Heaven Or Las Vegas

2 sterne

kinda snooze but inoffensive

Meh. Not bad, but feels a lot like a 90's version of ABBA.

Some pretty good sounds, but not really my thing

Nothing special, didn't feel like listening to the full album.

Wonderful

Massive meh

I could not warm up to anything about this record.

Massante, chato.

This one didn't really hold my attention.

Really not my cup of tea. I only got about half way through before giving up

Boring

Not my favorite or memorable.

I want to like this more than I do

I think this album really was pretty, but pretty does not equal not boring. I liked the vibe at the start. The album is soft and ethereal, but that faded away fairly quick. I grew a little bored around song 3 or 4. The vocalists sometimes sounded like they were mumbling, and some of the songs were so similar it was hard to tell the song had changed. I thought this had potential but left something to be desired.

I

Not sure what to make of this.

Forgettable.

A bit boring, it is nice but so far there s no song that i would like to add to my playlist, like nothing special.

Un disco bastante bueno y mejor que lo que he tenido que escuchar últimamente. Muy bonito y con momentos de perfección. Salvo muchas canciones

This was uniquely annoying, because it felt like I should be understanding the lyrics but learned that they were intentionally indecipherable. Most songs followed a pop structure, albeit ethereal, and at first I thought Elizabeth Fraser was singing a different language, but I occasionally heard some English in some songs. It was hard to latch onto anything.

not a vibe personally. the lead singer's inflections is off putting. Cool instrumentals tho

90s british emo pop...ehhhhhh

This could have its time and place but in my car while working was neither.

I came in with high expectations, but this was a bit of a nothing album

Ah nan par contre... Ça je laisserai pas passer. Le pire c'est que l'album est pas mauvais, mais qu'il est à mon sens tellement surcoté, je crois que j'ai rarement vu ça. Franchement j'ai presque rien retenu au global de la tracklist et même en tant qu'album, la DA et l'ambiance un peu electronic m'as vraiment déplu, c'est une immense déception.

Monotonous. Nice voices

Very uninteresting to me.

I don’t need this in my life right now.

Nothing bad about this album, but I didn’t feel anything Great about it either.

Meh

The music is very smooth. Kind of giving late night drive vibes, but alas the album did not really grab my attention except for like 2 songs.

Glossy and ethereal, but not something I'd put on to listen to. Reminds me of slightly elevated 80s pop, I might hear it in a department store or something.

I could understang its appeal to some, but not for me

Never heard of them. Not offensive but would never choose to listen to again.

Got kinda repetitive, not for me. 2.4/5

nauseating??

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This was unique

I don’t hate it . Not sure what situation I would find myself listening to it 🤷🏻‍♂️

Innovators of dream pop. Pleasant to listen to but too similar sounding.

Jenny: What's this? Me: The Cocteau Twins Jenny: Is it actual cocteaus?

Didn't strike me as anything too incredible, but listenable. Very much feels like background music.

I love Scottish Pop, I love Dream Pop, I love Shoegaze, I love 4AD, I love that moment in the late 80’s when indie bands popped their heads above the Radio 1 daytime playlist parapet and I love the Cocteau Twins and from that landscape RGP gives us this…FFS…top of the 2 star albums thus far. Tom.

It grew on me but not to a point where I’m going to miss it. The lyrics get lost for me and I found myself working hard to understand.

Cocteau? Like the french playwright? Evidently not as what I was presented with was pretty unremarkable. I'm not sure what gets this album on any lists as it didn't appear to be doing anything special. The genre dream pop does seem to describe it pretty well as the overall feel was relatively whimsical and light. I'll admit I was enjoying the first half of the album a bit, but it didn't have the stamina to keep me interested through the second half. After 15 minutes all the songs started to blend together and I realized I hadn't understood a single lyric to that point. As it limped across the finish line I was pretty happy when it wrapped up. The best application I can think of for this Cocteau Twins album is a late afternoon festival band on the small stage. After already hitting a couple of the acts and standing in the sun all day you need to eat something, recover a bit and rest before you gear up for the larger headliners. The background dream pop works as some passive white noise that scratches the itch while you lay on a blanket for 20 minutes and talk to your group about who else from the lineup you are interested in for the rest of the day. I don't believe I've been previously aware of Cocteau Twins but you could convince me that I've overheard them in the background of a festival in this exact scenario and it would make sense. 1.71 stars

what a horrible voice. I sort of got used to it and it faded to mild dislike until something about wearing a ring played and it was bloody awful I had to turn it off.

