April 4, 2004
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 …
January 1, 2004
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 …
December 13, 2003
Lloyd Cole’s seventh official solo album, Music in a Foreign Language, is his most intimate and low-key yet. He retains Dave Derby from the Negatives and calls in former Commotion …
October 15, 2003
COLE’s releases are frequently dogged by a stiltedness that suggests he’s not entirely at home around pop music. On his third solo album, guitars chiming and scratching in the background, …
June 11, 2003
In his time, Cole has experimented with everything from knowlingly frivolous pop to Noo Yoik rock-out and even found time to dabble with a symphony orchestra, all usually with great …
June 9, 2003
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 …
June 9, 2003
“You’re quite good, you know.” My foggy memory insists that Lloyd Cole once mentioned speaking those exact words to Neil Clark, lead guitarist in his old band The Commotions. But …
February 1, 2002
“In many ways my work has always been ongoing therapy, and with release of these albums, my song closets are again empty. Now, maybe, I can move on.”
December 1, 2001
En man, en gitarr och 14 bra sånger. Märkvärdigare än så behöver det inte vara. Det här är en rensning av skafferiet, och resultatet har blivit stillsamma, vemodiga och vackra sånger. Det är Cole när han är som bäst.
January 15, 1999
The fall from grace of Lloyd Cole is hard to explain. A literate, sometimes over-literary songwriter, his singles with The Commotions very much defined the 1980s for many rock fans. …