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Lloyd Cole, Grant McLennan & Robert Forster: The Academy Theater, New York NY

Michael Azerrad, Rolling Stone, 6 February 1992

A GUY WHO can sing a line like "Baby, you're too well-read" and mean it, Lloyd Cole is the intellectual in the black leather jacket (naturally, he is much beloved in France). For Cole, a provocative metaphor is the equivalent of a hot guitar lick — and very often, it is.

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