De er inne på noe, men dette er først og fremst kjedelig.

Difficult to connect to as the lyrics are basically incomprehensible. Can hear this record's influence on more recent bands. Beach House is an obvious comparison, but I like their music better than this. Not "bad" per se, just not terribly interesting.

Felt like a fever dream, not really sure what happened but I wouldn’t go looking to put them on again

An average/slightly below average album. 4/10

Not a good album, very samey, would not listen again

It wasnt noteworthy 2 stars A strong 3 out of 10

This didn't quite get me hooked on anything? Interesting to listen to, nice vibe, but like no song in there I was like "I have to get that in my liked songs!" which is a shame

“ I want to love a-bom-a-bom-bom me” ^one of the few things said i could understand

Idk this isn’t good

Meh.

Failed to really grab me or inspire me.

não gostei tanto assim.

Ok

Liked the first few but not so hot on the rest

Okay. I like the transition songs to shoegaze more than the 80s style dream poppy songs.

Meh

La primera canción aporta una ambientación muy buena pero durante el álbum se hace repetitivo el mismo sonido, no consigues diferenciar las canciones claramente. Se hace aburrido conforme pasa el álbum. Está bien para dejar de fondo pero no tanto para una escucha activa.

It didn't compel me.

Not sure what was other than a boring time capsule from the early 90s

Whole album sounded the same. Not a standout to me.

French pop rock. More enjoyable than the British pop rock we've heard, but still a little slow and boring. 5/10

Ok I’m still at the first song and I must say I love the instrumental. It reminds me of another song but I can’t remember which one. Okk finished it. I only liked the first song, the rest was disappointing honestly

Numbing, yet still irritating.

Well, my shoes have been thoroughly gazed at and I didn’t entirely enjoy it. Bonus point for some of it being in French

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Can't stand the production. Too washy and verby for me. It is very of it's time.

Elevator music from the future.

The music is catchy and interesting but the mix is awful so far Its a really floaty pop sound but the mids are so loud on the synths its grating and overtaking the mix And this is the remastered version oof Couldnt finish the album even it was too harsh to listen to

I like the writing, and I like the vocals. All the vocal ornaments are clean and pretty. But I find it hard to get past the reverb and the overwhelming highs in the mix. I think if it were the same songs mixed more like a Sabrina Carpenter album, I would like it a lot more. Kind of has a similar vibe to the Cranberries, which I enjoy, but the mixing is giving me sensory overload. 2.5

Oh this is vibey right off the bat. Super dreamy first song. Guitar effects are pretty neat for the first three songs. I find the drum tone a bit too reverb, feels like bad 80s drums. Compositionally these songs are so different than what I typically hear. The first song I like, it was interesting and balanced, kicked off the album well. The others have been pretty bleh. As much as I’ve never been someone to deeply and consciously listen to lyrics, for some reason my brain turns that off, I usually just listen to vocal melody and cadence. I didn’t like these vocals. This doesn’t sound like it’s in English but just looked up lyrics, it is. I just realized it’s a heavy Scottish accent, it becomes more clear as the album goes on. The vocal delivery and performance feel disjointed from the music to me. Songs 4 and 5 6, I thought for a moment oh maybe this will be good from the music intro but then the chord changes ruin it for me. I just really don’t care for it. And the vocal melodies overtop, nah, not it. I Wear Your Ring was foul lol. The harmonics in Road, River and Rail were not working for me. Seems like there’s key changes in Frou-frou song, and the instruments seem to lag with catching up to the vocals, when they finally do it’s not a bad outro. Overall, it feels very 90s. First song was pretty cool, I can imagine popping that cd into a system and listening back in the 90s, but the rest of the album sharply went downhill for me. Went back to listen to the first song, cherry coloured funk, and it still stands as the best song on the album to me, still not something I’ll be adding to my playlists. To have honest I wish I could have just stopped there, listening to the rest of the album skewed how I hear that first song for sure. 2.5/5 as an album but the first song gets a 3.5

This music all sounds the same.

Not my thing.

En okänd grupp för mig. Jag gillar titeln på plattan. Jag har ett problem efter en lyssning. I mina öron låter allt lite samey. Jag har svårt att höra vart en låt slutar och nästa börjar om jag lyssnar passivt. Jag kan förstå vad gruppen försökte göra med detta album. Det är luftigt, spaceigt och ambienceigt, eller vad man ska kalla det. Och man lyckas I guess. Det låter bra tycker jag. Men allt är för intetsägande för mina öron. Kul att ha bekantat mig med Coctau Twins men fler snurr blir det nog inte för mig.

ok, but didnt like the voice

A very 90s-sounding album. Very not for me.

