picture?
The Young Idealists
Love Like This Can't Last
Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?
Four Flights Up
Forest Fire

Folksinger (Volume 2: The Whelan)

Released 2009

Woman in a Bar
My Other Life
Don't Look Back
Cut Me Down
The Lady Came From Baltimore
Rattlesnakes
Vin Ordinaire
Butterfly
Late Night, Early Town
Old Enough to Know Better
That Boy
No More Love Songs
I'm Gone
Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends
2CV
Pay for It
Music in a Foreign Language
Undressed
Impossible Girl
Lost Weekend
Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?
Perfect Skin
Unhappy Song

Cleaning Out the Ashtrays

Released 2009

The L Word
Mannish Girl
The Witching Hour
Wild Orphan
Don't Look Back (original mix)
No Blue Skies (Skyline mix)
Blame Mary Jane
Everyone's Complaining
Shelly I Do
Somewhere Out in the East
Chelsea Hotel #2
Pay for It (long version)
Weeping Wine (original mix)
Weird on Me
Children of the Revolution
She's a Girl and I'm a Man (Pre-Op)

Live at the BBC

Released 2007

Perfect Skin
Rock and Roll
Sentimental Fool
Like Lovers Do
Cut Me Down
So You'd Like to Save the World
Be There
Jennifer She Said
Happy for You
I Didn't Know That You Cared
Speedboat
New Age

Antidepressant

Released 2006

The Young Idealists
Woman in a Bar
NYC Sunshine
Antidepressant
I Didn't See It Coming
How Wrong Can You Be?
Everysong
I Am Not Willing
Slip Away
Travelling Light
Rolodex Incident

Music in a Foreign Language

Released 2004

Music in a Foreign Language
My Other Life
Late Night, Early Town
Cutting Out
No More Love Songs
Today I'm Not So Sure
My Alibi
People Ain't No Good
Brazil
Shelf Life

Plastic Wood

Released 2004

Omni 7th
Sim Trees
Train
Velvet
Headlights
Dry Ice
Plastic Wood
After Before and After
B-Mushroom
Out Time
On Ice
The Beach
Glass Jar
Park West
Manhattan Chase
Afterthought
Post Script
Machinist

Etc.

Released 2002

Backwoods
Old Enough to Know Better
Another Lover
39 Down
Sunburst
Memphis
You're a Big Girl Now
Alright People
Santa Cruz
Love Like This Can't Last
Went to Woodstock
Fool You Are (demo)
Weakness
Backwoods (reprise)

Collection

Released 1999

Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?
Perfect Skin
Forest Fire
Rattlesnakes
Brand New Friend
Lost Weekend
My Bag
Jennifer She Said
No Blue Skies
Don't Look Back
Downtown
Undressed
She's a Girl and I'm a Man
Butterfly
So You'd Like to Save the World
My Way to You
Like Lovers Do (Stephen Street mix)
Baby
Fool You Are
That Boy (LP version)

Love Story

Released 1995

Trigger Happy
Sentimental Fool
I Didn't Know That You Cared
Love Ruins Everything
Baby
Be There
Unhappy Song
Like Lovers Do
Happy for You
Traffic
Let's Get Lost
For Crying Out Loud

Don't Get Weird on Me, Babe

Released 1991

Tell Your Sister
Weeping Wine
To the Lions
Pay for It
The One You Never Had
She’s a Girl and I’m a Man
Butterfly
There for Her
Margo’s Waltz
Half of Everything
Man Enough
What He Doesn’t Know

Lloyd Cole

Released 1990

Don't Look Back
What Do You Know About Love?
No Blue Skies
Loveless
Sweetheart
To the Church
Downtown
A Long Way Down
Icecream Girl
Undressed
I Hate to See You Baby Doing That Stuff
Waterline
Mercy Killing

Sweetheart (bootleg)

Rattlesnakes
Charlotte Street
Mr. Malcontent
Weeping Wine
From the Hip
Patience
Butterfly
There for Her
Man Enough
A Long Way Down
She's a Girl and I'm a Man
Pay for It
Sweetheart

The Best Of... Heartbroken, Volume 1

Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?
Perfect Skin
Forest Fire (extended remix)
Rattlesnakes
Perfect Blue
Brand New Friend
Lost Weekend
My Bag
Jennifer She Said
From the Hip
Mr. Malcontent
No Blue Skies
Don't Look Back
Downtown
A Long Way Down
Undressed
She's a Girl and I'm a Man
Butterfly
There for Her

Bad Vibes

Morning Is Broken
So You’d Like to Save the World
Holier Than Thou
Love You So What
Wild Mushrooms
My Way to You
Too Much of a Good Thing
Fall Together
Mister Wrong
Seen the Future
Can't Get Arrested

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Tell Your Sister

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To The Lions

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Too Much Of A Good Thing

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These Days

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Cutting Out

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Brazil

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Shelf Life

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Music In A Foreign Language

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My Alibi

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Late Night, Early Town

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Glory

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Fool You Are

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Mystery Train

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J.e.s.u.s. Said

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I Will Not Leave You Alone

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I Don't Believe You

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Weird On Me

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Today I'm Not So Sure

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That Boy

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No More Love Songs

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Hey Rusty

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Her Last Fling

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Happy For You

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Half Of Everything

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Grace

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From The Hip

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Four Flights Up

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Forest Fire

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For The Pleasure Of Your Company

