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| Background information | |
| Origin | Grangemouth, Scotland |
| Genre(s) | Alternative rock, Dream pop |
| Years active | 1979 - 1997 |
| Label(s) | 4AD, Capitol, Fontana, Bella Union |
| Website | CocteauTwins.com |
| Former members | |
| Elizabeth Fraser Robin Guthrie Simon Raymonde Will Heggie |
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Cocteau Twins were a Scottish alternative rock band active from 1979 to 1997. Grangemouth is a town and former Burgh in the council area of Falkirk, Scotland, and formerly in the County of Stirling. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Dream pop is a type of Alternative rock that originated in Britain in the early 1980s when bands like Cocteau Twins, The Chameleons, The Passions In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music 4AD is a British Independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still Capitol Records is a major United States -based Record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood California and New York City as Fontana Records is a Record label which was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records. Bella Union is an Independent record label that was started up by Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde in 1997. Elizabeth Fraser (born Elizabeth Davidson Fraser, 29 August 1963 Falkirk) is a Scottish singer best known for her vocal work as the Cocteau Twins ' lead Robin Guthrie (born 4 January 1962, in Grangemouth Sterlingshire just outside Falkirk Scotland is a musician best known as co-founder of the Cocteau Simon Raymonde (born Simon Philip Raymonde 3 April 1962, in Tottenham, London) is an English Musician and Record Will Heggie is a Scottish Musician. He co-founded the Cocteau Twins in 1980 with Robin Guthrie, and served as the bassist for them Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of
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Early years
Robin Guthrie (guitar) and Will Heggie (bass), both from Grangemouth, Scotland, formed the band in 1979. Robin Guthrie (born 4 January 1962, in Grangemouth Sterlingshire just outside Falkirk Scotland is a musician best known as co-founder of the Cocteau The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Will Heggie is a Scottish Musician. He co-founded the Cocteau Twins in 1980 with Robin Guthrie, and served as the bassist for them The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Grangemouth is a town and former Burgh in the council area of Falkirk, Scotland, and formerly in the County of Stirling. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. At a local disco, Nash, they met Elizabeth Fraser, who would eventually provide vocals. Elizabeth Fraser (born Elizabeth Davidson Fraser, 29 August 1963 Falkirk) is a Scottish singer best known for her vocal work as the Cocteau Twins ' lead Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech.
The band's influences at the time included Joy Division, The Birthday Party, Sex Pistols and Siouxsie & The Banshees. Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. The Birthday Party was an Australian Post-punk group active from 1977 to 1983 The Sex Pistols are an English Punk rock band that formed in London in 1975 Siouxsie & the Banshees were a British rock band which formed in 1976 The band were named after the song "The Cocteau Twins" by fellow Scotsmen 'Johnny and the Self-Abusers' (who later renamed themselves Simple Minds; the song "The Cocteau Twins" was also re-penned as "No Cure"). Simple Minds are a rock band from Scotland, who had their greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s Their debut recording, Garlands (released by 4AD Records in 1982), was an instant success, as was the subsequent Lullabies EP. Garlands is the 1982 debut album of Cocteau Twins. It is the only album with original bassist Will Heggie and his chugging basslines give the album 4AD is a British Independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still Lullabies is an EP by the Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, released on 4AD records on 1 November 1982 They themselves remain influential to aspiring post-punk acts today. Post-punk was a popular musical movement in the mid to late 1970s following on the heels of the initial Punk rock explosion of the early 1970s