It had something that was a bit annoying, but overal it was an oke album

This was ok. Not 100% my style, but it was fine and I could pick out some elements that I enjoyed. I don’t know that I would ever go back to it, and honestly it’s one of those albums that I guess I just don’t get. Like why is it on this list? What makes people love this record?

I was not a fan of the twins in the 80s northern 90s back then we would call that music experimental. Björk put out some great music with a similar style but harder hitting melodies and instruments. 30 years later, I’m still not a fan

Slow, not memorable

Meh

I didn't get on with that very much... Not my thing.

An immaculate sounding album. Shame it doesn’t mean a damn thing.

This group was never on my radar although I am familiar with Pearly-Dewdrops Drops (not sure where I first heard it). Not an album I'd seek out again.

At first listen I found it a very unique sound. As I got farther in, it all sounded the same. Maybe it would have been much more palatable if you could understand the words in the songs.

Iceblink luck is an amazing song but this kind of pop was mastered by the sundays and this just isn't in the same realm. File with the cure as a potential good idea that should have never have got further.

Overall, not my jam

Meh

I did not care for this at all.

For over 30 years I've tried to appreciate this album or at least understand why so many people love. Still don't see it, it's boring

No thank you.

Pretty bland

Know the name, never listened before - let’s see… Kinda meh-ball for me. A bit wet, don’t love the box and instruments feel a bit rough and basic. Not a great mix either. Yeh, don’t like the effects on the vox, the gated drums and instruments in general. Again, terrible mix. And didn’t get the reviews about not being able to tell the language they are singing in or words, but now I get it. Yep, ready for this to finish (2.5)

Felt like the potential to be good was there, just came short

As someone who enjoyed 80’s pop, I was surprised not to know any of the songs. It was a decent listen. On a few songs it seemed like she was singing in another language, so I tried to look at the lyrics but they were unavailable. I looked them up afterwards and learned that singing unintelligibly was her thing. :/

Ephemeral: check Atmospheric: check Understandable: not at all

New age drivel

This record was not for me. I can appreciate what they've done here with the production and instrumentation. After the first track, I just couldn't get into the rest of this record. Favourite Track(s): Pitch the Baby Least Favourite Track(s): Cherry-Coloured Funk

Blissful tunes but not my bag All sounds a bit samey

Me aburrió

Very repetitive, with improvised vocal melodies that provide no hook at all.

- shimmery guitars and distorted drums = the Cure's Disintegration album, but dipped in a vat of molten sugar (esp the title track and the opening part of "Wolf in the Breast" -- they're like sweeter, more colorful versions of "Pictures of You") - I had a very hard time understanding the lyrics; I maybe caught one out of every 10 words. usually I'm not frustrated by this whatsoever, but I found myself getting more annoyed as the album went on. still, the effect of layering head and chest voices an octave apart in some of the songs is a cool effect that I appreciate - thinking more about the (surprising) amount of frustration I felt, I think it's because there's a little too much going on layering-wise -- I wanted to tell the other vocal tracks "quiet down, I want to hear what this one is saying first," but the fact that there were two or three different melodies with different lyrics all playing at once in a few songs was like trying to focus on a single TV in a sports bar when seven other games are playing on other screens

Meh.

I have always found the Cocteau Twins to have great harmony but to be essentially background music. Not a fan.

Meh. Not really into this.

Ehh

Nije dan za ove albume koji su me snašli, nezz zašto ih je toliko dosadnih. 2/5, 3/10

For some reason I always thought these guys were an electronic group. Maybe their stuff was just remixed a bunch by DJs. In any case, it certainly sounds a little better as one track mixed into a DJ set of other stuff than it does in a full album of very similar stuff. Maybe I'd like it more on ecstasy, I dunno. It all has a very floaty aspect. 2/5

I struggled to have a view on this album. There was nothing that grabbed me in any way, but at the same time it wasn’t shit just a bit meh

I had never listened to Cocteau Twins before and probably never will again. It sounded too much like art school wankery for me to really get through without rolling my eyes. Oddly, I had a dream (nightmare?) that there were another 7 of their albums to listen to as part of this project…

2.0 - Weak

Very not good

Ok music that sounded like the Cranberries but I couldn't understand any lyrics. Boring overall.

Not my scene but not a bad album.

