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Born January 31, 1961. An English-born singer and songwriter, known for his role as lead singer of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions from 1984 to 1989 and for his subsequent solo work.
He was born in Buxton, Derbyshire. He grew up in nearby Chapel en le Frith and went to New Mills Grammar School. After failing in law at University College London, he later attended (but did not graduate from) the University of Glasgow, where he studied philosophy and English and met the other members of The Commotions. Their 1984 debut, Rattlesnakes, contained numerous literary and pop culture references to figures like Norman Mailer, Grace Kelly, Eva Marie Saint, Truman Capote and Joan Didion. The group produced two more albums, Easy Pieces and Mainstream, before disbanding in 1989, when Cole re-located to New York to record with legendary musicians like Fred Maher and Robert Quine (as well as a then largely unknown Matthew Sweet).
This solo setting produced two acclaimed albums, Lloyd Cole in 1990 and 1991’s Don’t Get Weird on Me Babe. The latter was recorded in two parts: one side continued the New York rock mastered on his first solo album, while the other side featured a session orchestra, much in the style of Burt Bacharach or Scott Walker. Although some reviewers have claimed Don’t Get Weird on Me Babe (the title being a quote from the American neo-realism poet Raymond Carver) to be a creative peak, it produced significantly lesser record sales, and the contract with Capitol Records ended.
He was born in Buxton, Derbyshire. He grew up in nearby Chapel en le Frith and went to New Mills Grammar School. After failing in law at University College London, he later attended (but did not graduate from) the University of Glasgow, where he studied philosophy and English and met the other members of The Commotions. Their 1984 debut, Rattlesnakes, contained numerous literary and pop culture references to figures like Norman Mailer, Grace Kelly, Eva Marie Saint, Truman Capote and Joan Didion. The group produced two more albums, Easy Pieces and Mainstream, before disbanding in 1989, when Cole re-located to New York to record with legendary musicians like Fred Maher and Robert Quine (as well as a then largely unknown Matthew Sweet).
This solo setting produced two acclaimed albums, Lloyd Cole in 1990 and 1991’s Don’t Get Weird on Me Babe. The latter was recorded in two parts: one side continued the New York rock mastered on his first solo album, while the other side featured a session orchestra, much in the style of Burt Bacharach or Scott Walker. Although some reviewers have claimed Don’t Get Weird on Me Babe (the title being a quote from the American neo-realism poet Raymond Carver) to be a creative peak, it produced significantly lesser record sales, and the contract with Capitol Records ended.
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Andy-Soul wrote:
HE played the best concert I was ever listen to! 2002 in Berlin, Quasimodo, round about 300 spectators ... and just him, his voice and a guitar - and he played from 22 pm up to 2.30 in the morning! Unbelievable! Gorgeous!!!!!! Still looking for that girl in the audience who did a recording of the concert with DAT-recorder!!!
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toddc2001 wrote:
Good interview with Lloyd Cole here: http://thedumbingofamerica.net/2009/10/30/history-lesson-lloyd-cole/
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randomnoodles wrote:
i wonder if he will ever play with a band again, not that i mind him on his own, very beautiful.
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robertfjr wrote:
I'm listening to the Whelan-Dublin album but it does not scrobble here.
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GrouchoMarx22 wrote:
Lloyd, i'm ready to be heartbroken.
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FutureGods wrote:
COLIN MACINTYRE (AKA MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY) - NEW ALBUM 'ISLAND' OUT NOW IN EUROPE & USA & CANADA!! US/ UK TOUR DATES OCTOBER 2009 http://www.itunes.com/colinmacintyre http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11184154276 **** Clash **** Daily Mirror **** Mojo **** The Times Album of the Week: Daily Mirror/Sunday Mail/Daily Record USA Tues 6th Oct : NEW YORK The Living Room (8pm) Thur 8th Oct: BROOKLYN Union Hall UK 15th Oct EDINBURGH The Voodoo Rooms 16th Oct GLASGOW Stereo 18th Oct INVERNESS Hootenanny 19th Oct SHEFFIELD Leadmill 20th Oct BRISTOL The Thekla 21st Oct LONDON The Lexington (Fleur-de-Lys Club) 22nd Oct MANCHESTER Night & Day 23rd Oct NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms 27th Oct BRIGHTON Latest Music Bar 28th Oct BIRMINGHAM Glee Club 29th Oct MINEHEAD (Somerset) The Hobbyhorse 6th Nov LIVERPOOL Zanzibar (Liverpool Music Week) Ticket & info details: http://www.colinmacintyre.com
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chele_808 wrote:
i'm rediscovering lloyd cole as i type. wow, his voice is wonderful.
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morningside24 wrote:
He's started up the studio diary on lloydcole.com again. Great to hear that he's working on new material!
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robertwenk wrote:
Cleaning out the ashtrays is such a treasure to me. Lloyd Cole - best singer/songwriter!!
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randomnoodles wrote:
that cleaning out the ashtrays is £39 in my nearest hmv DX
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dnm wrote:
news from http://www.lloydcole.com/ : Cleaning out the ashtrays collected b-sides and rarities 1989 - 2006 See http://www.lloydcole.com/music/ashtrays/main.html Listening to it as I write this. Great stuff! web page also has two live CDs, in the series Folksinger, vol 1 and 2.
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DekeDastardly wrote:
If Lloyd was out fo the US Alt Country scene he'd be celebrated, in fact he's better than much of it. He continues to turn out relevant, mature music, lyrics dripping writh experience, even Lloyd had his hell raising, fucked up period. He's a bit of marmite guy, people either love or hate his voice, and not everyone appreciated his often pompous student angst writing, though he's got a lot more to draw on these days. Being fashionable is not his concern, he takes his job and his customers seriously, one of UK's most consistent and talented artists.
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little_doll wrote:
http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Консервированная+Нина+Дробышева
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bottarotta wrote:
negli anni ottanta pensavamo di essere un po' tristi ... non sapevamo cosa ci aspettava
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OliverTho wrote:
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Murrayhead wrote:
Well the late eighties to me meant larger, tube stations, trains, the 84 bus through Oval and lloyd cole.
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itsmeted wrote:
Lloyd and Nicky Holland was fab but I'd love to hear Lloyd and Roisin Murphy!!
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pol_noir wrote:
I never understood that. It just never made sense to me. It's a strange world, after all, really..
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randomnoodles wrote:
same here. virtually noone i know had heard anything by him.
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achromatism wrote:
it's amazing, how out of all the people i know, no one's ever hear of lloyd cole..
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Magic Bag, Ferndale, MI, Detroit, United States
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