April 29, 2004
Lloyd Cole has been making records for 20 years now. Thats how long its been since Rattlesnakes, Cole & the Commotions debut album, was being refined in a Glasgow rehearsal …
May 2, 2004
Lloyd Cole made “Music in a Foreign Language” (One Little Indian) mostly by himself. That suits an album of falling-out-of-love songs in which a guy who sounds thoughtful and sensitive …
May 4, 2004
Newest thing to make me feel old: its been 20 years since the release of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions pop-rock masterpiece, Rattlesnakes. Coles blend of melancholy and acerbic wit …
May 15, 2004
Lloyd Cole’s smoldering, melancholic voice is as beautiful as it was two decades ago, when the Englishman led the Commotions to acclaim in his 20s. His most recent solo CD, …
August 27, 2004
CHRIS JOHNSTON
CD REVIEW: Rattlesnakes (1984), Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
September 27, 2004
The first thing that crosses your mind is did Lloyd Cole ( & The Commotions) really have enough singles released to fill a complete CD and 21 tracks at that? …
October 19, 2004
The latest album by urbane singer/songwriter Lloyd Cole wouldnt have been possible a few short years ago, but digital technology now enables artists to create expensive-sounding records on a shoestring …
January 12, 2005
LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS – Rattlesnakes (Deluxe Edition)
(Polydor/Universal)
May 14, 2005
TEN near-perfect pop songs in 35 minutes — that’s the way to do a debut album. And they don’t come much stronger than this, as Cole contributes most of the …
May 25, 2005
A nice review, with translation appended.