Reviews (page 13 of 13)
Nothing special
I didn't really care for this album. I tried to listen to it but found myself zoning out and doing other things instead of listening. The album couldn't keep my attention at all. I went back a little bit later to listen to it but the same thing happened.
All the song sound so similar and I did not enjoy the style 2/5
Decent but not good. Very funky and poppy but nothing memorable
Best Song: Iceblink Luck. Nice groove. Nice rhythm. Worst Song: Wolf in the Breast. At a certain point, this sleepy temp starts to lose its lustre. Overall: Relaxed music that is at times too wispy and ethereal for my tastes. I can understand how some might like this style of music, but I don't.
Not distinct. It’s nice but I don’t understand the inclusion
2.5 / 5 Some good vibes. Need to hear more of it.
Never engaged me. I couldn’t make out the lyrics of any of the songs, and the ethereal tone of the music didn’t move me.
Kind of cool in places and I think it's probably someone's gold dust - but it really isn't mine
Frou Frou was really the only song I liked but there was nothing offensive so it gets a two
Quite a quick listen, one which passed without much notice. Not that I didn't like it, but just not my type of music. Some good songs but an overall repetative sound which I wasnt too keen on. Can see how others really like this kind of music.
Twee twiddlee twaddlee - too lightweight for me
p634. 1990. 2 stars Instantly recognisable, lovely sound and production but... it's all a bit samey. Becomes background noise very quickly and there are no real standout tunes. Perfectly unremarkable 90's cocktail bar music. Not on the replay list.
I think this is what they call "dream pop" - vaguely shoegazey, a bit trite, all sounds the same. Even at 37 minutes I got bored. 2/5.
Clearly a defining album of dream pop and shoegaze. I get a little tired of it for a while album, but the individual songs are pristine. It's really good, but it's also rare I want to listen to this kind of music.
Listened 4 times throughout the day. Not exactly odious, but a bit flat for me. FT: Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires Cherry-coloured Funk
Eh
Just OK. Probably wouldn't listen again
Listened before?N Unintelligible and nonsensical lyrics do nothing for me.
Hearing a lot of Lush and Siouxsie, but it's not my jam.
Las Vegas is a city in Nevada, USA, at 36.1699° N, 115.1398° W. It has an average July high temperature of 104°F. The city also is known as a destination for those seeking legalized gambling, prostitution, and marijuana, and has been nicknamed "Sin City." So apparently these Scottish lasses got understandably confused. Heaven, being a common religious cosmological or transcendent supernatural place where beings such as gods, angels, souls, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or reside, is often paired with its antithesis, hell. As in "heaven or hell." I'm not sure if the Cocteau Twins had been to Las Vegas when they wrote this album. The city, and I guess much of Nevada, can appear a bit hellish, but I don't believe the "Entertainment Capital of the World" the actual underworld. But anyway, the Cocteau Twins' "Treasure" was the 17th album we received. Now 153 albums later, I get to wonder why they have two albums on the list. Though actually, I don't totally hate this one. Except I do hate the way it sounds. Which is weird. I think a lot of the song structures have potential. But I don't like their singing, and don't like some of the instrumentation within the arrangements (this probably makes no actual music sense). I think what would be really interesting is to have another band cover these songs. A better band.
This band isn't my styl.
This is probably someone's favourite album. But not mine. Not exactly unpleasant, but a bit too wishy-washy for me.
Not my thing. All of the songs sounded the same to me. I would listen to it if someone else put it on but I was relieved when it ended.
Eh? A bunch of the same non-descript soft alt rock. Nothing really memorable or engaging at all. Not really "bad" to sit through (it was short) but also nothing redeeming either
Why is this a must listen? It's not awful, but I can think of many synth-pop albums that could be on a list of must listen, this would not be one.
