COCTEAU TWINS

 

Albums recorded by Cocteau Twins, including release dates and UK & US
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No

TITLE

RELEASED

1

Garlands

09/82

2

Head Over Heels

10/83

3

Treasure

11/84

4

The Pink Opaque [compilation]

12/85

5

Victorialand

04/86

6

The Moon And The Melodies [with Harold Budd]

11/86

7

Blue Bell Knoll

09/88

8

Heaven Or Las Vegas

09/90

9

Four Calendar Cafe

11/93

10

Milk & Kisses

03/96

11

The BBC Sessions

09/99

12

Lullabies To Violaine [4-CD box set]

11/05


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1) GARLANDS

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Blood Bitch
Wax And Wane
But I'm Not
Blind Dumb Deaf

Shallow Then Halo
The Hollow Men
Garlands
Grail Overfloweth






Elizabeth Fraser
Robin Guthrie
Will Heggie

Producer:

Vocals
Guitar, Drum Machine
Bass

Cocteau Twins,
Ivo Watts-Russell

2) HEAD OVER HEELS

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When Mama Was Moth
Five Ten Fiftyfold
Sugar Hiccup
In Our Angelhood
Glass Candle Grenades

In The Gold Dust Rush
The Tinderbox (Of A Heart)
Multifoiled
My Love Paramour
Musette And Drums

UK LP Issue


US LP Issue


CD Issue




Elizabeth Fraser
Robin Guthrie

Producer:

Vocals
Guitar, Bass, Drum Machine

Cocteau Twins, John Fryer

3) TREASURE

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Ivo
Lorelei
Beatrix
Persephone
Pandora (For Cindy)

Amelia
Aloysius
Cicely
Otterley
Donimo

LP Issue


CD Issue




Elizabeth Fraser
Robin Guthrie
Simon Raymonde

Producer:

Vocals
Guitar
Bass

Cocteau Twins

4) THE PINK OPAQUE

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The Spangle Maker
Millimillenary
Wax And Wane
Hitherto
Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops

From The Flagstones
Aikea-Guinea
Lorelei
Pepper-Tree
Musette And Drums






Elizabeth Fraser
Robin Guthrie
Will Heggie
Simon Raymonde

Producer:

Vocals
Guitar, Bass (Tracks 4,6,10)
Bass (Track 3)
Bass (Tracks 1,2,5,7-9)

Cocteau Twins,
Ivo Watts-Russell (Track 3)

5) VICTORIALAND

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Lazy Calm
Fluffy Tufts
Throughout The Dark Months Of April And May
Whales Tails

Oomingmak
Little Spacey
Feet-Like Fins
How To Bring A Blush To The Snow
The Thinner The Air






Elizabeth Fraser
Robin Guthrie
Richard Thomas

Producer:

Vocals
Guitar
Saxophone, Tabla

Cocteau Twins

6) THE MOON AND THE MELODIES

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Sea, Swallow Me
Memory Gongs
Why Do You Love Me?
Eyes Are Mosaics

She Will Destroy You
The Ghost Has No Home
Bloody And Blunt
Ooze Out And Away, Onehow






Harold Budd
Elizabeth Fraser
Robin Guthrie
Simon Raymonde
Richard Thomas

Producer:

Piano
Vocals
Guitar
Bass
Drums (Track 7), Saxophone (Tracks 5,6)

Harold Budd, Cocteau Twins

7) BLUE BELL KNOLL

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Blue Bell Knoll
Athol-Brose
Carolyn's Fingers
For Phoebe Still A Baby
The Itchy Glowbo Blow

Cico Buff
Suckling The Mender
Spooning Good Singing Gum
A Kissed Out Red Floatboat
Ella Megalast Burls Forever

Original LP


European CD




Elizabeth Fraser
Robin Guthrie
Simon Raymonde

Producer:

Vocals
Guitar
Bass

Cocteau Twins

8) HEAVEN OR LAS VEGAS

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Cherry-Coloured Funk
Pitch The Baby
Iceblink Luck
Fifty-Fifty Clown
Heaven Or Las Vegas

I Wear Your Ring
Fotzepolitic
Wolf In The Breast
Road, River And Rail
Frou-Frou Foxes In Midsummer Fires






Elizabeth Fraser
Robin Guthrie
Simon Raymonde

Producer:

Vocals
Guitar
Bass

Cocteau Twins

9) FOUR CALENDAR CAFE

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Know Who You Are At Every Age
Evangeline
Bluebeard
Theft, And Wandering Around Lost
Oil Of Angels