Although the entire band was praised for their performances, Fraser received the most attention. At times barely decipherable, Fraser seemed to veer into glossolalia and mouth music. Glossolalia is commonly called "speaking in tongues" For other uses of "speaking in tongues" see Speaking in Tongues (disambiguation. Puirt a beul (puirt à beul literally "tunes from a mouth" is a traditional form of song native to Scotland, Ireland, and Cape Breton Island All Music Guide reviewer Ned Raggett writes that "part of her appeal is how she can make hard-to-interpret lyrics so emotionally gripping. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Ned Raggett (born March 2 1971 in Bremerton, Washington) is a library assistant freelance writer and music journalist "[1]
Mid-1980s
Will Heggie left the group after the tour that followed the 1983 release of the band's second EP, Peppermint Pig (and subsequently joined Lowlife). Peppermint Pig is an EP by the Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, released on 4AD records in March 1983. Lowlife was a Scottish Alternative rock / Dream pop band, active from 1985 to 1997. The band's sound on its first three recordings relied on the combination of Heggie's rhythmic basslines, Guthrie's minimalist guitar, and Fraser's voice; Cocteau Twins' next full-length LP, Head over Heels, had to rely solely on the latter two. A gramophone Head over Heels is an Album by Scottish musical group Cocteau Twins. This led to the growth of Cocteau Twins' characteristic sound: Fraser's voice, by turns ethereal and earthy, combined with Guthrie's heavily effected guitars. (Guthrie has often said that he is far more interested in the way the guitar is recorded, than in the actual notes being played, though he later admitted the effects and layering were due to his own technical inabilities. ) Like its very dissimilar predecessor, Head over Heels was well-received by the public and press.
In 1983, the band participated in 4AD's This Mortal Coil project (this spawned a cover-version of Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren" performed by Guthrie and Fraser), and during their work for that, they got to know Simon Raymonde (formerly a member of Drowning Craze), who joined the group later that year as bass player. This Mortal Coil was a musical Dream pop project of Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of the British 4AD Records label Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14 1947 – June 29 1975 was an experimental Vocalist and Musician who incorporated Jazz, Psychedelia Simon Raymonde (born Simon Philip Raymonde 3 April 1962, in Tottenham, London) is an English Musician and Record
With Raymonde, the band released a series of critically acclaimed albums and EPs that explored their new style. These included The Spangle Maker (1984), Treasure (1984), Aikea-Guinea (1985), Tiny Dynamine and Echoes in a Shallow Bay (1985), and Love's Easy Tears (1986). The Spangle Maker is an EP by the Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, released on 4AD records in April 1984 Treasure (1984 is the third album by the Cocteau Twins. With this album the band settled on what would from then on be their primary lineup vocalist Elizabeth Aikea-Guinea is an EP by the Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, released on 4AD records in March 1985 Tiny Dynamine is an EP by the Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, released on 4AD Records. Echoes in a Shallow Bay is an EP by the Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, released on 4AD Love's Easy Tears is an EP by the Scottish Alternative rock band Cocteau Twins. Raymonde, who was called in to work on the second album by This Mortal Coil, did not participate in the recording of the fourth Cocteau Twins LP, Victorialand (1986), a predominantly acoustic record which featured only Guthrie and Fraser. Raymonde returned to the group for The Moon and the Melodies (1986), a collaboration with ambient composer Harold Budd, which was not released under the Cocteau Twins name. The Moon and the Melodies ( 1986) is the product of a one-off collaboration between the Scottish group Cocteau Twins and the American composer Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes Harold Budd ( May 24 1936) is an American ambient / Avant-garde composer
In 1985, 4AD signed an agreement with Relativity Records for distribution of Cocteau Twins' releases in the US and other territories. Relativity Records is an American Record label founded by Clive Davis. To commemorate the event, the compilation The Pink Opaque (1985) was released as a way of introducing the new, broader audience to the band's back-catalogue. History The Pink Opaque is a 1985 compilation album composed of tracks originally recorded between 1982 and 1985 by the Cocteau Twins.