Nothing remarkable about it. I listened on Friday and now (Monday), thinking about what to write about the album, the only word is forgettable. Not totally bad, just forgettable!
surpreso de descobrir que nenhum dos membros se chama COCTEAU. a vocalista manda bem. Iceblink Luck - aos 2:37 mas várias bem chatas também, nossa meh
Good vibes but needed more 2.4
female singer psychedelic-y slowish can't tell the songs much apart
Luftigt och bra! Ett sound som under vissa partier känns vågigt och påminner mig lite om the Cure. Sången är mycket bra, det blev tydligt för mig redan innan första låten var slut. Som jag skrev tidigare, så känns soundet luftigt men det är inget som stoppar det från att samtidigt ha en viss tyngd. Jag tycker basen och trummorna styr låtarna på ett väldigt tydligt sätt. Bäst:"Cherry-coloured funk"
Treasure was heaps better
This one just didn't stick. Dream pop is not a genre I spend a lot of time with, but I really liked the synth and bass sound of this record. While it definitely sounds dated, you can tell the music is a precursor to a lot of the sounds we hear from indie pop today. Unfortunately, that's where the fun stops for me because I just couldn't understand a damn word the singer was trying to get through. I get that this was probably intentional and that the sounds of her voice were probably more important, and it sounds like she is a really great vocalist, but it added absolutely nothing to the experience for me. The only word that I could use to summarize is "puzzled".
Meh. Didn't hate them. Probably wouldn't listen again.
The best thing about the Cocteau Twins is that their brand of dream pop laid the groundwork for better bands like Lush and My Bloody Valentine, (whether Kevin Shields admits it or not). Actually, Heaven Or Las Vegas isn't awful, exactly. The band manages some interesting textures, the singing ain't bad, the melodies could be worse, etc., but there's zero grit to balance out all of the cotton candy, and too much cotton candy will make you sick. The drum machines don't help either.
I had a hard time getting into this album but, strangely, I wanted to like it. I like her voice. The frustrating part was that I couldn't understand the words she was singing. I still wanted to like this album so I looked up the lyrics. Unfortunately, finding the lyrics did not help my understanding of the lyrics one inch. The music sounds like it's being played on a cloud and reading the lyrics made me feel like my brain was a cloud.
Tja, het klinkt wel ok met die zangeres die zo geweldig op Mezzanine van Massive Attack zingt. Maar dit voelt te afstandelijk ofzo. En whats up met al die chorus en phasers op de gitaar. Erg storend.
Hele plaat geluisterd, maar ik had het gevoel dat het steeds hetzelfde nummer was.
Nunca ha sido lo mío y sigue sin serlo.
Nice enough but essentially background music
A pleasant enough listen. Couldn't make out much in the way of lyrics, but understand that may be deliberate. Acceptable background music, but not much more than that. Got a bit of a Lightning Seeds vibe in places.
"Heaven or Las Vegas" or "Iceblink Luck"
Primera presa de contacte amb Couctau Twins. Dream pop tan inofensiu com ben executat. Molts grups d'aquestes primeres dues dècades del 2000 beuen de la seva influència. Grups, d'altra banda, que a mi em diuen ben poc, com Beach House o M83. En tot cas, aquest àlbum té alguns bons temes, especialmente a la primera meitat. Després la segona es fa més feixuga i dispersa. A destacar la gran veu de la cantant, plena de matisos i amb molts registres.
Prescindible. Ni molesta ni divierte. Olvidable.
Felt like the 90s all over again.
La musica está bien para relajarte o ponerla mientras curras, se nota que es un grupo británico.
Growing on me and becoming familiar after a few listens over the weekend. Fotzepolitic and I Wear Your Ring are favs. Liked when it went acoustic
the album finished playing and I didn't notice ahha
This is like if some aliens sang 80s songs in an alien language. It's kind of magical, but I don't know that I ever need to hear it again.
pollege, leggera.. ma non rimane
Soft, repetitive & poppy. Not for me
people were not listening to this in the 90s
Sympa mais sans plus, pas fan du style.
Hát, ez nem csúszott, 2 szám után inkább kinyomtam.
Not my usual listening. Not offensive but would only prob have as background music
One hit album
Boo
Not for me.
very boring song writing
Sounds like what we would have called "plastico" music in high school. Very poppy, syrupy, boring.
overall: 1/10 sucks, a bunch of instrumentals and singing nonsense
I pray this isn't Heaven, and I know Las Vegas isn't this boring. Favorite Track: "Heaven Or Las Vegas".
Three seconds in and I knew I would hate it. Nothing after proved me wrong.