Kinda uninteresting and boring

This is my second Cocteau Twins album. I was excited to receive this album because I was completely blown away by Treasure. The one thing that really irked me about this album was the alternation between songs with actual lyrics and songs with simply vocal sounds. This back and forth made the album feel inconsistent; it’s almost like two different albums intermingled. It really pulled me out of the ethereal dreamscape vibe I expected. Honestly, this album sounds uninspired. Much of the music seems to drone on and gets lost in sameness. The vocals have beautiful moments, but they feel overly layered on several tracks and don’t allow Elizabeth Fraser’s voice to shine through like it could/should. I’m truly disappointed in this album. I expected greatness and instead heard mediocrity. Thank goodness I have Treasure to fall back on.

Dream pop? More like “dream popped me to sleep”. Although the last song was catchy and pretty good

I listened to this album and I honestly remember very little about it.

Meh.

Spacy electronics, breathy vocals, some catchy lightweight pop

Not for me.

Neither.

First time listener. Her voice is angelic but it pulled no heartstrings of mine. The lyrics didn't pull me in, nor could I understand most of them. I do like some Cocteau Twins cuts. This is fine and likely above average, but in this context I can't see giving it high marks.

What in the world? Stylish? Yes. Odd? Yes. My thing? No

Meh

Not for me

Eh. I feel like i now know where modern hipster Indie music got its style from

I was always vaguely aware of the existence of the Cocteau Twins, if this album is their high point it explains why their music never made it into my conscious thought. It’s dreamy and overproduced like a less interesting Enya with hints of a poor man’s prototype Garbage. Hard to think why anyone would chose to listen to this when there’s a world of other music out there

A bit wishy washy for me.

Their sixth album. Indie Rock / Shoegaze. Atmospheric, ephemeral, Indie Pop. Very dreamy, vocally sounds like gibberish. It's na bit same. Nothing here is spectacular but nothing can exactly shit either. A nice album...just.. nice.

sounds like updated Abba, don't like abba, didn't like this

Fine as background music but many of the tracks are boring and many of the lyrics are indecipherable. As others commented, it was often difficult to determine what language it was.

Middle of the road stuff for me. One listen is enough.

Tynn suppe

Not a favorite but listenable. Maybe if I listened again it will be better.

Annoying vocals. Bit bland. A couple of tunes stand out though

Surely the best albums are the ones that provoke strong reactions in people when they hear them? I was familiar with his album and it's never been something that I like, I think the vocal style of Liz Fraser is really off putting and I have really tried but it's just not for me. I'm glad that it's so magical for so many people but I'm afraid that I'll never be one of them. Also, I normally love 4AD artwork but I don't even like the album cover.

I like the core soul and melodicity of this album for sure. It is quite hard to understand the lyrics for sure. This album makes me feel like I am in a ball in 1960 and I drink a champagne with my loving wife. 2/5

In each song, one Cocteau Twin makes up some new gibberish while another Cocteau Twin plays the same music

Nudy 2

Dream pop before Beach House cam along and showed you how to do dream pop.

Meh

Indy pop from the 90s. Not my thing.

Had to listen twice because the first time was so forgettable lmao

Didn’t really care for it.

This has that early 90's ethereal vibe to it, vocals a soft remind me of a number of singers at the time. I did not know they had been going since '79. Not my go to, has that new romantic feel as well stand and sway. Stand out tracks: - Cherry-coloured funk

No thanks.

Ese sonido etereo que es la gran caracteristica de este disco nunca fue de mi agrado.

tiresome dreamy prettiness

Samey. Never got terribly interesting to me.

Enjoyable in spots, a bit boring in others.

Exceptional album for a sunset drive or a bubble bath. Terrible album for every other life scenario. Faves: - Pitch the Baby - Heaven or Las Vegas - Wolf in the Breast

This would be on aux in a megamall on board the ISS

I guess I don’t like dream pop

I really liked this when it came out. But so wispy and ethereal for me now.

Not bad but a bit bland

I couldn’t really get into this one. It was fine playing in the background, didn’t actively annoy me, but it didn’t really announce its presence either. 2 stars I guess, for not being annoying?

It's fine, not terribly offensive or anything, but I don't expect it go back to it ever. Frankly, I was shocked that Cocteau Twins were still releasing albums in 1990.

Kind of a wistful, dreamy shoegaze. Not exactly my thing, but it was enjoyable enough.

