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Lloyd Cole Art Print | Discography Tube Map

Music Art prints | Studio albums are stations, musicians are transit lines | Discographies connected like never before | Researched & plotted for fans of real music.

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Why is this Lloyd Cole Music Art Print a perfect gift for Lloyd Cole fans?

Lloyd Cole fans tend to assume the Commotions finished in 1989. My Lloyd Cole art print maps the albums in order and shows Commotions names reappearing for another twenty years afterwards. The break-up is not where everyone thinks it is.

Giclée on 230gsm premium fine art paper, textured matte, archival and acid-free. Produced unframed or framed. Deeply researched and designed by me in East Sussex.

I plot these in CAD software. Every credited musician becomes a transit line, every album becomes a station, and anyone who appears only once gets a branch line of their own.

The stations run chronologically from Rattlesnakes in 1984 to On Pain in 2023, covering the three Commotions albums and the whole solo run.

The usual story has a band, then a break, then a solo career. The map shows something less tidy, with two Commotions lines carrying on quietly across nine albums each.

Not an algorithm. Every connection on this map was plotted by an obsessive fan, album by album. Following the sleeve credits is the only way that pattern shows up at all.

Contributing musicians on the discography tube map

Lloyd Cole is credited on all seventeen albums. Neil Clark on guitar and Blair Cowan on keyboards are next, with nine stations each, spread well past the end of the Commotions.

Lawrence Donegan and Stephen Irvine hold the other two Commotions lines across Rattlesnakes, Easy Pieces and Mainstream. Anne Dudley writes the string arrangements on that first run, and Tracey Thorn and Gary Barnacle appear in the same period.

The solo records move the map to New York. Fred Maher and Robert Quine both take long runs, and Matthew Sweet, Leland Sklar, Carlos Vega, Anton Fier and Bashiri Johnson all join across the 1990s.

Jon Hassell brings his trumpet to Don't Get Weird on Me Babe, a record built round a string orchestra rather than a band. Later stations pick up Joan As Police Woman, Jill Sobule and Hans-Joachim Roedelius of Cluster.

Will Cole appears on guitar and harmony vocals on the recent albums, which is the second family name on the map.

Art Print Specifications:

Each one is a Giclée on 230gsm premium fine art paper with a textured matte finish, archival and acid-free, so the colours hold for years. Choose A3, A2 or A1 unframed or framed, ready to hang in a hallway, living room or studio.

Size UK USA / CAN / AUS equivalent Orientation
A3 420 x 297 mm (16 x 12 in) 16 x 12 in Landscape
A2 594 x 420 mm (23 x 16 in) 24 x 18 in Landscape
A1 841 x 594 mm (33 x 23 in) 36 x 24 in Landscape

FAQ

How many albums are on the map?
Seventeen, from Rattlesnakes in 1984 to On Pain in 2023.

Are the Commotions albums included?
All three, and the map shows two of that band continuing well into the solo years.

Who plays on the most albums apart from Lloyd Cole?
Neil Clark and Blair Cowan, with nine stations each.

Is Robert Quine on it?
Yes, across several of the American solo records.

Is the map in release order?
Yes. The stations run chronologically from 1984 onwards.

What are the framing options?
Unframed, or supplied framed and ready to hang.

Is this a Lloyd Cole poster or an art print?
It fills the same spot on the wall as a Lloyd Cole poster, but I print it as a museum-quality Giclée on 230gsm premium fine art paper, textured matte and archival acid-free. It comes in A3, A2 or A1, unframed or in a wood frame.

Explore Lloyd Cole’s Discography for FREE

I am turning the research behind these maps into FREE interactive radar charts, where you pick a musician and follow their line around the albums. I have not charted Lloyd Cole yet, so request it here and I will research the most requested artists first. The David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Rolling Stones, and Steely Dan charts are free to use now.

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What people say about my tube map designs

“Brilliant idea... really like what you’ve done, Mike.”

Billy Bragg, on the Billy Bragg discography map

“It is truly amazing.”

Bruce Springsteen Archives, Monmouth University, on the Bruce Springsteen discography map

“Awesome!”

Warren Ellis, on the The Shining plot map

Ideal gift for Lloyd Cole fans - music art print in an A1 landscape frame, hung on a feature wall, showing the studio albums in order across The Commotions and solo, designed by Mike Bell at mikebellmaps.com.
Discography transit map poster showing the albums and credited artists connected as a tube map, designed by Mike Bell at mikebellmaps.com.
Music wall art gift for Lloyd Cole fans - Commotions albums in order music art print in A2 landscape unframed, Giclée print from Mike Bell&
Close-up detail of the Lloyd Cole discography tube map showing musician lines across the Commotions and solo records, ideal present for fans of Lloyd Cole, designed by Mike Bell.
Lloyd Cole discography map in 24x18in, framed Giclée wall art print sized for US framing, designed by Mike Bell.
Lloyd Cole discography tube map hung in an A1 wooden frame on a plain wall, landscape Giclée wall art print, designed by Mike Bell.
Close-up detail of the Lloyd Cole discography tube map, designed by Mike Bell.
Lloyd Cole discography tube map in A1 (841 x 594 mm) unframed, Giclée art print on 230gsm textured matte fine art paper, by Mike Bell.
Lloyd Cole discography tube map in A2 (594 x 420 mm), framed Giclée wall art print in a wooden frame, designed by Mike Bell.
Lloyd Cole discography map in 36x24in unframed, Giclée art print with one-off contributors branching off as short spurs, by Mike Bell.
Lloyd Cole discography map in 36x24in, framed Giclée wall art print of the studio albums, designed by Mike Bell.
Lloyd Cole discography map in 24x18in unframed, Giclée art print with every credited musician running as a named line, by Mike Bell.
Lloyd Cole discography tube map in A2 (594 x 420 mm) unframed, Giclée art print showing each studio album as a station on the line, by Mike Bell.
Tube map art print gift for fans by Mike Bell - wall art sizes and frame options compared on a wall.