This one was weird. I didnt particularly like any song but the music was able to set a vibe across the whole album I did enjoy and let lose some thoughts and emotions. All in all I wouldnt listen to it again and I didnt understand a single word of what was sung so it still gets a one star.
This really was the sound of the era, but unfortunately it is also really boring.
Bored
This is apparently highly critically regarded, which tells you all you really need to know about music critics.
Such a whimsical band, lovely vibey music. Fav song is ‘Heaven or Las Vegas’.
I kept waiting for this to get better but it never did. Boring and repetitive.
1.3/5 The music was ok but I love listening to the lyrics and since they weren't all in English I found it hard to connect too.
una verga
Open tracks don't hit for me. Too synth with high vocals. The words and music are blurry together. Four songs in, nothing to like. Not horrible, but not worth listening to. I want to skip a lot. Even the "hit" which is also th title track is blah.
😞
😟 again?!?!?!?
Not my thing. I don't real like her vocals and the whole thing was very flat for me
It’s ok
Defined a sound, never heard of any of there songs. Sometimes being the first doesn't mean being the best
No es fue de mi gusto. No me termino de convencer.
10 canciones, solo me gustó: - heaven or las vegas No me gustó para nada
Maybe just not my taste but I thought it was awful from beginning to end.
Not my jam at all!
??? oh weh was war das denn shiegaze...c
1/1
Not good. Not good at all. Fucking same 3-4 song just changed everything so slightly with different lyrics. They should feel bad. O.75/10. %
I won’t understand the person who listens to this album for fun. This is the album you put on when you light candles all over the bathroom, draw a hot bath and get in with a bottle of wine and a belly full of Prozac because you bullied your dads new girlfriend in high school and now he won’t let you go on the ski trip in Switzerland and now your best friend is definitely going to fuck your boyfriend. There is better Cocteau Twins albums
This was awful in every way
Cocteau...like the French playwright? Another skippable album from the list for me here. The author really likes Morrissey and the Scots for some unknown reason. These entries are not worthy. Heaven or Las Vegas (Hell?) is nothing special and it's the 6th album from the band; not sure what lands it on the list. I guess it is not the worst but I have zero to report...1.25 stars.
Fine, not my thing
Fuck this person for not being able to come up with anything better than albums like this.
What a strange album. Ethereal and a very alternative sound, even for the 90s. Something I've experienced once, and will leave at one experience. It's not bad, but it's definitely not my cup of tea. 3/10
Sorry, but just boring
Not my favorite! Mellow, feels psychedelic. I did add 1 to my liked songs. 1/5 ⭐️
Nope
Intensely thin and top-end emphasis on the overall sound, which I found very distressing. The music is not really to my taste either, but the horrible plasticky treble boost feels like fingernails on a chalkboard in my ears. Tried listening with regular stereo setup, with DAC + headphones (Fiio K5 Pro + Beyerdynamic DT-990 250ohm) and even laptop speakers; the last was the most inoffensive, but also horribly flat. Didn't make it through this album.
I found it to just be boring bland pop. With a voice so high I couldn't make out a lot of words. I didn't hate it, but to me it was absolutely not memorable in any way. It shouldn't even be rated.
Onbegrijpelijke vrouw
No thanks
At least it was only 37 minutes long.
It is a shame that of all the music in the world that could have made the list I keep having to listen to crap.
This album is suitable for playing to your rabbits in their hutches to calm them down. I can’t think of any more suitable times when you might want to put the 35 mins into listening. There is no best track as it all sounded like one long song which lasted 35 mins Sorry Cocteau twins it’s not for me I enjoyed Leibach’s album Opus Dei more than this and that’s saying something.
I remember listening to some of their stuff back in the day, but can't say I remember much of it. I like the song "Pitch the Baby" more than "Cherry-coloured Funk". Really can go forever without hearing the first track again. It wasn't awful in a "ugh this is terrible" way, but I just did not like it. However, based on just these 2 tracks, I'm thinking one listen is all I will ever need of this album. "Iceblink Luck" is worse than track 1. I'm trying real hard not to skip it, but I may fail. Not sure I'll make it through all 10 tracks. I did make it through all 10 tracks. They range from okay to nope and overall, forgetable.
