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There's something rotten in the state of Denmark: The first eight tracks (out of 20 total) on this best-of are from Lloyd Cole's Commotions days. The early tracks are an essential part of his canon; however, their inclusion causes a severe overlap with that other best-of, Lloyd Cole & the Commotions' 1984-1989. Fans would be better served by a purer look at Cole's solo work throughout the '90s, which comprised four strong albums. (OK, Bad Vibes was an experiment gone awry, but it has its moments.) This is clearly a case of a major label squeezing a veteran artist's catalog for every last dollar before putting him out to pasture. Too bad, because Cole's songcraft -- imagine a guitar-playing Morrissey drawing equal parts influence from the Byrds and Leonard Cohen (which is to say it eludes comparison) -- simply gets better as he nears forty. The drop-dead gorgeous, melodically perfect "Like Lovers Do" (from 1995's Love Story) or the previously unreleased "That Boy" (which would reappear on 2001's excellent Lloyd Cole & the Negatives) attest to this. The tracks overlooked here are too numerous to mention.
© Erik Hage /TiVo
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Lloyd Cole, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Neil Robert Clark, ComposerLyricist - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions, MainArtist - Paul Hardiman, Producer
℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Lloyd Cole, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions, MainArtist - Paul Hardiman, Producer
℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Lloyd Cole, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions, MainArtist - Paul Hardiman, Producer
℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Lloyd Cole, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Neil Robert Clark, ComposerLyricist - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions, MainArtist - Paul Hardiman, Producer
℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Neil Clark, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - CLIVE LANGER, Producer - Blair Cowan, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Winstanley, Producer - Lloyd Cole, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Donegan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Blair Gray Cowan, ComposerLyricist - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions, MainArtist - Stephen Irvine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
CLIVE LANGER, Producer - Alan Winstanley, Producer - Lloyd Cole, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Neil Robert Clark, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Donegan, ComposerLyricist - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions, MainArtist
℗ 1985 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Ian Stanley, Producer - Bruce Lampcov, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lloyd Cole, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Neil Robert Clark, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Donegan, ComposerLyricist - Blair Gray Cowan, ComposerLyricist - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions, MainArtist - Derek MacKillop, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Irving, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1987 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Ian Stanley, Producer - Bruce Lampcov, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lloyd Cole, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Neil Robert Clark, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Donegan, ComposerLyricist - Blair Gray Cowan, ComposerLyricist - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions, MainArtist - Derek MacKillop, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Irving, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1987 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Nicky Holland, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Maher, Producer, Drums, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Blair Cowan, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Sweet, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Quine, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lloyd Cole, Producer, Guitar, Programming, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Hardiman, Producer
℗ 1990 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Nicky Holland, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Maher, Producer, Drums, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Blair Cowan, Hammond Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Sweet, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Quine, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lloyd Cole, Producer, Guitar, Programming, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Hardiman, Producer
℗ 1990 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Fred Maher, Producer, Drums, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Blair Cowan, Hammond Organ, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Sweet, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lloyd Cole, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Harmonica, Programming, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Blair Gray Cowan, ComposerLyricist - Paul Hardiman, Producer - Dorathea Strauchen, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Fred Maher, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Blair Cowan, Hammond Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Sweet, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Quine, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lloyd Cole, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Hardiman, Producer
℗ 1990 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Fred Maher, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Blair Cowan, Piano, Harmonium, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Quine, ComposerLyricist - Lloyd Cole, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Harmonica, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Paul Hardiman, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Paul Buckmaster, Conductor, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Maher, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Blair Cowan, Hammond Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Sweet, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Quine, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lloyd Cole, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Paul Hardiman, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Peters, Producer - Lloyd Cole, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Mercury Records Limited
BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Peters, Producer - Lloyd Cole, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Mercury Records Limited
STEPHEN STREET, Producer - Mick Glossop, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lloyd Cole, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Mercury Records Limited
STEPHEN STREET, Producer - Mick Glossop, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Peters, Producer - Lloyd Cole, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Mercury Records Limited
Gavyn Wright, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Louisa Fuller, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Koster, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - John Metcalfe, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Ditcham, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - STEPHEN STREET, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Anthony Pleeth, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Anne Dudley, Orchestra/Member, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Rees, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - David Woodcock, Orchestra/Member, AssociatedPerformer - Donald McVay, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Vaughan Armon, Orchestra/Member, AssociatedPerformer - Katie Wilkinson, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Roberts, Orchestra/Member, AssociatedPerformer - John Heley, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Lloyd Cole, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Neil Robert Clark, ComposerLyricist - Rick Foster, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Watson, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Edwards, Orchestra/Member, AssociatedPerformer - Cathy Gilles, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - David Wollard, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Mercury Records Limited
Gavyn Wright, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Ditcham, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - CLIVE LANGER, Producer - STEPHEN STREET, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - GARY CLARK, ComposerLyricist - Anthony Pleeth, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Anne Dudley, Orchestra/Member, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Rees, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Winstanley, Producer - David Woodcock, Orchestra/Member, AssociatedPerformer - Donald McVay, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Vaughan Armon, Orchestra/Member, AssociatedPerformer - Katie Wilkinson, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Roberts, Orchestra/Member, AssociatedPerformer - John Heley, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Lloyd Cole, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Elizabeth Watson, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Edwards, Orchestra/Member, AssociatedPerformer - Cathy Gilles, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Mercury Records Limited
Albumbeschreibung
There's something rotten in the state of Denmark: The first eight tracks (out of 20 total) on this best-of are from Lloyd Cole's Commotions days. The early tracks are an essential part of his canon; however, their inclusion causes a severe overlap with that other best-of, Lloyd Cole & the Commotions' 1984-1989. Fans would be better served by a purer look at Cole's solo work throughout the '90s, which comprised four strong albums. (OK, Bad Vibes was an experiment gone awry, but it has its moments.) This is clearly a case of a major label squeezing a veteran artist's catalog for every last dollar before putting him out to pasture. Too bad, because Cole's songcraft -- imagine a guitar-playing Morrissey drawing equal parts influence from the Byrds and Leonard Cohen (which is to say it eludes comparison) -- simply gets better as he nears forty. The drop-dead gorgeous, melodically perfect "Like Lovers Do" (from 1995's Love Story) or the previously unreleased "That Boy" (which would reappear on 2001's excellent Lloyd Cole & the Negatives) attest to this. The tracks overlooked here are too numerous to mention.
© Erik Hage /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:36
- Main artists: Lloyd Cole Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMOD (Universal Music On Demand)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1998 Mercury Records Limited This Compilation ℗ 1998 Mercury Records Limited
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