Squeeze-Wax
My Truth
Essence
Summerhead
Pur






Ben Blakeman
Benny DiMassa
Elizabeth Fraser
Robin Guthrie
Dave Palfreeman
Simon Raymonde
Mitsuo Tate

Producer:

Guitar
Drums, Percussion
Vocals
Guitar
Drums, Percussion
Bass
Guitar

Cocteau Twins

10) MILK & KISSES

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Violaine
Serpentskirt
Tishbite
Half-Gifts
Calfskin-Smack

Rilkean Heart
Ups
Eperdu
Treasure Hiding
Seekers Who Are Lovers






Ben Blakeman
Benny DiMassa
Elizabeth Fraser
Robin Guthrie
Dave Palfreeman
Simon Raymonde
Mitsuo Tate

Producer:

Guitar
Drums, Percussion
Vocals
Guitar
Drums, Percussion
Bass
Guitar

Cocteau Twins

11) THE BBC SESSIONS

 
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CD One
Wax And Wane
Garlands
Alas Dies Laughing
Feathers-Oar-Blades
Hearsay Please
Dear Heart
Blind Dumb Deaf
Hazel
The Tinderbox (Of A Heart)
Strange Fruit
Hitherto
From The Flagstones
Sugar Hiccup
In Our Angelhood
My Hue And Cry
Musette And Drums

CD Two
Hitherto
From The Flagstones
Musette And Drums
Pepper-Tree
Beatrix
Ivo
Otterley
Serpentskirt
Golden-Vein
Half-Gifts
Seekers Who Are Lovers
Calfskin-Smack
Fifty-Fifty Clown
Violaine






Elizabeth Fraser
Robin Guthrie
Will Heggie
Simon Raymonde

Producer:

Vocals
Guitar
Bass
Bass

Barry Andrews (Tracks 20-23)
Suzanne Gilfilian (Tracks 28-30)
Dale Griffin (Tracks 5-8, 13-16)
Jim Lahat (Tracks 28-30)
Mark Radcliffe (Tracks 17-19)
Lis Roberts (Tracks 24-27)
John Walters (Tracks 9-12)
John Owen Williams (Tracks 1-4)

 

Tracks 1-4: John Peel session recorded at Studio 4, Maida Vale, London, England on 21 June 1982 and broadcast on 15 July 1982
Tracks 5-8: John Peel session recorded at an unknown studio on 22 January 1983 and broadcast on 31 January 1983
Tracks 9-12: John Peel session, 4 October 1983
Tracks 13-16: John Peel session, 10 October 1983
Tracks 17-19: Saturday Night Live 3 December 1983
Tracks 20-23: John Peel session recorded at an unknown studio on 29 August 1984 and broadcast 5 September 1984
Tracks 24-27: Mark Radcliffe Show, 12 March 1996
Tracks 28-30: Robert Elms GLR, 10 April 1996

12) LULLABIES TO VIOLAINE

 
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CD One
Feathers-Oar-Blades
Alas Dies Laughing
It's All But An Ark Lark
Peppermint Pig (7-inch version)
Laughlines
Hazel
Sugar Hiccup (12-inch version)
From The Flagstones
Hitherto
Because Of Whirl-Jack
The Spangle Maker
Pearly-Dewdrops’ Drops (alternate version)
Pepper-Tree
Aikea-Guinea (alternate version)
Kookaburra
Quisquose
Rococo

CD Two
Pink Orange Red
Ribbed And Veined
Plain Tiger
Sultitan Itan
Great Spangled Fritillary
Melonella
Pale Clouded White
Eggs And Their Shells
Love’s Easy Tears
Those Eyes, That Mouth
Sigh’s Smell Of Farewell
Orange Appled
Iceblink Luck
Mizake The Mizan
Watchlar

4-CD Box Set


Vol 1 Double CD





Vol 2 Double CD



 
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CD Three
Evangeline
Mud And Dark
Summer-Blink
Winter Wonderland
Frosty The Snowman
Bluebeard
Three-Swept
Ice-Pulse
Bluebeard (acoustic version)
Twinlights
Rilkean Heart (acoustic version)
Golden-Vein (acoustic version)
Pink Orange Red (acoustic version)
Half-Gifts (acoustic version)

CD Four
Feet-Like Fins
Seekers Who Are Lovers
Violaine
Cherry-Coloured Funk
Tishbite
Primitive Heart
Flock Of Soul
Round
An Elan
Violaine
Smile
Tranquil Eye
Circling Girl
Alice

 

Compilation of all the EP tracks, a limited edition of 10,000 copies but subsequently re-released as 2 double CDs