1, not my thing
It's not even a real language. Just random noises over a dreamy airy track. The songs are pretty much nothing. Best song: Wolf In The Breast
Album 904 of 1089 Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas (1990) Rating : 1 / 5 I’ve tried with this band before, and once again I just can’t find my way into their sound. Shoegaze/dream pop simply isn’t my genre, and the most apt word I can use for it is “boring.” It has a lazy, drifting feel that never really connects with me. I know this album is considered a classic within its style, and I can appreciate the layered soundscapes and Elizabeth Fraser’s ethereal vocals for what they are. But personally, it just isn’t something I enjoy. Sorry to the shoegaze fans out there — this one missed me completely.
weichgespültes Nichts
Not for me
I had no idea what anyone was saying through a good chunk of this album. I like paying attention to lyrics, so it would be lovely to be able to hear them. They aren't even on Genius because it turns out someone (the band?) got grumpy they were incorrect. You know how you fix that, Cocteau Twins? Enunciate! The vocals annoyed me so much, this is getting a 1, even though it would probably have got a mid-table obscurity 2 or 3 otherwise.
Very dream like, heavy on the synth, with a slight dash of pop. Can't really say any of the tracks stood out for me though, and I don't think I'll be listening again.
I didn’t enjoy this album. I vocals are very low in the mix. I could barely understand the lyrics and at times I couldn’t even understand what language it was in
not feeling it
Ni fu ni fa
This album was not for me. I just couldn't connect with it.
Sorry, just noises. Completely hollow of any meaning or hook or interest
Not quite rock, in the conventional sense
Musically very sound, and kinda catchy. But holy crap …. Charlie Browns teacher is easier to understand. If I could just understand them without having Apple Music lyrics on the screen ….
it´s not my kind of music
Not 4 m3
'Dream pop'? Nightmare more like. If this is indeed "their most accessible album" I sincerely hope there aren't any more of them on this list.
At least these songs have actual words so it's better than the last album which had some songs with gibberish lyrics. Back to the gibberish lyrics. The 80s gave rise to some really bad music. There are no lyrics available on Spotify....shocking. This is like if The Cure decided to replace Robert Smith with a woman and make mouth sounds instead of actual words. It's Cure adjacent, but it's worse, I'm sure they love the Cure though.
No words
It was very hard to get all the way through this one.
sla cara, adoro a voz da liz e a faixa titulo é de longe melhor (e unica) faixa do album, mas esse pique de música não é meu tipo MESMO, talvez quando eu fosse mais novo eu gostasse pa. Nesse naipe acho que cranberries leva ainda
Yawn.
Not into this unfortunately, dream pop is not for me
1. cherry - 2 2. baby - 1 3. luck - 1.5 4. clouun - 1 5. heaven - 1.5 6. ring - 1.5 7. politic - 1 8. uuolf - 1.5 9. road - 1 10. fozez - 1.5
I found this boring and depressing. Not really my thing.
Miserable listen
I have tried to 'get' this album several times in my life. I don't think there will be another.
Not for me. 1/5
Listened to a couple tunes. Not my thing
Eh. This pushed my limits and I didn’t really care for it at all.
Ruined my good streak, fuck
Note sure how this made the list. Had to turn it off - awful
I get why people love it, musically it is fantastic, but honestly not my jam at all. Should you listen to it at least once in your life? Yes.
Kind of boring and ultra repetitive
Nah bruh
Can't remember, but I did not like it
Some hippie delusional style music... Not the good kind of out of this world music but.
Fell asleep during that shit! Sounded like French music...
who is this for? certainly not me. i've listened to background music more captivating than this.
Snore fest
I have never "got" The Cocteau Twins and after listening to what is supposedly their most accessible album, I still don't get this Dream-pop sound. The entire album is just 37 minutes of distorted guitars, drum machines, echo boxes and tape loops with Elizabeth Fraser's operatic vocals that are barely recognisable as language.
This album wasn’t for me, didn’t like it at all
Great background music
Naaah this ain't it. 1.4
Not for me
Too Pop-Electronica for me. No interest. 1/5
Stick a fork in my eye and get me out of here.
Not my thing. Really didn't enjoy the sound of the singer's voice. I won't go as far as calling it "grating" but it nearly was. Almost couldn't finish the album.
