Cocteau Twins

O Cocteau Twins foi formado em 1979 na Escócia pelo guitarrista Robin Guthrie, o baixista Will Heggie - que saiu da banda em 1983, cedendo o lugar para Simon Raymonde -, e a vocalista Elizabeth Fraser (namorada de Guthrie) sob influências de artistas como Kraftwerk, David Bowie, Joy Division, Kate Bush e Siouxsie and the Banshees.

A música da banda ganhou repercussão no cenário independente devido ao pop sofisticado que o trio construiu em seus discos, principalmente a partir do disco 'Treasure'. A canções atmosféricas e a maravilhosa voz de Elizabeth Fraser - cantando letras indecifráveis - contribuíram para a bela e estranha música do grupo.

Cocteau Twins se tornou uma banda ícone da 4AD, e, com seu estilo etéreo, foi uma das percussoras do dream pop. Em 1982, já residindo em Londres, o trio assinou contrato com a gravadora 4AD e lançou o primeiro álbum, 'Garlands'. Na sequência saíram 'Head over Heels' (1983), 'Treasure' (1984) e 'Victorialand' (1986).

2000 | DARK TREASURES
A GOTHIC TRIBUTE TO THE COCTEAU TWINS

01. Rhea's Obsession | Cicely
02. Mephisto Walz | Iceblink Luck
03. Inertia (4) | Athol-Brose
04. Jennifer Hope | Seekers Who Are Lovers
05. Trance To The Sun | The Thinner The Air
06. Andrea Lane | Violaine
07. Absinthee | Shallow Then Halo
08. Faith And Disease | Amelia
09. The Machine In The Garden | Need Fire
10. The Autumns | Garlands
11. Diva Destruction | Persephone
12. Fear Of Dolls | Wax And Wane
13. Godbox | Blood Bitch
14. Oneiroid Psychosis & Kristy Venrick | Treasure Hiding
15. Stare (2) | In Our Angelhood

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Simon Raymonde, que foi convidado para trabalhar no segundo álbum do This Mortal Coil, não participou das gravação de 'Victorialand', um álbum predominantemente acústico que incluiu apenas Guthrie e Fraser. Raymonde retornou ao grupo para 'The Moon and the Melodies' (1986), uma colaboração do trio com o compositor americano Harold Budd.

'Blue Bell Knoll', o quinto álbum do Cocteau Twins foi lançado em 1988. Dois anos depois, em 1990, saiu 'Heaven or Las Vegas', o mais bem sucedido disco do grupo, atingindo o sétimo lugar na parada britânica. 'Heaven or Las Vegas' foi o último álbum de estúdio do trio lançada pela 4AD.

Em 1991, a banda se apresentou no Brasil, na cidade de São Paulo, no extinto Projeto SP.

Pela Mercury Records, o grupo lançou seus dois últimos álbuns de estúdio: 'Four-Calendar Café' (1993) e 'Milk and Kisses' (1996). Em 1997, durante as gravações do que seria o nono disco, o trio se desfez. Em parte, a separação de Guthrie e Fraser foi o principal motivo do fim do Cocteau Twins.

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1982 | GARLANDS

01. Blood Bitch
02. Wax and Wane
03. But I'm Not
04. Blind Dumb Deaf
05. Shallow Then Halo
06. The Hollow Men
07. Garlands
08. Grail Overfloweth
John Peel Radio Sessions Selections from 1982-1983
09. Dear Heart
10. Hazel
11. Hearsay Please
12. Blind Dumb Deaf
Bonus Tracks (from unreleased first single)
13. Speak No Evil
14. Perhaps Some Other Aeon

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1983 | HEAD OVER HILLS

01. When Mama Was Moth
02. Five Ten Fiftyfold
03. Sugar Hiccup
04. In Our Angelhood
05. Glass Candle Grenads
06. In the Gold Dust Rush
07. The Tinderbox (of a heart)
08. Multifoiled
09. My Love Paramour
10. Musette and Drums

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1984 | TREASURE

01. Ivo
02. Lorelei
03. Beatrix
04. Persephone
05. Pandora (for Cindy)
06. Amelia
07. Aloysius
08. Cicely
09. Otterley
10. Donimo

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1985 | THE PINK OPAQUE

01. The Spangle Maker
02. Millimillenary
03. Wax and Wane
04. Hitherto
05. Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops
06. From the Flagstones
07. Aikea-Guinea
08. Lorelei
09. Pepper-Tree
10. Musette and Drums

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1986 | THE MOON AND THE MELODIES

01. Sea, Swallow Me
02. Memory Gongs
03. Why Do You Love Me?
04. Eyes are Mosaics
05. She Will Destroy You
06. The Ghost Has No Home
07. Bloody and Blunt
08. Ooze Out and Away, Onehow

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1986 | VICTORIALAND

01. Lazy Calm
02. Fluffy Tufts
03. Throughout the Dark Months of April and May
04. Whales Tails
05. Oomingmak
06. Little Spacey
07. Feet-Like Fins
08. How to Bring a Blush to the Snow
09. The Thinner the Air

