Editing Lloyd Cole (section)

{{Short description|English singer-songwriter}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name             = Lloyd Cole
| image            = Lloyd Cole portrait by Mark Dellas.jpg
| caption          = Publicity portrait of Cole, {{circa|1995}}
| alt              =
| background       = solo_singer
| birth_name       =
| alias            =
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1961|01|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [[Buxton]], [[Derbyshire]], England
| origin           = [[Chapel-en-le-Frith]], Derbyshire, England
| instrument       = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|harmonica|synthesizers|piano|bass|banjo}}
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[Pop music|pop]]|[[indie pop]]}}
| occupation       = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|musician}}
| years_active     = 1984–present
| label            = {{hlist|[[Polydor Records|Polydor]]|[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]|[[Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary]]|[[One Little Independent Records|One Little Indian]]|earMUSIC}}
| past_member_of   = {{hlist|[[Lloyd Cole and the Commotions]]|the Negatives}}
| website          = {{URL|lloydcole.com}}
}}

'''Lloyd Cole''' (born 31 January 1961) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He was lead vocalist of [[Lloyd Cole and the Commotions]] from 1984 to 1989 and subsequently worked solo.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=282}}</ref>