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Rattlesnakes (CD)

By: Lloyd Cole & The Commotions (Artist)

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Lloyd Cole Artist Snapshot:

Lloyd Cole caught a lot of people's attention with 1982's RATTLESNAKES, his debut record with backing band the Commotions. The dour-voiced Cole wrote dark, literate pop songs that managed to reference Arthur Lee, Norman Mailer, and Eva Marie-Saint without sacrificing his prodigious musicality. The debut was lauded by critics, but Cole never quite broke through to the masses. In the '90s, Cole left his native England and came to New York, where he recorded some of the best work of his career with backing by various luminaries of the downtown New York scene, including Robert Quine and Fred Maher.

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DISC 1 for Rattlesnakes (CD) Album By Lloyd Cole & The Commotions (A...
1   Perfect Skin
2   Speedboat
3   Rattlesnakes
4   Down On Mission Street
5   Forest Fire
6   Charlotte Street
7   2cv
8   Four Flights Up - (bonus track)
9   Patience - (bonus track)
10   Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?
 

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Review

Uncut (p.132) - 4 stars out of 5 - "RATTLESNAKES has a rare sumptuousness....[It] remains a delirious swagbag, ripe for reappraisal."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.126) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Anne Dudley's string arrangements made all the difference between a good indie album and a timeless pop album..."
NME (Magazine) (9/25/93, p.19) - Ranked #33 in NME's list of The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s.

Title Note

Lloyd Cole & The Commotions: Lloyd Cole (vocals, guitar); Neil Clark (guitar); Blair Cowan (keyboards); Lawrence Donegan (bass); Stephen Irvine (drums, tambourine).

Arguably one of the finest British pop albums of the '80s, 1984's RATTLESNAKES is the brilliant debut of one of the finest singer-songwriters of the decade. Coming right at a point when synth-pop's domination of the UK charts was ending and a new breed of guitar-based pop bands led by the Smiths and Aztec Camera were the new British wave, RATTLESNAKES had the force of a major new work, and still holds up better than most of its contemporaries.

Cole's literate--at times self-consciously so--lyrics, and chiming, folk-rocky tunes are outstanding, and his terrific voice and lead guitarist Neil Clark's exceptional instrumental work put over the songs brilliantly. Fully half of these songs, including the Dylanesque "Perfect Skin" and the moody, romantic "Forest Fire," with Clark's remarkable ending solo, are all-time Britpop classics. Cole would do standout work after this, but RATTLESNAKES is simply perfect.

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