Bad Vibes (Lloyd Cole album)

Bad Vibes
Bad Vibes
Studio album by Lloyd Cole
Released	11 October 1993
Recorded	1992–1993
Length	47:39
Label	Fontana
Producer	Adam Peters
Lloyd Cole chronology

Bad Vibes is the third studio album by Lloyd Cole. It was released in October 1993 on Fontana Records and reached number 38 on the UK Albums Chart and number 8 on the Swedish chart.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ Peter Buckley The Rough Guide to Rock 2003 p.1771 "The end result, LLOYD COLE (1990), met with mixed reviews and poor sales. Follow-ups DON'T GET WEIRD ON ME, BABE (1991) and BAD VIBES (1993) were greeted with similar indifference. Indeed, it was not until his fourth album, LOVE (1995), that Cole was to receive anything approaching a positive critical response (the single "Like Lovers Do" was as charming as anything released that year). Looking back at these albums, you can see that Cole was really rather hard done by, as the first two solo sets in particular had things going for them."
^ Stereo Review - Volume 59 1994 -- Page 500 LLOYD COLE Bad Vibes RYKO 10306 (56 min) Performance: Dour Recording: Very good Lloyd Cole remains one of the sharpest songwriters around, but this album documents a curdled sensibility from its title on down. Mostly, Cole sounds like he's slipping under the volcano (to borrow the title of Malcolm Lowry's novel about a day in the life of an alcoholic), and "Bad Vibes" abounds in references to excessive consumption. Just look at the cover photo..."
^ Billboard - 12 August 1995 - Page 10 "Ryko picked up "Bad Vibes" for U.S. distribution after the album had already been released in the UK and had been available in the U.S. on import. Ryko was both surprised and encouraged by the fact that Cole's fan base in the industry does not seem to have been eroded by the two-year wait for "Love Stories" and by his four-year absence from the stage."

[1] Peter Buckley The Rough Guide to Rock 2003 p.1771 "The end result, LLOYD COLE (1990), met with mixed reviews and poor sales. Follow-ups DON'T GET WEIRD ON ME, BABE (1991) and BAD VIBES (1993) were greeted with similar indifference. Indeed, it was not until his fourth album, LOVE (1995), that Cole was to receive anything approaching a positive critical response (the single "Like Lovers Do" was as charming as anything released that year). Looking back at these albums, you can see that Cole was really rather hard done by, as the first two solo sets in particular had things going for them."

[2] Stereo Review - Volume 59 1994 -- Page 500 LLOYD COLE Bad Vibes RYKO 10306 (56 min) Performance: Dour Recording: Very good Lloyd Cole remains one of the sharpest songwriters around, but this album documents a curdled sensibility from its title on down. Mostly, Cole sounds like he's slipping under the volcano (to borrow the title of Malcolm Lowry's novel about a day in the life of an alcoholic), and "Bad Vibes" abounds in references to excessive consumption. Just look at the cover photo..."

[3] Billboard - 12 August 1995 - Page 10 "Ryko picked up "Bad Vibes" for U.S. distribution after the album had already been released in the UK and had been available in the U.S. on import. Ryko was both surprised and encouraged by the fact that Cole's fan base in the industry does not seem to have been eroded by the two-year wait for "Love Stories" and by his four-year absence from the stage."

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