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1988 | BLUE BELL KNOLL

01. Blue Bell Knoll
02. Athol-Brose
03. Carolyn's Fingers
04. For Phoebe Still a Baby
05. The Itchy Glowbo Blow
06. Cico Buff
07. Suckling the Mender
08. Spooning Good Singing Gum
09. A Kissed Out Red Floatboat
10. Ella Megalast Burls Forever

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1990 | HEAVEN OR LAS VEGAS

01. Cherry-coloured funk
02. Pitch the baby
03. Iceblink luck
04. Fifty-Fifty Clown
05. Heaven or Las Vegas
06. I Wear Your Ring
07. Fotzepolitic
08. Wolf in The Breast
09. Road, River and Rail
10. Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires

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1993 | FOUR-CALENDAR CAFE

01. Know Who You Are at Every Age
02. Evangeline
03. Bluebeard
04. Theft, and Wandering Around Lost
05. Oil of Angels
06. Squeeze Wax
07. My Truth
08. Essence
09. Summerhead
10. Pur

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1996 | MILK & KISSES

01. Know Who You Are at Every Age
02. Evangeline
03. Bluebeard
04. Theft, and Wandering Around Lost
05. Oil of Angels
06. Squeeze Wax
07. My Truth
08. Essence
09. Summerhead
10. Pur

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1999 | BBC SESSIONS

DISC 1

(From John Peel Radio Session, 15 July 1982)
01. Wax and Wane
02. Garlands
03. Alas Dies Laughing
04. Feathers-Oar-Blades
(From John Peel Radio Session, 31 January 1983)
05. Hearsay Please
06. Dear Heart
07. Blind Dumb Deaf
08. Hazel
(From John Peel Radio Session, 4 October 1983)
09. The Tinderbox (of a heart)
10. Strange Fruit
11. Hitherto
12. From the Flagstones
(From John Peel Radio Session, 10 October 1983)
13. Sugar Hiccup
14. In Our Angelhood
15. My Hue and Cry
16. Musette and Drums

DISC 2

(From Saturday Night Live, 3 December 1983)
01. Hitherto
02. From the Flagstones
03. Musette and Drums
(From John Peel Radio Session, 5 September 1984)
04. Pepper-Tree
05. Beatrix
06. Ivo
07. Otterley
(From Mark Radcliffe Radio Show, 12 March 1996)
08. Serpentskirt
09. Golden-vein
10. Half-Gifts
11. Seekers Who Are Lovers
(From Robert Elms GLR, 10 April 1996)
12. Calfskin-Smack
13. Fifty-fifty clown
14. Violaine

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2000 | STARS AND TOPSOIL

01. Blind Dumb Deaf
02. Sugar Hiccup
03. My Love Paramour
04. Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops
05. Lorelei
06. Pandora
07. Aikea-Guinea
08. Pink Orange Red
09. Pale Clouded White
10. Lazy Calm
11. The Thinner the Air
12. Orange Appled
13. Cico Buff
14. Carolyn's Fingers
15. Fifty-Fifty Clown
16. Iceblink Luck
17. Heaven or Las Vegas
18. Watchlar

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2005 | LULLABIES TO VIOLANE

Disc 1

01. Feathers-Oar-Blades
02. Alas Dies Laughing
03. It's All But an Ark Lark
04. Peppermint Pig (7" version)
05. Laugh Lines
06. Hazel
07. Sugar Hiccup (12" version)
08. From the Flagstones
09. Hitherto
10. Because of Whirl-Jack
11. The Spangle Maker
12. Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops (Alternate version)
13. Pepper-Tree
14. Aikea-Guinea (Alternate version)
15. Kookaburra
16. Quisquose
17. Rococo

DISC 2

01. Pink Orange Red
02. Ribbed and Veined
03. Plain Tiger
04. Sultitan Itan
05. Great Spangled Fritillary
06. Melonella
07. Pale Couded White
08. Eggs and Their Shells
09. Love's Easy Tears
10. Those Eyes, That Mouth
11. Sigh's Smell of Farewell
12. Orange Appled
13. Iceblink Luck
14. Mizake the Mizan
15. Watchlar

DISC 3

01. Evangeline
02. Mud and Dark
03. Summer-Blink
04. Winter Wonderland
05. Frosty the Snowman
06. Bluebeard
07. Three-Swept
08. Ice-Pulse
09. Bluebeard (Acoustic version)
10. Rilkean Heart (Acoustic version)
11. Golden-Vein
12. Pink Orange Red (Acoustic version)
13. Half-Gifts (Acoustic version)

DISC 4

01. Feet-Like Fins (Ambient Remix)
02. Seekers Who Are Lovers (Ambient Remix)
03. Violaine (Ambient Remix)
04. Cherry-Coloured Funk (Ambient Remix)
05. Tishbite (Edit)
06. Primitive Heart
07. Flock of Soul
08. Round
09. An Elan
10. Violaine
11. Smile
12. Tranquil Eye
13. Circling Girl
14. Alice

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