Mainstream

Mainstream was the third and final studio album that Lloyd Cole made with the Commotions. In retrospect this was the perfect book end for the trilogy of the Commotions collaborations beginning with the classic Rattlesnakes, the confused follow up Easy Pieces and then this album.Mainstream provides a strong contrast with the band's debut. Rattlesnakes tells us stories and tales of observations of art student life and finishes by asking us `Are you ready to be heartbroken? Whereas Mainstream with it's at times fragile reflections back on life and lessons learnt and lost loves would seem to answer that.Mainstream begins with echoes of the Rattlesnakes debut album with the impossibly wordy My Bag (which is a commentary on celebrity life and fame, `My world gets bigger as my eyesight gets worse) being similar in feel to the debut album opener Perfect skin".The album progresses with the smooth `From the hip' and by track 5 delivers the knock out classic that is `Jennifer she said', which is possibly the bands finest hour and also represents the use of the 3rd female name in a song by Lloyd. (Julia, Jane and Jennifer just for the record)Some have suggested that this album was the Zenith of LC and the commotions or even Lloyd Cole's total work, but whilst I don't believe this is the case, Mainstream does most definitely form part of a body of work that represents Lloyd Cole song writing at its most accessible and at its very best alongside Rattlesnakes, Love Story and Antidepressant.Recommended.

always one of my all-time favourites great songs and lyrics

I got this cd originally in my teens and couldn’t find it. So after hearing Jennifer, she said on the radio I had to invest in another copy. WOW I forgot how good this cd is!!!! It is on constant in my car with me belting out Sean Penn Blues at the top of my voice. I lurve this album

loved his early stuff.played rattlesnakes to death.this i think was his 3rd album.jennifer she said was a cracker but one or two not so good.

had this album when it first came out in 87 sold all my records big mistake but got it again on cd the best album he ever made still sounds as good today as it did then top album would recomend to anyone who luvs lloyd cole dave64

Excellent

Lloyd Cole rules. Saw him in Liverpool recently. He was fabuloso!

Great

Conocía este albúm desde el momento en que salió, y lo tenía grabado en una vieja cinta de cassette que me pasó un amigo. Por alguna razón, imagino que con origen en el desahucio de las cassettes, despareció de mi vida durante casi dos décadas. no hace mucho lo volví a recordar y pensé que en Amazon encontraría seguramente una ganga para comprarlo. Dicho y hecho. El albúm no ha perdido un ápice de frescura, sigue sonando como una auténtica rodaja de pop pluscuamperfecto, el último de Lloyd Cole con los Commotions. Cuarenta minutos de pura esencia, sin rellenos. Con qué canción te quedarías? Hey Rusty? Mr. Malcontent? Jennifer she said? My bag? Yo me quedo con todas.

Dire que cet album ne s'est pas extrêmement bien vendu... Le dernier album studio avant la carrière solo. Un de ces rares disques avec zéro déchet. Stewart Copeland à la production sur 'Hey Rusty'... Lloyd Cole n'a pratiquement jamais aussi bien chanté après. Un album effectivement à redécouvrir ou, pour les plus chanceux, à découvrir, plus de 25 ans après sa sortie. La même année que «Strangeways» des Smiths, «Kiss me» des Cure, «Substance» de New Order, «the Joshua tree» de U2 : il y a des années musicalement plus riches que d'autres ! Un album pop intelligent et indispensable.

ottimo acquisto

El último CD de los LLoyd Cole and the commotions no puede faltar en cualquier recopilación de la mítica banda. A destacar las geniales "My bag" y "Jennifer she said". Prefiero este CD al recopilatorio, pues los dos anteriores ya los tenía y aquí sí aparece la deliciosa canción "hey Rusty".

Lloyd cole and the commotion ; artistes pas très connus mais de grand talent .Super album avec des morceaux joyeux ( sean penn blues ) et d'autres plus mélancoliques .De la bonne musique

Auch nach 27 Jahren - einfach (und noch immer) grossartig! Dieses Album ist wie ein guter Wein - es wird mit zunehmendem Alter immer besser.

当時、受験をひかえていた私は、レコードの針を新しく交換する程（その当時ＣＤはまだ無かった）本作を聴きまくり、２０年以上経った現在、ふとしたきっかけで無性に jennifer she said が聴きたくなったが、そのレコードも今は無く、ＣＤが出ていることを知って喜んで飛びついた。レコードより音質が良いせいか、 my bag　の音が異色に聴こえ、更に詞は酔っ払って書いたね、と推測できるし、２９　の詞が気に入っていたが、今聴くと　”まあ、そんなもんだ．．．”と頷いたり、 from the hip を聴くと、薬って　”anti-depressant" のことかい？そんなに失恋の痛手を受けたのかと可哀想に思い、　sean penn blues　では、ロイド君が散々追い掛け回したスーブーのスカヨハが現在ショーンＰとエロい仲になるとは、少しも想像できなかっただろうなあ、と失笑した。年月の経過が、まだまだ熱い思いで満たされた２０代の頃の感動を、味気なくさせたな．．．と思っていたらやっぱり最高に良かった　jennifer she said 。突き抜けるような明るさと希望的な雰囲気に、生真面目なギターの音のカッコ良さ思わず口ずさんでしまう、これこそ　”forever" の一曲だ。ところで、ロイド君雨好きね。

Everybody loves his first album (Rattlesnakes) but this album is overlooked presumably because people took the title literally. But it's a masterclass in songwriting. Much lusher and poppier than previous, but none the worse than that. Think of it as his Armed Forces.

Love the Lloyd!

My favorite of the Commotions albums. I wore out the record, just wish the CD had some B-sides or any other extra material.