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For Crying Out Loud

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My Other Life

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Wild Mushrooms

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You Will Never Be No Good

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Big Snake

by Lloyd Cole
Brand New Friend

by Lloyd Cole
Butterfly

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Can't Get Arrested

by Lloyd Cole
Charlotte Street

by Lloyd Cole
Cut Me Down

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Don't Look Back

by Lloyd Cole
Down On Mission Street

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Downtown

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Fall Together

by Lloyd Cole
Mister Malcontent

by Lloyd Cole
Minor Character

by Lloyd Cole
Morning Is Broken

by Lloyd Cole
Mister Wrong

by Lloyd Cole
Man Enough

by Lloyd Cole
Mainstream

by Lloyd Cole
Mercy Killing

by Lloyd Cole
Margo's Waltz

by Lloyd Cole
Loveless

by Lloyd Cole
Love You So What

by Lloyd Cole
Eat Your Greens

by Lloyd Cole
Radio City Music Hall

by Lloyd Cole
Mannish Girl

by Lloyd Cole
Lost Weekend

by Lloyd Cole
Love Ruins Everything

by Lloyd Cole
Lets Get Lost

by Lloyd Cole
Like Lovers Do

by Lloyd Cole
James

by Lloyd Cole
Jennifer She Said

by Lloyd Cole
I Hate To See You Baby Doing That Stuff

by Lloyd Cole
Ice Cream Girl

by Lloyd Cole
Holier Than Thou

by Lloyd Cole
I Didn`t Know That You Cared

by Lloyd Cole
Broken Record

by Lloyd Cole
I Am Not Willing

by Lloyd Cole
Shelly I Do

by Lloyd Cole
Rattlesnakes

by Lloyd Cole
Pretty Gone

by Lloyd Cole
Sentimental Fool

by Lloyd Cole
Seen The Future

by Lloyd Cole
Sean Penn Blues

by Lloyd Cole
Rich

by Lloyd Cole
Speedboat

by Lloyd Cole
Sold

by Lloyd Cole
So You'd Like To Save The World

by Lloyd Cole
She's A Girl And I'm A Man

by Lloyd Cole
Love Story

by Lloyd Cole
Etc.

by Lloyd Cole
The Steady Slowing Down Of The Heart

by Lloyd Cole
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions: 1984-1989

by Lloyd Cole
Missing

by Lloyd Cole
Bad Vibes

by Lloyd Cole
Don't Get Weird On Me Babe

by Lloyd Cole
Lloyd Cole

by Lloyd Cole
Millionaire

by Lloyd Cole
Most Of The Time

by Lloyd Cole
My Bag

by Lloyd Cole
Patience

by Lloyd Cole
Pay For It

by Lloyd Cole
Perfect Blue

by Lloyd Cole
Perfect Skin

by Lloyd Cole
My Way To You

by Lloyd Cole
Mystic Lady

by Lloyd Cole
Nevers End

by Lloyd Cole
No Blue Skies

by Lloyd Cole
Baby

by Lloyd Cole
Be There

by Lloyd Cole
Another Lover

by Lloyd Cole
Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?

by Lloyd Cole
A Long Way Down

by Lloyd Cole
Andy`s Babies

by Lloyd Cole
2cv

by Lloyd Cole
4 M. B.

by Lloyd Cole
29

by Lloyd Cole
Trigger Happy

by Lloyd Cole
traffic

by Lloyd Cole
Unhappy Song

by Lloyd Cole
Undressed

by Lloyd Cole
Waterline

by Lloyd Cole
Vicious

by Lloyd Cole
What Do You Know About Love?

by Lloyd Cole
Weeping Wine

by Lloyd Cole
Why I Love Country Music

by Lloyd Cole
What He Doesn't Know

by Lloyd Cole

Brand New Baby Blues

by: Lloyd Cole

Jimmy's in the bathroom
He took all your pills it gave him x-ray vision
He says everybody here is naked
Told me I should warn you not to leave me too fast
I got that you been checking in the corner and all that he's cracked
You're too damn tall with your fat shoes on
Believe me I get the message and I do feel small
Swore i`d eat the whole fruit nothing but the feat juice
Ninety five percent of the fruit ain`t gonna get you conviction
Flew in on the red eyed virgin mother mary
Brand new baby precontacts and I'm a ..... visionary
Forty five opinions get a consensus to cry
There's most .....................different races uh uh
Ah come on jane we're not so crazy as we'd like to think
Come on walk me home
You know my place and I'm only limping
And you know my place and I'm only limping
Ah come on jane
Jimmy's in the bathroom
He took all your pills it gave him x-ray vision
He says everybody here is naked
Told me I should warn you not to leave me too fast
I got that you been checking in the corner and all that he's cracked
You're too damn tall with your flat shoes on
Believe me I get the message yes I do feel small
Ah come on jane we're not so crazy as we'd like to think
Come on walk me home
You know my place and I'm only limping
And you know my place and I'm only limping
Ah come on jane
Ah come on jane
Ah come on now baby

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Standards

Selected Studies Vol. 1

Broken Record

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Folksinger (Volume 2: The Whelan)

Cleaning Out the Ashtrays

Live at the BBC

Antidepressant

Music in a Foreign Language

Plastic Wood

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Collection

Love Story

Don't Get Weird on Me, Babe

Lloyd Cole

Sweetheart (bootleg)

The Best Of... Heartbroken, Volume 1

Bad Vibes

Brand New Baby Blues

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Songs of a lost format: Five of The Cure's best B-sides

Senator Sean Ryan secures $500K for Coles House Project

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