While remaining a 4AD band internationally, Cocteau Twins finally signed a major-label contract with Capitol Records in 1988 for distribution in the US, and released their fifth proper LP, Blue Bell Knoll, in October of that year. Capitol Records is a major United States -based Record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood California and New York City as SOME TASKS IDEAS -An internal section commenting the content of the album its place in the discog etc
Early 1990s
The style the group had begun exploring with Head over Heels reached its peak on Heaven or Las Vegas, released in late 1990. Head over Heels is an Album by Scottish musical group Cocteau Twins. Heaven Or Las Vegas is a 1990 album by Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, their last for the music label 4AD The most commercially successful of their many recordings, the album rose to the higher reaches of the UK charts immediately after its release. However, despite the success of the record and the subsequent concert tours, not everything was well with the band. They parted ways with 4AD following Heaven or Las Vegas partly because of conflicts with the label's founder Ivo Watts-Russell, and were close to breaking up over internal problems due in large part to Guthrie's addiction to drugs and alcohol. Ivo Watts-Russell (born 1954 in Northamptonshire, England is the founder and president of the English indie record label 4AD. The term " addiction " is used in many contexts to describe an obsession compulsion or excessive Physical dependence or psychological dependence such as Recreational drug use is the use of Psychoactive drugs for Recreational purposes rather than for work, medical or spiritual purposes In Chemistry, an alcohol is any Organic compound in which a Hydroxyl group ( - O[[hydrogen H]]) is bound to a Carbon
While on their international tour supporting Heaven or Las Vegas, the group signed a new recording contract with Mercury Records subsidiary Fontana for the UK and elsewhere, while retaining their US relationship with Capitol. Mercury Records is a Record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US and are both subsidiaries of Mercury Records is a Record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US and are both subsidiaries of In 1991, 4AD and Capitol released a Box Set that compiled the band's EPs from 1982 to 1990, and also included a bonus disc of rare or previously unreleased material.
The band's seventh LP, Four-Calendar Café, was released in late 1993. Four-Calendar Café is the eighth and penultimate Album by Cocteau Twins. It was a departure from the heavily-processed, complex and layered sounds of Blue Bell Knoll and Heaven or Las Vegas, featuring clearer and more minimalistic arrangements. This, along with the record's unusually comprehensible lyrics, led to mixed reviews for the album: Some critics accused the group of selling out and producing an 'accessible album,' while others praised the new direction as a felicitous development worthy of comparison with Heaven or Las Vegas. The band themselves explained that Four-Calendar Café was simply a response to the turmoil that had engulfed them in the intervening years, with Guthrie entering rehab and quitting alcohol and drugs, and Fraser undergoing psychotherapy. Drug rehabilitation (often drug rehab or just rehab) is an umbrella term for the processes of medical and/or psychotherapeutic treatment for dependency Psychotherapy is an Interpersonal, relational intervention used by trained psychotherapists to aid clients in problems of living The two had been in a long-term relationship, and by this time had a young daughter, Lucy-Belle, born in 1989.
Mid-1990s and the breakup
1995 saw the release of two new EPs: Twinlights and Otherness. Twinlights is the 1995 EP by the Cocteau Twins. It was released along with the EP " Otherness " as a teaser for the album Otherness is a 1995 EP by the Scottish band Cocteau Twins. It was released along with Twinlights as a teaser for the full length album The former consisted of four gentle acoustic songs, recorded with only piano, acoustic guitar and voice; Otherness, by contrast, was a collaboration with Seefeel's Mark Clifford, and featured four electronic remixes of both older and then-unreleased Cocteau Twins songs. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers A steel-string acoustic guitar, is a modern form of Guitar descended from the Classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter louder sound Seefeel are a British Alternative rock group primarily active in the early to mid 1990s Both EPs were labelled 'experimental' by the press, since they were very different from the EPs the band had released in the past. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify
As it turned out, some of the tracks on both Twinlights and Otherness were versions of songs from the band's eighth album, Milk and Kisses (1996). Milk and Kisses is an album by Cocteau Twins issued in 1996 It proved their last a meeting two years later to record a new album ended with the breakup of the band The record was hailed as a "return to form" by some as it saw the return of more heavily layered guitars, and Fraser began once again to obscure her lyrics, though not entirely. Two singles were taken from the album: Tishbite and Violaine; both exist in two CD versions, with different b-sides included on each. Tishbite is a word used in the Bible to refer to Elijah (,,) The phrasing can be reworded as "Elijah the Tishbite of Tishbe in Gilead A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s The band, augmented by an extra guitarist and a drummer, toured extensively to support the album - their last for Mercury/Fontana - and in live performances seemed to have found a cohesive freshness and power that had been lacking during their previous outing in 1993/94. A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion A new song, "Touch Upon Touch", which debuted during the live shows and was recorded later in 1996, became the last Cocteau Twins song ever released. It was also one of the two songs written and arranged by Fraser, Guthrie and Raymonde for Chinese pop singer Faye Wong for her Mandarin album Fu Zao released in June 1996, the other being "Tranquil Eye" from Violaine released in October 1996. Faye Wong (born August 8 1969) is a Chinese Singer, Songwriter, Actress and model.
