News 22 Mar 2015

Don’t Look Back: New Lloyd Cole/Commotions collection

By Paul Sinclair

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While we wait for the six-CD Lloyd Cole and the Commotions box set that is expected around June time (more on this here), Universal Music have taken advantage of working with the singer-songwriter on that project, to secure his help in compiling a new budget collection – Don’t Look Back: An Introduction to Lloyd Cole and Lloyd Cole and the Commotions.

This new 20-track single disc is released on the Spectrum Audio imprint and offers most of the hits, although omits the Commotions singles Cut Me Down, Rattlesnakes and My Bag.

Cole’s involvement has undoubtedly resulted in a light being shone on some fine album tracks from his solo career, including Undressed and the achingly sweet Loveless from his 1990 eponymous debut; the lushly orchestrated Margo’s Waltz from the following year’s Don’t Get Weird On Me Babe, and the criminally ignored So You’d Like To Save The World from 1993’s Bad Vibes. The 1995 single that promised a commercial renaissance that never materialised, Like Lovers Do, also features. Cole’s relationship with Universal ended around this period, so the line is drawn there.

There is of course nothing on this disc that committed fans won’t already own, but at under a fiver you may find yourself defying logic and picking this up. There is no word on mastering, but you would hope that this might offer an early listen to new remasters that will appear in full as part of the Commotions box. That is confirmed, though.

Don’t Look Back: An Introduction to Lloyd Cole and Lloyd Cole and the Commotions is due for release on 23 March 2015.

Track listing

1. Perfect Skin – Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
2. Forest Fire – Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3. Charlotte Street – Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
4. Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken? – Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
5. Brand New Friend – Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
6. Rich – Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
7. Lost Weekend – Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
8. Jennifer She Said – Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
9. Hey Rusty – Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
10. From The Hip – Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
11. No Blue Skies – Lloyd Cole
12. Undressed – Lloyd Cole
13. Don’t Look Back – Lloyd Cole
14. Loveless – Lloyd Cole
15. Margo’s Waltz – Lloyd Cole, Orchestra, Paul Buckmaster
16. She’s A Girl And I’m A Man – Lloyd Cole
17. So You’d Like To Save The World – Lloyd Cole
18. Trigger Happy – Lloyd Cole
19. Like Lovers Do – Lloyd Cole
20. For Crying Out Loud – Lloyd Cole

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