Editing Lloyd Cole (section)

=== 2000–2009: ''The Negatives'', ''Music in a Foreign Language'', ''Antidepressant'' ===
In 1997 and 1998, Cole played with some New York musicians under the name the Negatives.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/509995/lloyd-cole-jill-sobule-out-to-prove-two-negatives-make-a-positive/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513152351/http://www.mtv.com/news/509995/lloyd-cole-jill-sobule-out-to-prove-two-negatives-make-a-positive/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 May 2018 |title=Lloyd Cole, Jill Sobule Out To Prove Two Negatives Make A Positive |access-date=21 July 2015 |work=MTV News |first=Teri |last=Vanhorn |date=7 December 1998}}</ref> The group consisted of [[Jill Sobule]], [[Dave Derby]] of [[the Dambuilders]], Mike Kotch and Rafa Maciejak, who recorded an eponymous CD, released mainly in Western Europe and North America.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

He has since released solo albums on smaller [[Independent record label|independent labels]]. [[Sanctuary Records]] released ''Music in a Foreign Language'' (2003) in the UK. Recorded largely by Cole himself (including tracks recorded directly onto a [[Mac (computer)|Mac]]), the songs had a stark, [[Folk music|folk]]-inspired singer-songwriter style.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} The album was released in the US by the [[One Little Independent Records|One Little Indian]] label, which also collected a number of [[outtake]]s (recorded from 1996 to 2000) on 2002's ''Etc.'' and released an instrumental [[Ambient music|ambient]] [[electronica]] album, ''Plastic Wood'', the same year. It featured new versions of [[Nick Cave]]'s "People Ain't No Good" and his own "No More Love Songs".{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

In 2004, to mark the 20th anniversary of the release of ''Rattlesnakes'', Lloyd Cole and the Commotions reformed to perform a one-off tour of the UK and Ireland.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} The reformation was never intended to be permanent,{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} and Cole released another solo studio album in 2006, ''Antidepressant'', using his usual home recording outfit by playing all the instruments himself with friends like Sobule, Derby and the guitar work of former Commotion Neil Clark on some tracks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lloydcole.com/weblog/index.php?p=1251&c=1 |title=Lloyd Cole weblog|website=Lloyd.com|access-date=15 October 2019}}</ref>

In 2009, Cole released ''Cleaning Out the Ashtrays'' – a collection of outtakes, B-sides, rarities and alternative versions of his solo work. Notable cover versions include [[Leonard Cohen]]'s "[[New Skin for the Old Ceremony|Chelsea Hotel #2]]", [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]]'s "[[Children of the Revolution (song)|The Children of the Revolution]]" and [[Kris Kristofferson]]'s "[[For the Good Times (song)|For the Good Times]]", which he recorded with [[Jill Sobule]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lloydcole.com/album/cleaning-out-the-ashtrays/|title=Cleaning Out The Ashtrays|date=30 January 2009|website=Lloydcole.com|access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref>