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COLE Lloyd AND THE COMMOTIONS
Glasgow, Scotland, GB
* 1983	+ 4/1989

Line-Up:

Lloyd Cole - voc
Robert Quine - g
Matthew Sweet - bg
Blair Cowan - kb
Fred Maher - ds

Former Members:

Blair Cowan (kb,voc, 1983-87)
Steven Irvine (ds, 1983-4/89)
Neil Clark (g, 1983-4/89); David Cummings (g)
Lawrence Donegan (bg, 1983-4/89)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Rattlesnakes produced by: Paul Hardiman	12.10.1984	Polydor		13
2.	Easy Pieces	11/1985	Polydor		5
3.	Mainstream	10/1987	Polydor		9
4.	1984-1989	3/1989	Polydor		14

Lloyd Cole:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Lloyd Cole	2/1990	Polydor		11
2.	Don't Get Weird On Me Baby	9/1991	Polydor		21
3.	Bad Vibes	10/1993	Fontana		38
4.	Love Story	9/1995	Fontana		27
5.	The Collection	11.01.1999	Mercury		24
6.	The Negatives	16.10.2000	Indigo
7.	Etc.	2001	Megaworld
8.	Plastic Wood	2001	Megaworld
9.	Music In A Foreign Language	6/2003	Sanctuary
10.	Antidepressant	02.10.2006	Sanctuary
11.	Broken Record	13.09.2010	Tapete
12.	Cleaning Out the Ashtrays	07.06.2011	Tapete
13.	Selected Studies Vol 1 & Hans-Joachim Roedelius	28.02.2013	Bureau B
14.	Nnnneonllllights / Well Sustained / Schlummer	16.04.2013	Bureau B
15.	Standards	21.06.2013	Tapete		74
16.	1D Electronics 2012-2014	04.09.2015	Bureau B
17.	In New York: Collected Recordings 1988-1996	17.03.2017	Polydor
18.	Guesswork	7/2019	Ear Music		75

Matthew Sweet:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Inside	1986
2.	Earth	1989
3.	Girlfriend (in the UK 8.6.1992)	22.10.1991	Zoo/RCA			100
4.	Altered Beast	12.07.1993	Zoo/BMG			75
5.	100% Fun	03.04.1995	Zoo			65
6.	Blue Sky On Mars	28.04.1997	Zoo/Volcano			66
7.	In Reverse	28.09.1999	Volcano			188
8.	Time Capsule: The Best Of Matthew Sweet	9/2000	Volcano
9.	Understand: The Early Recordings of Matthew Sweet	01.10.2002	Hip-O
10.	Platinum & Gold Collection	09.03.2004	Volcano
11.	Living Things	19.10.2004	Superdeformed/RCAM
12.	*Kimi Ga Suki Raifu**	19.10.2004	Superdeformed/RCAM
13.	Under The Covers Vol. 1 & Susanna Hoffs	18.04.2006	Shout! Factory
14.	Sunshine Lies	26.08.2008	Shout! Factory
15.	Under The Covers, Vol. 2 & Susanna Hoffs	21.07.2009	Shout! Factory			106
16.	Playlist: The Very Best of Matthew Sweet	10.05.2011	Playlist
17.	Modern Art	27.09.2011	Missing Piece
18.	Under The Covers, Vol. 3 & Susanna Hoffs	12.11.2013	Shout! Factory
19.	Completely Under The Covers & Susanna Hoffs	09.10.2015	Demon		72
20.	Tomorrow Forever featuring: Rod Argent, Debbie Peterson, Gary Louris	16.06.2017
21.	Tomorrow's Daughter	18.05.2018

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Perfect Skin / The Sea And The Sand 12" + You Will Never Be So Good	11.05.1984	Polydor	21
2.	Forest Fire / Andy's Babies 12" + Glory	17.08.1984	Polydor	29
3.	Rattlesnakes / Sweetness 12" + Four Flights Up	02.11.1984	Polydor	37
4.	A Brand New Friend / Her Last Fling 12" + Speedboat (live) / 2CV (live)	8/1985	Polydor	17
5.	Lost Weekend / Big World 12" + Never Ends	10/1985	Polydor	14
6.	Cut Me Down (remix) / Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken? (live) 12" + Forest Fire (live) 7"(2) + Perfect Blue (instrumental)	1/1986	Polydor	22
7.	My Bag / Jesus Said 12",CD + Perfect Skin	9/1987	Polydor	46
8.	My Bag / Love Your Wife	10/1987	Capitol
9.	Jennifer She Said / Perfect Blue 12" + Mystery Train (live) / I Don't Believe You (live) CD + My Bag (mix)	1/1988	Polydor	31
10.	From The Hip EP (From The Hip / Please / Lonely Mile / Love Your Wife)	4/1988	Polydor	59
11.	Forest Fire ('89 remix) / Perfect Blue	4/1989	Polydor

