Morning Is Broken

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"Morning Is Broken"
Lloyd Cole Morning Is Broken 1993 single cover.jpg
Single by Lloyd Cole
from the album Bad Vibes
B-side "Radio City Music Hall"
Released8 November 1993 (UK)
May 1994 (US)
Length
  • 5:20
  • 3:55 (edit)
Label
Songwriter(s) Lloyd Cole
Producer(s) Adam Peters
Lloyd Cole singles chronology
"So You'd Like to Save the World"
(1993)		"Morning Is Broken"
(1993)		"Like Lovers Do"
(1995)
Music video
"Morning Is Broken" on YouTube

"Morning Is Broken" is a song by English singer, songwriter and musician Lloyd Cole, released in 1993 as the second and final single from his third studio album Bad Vibes . The song was written by Cole and produced by Adam Peters. It reached number 83 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the top 100 for two weeks.

Contents

Background

"Morning Is Broken" originated as the track "Sleeper", which was named after a patch used on it from a Sequential Prophet VS synthesiser. The song was then recorded properly, including John Valentine Carruthers on guitar and Anton Fier on drums, and a mix of the track was completed. As Cole was later unhappy with the song's structure, he reworked its arrangement and had backing vocals added. [1] The song's original mix remained unreleased until it appeared on Cole's 2009 compilation Cleaning Out the Ashtrays (Collected B-Sides & Rarities 1989-2006). [1]

Speaking of the song's lyrics in 2005, Cole said, "I still quite like the lyric and it is, I hope, on the right side of the Bad Vibes fence. Who inspired it? More than one person, but the main one I cannot name." [2]

Release

In the UK and Europe, Fontana released "Morning Is Broken" as the second and final single from Bad Vibes on 8 November 1993. [3] In 1994, the song was released in the US as a CD-5 extended play by Rykodisc. [4] It was one of the nominations at the National Association of Independent Record Distributors and Manufacturers' 1994 Indie Awards under the 'Pop music' category. [5]

Critical reception

Upon its release as a single, Jane Downing of the Sunday Sun gave "Morning Is Broken" a 9 out of 10 rating and commented, "Lloyd hasn't had much luck with singles lately, but this is not a bad little number and will probably end up in the charts." [6] In a review of Bad Vibes, Andrew Collins of Select described it as "an unruly, strutting late-nite rocker with drums like a good kicking and guitars that fume". [7]

Track listing

7–inch single (UK and Europe) [8]

  1. "Morning Is Broken" – 5:20
  2. "Radio City Music Hall" – 2:46

CD single (UK and Europe) [9]

  1. "Morning Is Broken" – 5:20
  2. "Radio City Music Hall" – 2:46
  3. "Eat Your Greens" – 4:01

CD single, limited edition (UK and Europe) [10]

  1. "Morning Is Broken" – 5:20
  2. "The Slider" – 3:18
  3. "Mannish Girl" – 4:16

CD extended play (US) [11]

  1. "Morning Is Broken" (Edit) – 3:55
  2. "My Way to You" – 4:20
  3. "The Slider" – 3:18
  4. "Vicious" – 3:53
  5. "Mystic Lady" – 3:04

Personnel

Production

Other

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart [12] 83

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References

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  3. ↑ "New Entries: Albums" (PDF). Hit Music!. No. 56. 23 October 1993. p. 14. Retrieved 24 February 2023– via World Radio History.
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  5. ↑ Morris, Chris (13 May 1995). "NAIRD announces nominations for '94 Indie Awards". Billboard . Vol. 107, no. 19. Billboard Publications, Inc. p. 78. ISSN   0006-2510.
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  7. ↑ Collins, Andrew (December 1993). "New Albums". Select . p. 86.
  8. ↑ Morning Is Broken (UK and European 7-inch single sleeve). Lloyd Cole. Fontana Records. 1993. VIBE 2, 862 988-7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ↑ Morning Is Broken (UK and European CD single sleeve). Lloyd Cole. Fontana Records. 1993. VIBED 2, 862 989-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ↑ Morning Is Broken (UK and European limited edition CD single sleeve). Lloyd Cole. Fontana Records. 1993. VIBES 2, 862 991-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ↑ Morning Is Broken (US CD extended play sleeve). Lloyd Cole. Rykodisc. 1993. RCD5 1037.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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