Album · Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Easy Pieces by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Easy Pieces is an album by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, released in 1985. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 8 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Brand New Friend”, on 6 lists with a best position of #9.
Easy Pieces, the second album from Glasgow's Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, came out on Polydor in the UK on 22 November 1985, with Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley producing. The title nods to the road movie Five Easy Pieces, one of Cole's favourite films, which he said he wanted to mine for songs.
On the surface it's a triumph: bright, well-dressed indie pop, three UK top 40 singles in "Brand New Friend", "Lost Weekend" and "Cut Me Down", a peak of number 5 that made it their highest-charting album, and sales that outpaced Rattlesnakes' whole first year within a fortnight. Underneath, nobody was quite happy. Critics shrugged, Cole later felt the freshness of the debut had drained away without anything new taking its place, and bassist Lawrence Donegan simply called it terrible.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Easy Pieces on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brand New Friend | 6 | #9 | – | 1985–2003 | |
| 2 | Perfect Blue | 2 | #1242 | – | 2002–2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.