In 1997, while recording what was to have been their ninth LP, the trio disbanded over irreconcilable differences in part related to the break-up of Guthrie and Fraser. While a number of songs were partially recorded and possibly completed, the band has stated that they will likely never be finished or released in any form. In the same year Guthrie and Raymonde wrote and performed a new song in Faye Wong's The Same Name album.
In 1999, Bella Union, the record label founded by Guthrie and Raymonde, released a double-CD Cocteau Twins compilation entitled BBC Sessions. Bella Union is an Independent record label that was started up by Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde in 1997. The collection is a complete record of the band's appearances on UK radio programs from 1983 to 1996, with rare and unreleased material included. In 2000, 4AD released Stars and Topsoil, a compilation of selected songs picked by the band members that had been released during their years with 4AD; all recordings had been digitally remastered by Robin Guthrie. Finally, in 2003, 4AD followed Stars and Topsoil with the release of digitally remastered versions of the first six Cocteau Twins LPs. A gramophone
Life after Cocteau Twins
The former members of Cocteau Twins have remained active musically in the years since the band's demise. In addition to forming Bella Union, Guthrie and Raymonde have produced releases from new bands signed to that label. Bella Union is an Independent record label that was started up by Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde in 1997.
Simon Raymonde released the solo album Blame Someone Else. Simon Raymonde (born Simon Philip Raymonde 3 April 1962, in Tottenham, London) is an English Musician and Record He also produced the posthumous album by Billy Mackenzie from the Associates, then went on to produce several Domino Records' artists like James Yorkston, Archie Bronson Outfit (whom he later managed) and Clearlake. William MacArthur "Billy" MacKenzie ( 27 March, 1957 – January 22, 1997) was a Scottish singer notable for his powerful Domino Recording Company, generally known as Domino Records, is an Independent record label based in London. More recently he has produced the popular UK band The Duke Spirit and has mixed the Mercury Prize nominated album The End Of History by Fionn Regan. The Mercury Prize, formerly the Mercury Music Prize and currently known as the Nationwide Mercury Prize for Sponsorship reasons is an annual music prize Fionn Regan is an Irish Singer-songwriter, Poet and Artist from Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland.
