Song · Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
“Perfect Blue” by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
From the album Easy Pieces (1985)
“Perfect Blue” by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2002 and 2003. It was first released in 1985 on the album Easy Pieces. Its best result is #1242 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,860 alternative song of all time.
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"Perfect Blue" sits on Easy Pieces, the second Lloyd Cole and the Commotions album, which Polydor released in November 1985, and it's a Cole song through and through: he wrote both the words and the music. Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley produced it.
The album was the tricky follow-up to the well-loved Rattlesnakes, and it took its name from Five Easy Pieces, the road movie Cole counted among his very favourite films. It sold faster than anything the band had put out, but the band themselves weren't happy with the result: Cole felt the freshness of the debut hadn't made the trip, and bassist Lawrence Donegan was blunter still, calling the record terrible.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1471 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1242 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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