# Lloyd Cole discography

This article included the albums and singles released by both Lloyd Cole as a solo artist and the recordings of his band Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, and with his next band Lloyd Cole and the Negatives.

## Lloyd Cole and the Commotions discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certification |
| Title | Album details | UK | AUS | CAN | SWE | Certification |
| Rattlesnakes | Released: October 1984 Label: Polydor, Geffen, Capitol | 13 | 28 | 68 | 25 | BPI: Gold |
| Easy Pieces | Released: 22 November 1985 Label: Polydor, Geffen, Capitol | 5 | 14 | 77 | 25 | BPI: Gold |
| Mainstream | Released: September 1987 Label: Polydor, Capitol | 9 | 54 | — | 31 | BPI: Gold |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certification |
| Title | Album details | UK | AUS | Certification |
| 1984–1989 | Released: March 1989 Label: Polydor, Capitol | 14 | 85 | BPI: Gold |
| Lloyd Cole. The Commotions. The Singles | Released: 2004 Label: Universal | — | — | |
| Don't Look Back – An Introduction to Lloyd Cole and Lloyd Cole and the Commotions | Released: 2015 Label: Spectrum, Universal | — | — | |

### Live albums

| Title | Album details |
| Live at the Hammersmith Apollo, London (2004) | Released: 14 November 2004 Label: Instant Live, Demon |
| Live at the BBC, Volume 1 (1984) | Released: August 2007 Label: Universal, Capitol |
| Live at the BBC, Volume 2 (1985/86) | Released: August 2007 Label: Universal, Capitol |
| Live at the BBC (1990/95) | Released: August 2007 Label: Universal, Mercury |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | UK | AUS | IRE | NL | US Alt | Album |
| "Perfect Skin" | 1984 | 26 | 54 | — | — | — | Rattlesnakes |
| "Forest Fire" | 1984 | 41 | 87 | — | — | — | Rattlesnakes |
| "Rattlesnakes" | 1984 | 65 | 59 | — | 31 | — | Rattlesnakes |
| "Brand New Friend" | 1985 | 19 | 73 | 11 | — | — | Easy Pieces |
| "Lost Weekend" | 1985 | 17 | 49 | 10 | — | — | Easy Pieces |
| "Cut Me Down" (Remix) | 1986 | 38 | — | 12 | — | — | Easy Pieces |
| "Rich" (Europe only) | 1986 | — | — | — | — | — | Easy Pieces |
| "My Bag" | 1987 | 46 | — | 20 | — | 13 | Mainstream |
| "Jennifer She Said" | 1988 | 31 | — | 27 | — | — | Mainstream |
| "From the Hip" | 1988 | 59 | — | — | — | — | Mainstream |

## Solo discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certification |
| Title | Album details | UK | AUS | FRA | GER | SWE | Certification |
| Lloyd Cole | Released: 19 February 1990 Label: Polydor | 11 | 49 | — | 38 | 6 | BPI: Silver |
| Don't Get Weird on Me Babe | Released: 16 September 1991 Label: Polydor | 21 | 108 | — | — | 7 | |
| Bad Vibes | Released: 11 October 1993 Label: Polydor | 38 | — | — | — | 8 | |
| Love Story | Released: 25 September 1995 Label: Polydor | 27 | — | — | — | 9 | |
| The Negatives | Released: November 2000 Label: Mercury Records Ltd 1998 / XIII Bis Records 2000 | - | — | — | — | - | |
| Plastic Wood | Released: June 2001 Label: The Establishment / XIII Bis / One Little Indian | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Music in a Foreign Language | Released: 9 May 2003 Label: Sanctuary | 114 | — | — | — | — | |
| Antidepressant | Released: August 2006 Label: Sanctuary | 156 | — | 152 | — | 20 | |
| Broken Record | Released: February 2010 Label: Tapete | 150 | — | — | 58 | 12 | |
| Standards | Released: June 2013 Label: Tapete | 74 | — | — | 98 | 22 | |
| 1D Electronics 2012–2014 | Released: September 2015 Label: Bureau B | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Guesswork | Released: 26 July 2019 Label: Edel AG | 75 | — | — | 93 | — | |
| On Pain | Released: 23 June 2023 Label: Edel AG | — | — | — | — | — | |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK | SWE | SCO |
| The Collection | Released: 4 May 1998 Label: Universal | 24 | 56 | 12 |
| 2001 – Collected Recordings 1996–2000 | Released: June 2001 Label: various | — | — | — |
| Etc. | Released: 4 October 2001 Label: The Establishment / XIII Bis / One Little Indian | — | — | — |
| Cleaning Out the Ashtrays (Collected B-Sides & Rarities 1989–2006) | Released: May 2009 Label: Tapete | — | — |

### Live albums

| Title | Album details |
| Radio Bremen: Folksinger Volume 1 | Released: 30 January 2009 Label: Tapete |
| The Whelan: Folksinger Volume 2 | Released: 30 January 2009 Label: Tapete |
| My Austere Demeanour: Folksinger Volume 3 | Released: 2018 Label: Tapete |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | UK | AUS | US Alt | Album |
| "No Blue Skies" | 1990 | 42 | 86 | — | Lloyd Cole |
| "Don't Look Back" | 1990 | 59 | — | — | Lloyd Cole |
| "Downtown" | 1990 | — | — | 5 | Lloyd Cole |
| "She's a Girl and I'm a Man" | 1991 | 55 | 149 | 7 | Don't Get Weird on Me Babe |
| "Weeping Wine" | 1991 | 91 | — | — | Don't Get Weird on Me Babe |
| "Butterfly" | 1992 | 90 | — | — | Don't Get Weird on Me Babe |
| "So You'd Like to Save the World" | 1993 | 72 | — | — | Bad Vibes |
| "Morning Is Broken" | 1993 | 83 | — | — | Bad Vibes |
| "Like Lovers Do" | 1995 | 24 | — | — | Love Story |
| "Sentimental Fool" | 1995 | 73 | — | — | Love Story |
| "Baby" | 1996 | 99 | — | — | Love Story |
| "That Boy" | 1998 | — | — | — | Collection |
| "No More Love Songs" | 2003 | — | — | — | Music in a Foreign Language |
| "Writers Retreat!" | 2010 | — | — | — | Broken Record |
| "Period Piece" | 2013 | — | — | — | Standards |
| "Violins" | 2019 | — | — | — | Guesswork |

### Other charting songs

* "Tell Your Sister" – number 6 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks in 1992.

## Lloyd Cole and the Negatives discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details |
| The Negatives | Released: 2000 Label: XIII Bis |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Impossible Girl" | 2000 | The Negatives |