Robin Guthrie released his first solo album Imperial, continues to create music with his band Violet Indiana and has scored the music for the movie Mysterious Skin. Robin Guthrie (born 4 January 1962, in Grangemouth Sterlingshire just outside Falkirk Scotland is a musician best known as co-founder of the Cocteau Mysterious Skin is a 2004 film directed by California Filmmaker Gregg Araki. He also reunited with Harold Budd to collaborate on two companion CDs: Before The Day Breaks and After The Night Falls. Harold Budd ( May 24 1936) is an American ambient / Avant-garde composer These pieces can be viewed as a continuation of The Moon and the Melodies and the score for Mysterious Skin. The Moon and the Melodies ( 1986) is the product of a one-off collaboration between the Scottish group Cocteau Twins and the American composer He most recently produced and played guitar on Apollo Heights debut album, White Music For Black People
Elizabeth Fraser provided guest vocals on Future Sound of London's single "Lifeforms" (1993), vocals for three songs on Massive Attack's Mezzanine in 1998 (as well as touring with them several times), and for other, lesser-known projects and groups. Massive Attack are an English Trip hop group founded in 1988 by Robert Del Naja, Grantley Marshall, and Andrew Vowles in Bristol Mezzanine is the third studio album by English Trip hop group Massive Attack, released on April 27, 1998. For some time, she has been working on a solo album. Elizabeth provided the vocals "Lament for Gandalf" in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
On January 31, 2005 Cocteau Twins announced that they would be reforming to perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 30, 2005, and later indicated that additional tour dates would be added. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (commonly known as Coachella) is a three-day (formerly a one or two-day annual music and arts festival organized by Goldenvoice Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. On March 16, however, the reunion was cancelled, with Fraser pulling out for "personal reasons". Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king In 2005, 4AD released a worldwide limited edition of 10,000 compilation box set titled, Lullabies to Violaine, a 4-disc set that details every single and EP released from 1982-1996. Lullabies to Violaine is a Cocteau Twins boxset released by 4AD Records in October 2005 This was shortly followed up by two 2-disc sets of the same names, known as Volume 1 and Volume 2.
Since March 2007, the band has started podcasts of exclusive material. A podcast is a series of audio or Video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated Download [2]
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | UK | U.S. | Additional information |
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| 1982 | Garlands | — | — | debut album |
| 1983 | Head over Heels | 51 | — | |
| 1984 | Treasure | 29 | — | |
| 1986 | Victorialand | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | The Moon and the Melodies | — | — | recorded with Harold Budd |
| 1988 | Blue Bell Knoll | 15 | 109 | |
| 1990 | Heaven or Las Vegas | 7 | 99 | |
| 1993 | Four-Calendar Café | 13 | 78 | |
| 1996 | Milk and Kisses | 17 | 99 |
EPs and singles
| Year | Title | UK | U.S. Modern Rock | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Lullabies | — | — | EP |
| 1983 | Peppermint Pig | — | — | EP |
| Sunburst and Snowblind | 86 | — | EP | |
| 1984 | "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" | 29 | — | EP entitled The Spangle Maker |
| 1985 | Aikea-Guinea | 41 | — | EP |
| Tiny Dynamine | 52 | — | EP | |
| Echoes in a Shallow Bay | 65 | — | EP | |
| 1986 | Love's Easy Tears | 53 | — | EP |
| 1988 | "Carolyn's Fingers" | — | 2 | from the album Blue Bell Knoll |
| 1990 | "Iceblink Luck" | 38 | 4 | from the album Heaven or Las Vegas |
| "Heaven or Las Vegas" | — | 9 | ||
| 1993 | "Evangeline" | 34 | — | from the album Four-Calendar Café |
| Snow | 58 | — | "Winter Wonderland" and "Frosty the Snowman" | |
| 1994 | "Bluebeard" | 33 | — | from the album Four-Calendar Café |
| 1995 | Twinlights | 59 | — | "acoustic" EP, voice and piano |
| Otherness | 59 | — | EP of songs remixed by Mark Clifford of Seefeel, companion to Twinlights | |
| 1996 | "Tishbite" | 34 | — | from the album Milk and Kisses |
| "Violaine" | 56 | — |
Compilations
| Year | Title | Additional information |
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| 1985 | The Pink Opaque | compilation album |
| 1991 | Cocteau Twins | ten-disc box set consisting of all EPs up to that point and one disc of bonus material |
| 1999 | BBC Sessions | compilation album |
| 2000 | Stars and Topsoil | compilation album |