Not bad, but not my style. Didn’t do anything for me

There are many elements of this music that I like, but they come together on this album like a sonic splat. I find this sound generally unpleasant, an issue I have with most shoegaze music. All that said, this album is okay, but I was glad when it was over. Standout track: Cherry-coloured Funk

Not that good.

Averege. I didnt noticed when spotify switch to something else.

Man! Also, really really really boring. Lots of 2-stars snoozers lately.

Didn’t need to listen to this - mixing was weird, couldn’t understand the lyrics. Sounded like europop. Neither heaven nor Las Vegas

This definitely fell into the category of why do I need to listen to this before I die

Honestly, I’m not sure I actually caught any of the actual words/am not sure what language this is but I really enjoyed the calming melody and music. Would maybe be a fun show to attend, but not something I would listen to consistently.

Very 80s and very boring

This is the definition of middle of the road for me. I like the singles and I love her voice. However one song (I could have misheard) sounded like she was singing about "The Gremlins." 2/5

Another one where I felt nothing

Not very inspiring

Not my cuppa

Frustrating as I like to follow the lyrics

Didn't know what shoegaze was until I listened to this, but I don't like it. Vocals are too ethereal, the drum machine is soulless and why are some songs in German?

Sounded like happy 80s goth. Some of the sounds were interesting, but it mostly bored me. 2 stars.

Drone sounding, lush, definitely early 90’s sound that influenced bands a few years later…The Sunday’s, Lush, Ride. Appreciate the musical direction of the album but just didn’t grab ahold of me.

Not really for me.

Heaven or Las Vegas felt super dreamy and floaty, but most of it didn’t really catch my attention — especially the first few songs, which just kind of passed me by. I liked parts of it, like the instrumental on the title track and “Fifty-Fifty Clown” had a nice vibe, but overall it’s not really my style. It wasn’t bad to have in the background, but I wouldn’t go back to it. Just didn’t click with me. 4/10

achei mais ou menos. não é o tipo de música que eu curto.

I was mostly bored here. I didn't like it very much. It may be because I don't like dream pop very much at all but I was not into this. Also I found the songs themselves to be boring and I really hate how buried the vocals are in the mix (something that is hit or miss for me depending on the album) I don't see myself returning to this

Il y a un petit côté Mylène Farmer absolument nul.

Not really my thing

Not my thing but can hear the influence on modern indie pop couldn’t believe it was made in 1990

I remember these guys being on 120 Minutes occasionally. I kind of like the title track but this isn't really my cup of tea.

Very 80's, dreamy goth sounding vibe with indecipherable vocals. If you told me Ai made this I would have believed you. This is nice as background music while you concentrate on other things, but it's not something that's great to actively listen to.

This is what is known as 'Dream Pop', which is very fitting because it sent me to sleep.

Like a dream nobody wants to have. Not a nightmare - just continually unpleasant and the antithesis of refreshing.

Eh album

forgettable

Poprilično ubitačno. Čak je i 37 minuta predugo. Mogla sam preskočiti pola pjesama i ništa ne fuliti. Tek se u zadnjoj pjesmi nešto malo desi.

Everything sounds the same tbh

Can't stand Cocteau Twins droning pathetic pseudo-melancholy. It grates on my nerves. I'm not listening to this.

👍🏽

Vocals are too low in the mix most of the time- indistinct and flat; shitty 80s synthesizers are poured all over every song. Really unpleasant to listen to. the title track and closing track are tunes strong enough to stand out to me despite the production- so maybe if the whole thing was re-recorded by an actually decent band, even more songs would reveal themselves. but yeah, I profoundly dislike this.

alright like

Not my favorite and honestly pretty boring to me. 2/5

2.0 I was listening to this in the office and wasnt really loud enough to capture any sort of soundscape they were trying to accomplish. The vocals seemed annoying raspy/breathy. May or may not giver another go.

Almost like a pop version of Shoegaze. A bit dreary though

Ich versteh nix, könnte besser sein, aber da fehlt was. 2 Sternchen

Eerste kerstdag jongstleden kreeg ik de Tweeling al voorgeschoteld en ik ging er eigenlijk blind van uit dat dat de enige keer zou zijn in deze lijst. Dat ze er twee keer in staan verbaast me. Ik hoopte op meer 'Persephone' want dat vond ik een gave track, maar die kant lijkt het juist helemaal niet op te gaan op dit album. Dit album is wat meer chamberpop-achtig, als ik m'n genres goed beheers. Dit album is later gemaakt dan die andere entry in deze lijst en toch lijkt het haast meer 80s te klinken, wat ik niet als compliment bedoel. Ik geef ook dit album 2 sterren, maar ik vind hem iets matiger dan het andere album. Deze entry is wat mij betreft totaal onnodig.

