There seemed to be a bit of love for it out there for it particularly from regular Friday night correspondent Spence.
I had said that I would get round to featuring it sooner rather than later and given that I am a man of my word here it is.
It continues in the same rich vein of form as Rattlesnakes and whereas it is maybe not quite as good as its predecessor (let's face it very few albums are) it still throws up some absolute bangers.
I dusted it down for a listen or rather gave it a good clean as it has been a while and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
Did you know that Lloyd was from Buxton and grew up in Chapel-en-le-Frifth? He now stays in Easthampton, Massachusetts.
What a corker.
ReplyDeleteAlmost as good as Rattlesnakes. Can’t give a better compliment than that. - Brian
ReplyDeleteThat's true Brian
ReplyDeleteI did not know that.
ReplyDeleteLloyd isn't a fan of this album. That's why it's out of print, never been reissued.
Lost Weekend was co-written by Lawrence Donegan, one of the few times the now fairly well-known sports writer and author ever got involved in the songs. Lawrence has said on more than one occasion that the tune in many places is a rip off of 'The Passenger'
ReplyDeleteI defy anyone to go to Amsterdam and not have Lost Weekend as an earworm for the duration.
ReplyDeleteWhat a stonkingly tremendous album - so many great tracks. Just had a look at the Wiki entry for it and found this comment "Unlike the widespread praise for Rattlesnakes, the reception for Easy Pieces was noticeably cooler. Melody Maker felt that "these songs and their performances sound second-hand. The music is mushy and lacks edges, keyboards brought forward to dilute the guitars. Cole's lyrics sound as though they were written to fit the metre rather than to say anything." To which all I can say is... Music journalists. Ha! That was Adam Sweeting by the way. Shame on you Adam
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