Children of the Revolution - Lloyd Cole, Bolan, Marc
She's a Girl and I'm a Manre Op]
Track Listings (11) - Disc #2
Butterfly
4 M.B.
Love You So What
Morning Is Broken [Alternate Mix][#]
Too Much of a Good Thing [Alternate Mix][#]
For the Pleasure of Your Company
Radio City Music Hall
Eat Your Greens
Vicious - Lloyd Cole, Reed, Lou
Mystic Lady - Lloyd Cole, Bolan, Marc
The Slider - Lloyd Cole, Bolan, Marc
Track Listings (16) - Disc #3
I Will Not Leave You Alone
Most of the Time - Lloyd Cole, Dylan, Bob
Baby [Original Demo]
Traffic [Long Version]
Millionaire
Happy for You [Stephen Street Mix][#]
Sentimental Fool [Stephen Street Mix][#]
Like Lovers Do [Stephen Street Mix]
Baby [Stephen Street Mix][#]
Sold
Brand New Baby Blues
Missing [#]
Rain on the Parade [#]
Millionaire [Acoustic Mix][#]
The Steady Slowing Down of the Heart
It'll Never Happen Again [#] - Lloyd Cole, Hardin, Tim
Track Listings (16) - Disc #4
Clairefontaine
I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself - Lloyd Cole, Bacharach, Burt
Artificial Tears
If You Gotta Go, Go Now [#] - Lloyd Cole, Dylan, Bob
Tie Me Down [#][Demo Version]
Fool You Are - Lloyd Cole, Clark, Neil
Fool You Are - Lloyd Cole, Clark, Neil
That Boy - Lloyd Cole, Clark, Gary
Si Tu Dos Partir - Lloyd Cole, Dylan, Bob
Santa Cruz [Vocal Mix]
Late Night, Early Town [Guitar Version][#]
My Alibi [Piano Version][#]
For the Good Times - Lloyd Cole, Kristofferson, Kris
Coattails [#]
Romany Soup - Lloyd Cole, Bolan, Marc
Clairfontaine [Long]
For singer/songwriter Lloyd Cole, now then is the time for `Cleaning Out the Ashtrays' - for sorting through dusty boxes of cassettes, DAT tapes and CDs in his Easthampton hideaway, to take stock and find all those lost so... more »ngs; half remembered sessions, much-missed fellow-musicians and gifted co-producers. A goldmine of music from 21 years as a solo artist. Here, then, are 59 - count `em - nuggets from the Cole vaults. A 4xCD boxset bursting with unreleased songs, alternate versions, rare b-sides, cover versions (Lou Reed, Marc Bolan and Leonard Cohen songs), and a few tracks that the record companies - and on occasion, even Lloyd himself - just didn't get at the time. Cole has researched and compiled the `Cleaning Out the Ashtrays' project himself - now, all of us can share in the riches that lay hidden inside that dusty old boxes.« less
For singer/songwriter Lloyd Cole, now then is the time for `Cleaning Out the Ashtrays' - for sorting through dusty boxes of cassettes, DAT tapes and CDs in his Easthampton hideaway, to take stock and find all those lost songs; half remembered sessions, much-missed fellow-musicians and gifted co-producers. A goldmine of music from 21 years as a solo artist. Here, then, are 59 - count `em - nuggets from the Cole vaults. A 4xCD boxset bursting with unreleased songs, alternate versions, rare b-sides, cover versions (Lou Reed, Marc Bolan and Leonard Cohen songs), and a few tracks that the record companies - and on occasion, even Lloyd himself - just didn't get at the time. Cole has researched and compiled the `Cleaning Out the Ashtrays' project himself - now, all of us can share in the riches that lay hidden inside that dusty old boxes.
CD Reviews
An amazing collection
Tim | Melbourne Australia | 04/01/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I will start with Lloyd's method of choosing the tracks for this great collection 'Cleaning Out The Ashtrays' is a four volume, 59 song collection of b-sides, album outtakes, alternate mixes and pretty much every studio recording from 1989 until 2006 which was intended for commercial release, but which did not end up on an album. Demo's are not included unless they were actually b-sides. The packaging alone in special, with a 7000 or so word document about the various time periods and a clever package that mimics the storage of these tracks over the years.
This is more than good packaging though. The tracks are varied and show an artist pushing various musical styles from rock to straight pop, electronica, orchestration to a folk sound. The tracks all blend well and each disk covering a time period this brings these styles together well. Lloyd Cole is a great master of the word, and the songs often tell a story or have clever references. It is often amazing that these tracks did not make the album they were intended and listening to them there are many that could have. There are also interesting takes on released tracks giving them new flavours. The musicians that worked on these tracks are also top shelf.
It is hard for me to list favourite tracks on this collection. I would be best to list least favourite, this for me would be the Romany Soup cover though I have read a review that listed it as a highlight. The tracks are just too amazingly good and I have many highlights. This is one of the best albums I have purchased, it sums up an amazingly rich songwriting talent."
Track Listings (16) - Disc #1