Snore
Two Cocteau Twins albums in the first 200? What did I do to deserve this????
Not very melodic
It’s ok. Chill music
Boring. Felt like white noise.
💤💤💤
I don't think this is English. I like lyrics too much.
Not my thing
Felt like a soundtrack to a drug film
Not my thing at all
Not for me. But would be an easy listening category.
Didn't like
Pleasant enough.
I did not particularly enjoy this. Good singing I guess? Boring overall.
Bland and forgettable. Not sure why it’s on this list
Meh
Other reviews say airy and ephemeral which is true But also boring, hard to tell what they're saying, and sometimes just noisy
Didn’t click with me
1.25.
Not my style
i dont like this gender so much
Not my thing
I powered through this album just so I could give it an honest review. It’s terrible. Every song sounds like it’s a foreign cover. Listen again: no Purchase for my collection: no Favourite Song: no
Quickly became background noise and interest faded away.
Uninspiring warble
Generic late 80s/early 90s dross, sounded vaguely like a mish mash of loads of other bands. Sounded tinny af as well, like it was designed to be played out of a car radio. I know I say it about every band I don't like but all their songs genuinely sounded the same!
A bit of a low for the list. Forgettable and generic, and difficult to understand.
The album has a very psychedelic and dream like sound which I was not a fan of. I really struggled to get through all of the tracks. I'm sure it was intentional but I hated the production/mixing because at times it felt like they were singing in another language.
What even is this trash?
Two Cocteau Twins albums that you must listen to before you die. If you plan to die of confused boredom, that is.
Nietszeggende zuurstokmuziek. Nooit van gehoord en qua album net zo klassiek als James Last Op Klompen.
This album should not be on this list.
i really did not like that genre
Ballbag. Totally boring and can't understand what they are singing half the time!
I think I liked it? Like I liked how the music sounded in my ears, but I don’t know if I would ever listen again.
not going to lie, didn't give this one much of a chance. With that said, I don't give much of a chance to any album that sounds like it was made on the 1988 casio yardsale keyboard of my youth. Maybe when some other artist covers one, or all of the songs in a different context, I can come to appreciate the songwriting, but until then, it's a no for me dawg.
Not my thing, could not connect with the vocals
I listened to this in an airport and it was decent background music while waiting to board the plane. It actually ended right as they announced that the boarding process would start - so that’s cool. Otherwise, I didn’t care.
This sounds like background music at a store. With the rest of the albums on the list, I can at least see that the artist is trying to do a thing.
They literally all sound the same to me.
Sometimes you have to accept that something is just not for you. People who like Cocteau Twins really like them, almost religiously. I am not one of those people. I don't get it, any of it. Nothing stands out as particularly good or bad. It's just there, like traffic noise in the background.
No thank you
Not my thing, didn’t make it past the first track. Sorry to say.
Zaraz mnie trafi, kolejny dzien z brytyjczykami i tym razem w postaci iscie toksycznej, bo dreamowy pop, czyli pop lat 90 w ktorym instrumentale buduja glownie syntezatory i klawisze, takie cos ala disko polo, wokal takze jest mocno potraktowany wszelakimi efektami co daje efekt krwawiacych uszu i ogolnego rozpierdolu na calej plycie, dobrze ze tortury trwaly tylko 37 minut, lirycznie albumik nie jest az tak bardzo popowy jak daja wrazenie jego instrumentale, ale ciezko grzebac sie w czyms takim, zeby posluchac o motywach zycia i smierci z perspektywy kogos kto wygdal nowe zycie, wokalistka i jeden z bandow memberow, czy tez smierci, jedyny trak ktory jest warty plejkowania jak dla mnie to otwierajacy cherry-coloured funk, bo jeszcze czlowiek nie jest zrazony tym co sie dzieje w pozniejszej czesci materialu
Nah...not my cup o tea.
Zeurderig ninetees album, totaal niet fijn
Who?
Ethereal, mellow
I have listened to this already! Its one of my faves ever ^^
Boring. Repetitive. I don't see the appeal.
🌺🔥
Excellent album, beautiful singing and fine musicianship, especially love the bass work.
Hola me parece muy bueno
Funky. Liked the 2nd track a lot.
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