Etc

Lloyd Cole | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 20, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: One Little Indian Us
• ASIN: B0001MDPHC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #202,318 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must for hardcore Cole fans, April 14, 2005

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This review is from: Etc (Audio CD)

Listed details on this CD are very sparse. These 14 songs are outtakes from '96 - 2000 and sound like a sister CD to "Love Story". Acoustic melancholy pop with tasty guitar fills from Quine and of course the strong singing of Lloyd. I do not recommend this for curious newcomers. Buy every LC solo album and Commotions album first, then get this. First the bad news, it is only 37 minutes long, has four short instrumentals and two okay cover songs. The packaging is lame: little info, stupid cover image, and a photo of Lloyd from a 1987 Commotions compilation. Jeez, couldn't they have found a picture from the 90's at least! The good news is that there are eight original songs (with vocals) that no true fan should be without. They range from really good to excellent!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Is he just too cool?, May 16, 2004

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Budge S. Huskey "BrainOfSand" (Sarasota, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
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So what does this guy have to do in order to finally get airplay? Since his days with the Commotions, Lloyd Cole has continued to produce songs of remarkable emotional maturity, all with the distant coolness not seen since the early days of Brian Ferry. Once again, he has released a collection of songs that defies classification, yet continues to reward those with an ear for great sentimental pop music. I've often considered him to be one of the best American songwriters of late, as I do Aimee Mann who finally broke through with her contributions to the Magnolia soundtrack. Perhaps a future movie producer with excellent taste will see fit to present Lloyd Cole's talent for the world to enjoy.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars R.I.P Robert Quine, July 12, 2004

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Gianmarco Manzione (Tampa, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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While Lloyd once again delivers his trademark earnestness and immediacy to "Etc," the album's undeniable beauty and power would have been impossible without the stinging guitar work of Robert Quine, who committed suicide this past May following the death of his wife. Quine, whose gloriously raucous work on Lou Reed's "The Blue Mask" is the stuff of immortality, lends a sublime melancholy to this album that reflects the deadly pain he was approaching. Lloyd's incomparable cover of Bob Dylan's "You're A Big Girl Now" is brought to life by Quine's sonically boundless and echoing guitar licks, while his quieter performances throughout the set imply the maturity both he and Cole brought to the table to make this one of the finest albums of Cole's career. The biting courage of songs such as "Love Like This Can't Last" and "Memphis" is matched in power only by the instant classic "Alright People," one of the few songs on the album that aspires toward the musical adventurousness achieved on the brilliant "The Negatives." While the disappointing story of Cole's failure to connect with a wider audience is tragic, there is a kind of selfish pleasure in feeling as though gems like "Etc" are secrets his fans can claim for themselves. Although, I am willing to bet that anyone who listens to this album will agree that it is a secret more people ought to be in on.