Don't Get Weird on Me Babe

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Don't Get Weird on Me Babe
Studio album by
Lloyd Cole
Released1991
GenreAlternative rock
LabelPolydor Records[1]
ProducerLloyd Cole, Fred Maher, Paul Hardiman
Lloyd Cole chronology
Lloyd Cole
(1990) 		Don't Get Weird on Me Babe
(1991) 		Bad Vibes
(1993)

Don't Get Weird on Me Babe is the second solo album by the English musician Lloyd Cole, released in 1991.[2][3] The title comes from a Raymond Carver expression.[4] Unlike the original release, the American version of the album leads with the "rock" half and ends with the orchestral songs.[5]

The album peaked at No. 40 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart.[6] It peaked at No. 21 on the UK Albums Chart.[7] Cole promoted the album by touring with Robert Forster and Grant McLennan.[8]

Production[]

The album was produced by Cole, Fred Maher, and Paul Hardiman.[9] The string parts were arranged by Paul Buckmaster.[2] Robert Quine, Matthew Sweet, and Maher joined Cole on the "rock" half of the album.[10]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[11]
St. Petersburg Times[5]

Entertainment Weekly, noting the string arrangements on six of the songs, wrote that "Cole’s no dilettante, and Don’t Get Weird is a strong record ... But Cole should perhaps concentrate on delivering real rock & roll goods over a full album."[11] Trouser Press called Don't Get Weird on Me Babe "a great record," writing that "Cole’s uncomplicated romantic angst [is] made fleshy and devastating by the surrounding lushness of woodwinds, strings, percussion, piano and female backing vocals."[12]

Stereo Review deemed it "one of the most genuinely nervy and idiosyncratic major-label rock albums of the year."[13] Rolling Stone declared: "Lloyd Cole has made a late-Sixties pop album. Think drums with brushes, Hammond B-3 organ, a big string section; think Neil Diamond, Glen Campbell and Sinead [O'Connor]'s pal Frank."[14] The St. Petersburg Times called the album "a masterpiece" and "a breathtaking record full of inspired writing, smooth melodies and eloquent instrumentation."[5]

AllMusic wrote that the album was initially "considered a self-indulgent oddity ... In retrospect, however, it's clearly one of Lloyd Cole's finest works."[4]

Tracklist[]

  1. Butterfly
  2. There for Her
  3. Margo's Waltz
  4. Half of Everything
  5. Man Enough
  6. What He Doesn't Know
  7. Tell Your Sister
  8. Weeping Wine
  9. To the Lions
  10. Pay for It
  11. The One You Never Had
  12. She's a Girl and I'm a Man

References[]

  1. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Omnibus Press – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b "Lloyd Cole Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Buckley, Peter (December 4, 2003). "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b c "Don't Get Weird on Me Babe - Lloyd Cole | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  5. ^ a b c Hall, Dave (22 Nov 1991). "A `WEIRD' TO THE WISE". St. Petersburg Times. Weekend. p. 21.
  6. ^ "Lloyd Cole". Billboard.
  7. ^ "LLOYD COLE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  8. ^ Wyman, Bill (December 12, 1991). "Lloyd Cole". Chicago Reader.
  9. ^ "Album Reviews -- Don't Get Weird on Me Babe by Lloyd Cole". Billboard. 103 (42): 76. Oct 19, 1991.
  10. ^ Rotondi, James (Mar 1992). "Don't Get Weird on Me Babe by Lloyd Cole". Guitar Player. 26 (3): 135–136.
  11. ^ a b "Don't Get Weird on Me, Babe". EW.com.
  12. ^ "Lloyd Cole and the Commotions". Trouser Press. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  13. ^ Simels, Steve (Jan 1992). "Lloyd Cole Gets a Little Weird -- Don't Get Weird on Me, Babe by Lloyd Cole". Stereo Review. 57 (1): 72.
  14. ^ Drozdowski, Ted (Feb 6, 1992). "Recordings -- Don't Get Weird on Me, Babe by Lloyd Cole". Rolling Stone (623): 83.
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