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It stands to reason that a Lloyd Cole album called Love Story would not have a happy beginning or middle, much less ending. Actually, though, it does start out happy, "Trigger Happy," that is, and later on, Cole is "Happy for You," in which he sings, "If you love him, you should leave me." In between, things get no sunnier, as Cole and his characters drink and despair, but carry on. That determination is very much part of Cole's negative world-view: "Everybody knows this is nowhere," he says, to coin a phrase, "but you've gotta be there." (Except, one supposes, for Lucy, who jumps from the 39th floor in the rollicking "Let's Get Lost.") Typically, Cole couches these sentiments in melodic folk-rock, such that, with the volume low and just following the attractive lilt of his voice, a listener might find this a far more soothing piece of music than it turns out to be on closer examination.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Mick Glossop, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Peters, Producer - Lloyd Cole, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Mercury Records Limited
STEPHEN STREET, Producer - Mick Glossop, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lloyd Cole, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Mercury Records Limited
Mick Glossop, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Peters, Producer - Lloyd Cole, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Mercury Records Limited
Mick Glossop, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lloyd Cole, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Edward Cascian Nevin, 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
Mick Glossop, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Peters, Producer - Lloyd Cole, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Mercury Records Limited
Mick Glossop, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lloyd Cole, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 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
Mick Glossop, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Peters, Producer - Lloyd Cole, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Mercury Records Limited
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
Album review
It stands to reason that a Lloyd Cole album called Love Story would not have a happy beginning or middle, much less ending. Actually, though, it does start out happy, "Trigger Happy," that is, and later on, Cole is "Happy for You," in which he sings, "If you love him, you should leave me." In between, things get no sunnier, as Cole and his characters drink and despair, but carry on. That determination is very much part of Cole's negative world-view: "Everybody knows this is nowhere," he says, to coin a phrase, "but you've gotta be there." (Except, one supposes, for Lucy, who jumps from the 39th floor in the rollicking "Let's Get Lost.") Typically, Cole couches these sentiments in melodic folk-rock, such that, with the volume low and just following the attractive lilt of his voice, a listener might find this a far more soothing piece of music than it turns out to be on closer examination.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:02
- Main artists: Lloyd Cole
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1995 Mercury Records Limited ℗ 1995 Mercury Records Limited
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