Lloyd Cole:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	No More Blue Skies / Shelly I Do 12",CD + Wild Orphan	1/1990	Polydor	42
2.	Don't Look Back / Blame Mary Jane 12",CD + Witching Hour	3/1990	Polydor	59
3.	Downtown / A Long Way Down (live) 12",CD + Sweetheart (live)	15.10.1990	Polydor
4.	She's A Girl And I'm A Man / Weird On Me 12",CD + Children Of The Revolution	8/1991	Polydor	55
5.	Weeping Wine / Tell Your Sister 12",CD + Somewhere Out In The East	10/1991	Polydor
6.	Butterfly / Jennifer She Said	24.02.1992	Polydor
7.	So You'd Like To Save The World? / Vicious CD1 + Mystic Lady CD2 + For You Pleasure For Your Company / 4 M.B.	16.08.1993	Fontana	72
8.	Morning Is Broken / Radio City Music Hall CD1 + Eat Your Greens CD2 + The Slider / Mannish Girl	11/1993	Fontana
9.	Like Lovers Do / I Will Not Leave You Alone CD1 + Rattlesnakes CD2 + Brand New Baby Blues (demo) / Perfect Skin CD3 + Traffic / Forest Fire CD4 + Forest Fire / Rattlesnakes / Perfect Skin	28.08.1995	Polydor	24
10.	Sentimental Fool / Brand New Friend CD1 + Lost Weekend / Cut Me Down CD2 + Most Of The Time / Millionaire / Sold	29.04.1996	Mercury	73
11.	Writers Retreat! / Inverse Midas Touch	27.08.2010	Tapete

Matthew Sweet:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Girlfriend / Superdeformed	11.05.1992	RCA
2.	Sick Of Myself	5/1995			58
3.	The Pillowcase EP (I See The Rain / The Village Green Preservation Society / She May Call You Up Tonight / I Can See For Miles) & Susanna Hoffs	11.09.2006	Parasol

Various:

1983-89 Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Matthew Sweet:

Compilation Appearances:

"This Moment" on compilation "Sweet Relief" (26.7.93, Columbia)
"Every Night" on tribute LP "Listen To What the Man Said: Popular Artists Pay Tribute to the Music of Paul McCartney" (9.10.01, Oglio)
"Big Sky" on The Kinks tribute CD "This is Where I Belong-The Songs of Ray Davies & The Kinks" (1.4.02, Rykodisc)
"Good Night Moon" on compilation "For The Kids Too" (19.10.04, Nettwerk America)
"Ballad Of El Goodo" on Big Star tribute CD "Big Star, Small World" (23.5.06, Koch)
"Livin' Thing" on OST "My Name Is Earl - The Album" (5.9.06, Shout! Factory)

appeared on the LP:

Lloyd Cole: Bad Vibes (10/93, Fontana)
Gouds Thumb: Gouds Thumb (14.7.97, Roadrunner)
Jayhawks: Rainy Day Songs (4/03, Lost Highway)
Lucinda Williams: Blessed (1.3.11, Lost Highway)

Neil Clark:

appeared on the LP:

Lloyd Cole: Bad Vibes (10/93, Fontana)

Fred Maher:

appeared on the LP:

Richard Hell: Destiny Street (2/82)
Lloyd Cole: Bad Vibes (10/93, Fontana)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1984	18	05.05.1984	4	Fast Forward - Record News
1984	18	05.05.1984	16	It's Alive	gig review
1984	19	12.05.1984	30	Singles	single review
1984	26	11.08.1984	4	Fast Forward - Record News
1984	28	25.08.1984	23	Singles	single review
1984	31	15.09.1984	32	Video
1984	33	29.09.1984	18	It's Alive	gig review
1984	34	06.10.1984	5	Fast Forward - Record News
1984	34	06.10.1984	37	Albums	album review
1984	37	27.10.1984	4	Fast Forward - Record News
1984	37	27.10.1984	18	It's Alive	gig review
1984	38	03.11.1984	26	Singles	single review
1984	45	22.12.1984	30	It's Alive	gig review