Iceblink luck in particular has literally no dynamics whatsoever; the drums are barely audible and the loudness levels even fluctuate during the song. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Fraser simply captivates; her vocals are the clearest, most direct they've ever been, purring with energy and life.

Coming not long after original bassist Will Heggie had departed the band, the chemistry between remaining members Elizabeth Fraser and Robin Guthrie was flourishing and by moving the band on from the starkness of their debut, they were now making the music that would help them define the decade ahead; her wordless, dreamlike vocals a powerful instrument over his lush, textured guitars their trademark. The joy of Heaven or Las Vegas is that you don’t need to know what Fraser is saying (even if the few discernible lyrics are immensely personal) to fall into a stupor. All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.An alternate version of “Pitch the baby” was recorded and released on the Mute Records/4AD compilation “Red Tape. Released in late-1983, Head Over Heels is the Cocteau Twins’ second album and features classic tracks ‘Sugar Hiccup’ and ‘Musette And Drums’.

Ethereal Downbeat Electronica - ‘Heaven Or Las Vegas’ followed in 1990 and was to become their most commercially successful release, reaching Number 7 in the UK Album Charts. Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at our warehouse. No idea what she's singing about, don't really care, but it's something about being in either Heaven or Las Vegas. Need more time to compare but this sounds perhaps clearer than my CD, the drums are maybe slightly better better defined but my first impression is that it does sound overly shrill and exhausting at times.Then contact your credit card company, it may take some time before your refund is officially posted.

Both following on from the recent reissues of Blue Bell Knoll, Heaven or Las Vegas, Tiny Dynamine / Echoes In A Shallow Bay and The Pink Opaque. Some creasing, sticker damage and general wear to the sleeve and some visible surface marks to the record. Road, River, and Rail” was included on the two-disc compilation that accompanied the 2013 book, Facing the Other Way: The Story of 4AD, by Martin Aston. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

After signing with the British record label 4AD in 1982, they released their debut album Garlands later that year. The songs “Iceblink luck,” “Fifty-fifty clown” and “Heaven or Las Vegas” appear on the 2000 compilation Stars and Topsoil.

with Fraser’s famously incoherent vocals at their most intelligible, it’s the product of hours of obsessive studio craft. Deciding to scale back the overly pretty sound on Blue Bell Knoll while experimenting with more accessibility the Twins ended up creating their best album since Treasure. The following songs have appeared in live performances: “Cherry-coloured funk,” “Pitch the baby,” “Iceblink luck,” “Fifty-fifty clown,” “Heaven or Las Vegas,” “I wear your ring,” “Wolf in the breast,” and “Road, river, and rail. I've been a CT fan since the early 80's and have been so looking forward to their back-catalouge being re-mastered and re-released.The addition of Raymonde in 1983 solidified their final lineup, which produced their biggest hit in the UK, "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops", peaking at No. In 2005, the band announced that they would reunite to headline Coachella and embark on a world tour but the reunion was cancelled a month later after Fraser refused to perform on stage with Guthrie.