Picks & Pans // Love Story // Lloyd Cole

There is no Ryan O'Neal or Ali MacGraw here. No dewy-eyed sentiment, either. This latest CD from British singer-songwriter Cole offers 12 smartly written, mid-tempo ruminations on relationships, played out ... more >

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Music in a Foreign Language (One Little Indian/Navarre)

Newest thing to make me feel old: it’s been 20 years since the release of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions’ pop-rock masterpiece, Rattlesnakes. Cole’s blend of melancholy and acerbic wit and his desert breeze of a... more >

Recordings // Lloyd Cole: 'Don't Get Weird on Me, Babe'

On last year's "Lloyd Cole," the first album the singer-songwriter recorded after leaving the Commotions and Scotland behind, he enlisted such musicians as guitarist Robert Quine and drummer Fred ... more >

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions // Easy Pieces (Polydor)

LLOYD COLE must know how it feels to be a tug-of-war rope. Hailed in some quarters as a truly gifted kid, a bright spark in the school of literate pop, he's sneered at in others as an opportunist charlatan,... more >

Playlist

Capsule review of Music in a Foreign Language... more >

Quick Spins - MUSIC IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

If the words "she's got perfect skin" bang a jangly melody from years past into your brain, welcome to the club. If it doesn't, it really should. The debut single from England's Lloyd Cole... more >

Music in a Foreign Language

Lloyd Cole first came to prominence as the frontman and main creative force behind Lloyd Cole and The Commotions , who were the darlings of the UK college circuit for a few years in the 80s. After 3 albums with... more >

Music In A Foreign Language

Cole's fifth solo album is an unashamedly laid back affair and it's a pleasant surprise after several patchy albums.

He's struggled with a dual personality in recent years. On one hand he want... more >

LLOYD COLE • MUSIC IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Lloyd Cole has been making records for 20 years now. That’s how long it’s been since Rattlesnakes, Cole & the Commotions’ debut album, was being refined in a Glasgow rehearsal studio. That record, a cultural st... more >

CDs in brief

Baltimore Sun capsule review of Music in a Foreign Language... more >

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