"Sentimental Fool" | ||||
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Single by Lloyd Cole | ||||
from the album Love Story | ||||
Released | 13 November 1995[1] | |||
Length | 3:25 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Lloyd Cole | |||
Producer(s) | Stephen Street | |||
Lloyd Cole singles chronology | ||||
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"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.
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]
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]
Cassette single (UK and Europe)[6]
CD single (UK and Europe #1)[7]
CD single (UK and Europe #2)[8]
CD single (US, 1996)[9]
Production
Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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UK Singles (OCC)[10] | 73 |