I was surprised at the date of this one as I associate there Cocteau Twins with the 80’s. This was alot of… nothing. Airiness with no energy. Very difficult to tell one track from the next. It didn’t hurt to listen to it so I’ll give it two stars, but if it were up to me I wouldn’t include this album on this list at all.

There may be some feeling here, but doing LSD with Enya I suppose you end up in Las Vegas?

A couple of songs here that I thought were pretty decent, and one or two I'll listen to again Side note - I honest to god thought that this entire album was in an entirely different language other than English. I was curious where this album came from and wanted to know the language so I could translate what they were singing about. Imagine my surprise that this *was* written in English. I found that hilarious because despite this album has some cool instrumentals and a fun style, it just might be the worst case of unintentional, incomprehensible singing and "mush mouth" I've ever heard in a major album.

Not my cup of tea. The singers voice was nonsensical by design and I don’t like the style of music.

Ethereal electro pop

I couldn’t tell what was going on like half the album, vocals felt like it was another language couldn’t decipher it. Overall just felt like it was mad forgettable.

3 good songs and that’s it. I kinda like the 80s kinda retro wave vibe.

not for me to sit and listen to. ok to have on in the background

I don't mind listening to music in various languages, but I just found this album to be a bit boring. Each new track sounded very much like the last, and it was all a little too pop jingly whiney for me. I'm shocked at how many negative reviews there are simply because the album is not all in English!

It was 1990. And this album was trying DESPERATELY to cling to the 80s. Definitely not the album for me.

2/5 The two main tracks of the album are amazing!! Especially the introductory one. However, the rest of the songs sound badly mixed. Basically ruined it for me. Second to last title could be saved too. Quite disappointing general impression given the highs.

This was alright background music, this style of ethereal pop just isn't really my thing.

Dream pop. I didn’t even know this was a genre! Not my style or groove but glad I learned about it.

No, no, no. I don't understand why would someone suggested this album.

this one's just not for me!

I just couldn’t connect with Heaven or Las Vegas. Don’t get me wrong—the Cocteau Twins clearly have a unique sound, and I can see why this album is considered a dream pop classic. But for me, it didn’t hit the right notes, and I struggled to enjoy it beyond a surface level. There’s no denying the ethereal quality of the album. The lush instrumentals and layered production create a dreamy, almost otherworldly vibe. If nothing else, it’s a testament to their talent for creating mood and ambiance. The band’s willingness to blur boundaries between lyrics, vocals, and instruments is interesting, even if it wasn’t to my taste. I know her voice is the heart of the Cocteau Twins’ sound, but I just couldn’t get into it. To me, it feels too floaty and impenetrable, like it’s trying to sound beautiful at the expense of being relatable. it felt too squeaky clean. It lacks the rawness or edge that would ground the music in something more real and tangible. Instead, it sounds too polished, almost too perfect. Her delivery feels distant, and the lack of clarity made it even harder for me to connect emotionally After a few tracks, everything started to blend together. The songs lack the variety or dynamism to keep me hooked from start to finish. It felt like it was all atmosphere with no substance. The entire album felt like being stuck in a dream state, beautiful but aimless. It felt like everything just melted together into one big mush. There was no real structure or dynamic to break things up, making it hard to differentiate one track from the next. I kept waiting for a moment that would resonate with me, but it never came. While I can appreciate the craftsmanship and unique vision behind Heaven or Las Vegas, it’s not an album I see myself returning to. Fraser’s vocal style, combined with the lack of emotional grounding, left me feeling more frustrated than enchanted. If you love dreamy, experimental music, this might be right up your alley but personally it just wasn’t my cup of tea.

a bit overwhelming for me

Ooof. This album was not for me. It feels like an era I didnt belong to, my parents skipped over and no cool older cousins could force me to listen to I did draw some connections to bands like Joy Division - simple guitar lines with airy sonic concepts.

It all kinda ran together. Had an ethereal 90's vibe. Pretty nondescript.

Part of me feels like maybe objectively this should be a 3 as there's nothing specific here that I particularly disliked, but ultimately I was really glad when it was over so I guess there wasn't much that I liked, either. 2.2

Pretty meh of an album, nothing caught my attention and even their most played song was nothing exciting.

ook deze kelk laat ik graag aan mij voorbijgaan

So much white noise. Added one song to a playlist and banished the rest to hell. 2/5

Meh

Nice enough

A Chill Album. Overall okay.

