NEW RELEASES FOR 2009
CLEANING OUT THE ASHTRAYS:
a four volume collection of b-sides and rarities 1990 - 2006
"Lloyd Cole is one of the finest, and mightily talented, singer-songwriters of the past 25 years. 10/10" Americana Music Review UK
"there are swathes of great music tucked away on this 59-tracker, some inclusions as good as anything on his debut masterpiece Rattlesnakes" Record Collector
"two decades of thoughtful, literate pop . . . one of our finest songwriters" Independent on Sunday (UK)“A fine introduction to an impressive canon of work†Q Magazine
“lovely stuff, and at it’s best . . . Cole surpasses his influences to create plangent, lyrical pop†Uncut
THE FOLKSINGER SERIES:
live acoustic performances
BOTH COLLECTIONS AVAILABLE
30th JANUARY 2009
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BIOGRAPHY:
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions released their debut 'Rattlesnakes' in 1984 to near universal acclaim and success. A few years later it made the New Musical Express 'Top 100 Allbums of All Time' list. The band released two more albums and toured extensively before splitting in 1988. LC then moved, albeit inadvertently, to New York City and released four solo albums, which were critically well received, sold reasonably around the world, but not the return on their investment that Polygram Records had hoped, and after only one hit single - 1995's 'Like Lovers Do' - in 1998 the artist and label agreed to part company.
Since then LC has relocated to New England, releasing albums through various independent labels and continuing to garner critical favour while evading commercial radio play - his last two - 2003's Music in a Foreign Language and 2006's 'Antidepressant' were released through One Little Indian in N. America and Sanctuary in the rest of the world.
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions reformed for the month of October 2004 to mark the 20th anniversary of 'Rattlesnakes', playing sold out concerts in Glasgow, Dublin and London. LC continues to tour the world as a solo acoustic performer.
DISCOGRAPHY:
Rattlesnakes (1984)
Easy Pieces (1985)
Mainstream (1987)
1984-1989 (1989)
Lloyd Cole (1990)
Don't Get Weird on Me Babe (1991)
Bad Vibes (1993)
Love Story (1995)
The Collection (1998)
Negatives (2000)
Plastic Wood (2001)
Etc. (2001)
2001 - Collected Recordings (2001)
Music in a Foreign Language (2003)
The Singles (2004)
Rattlesnakes - Deluxe Edition (2004)
Antidepressant (2006)
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Live at the BBC Volume 1 (2007)
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Live at the BBC Volume 2 (2007)
Lloyd Cole - Live at the BBC (2007)