The latter was recorded in two parts: one side continued the New York rock of his first solo album, while the other side featured a session orchestra, much in the style of Burt Bacharach or Scott Walker. This solo setting produced two albums, Lloyd Cole in 1990 – preceded by the single 'No Blue Skies' – and Don't Get Weird on Me Babe in 1991. 1989–1992: 'Lloyd Cole' and 'Don't Get Weird on Me Babe' Cole subsequently relocated to New York City and recorded with various artists, including Fred Maher, Robert Quine and Matthew Sweet. Well known songs by the band include 'Perfect Skin', 'Rattlesnakes', 'Forest Fire', 'Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?', 'Lost Weekend' and 'Jennifer She Said'. The group produced two more albums, Easy Pieces and Mainstream, before disbanding in 1989.
The Commotions' 1984 debut, Rattlesnakes, contained literary and pop culture references to such figures as Arthur Lee, Norman Mailer, Grace Kelly, Eva Marie Saint, Simone de Beauvoir, Truman Capote and Joan Didion. He studied a year of law at University College London but switched to the University of Glasgow, where he studied philosophy and English, and also met the future members of The Commotions. He grew up in nearby Chapel-en-le-Frith and went to New Mills Grammar School and later attended Runshaw College in Leyland.
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