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Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

Easy Pieces

Easy Pieces

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Released 2023, UK

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Cole, Blair Cowan, Lawrence Donegan, Neil Clark, and Stephen Irvine - were formed in Glasgow in 1982, where Buxton-born singer-songwriter Cole was studying Philosophy and English at the University of Glasgow. Their sound swam against the tide of shiny 80s synthesizers, offering intense, melodic, guitar-based pop, topped with droll words packed with literary references. Given just how loved the debut album "Rattlesnakes" was, it would have been hard for whatever followed to be received as warmly - yet "Easy Pieces" made a good first of it. It sold twice as many copies in its first two weeks as "Rattlesnakes" had to date, giving the group a Top 5 chart placing on its release in November 1985. Recorded with 80s super-producers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, its first two singles, the brooding, gospel-influenced "Brand New Friend" and the forever-jaunty "Lost Weekend," reached the UK Top 20.

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Tracklist

  • A1: Rich
  • A2: Why I Love Country Music
  • A3: Pretty Gone
  • A4: Grace
  • A5: Cut Me Down
  • B1: Brand New Friend
  • B2: Lost Weekend
  • B3: James
  • B4: Minor Character
  • B5: Perfect Blue

Genres & Styles

Genres: Pop
Styles: Indie Pop

Other Information

Polydor and UMC are featured on the record labels of this album. The album was produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, with all songs published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd. The original sound recording was made by Polydor Ltd (London).

The back sleeve and record labels display Universal International Music B.V.'s address in the Netherlands. The album was made in the UK and includes the codes BIEM/SDRM, 0805520240222, UMCLP022, and LC00309.

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* Audio and tracklist in this preview may differ from the vinyl record. See tracklist for the vinyl record above.