Ok

It's just...there

Funky, but so far not really my jam. Pretty mid for me, didn't really finish all the songs. Demasiada cacofonía para mi. A más he escuchado menos me gustaba.

2.4 2x

Didn't love this

Meh

Never heard of them before, but missed nothing! Whimpering voice and boring music.

Music is okay. Not a big fan of ethereal voices.

Strong Wilson-Phillips vibes anyone?

Two stars because is there were no vocals the music would have been enjoyable.

Dreamy, boring, harmless. Won't come back probably.

I'm a simple girl, I see the word "shoegaze" in the genre list and immediately lower my expectations. These guys weren't bad. They're a little airy and insubstantial for me, but they definitely have a unique sound (very 90s) and the album was easy to listen to in the background of my day.

very much like the cure album from earlier, a bit shit if im honest, not horrific to listen to but really background music esc vaugely fun and interesting but nothing that ever grabbed me. some interesting parts and nothing id skip, but also nothing that makes me want to listen to this.. ever again

Just not really for me. Interesting but just don't enjoy this kind of music.

Someone help me understand: A: The hype here because I just don't get it, and B: What the hell these twins are saying Seriously, I had the same problem on the last album. With all the reverb, I couldn't understand any of the words. Some of the grooves were cool, sure, but I honestly don't know what they were saying half the time. I don't know. Dream Pop or whatever this was is fine, I guess. But part of me gets the sense that you just had to be there. Two stars. Standout Tracks: Cherry-coloured Funk, Pitch the Baby, Heaven or Las Vegas

Blah blah frickedy blah. Thompson Twins wannabes. Dime a dozen back in the day. Nothing to see here.

Not too sure what I'm missing but this quickly feels like background music. It's not awful and I don't really regret hearing it but I doubt I'd come back. Could be that this is great and I'm missing something, I'm just not finding it if it's there.

Never heard of this group. I dig the opening track. At the right time, and weather this could really work. The vocals are a bit weak. The production a little too muddy. Because of the lack of any kind of clarity lyrically, it becomes a little disorienting and repetitive feeling.

Nah

it hurts me to rate a band that is considered a shoegaze pioneer that "low". it's just too much dreamy sweetness to bear.

weird

I've always found the Cocteau Twins to be boring. Nothing here changes my mind.

# 336 : All the songs sound the same. I thought it was ok and I could listen to it. Its not awful, though nothing really stood out to me.

uninspired

lots of synth and some good vocal parts... probably wouldn't ever listen to this again except for Cherry Colored Funk

I'm awake! I'm awake...What time is it?

Going from a very nice goldfrapp album the day before to this is a bit jarring. It reads like it's the same genre and everything, but this was way worse than goldfrapp. Would not listen to it again.

Pleasant but drones on. Lyrics are hard to decipher

Didn’t feel anything special about this album. I kept waiting for a single song that would grab me, but it just never came through. Didn’t sound unpleasant, just wasn’t really for me.

This one came in with some high praise from the Wikipedia blurb but it failed to live up to it. Nothing special, and wasn’t a bad listen, but it didn’t captivate me in the least bit.

2/5

After nearly twenty years they produced this, usually a bands best album is at the beginning of their career. They all sound the same anyway. Is she really bad at writing lyrics, remembering them or both. Does a song sound the same each time it's performed live? Can't work out if this inspired or lazy. It just ends up being annoying. Leaning towards the latter. If the nonsense was intelligible would it make the songs worse, possibly, probably. It's a no from me.

Why is there a second Cocteau Twins album on this list when they both sound absolutely indistinguishable from each other? Okay, I'm being harsh. This does sound a bit different from Treasure. But not sufficiently so to warrant two entries on this list for the same band. Has elements of Kate Bush hiring Peter Hook as the bassist, plus lyrics that definitely inspired Sigur Rós. I can't say much more about this. It's not rubbish, but for me, listening to this drove home that dream pop really isn't my genre.

I recognise the beauty but for me this was pretty forgettable

This is music that would be played on a movie when a character is using heroin.

Pleasant but forgettable.

Not for me 2/5

More like "Purgatory or Des Moines." So much meh.

Hmmm... odd... That's what this is. It's like they thought, what would I sound like under the influence of NO at the dentist office. Comforting and painful at the same time.

Never heard of this band. Pretty boring female vocals. Not required listening at all in my opinion. Best track: Heaven or Las Vegas.