| 2005 | Lullabies to Violaine: Singles and Extended Plays 1982-1996 | limited edition (10,000 units worldwide), four-disc box set of all non-album tracks. The UK Albums Chart is a list of Albums ranked by sales in the United Kingdom. The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard Garlands is the 1982 debut album of Cocteau Twins. It is the only album with original bassist Will Heggie and his chugging basslines give the album Head over Heels is an Album by Scottish musical group Cocteau Twins. Treasure (1984 is the third album by the Cocteau Twins. With this album the band settled on what would from then on be their primary lineup vocalist Elizabeth The Moon and the Melodies ( 1986) is the product of a one-off collaboration between the Scottish group Cocteau Twins and the American composer Harold Budd ( May 24 1936) is an American ambient / Avant-garde composer SOME TASKS IDEAS -An internal section commenting the content of the album its place in the discog etc Heaven Or Las Vegas is a 1990 album by Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, their last for the music label 4AD Four-Calendar Café is the eighth and penultimate Album by Cocteau Twins. Milk and Kisses is an album by Cocteau Twins issued in 1996 It proved their last a meeting two years later to record a new album ended with the breakup of the band The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry Hot Modern Rock Tracks (originally called Modern Rock Tracks) is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in ''Billboard'' magazine since September Lullabies is an EP by the Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, released on 4AD records on 1 November 1982 Peppermint Pig is an EP by the Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, released on 4AD records in March 1983. Sunburst and Snowblind is an EP by the Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, released on the 4AD label in September 1983 The Spangle Maker is an EP by the Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, released on 4AD records in April 1984 Aikea-Guinea is an EP by the Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, released on 4AD records in March 1985 Tiny Dynamine is an EP by the Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, released on 4AD Records. Echoes in a Shallow Bay is an EP by the Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, released on 4AD Love's Easy Tears is an EP by the Scottish Alternative rock band Cocteau Twins. "Winter Wonderland" is a pop standard written in 1934 by Felix Bernard (composer and Richard B " Frosty the Snowman " is a popular song written by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson and first recorded by Gene Autry and the Cass County Bluebeard is a single by the Cocteau Twins. It was released by Fontana Records in February 1994 Twinlights is the 1995 EP by the Cocteau Twins. It was released along with the EP " Otherness " as a teaser for the album Otherness is a 1995 EP by the Scottish band Cocteau Twins. It was released along with Twinlights as a teaser for the full length album A remix is an alternative version of a song different from the original version Seefeel are a British Alternative rock group primarily active in the early to mid 1990s " Tishbite " is a single by the Cocteau Twins. It was released by Fontana Records in March 1996 History The Pink Opaque is a 1985 compilation album composed of tracks originally recorded between 1982 and 1985 by the Cocteau Twins. A box set (sometimes referred to as a boxed set) is a compilation of various musical recordings Films Television programs or other collection Stars And Topsoil is a compilation album by the Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, released on the 4AD label in October 2000. Lullabies to Violaine is a Cocteau Twins boxset released by 4AD Records in October 2005 |
| 2006 | Lullabies to Violaine, Volume 1: Singles and Extended Plays 1982-1990 | first two of four discs in box set shown above. Lullabies to Violaine Vol 1 is a Cocteau Twins boxset released by 4AD Records 21 March 2006 |
| 2006 | Lullabies to Violaine, Volume 2: Singles and Extended Plays 1993-1996 | last two of four discs in box set shown above. Lullabies to Violaine Vol 2 is a Cocteau Twins boxset released by 4AD Records 21 March 2006 |
References
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Heaven or Las Vegas" song review. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2006-12-10. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V
- ^ Cocteau Twins offer previously unreleased live tracks via podcast
External links
- Official Cocteau Twins website (cocteautwins.com)
- Cocteau Twins on 4AD website
- The Cocteau Cafe (cocteautwins.org) - A Cocteau Twins portal
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