Sentimental Fool

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"Sentimental Fool"
Lloyd Cole Sentimental Fool 1995 single cover.jpg
Single by Lloyd Cole
from the album Love Story
Released13 November 1995 [1]
Length3:25
Label
Songwriter(s) Lloyd Cole
Producer(s) Stephen Street
Lloyd Cole singles chronology
"Like Lovers Do"
(1995)		"Sentimental Fool"
(1995)		"Baby"
(1996)

"Sentimental Fool" is a song by English singer, songwriter and musician Lloyd Cole, released in 1995 as the second single from his fourth studio album Love Story . The song was written by Cole and produced by Stephen Street. It peaked at number 73 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the top 75 for two weeks.

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Background

Speaking to The Mouth Magazine in 2016, Cole said of the song's arrangement, "The arrangement is traditional and quite dull. It could have been more inventive." [2]

Critical reception

Upon its release as a single, Music & Media stated that "languid melodies and lost loves form the basis" of "Sentimental Fool". The reviewer added that "acoustic guitars and a modest organ are soon joined by crescendo violins to accentuate Cole's bad luck in romance". [3] The Guardian were less enthusiastic, writing, "Anybody worried about society's 'dumbing down' should listen to Cole's latest jingle-jangle whine. About 10 years ago, this guy epitomised the coolest kind of songwriterly intellectualism. 'Sentimental Fool' smells of libraries just like the rest of his stuff, except that today his attempts scintillating wordplay sound suspiciously like stupidity." [4] In the US, Larry Flick of Billboard commented that Cole "evokes romantic emotions and pleasant harmonies on this ballad". [5]

Track listing

Cassette single (UK and Europe) [6]

  1. "Sentimental Fool" – 3:25
  2. "Brand New Friend" (Lloyd Cole and the Commotions) – 4:52

CD single (UK and Europe #1) [7]

  1. "Sentimental Fool" – 3:25
  2. "Most of the Time" – 4:06
  3. "Millionaire" – 3:04
  4. "Sold" – 3:55

CD single (UK and Europe #2) [8]

  1. "Sentimental Fool" – 3:25
  2. "Brand New Friend" (Lloyd Cole and the Commotions) – 4:52
  3. "Lost Weekend" (Lloyd Cole and the Commotions) – 3:15
  4. "Cut Me Down" (Lloyd Cole and the Commotions) – 4:27

CD single (US, 1996) [9]

  1. "Sentimental Fool" – 3:25
  2. "Sold" – 3:55
  3. "Millionaire" – 3:04
  4. "The Steady Slowing Down of the Heart" – 3:25

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1995)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 73

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References

  1. ↑ "The brilliant new single from Lloyd Cole is Sentimental Fool (advert)" . The Guardian . London. 11 November 1995. p. 34. Retrieved 24 February 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Lloyd Cole (Part Two)". The Mouth Magazine. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 12, no. 47. 25 November 1995. p. 13. OCLC   29800226 . Retrieved 24 February 2023– via World Radio History.
  4. ↑ "Reviews: Singles" . The Guardian . London. 25 November 1995. p. 33. Retrieved 24 February 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Flick, Larry (3 February 1996). "Reviews & Previews: Singles". Billboard . Vol. 108, no. 5. Billboard Publications, Inc. p. 71. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 24 February 2023– via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Sentimental Fool (UK and European cassette single sleeve). Lloyd Cole. Fontana Records. 1995. LCMCC 2, 852 160-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ Sentimental Fool (UK and European CD#1 single sleeve). Lloyd Cole. Fontana Records. 1995. LCDD2, 852447-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ↑ Sentimental Fool (UK and European CD#2 single sleeve). Lloyd Cole. Fontana Records. 1995. LCCD2, 852161-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ↑ Sentimental Fool (US CD single sleeve). Lloyd Cole. Rykodisc. 1996. VRCD 0327-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ↑ "Lloyd Cole: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
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