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History

The first thing to say about the COCTEAU TWINS is that they make the most consistently beautiful music that you're ever likely to hear, this side of swallowing three capsuls of Ecstasy and bringing Mozart back from the dead.

The second thing to say about them is that they, of any group, are perhaps least suited to biographical explanations. By the very nature of their music, any attempt to pin them down, write them up, ans stick them on a shelf is going to do them a disservice.

The third thing to say about the COCTEAU TWINS is that no-one should be put off by the grandiose rantings of their interpreters, who put finger to typewriter key whilst under the Cocteau's heavy influence.

There is a pretty good reason for the band attracting eulogies, during their life, which read "Surely this band is the voice of God", or "The COCTEAU's are to pop music what the Impressionists were to painting in the late 19th Century". The reason is, putting it simply, that the COCTEAU TWINS are uniquely brilliant.

Source: 4AD (1990)

Discography

1982
GARLANDS (LP/CD)
Blood Bitch - Wax and Wane - But I'm Not - Blind Dumb Deaf - Shallow Then Halo - The Hollow Men - Garlands - Grail Overfloweth

LULLABIES (12")
Feathers Oar Blades - Alas Dies Laughing - It's All But An Ark-Lark

1983
PEPPERMINT PIG (7"/12")
Peppermint Pig (7" Version) - Laugh Lines - Hazel - Peppermint Pig (12" Extended Version)

HEAD OVER HEELS (LP/CD)
When Mama Was Moth - Five Ten Fiftyfold - Sugar Hiccup - In Our Angelhood - Glass Candle Grenads - In The Gold Dust Rush - The Tinderbox (Of A Heart) - Multifoiled - My Love Paramour - Musette And Drums

SUNBURST AND SNOWBLIND (12")
Sugar Hiccup (12" Extended Version) - From The Flagstones - Hitherto - Because Of Whirl-Jack

1984
THE SPANGLE MAKER (12")
The Spangle Maker - Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops (12" Version) - Pepper-Tree - Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops (7" Version)

TREASURE (LP/CD)
Ivo - Lorelei - Beatrix - Persephone - Pandora (For Cindy) - Amelia - Aloysius - Cicely - Otterley - Donimo

1985
AIKEA-GUINEA (12")
Aikea-Guinea - Kookaburra - Quisquose - Rococo

1986
VICTORIA LAND (LP/CD)
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

1988
BLUE BELL KNOLL (LP/CD)
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

1990
HEAVEN OR LAS VEGAS (LP/CD)
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

1991
THE BOX SET (10 CD)
Disc 01: Feathers Oar Blades - Alas Dies Laughing - It's All But An Ark-Lark
Disc 02: Peppermint Pig (7" Version) - Laugh Lines - Hazel - Peppermint Pig (12" Extended Version)
Disc 03: Sugar Hiccup (12" Extended Version) - From The Flagstones - Hitherto - Because Of Whirl-Jack
Disc 04: Pink Orange Red - Ribbed And Veined - Plain Tiger - Sultitan Itan
Disc 05: Great Spangled Fritillary - Melonella - Pale Clouded White - Eggs And Their Shells
Disc 06: Aikea-Guinea - Kookaburra - Quisquose - Rococo
Disc 07: Dials - Crushed - The High-Monkey Monk - Oomingmak (Instrumental Version)
Disc 08: The Spangle Maker - Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops (12" Version) - Pepper-Tree - Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops (7" Version)
Disc 09: Love's Easy Tears - Those Eyes, That Mouth - Sigh's Smell Of Farewell - Orange Appled
Disc 10: Dials - Crushed - The High-Monkey Monk - Oomingmak (Instrumental Version)

1993
FOUR CALENDAR CAFE (CD)
Know Who You Are At Every Age - Evangeline - Bluebeard - Theft, And Wandering Around Lost - Oil Of Angels - Squeeze Wax - My Truth - Essence - Summerhead - Pur

1996
MILK AND KISSES (CD)
Violaine - Serpentskirt - Tishbite - Half-Gifts - Calfskin-Smack - Rilkean Heart - Ups - Eperdu - Treasure Hiding - Seekers Who Are Lovers

1999
BBC SESSIONS (2 CD)
Disc 1: 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
Disc 2: 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

2000
STARS & TOPSOIL - 1982-90 (CD)
Blind Dumb Deaf - Sugar Hiccup - My Love Paramour - Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops - Lorelei - Pandora - Aikea-Guinea - Pink Orange Red - Pale Clouded White - Lazy Calm - The Thinner The Air - Orange Appled - Cico Buff - Carolyn's Fingers - Fifty-Fifty Clown - Iceblink Luck - Heaven Or Las Vegas - Watchlar

Links

Official COCTEAU TWINS site