Music in a Foreign Language is the sixth solo studio album by English musician Lloyd Cole, released on 9 June 2003 through Sanctuary Records.

It includes a cover of Nick Cave's track "People Ain't No Good" from his 1997 album The Boatman's Call,[1] as well as contributions from Dave Derby, who worked with Cole in the band the Negatives, and former Commotions member Neil Clark on guitar.

[2] Tim Sendra of AllMusic called the album Cole's "most intimate and low-key yet", with its "acoustic guitars, restrained drums, and subtle instrumentation", writing that it "succeeds in a way that most of his over-produced previous albums fail to do".

[2] Rob Horning of PopMatters opined that Cole had "made the inevitable singer-songwriter move to acoustic folk", finding that the album "has a consolidating, retrenching feel" and its 10 songs are "extremely consistent in melody and mood without being monotonous".

[1] Dan Tallis, reviewing for the BBC, called it an "unashamedly laid back affair" with "10 simple and beautiful songs".