Gillar första låten. Andra är inte lika bra. Det blir lite väl esoteriska. Det passerade. Skulle inte säga att det är så bra. En stark 2a

This effort deftly combines two of my biggest album pet peeves — nonsensical lyrics and a poor vocal mix! Given that I’m pretty sure atmosphere over enunciation was the goal here it’s a bit more forgivable, though difficult to fully ignore. The dreamy, optimistic timbre of the tracks is refreshing, but also fails to meaningfully evolve over the full runtime. Pleasant, but fairly one-note outside of the closing track. Listened to: walking through Brooklyn. Favorite tracks: fifty-fifty clown, Fotzepolitic, Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires

Goth heritage (both me and the album) says I should like this. But I've tried numerous times over the years and don't get it. Too jangley shoegazy for me.

Not for me. Didn't really stand out.

Shoegaze pioneers that influenced the likes of Beach House, St. Vincent and all

A couple of fun dancey tracks but overall too dull.

The album wasnt over and I already forgot its earlier tracks

Don't think im going to either, this was straight to Boringtown

Heaven or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins A new band for me. The names are familiar but that's it. There is a sense of 80s cool going on here. Their term “lazy calm” - the name of a track on another album - is something they seem to convey. Something I might have heard in a David Lynch film perhaps. I don't recognise anything though. Let's discuss the vocals. I recognise the sounds and rhythms of English and am frustrated by my inability to understand them. It's deliberately obscure - like made up words are dropped in, and then further inveigled by layering the two vocals; one atop the other. On auditory palimpsest of blathered words. It would be interesting to experience as a work of conceptual art. To make a point, doubtless subtle and refined. But for listening music? I found it frustrating, so frustrating ,and the music wasn't so amazing as to redeem the problem with the vocals for me. (Being more patient than most with conceptual artistic stuff and having broader tastes than most, I do feel this is exactly the kind of music that might have touched me if heard in the right place, time and mood. Or with the right explanation of what the hell is going on. Perhaps today it is just that none of those converged suffictly for me. I am left feeling that this is too intentionally inaccessible to the point of being rarified and cold and it's esotericism more alienating for me, than curiosity arousing. Reluctantly giving it a 2.

Very similar to the first album we had from them. Less chaotic, more generic. Still can’t understand anything she be yodeling. 4/10

Writing this review immediately after listening to the album and I can't remember anything about it

Nice easy listening, not great though.

Not bad, but not very interesting either. Overall just did not grab my attention. 2.5/5 Won’t listen again

Some weirdness here that all sounded the same.

Totally whatever. Really did nothing for me. Didn't hate it but it just really was quite boring. I couldn't understand a word of what she was saying and it felt like there was no passion to it, just sounds. I mean I guess it didn't sound bad so that's cool I guess. Really not my cup of tea, very uninspiring.

I don't know if its just that shoegaze isn't really for me, but if it's meant to sound like one really long song that doesn't really have a rise or fall to it, then I guess it does the job.

Pleasant enough, but not moving. She had a nice voice, but….I couldn’t understand her at all! I thought she was singing in a different language. Then I looked up the lyrics online and found out much to my surprise that they were in English. Not bad, but also not worth further investigation.

Songs for moping about a boy who ignores you

Not my thing

Sounds like ABBA?

It's alright

Shoegaze is not my jam, especially when the singer is just making noises as opposed to words.

Not super offensive, but genuinely as dull as ditchwater. Yawn.

This is a strange collection of songs that has words from an unknown language. At least that is what I came to understand. What a ridiculous way to communicate. Without lyrics the music is marginally bad.

Too calm. Not bad but I wouldn’t listen to it again.

Never listened to this before and Cocteau Twins have never featured as a favourite of mine. No doubt that Elizabeth Fraser is a great vocalist but I prefer audible lyrics rather than mouth music which makes up the most of this album. I don’t think this album has aged well and is stuck in the early 90’s although at times it reminded me more of 80’s synth pop. That said it has a distinctive style but this is due to Fraser’s singing style rather than the music. A mid rated 2.5 but falls wrong side of a likeable album for me therefore a 2.

Meh

Schwer für mich, wie ich dieses Album einzuschätzen habe. Es ist irgendwie langweilig und doch schön. Es ist gradlinig, kaum Aufregungen, aber die Stimme hat etwas. Ich glaube, es hängt von der Tageform der Ohren ab. Es kann ein wunderschöner Tag sein oder es ist eifach nur nichtssagend und langweilig.