Easy Pieces
Easy Pieces is the second album by the British band Lloyd Cole and the Commotions.
It was released on Polydor Records in the UK on 22 November 1985 and included the hit singles" Brand New Friend"(# 19 in UK)," Lost Weekend"(# 17 in UK) and" Cut Me Down"(# 38 in UK).
The title of the album derives from the film" Five Easy Pieces", which Cole described as" one of my very favourite films", saying," I want to write at least five songs out of that film".
Following the praise and healthy sales of their debut album" Rattlesnakes" the previous year," Easy Pieces" became the band's fastest- selling album, selling more in its first two weeks than" Rattlesnakes" had managed in a whole year.
It was also their highest charting album in the UK, peaking at number 5, aided by three top 40 singles.
However, despite" Easy Pieces"< nowiki>'</ nowiki> commercial success, the reception from critics was lukewarm and the band themselves were unhappy with the end result.
Cole would later say," It strikes me that there's something really fresh on the first album which has been dragged onto the second album, and the freshness is not there and something to replace the freshness is not there either".
Bass player Lawrence Donegan was more succinct, describing the album as" terrible".
Blood and Wine
Blood and Wine is a 1996 American neo- noir thriller directed by Bob Rafelson from a screenplay written by Nick Villiers and Alison Cross.
It features Jack Nicholson, Stephen Dorff, Jennifer Lopez, Judy Davis and Michael Caine.
Rafelson has stated that the film forms the final part of his unofficial trilogy with Nicholson, with whom he made" Five Easy Pieces" and" The King of Marvin Gardens" in the 1970s.
Counterblast
Counterblast is a 1948 British thriller film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Robert Beatty, Mervyn Johns and Nova Pilbeam.
It was made by British National Films at Elstree Studios.
Five Easy Pieces
Five Easy Pieces is a 1970 American drama film written by Carole Eastman( as Adrien Joyce) and Bob Rafelson, and directed by Rafelson.
The film stars Jack Nicholson, with Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Ralph Waite, and Sally Struthers in supporting roles.
The film tells the story of surly oil rig worker Bobby Dupea, whose rootless blue- collar existence belies his privileged youth as a piano prodigy.
When Bobby learns that his father is dying, he goes home to see him, taking along his waitress girlfriend.
The film was nominated for four Academy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards, and, in 2000, was selected to be preserved by the Library of Congress in the National Film Registry.
Easy Pieces (disambiguation)
Easy Pieces is a 1985 album by Lloyd Cole Variants of Easy Pieces include:
Man Trouble
Man Trouble is a 1992 romantic comedy starring Jack Nicholson and Ellen Barkin.
It was directed by Bob Rafelson and written by Carole Eastman, who together had been responsible for 1970's" Five Easy Pieces".
The film is the fifth collaboration between Nicholson and Rafelson.
Beverly D'Angelo and Harry Dean Stanton co-star.
Five Easy Pieces (1980 TV series)
Five Easy Pieces( 輪流傳) is a TVB television series, premiered on 4 August 1980.
Theme song" Five Easy Pieces"( 輪流傳) composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by Adam Cheng.
Five Easy Pieces (Stravinsky)
Five Easy Pieces, also referred to by its original French title, is a collection of pieces for four hands by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.
It was finished in 1917 and was published as a set in the winter of 1917/ 18.
Five Easy Pieces (Milo Rau)
" Five Easy Pieces"( 2016) is a theatre production that the Swiss theatre and film director Milo Rau made with children for the Ghent arts centre CAMPO and that is based on the Dutroux affair.
Susan Anspach
Susan Florence Anspach( November 23, 1942 – April 2, 2018) was an American stage, film and television actress, who was best known for her roles in films during the 1970s and 1980s such as" Five Easy Pieces"( 1970)," Play It Again, Sam"( 1972)," Blume in Love"( 1973)," Montenegro"( 1981)," Blue Monkey"( 1987), and" Blood Red"( 1989).

Question: Which film came out first, Five Easy Pieces or Counterblast?
Answer: Counterblast