Rattlesnakes [debut]format: vinyl (LCLP 1) / cd (1985 reissue)
[album rate: 4 / 5] [3,88]
producer: Paul Hardiman
label: Polydor Records - nationality: Scotland, UK
Track highlights: 1. "Perfect Skin" (4 / 5) - 3. "Rattlesnakes" (4,5 /5) - 4. "Down on Mission Street" (4 / 5) - 6. "Charlotte Street" - 10. "Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?"
Studio debut album by Lloyd Cole and The Commotions consisting of songwriter and main composer, vocalist, and guitarist Lloyd Cole, guitarist Neil Clark, bassist Lawrence Donegan, keyboardist Blair Cowan, and percussionist Stephen Irvine.
The album is enlisted in "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die".
My cd issue is a '85 reissue with an additional four bonus tracks to the ten track standard release.
[ allmusic.com, Record Mirror, Sounds 4,5 / 5, Mojo, Uncut 4 / 5, Q Magazine, Rolling Stone 3 / 5 stars ]
