Easy Pieces is the second studio album by the British rock and pop band Lloyd Cole and the Commotions.

However, despite Easy Pieces' commercial success, the reception from critics was lukewarm and the band themselves were unhappy with the end result.

[5] The band intended Easy Pieces to be more accessible than Rattlesnakes, with Cole saying, "We wanted the sound to be warmer, more luscious".

Experienced producers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, who up until that point had worked with Madness, the Teardrop Explodes, Dexys Midnight Runners, and Elvis Costello and the Attractions, were drafted in to replace him.

Unlike Hardiman, who had taken a hands-off approach, Langer and Winstanley made more suggestions during the recording process, which the Commotions didn't always agree with.

"[12] NME damned the album with faint praise, saying that "taken on its own terms, it's that most simultaneously fine and useless of creations, a very good pop record".

"[11] In the US, Spin was more enthusiastic, stating, "The promise reflected on their impressive debut album Rattlesnakes has been kept... [Cole] and the Commotions write clean, crisp, guitar-oriented pop songs with addictive hook lines.