Heaven Or Las Vegas

Mind-blowing, deeply complex, and completely incomprehensible to a guy like me.

Gros banger, peut-être un de mes albums préférés de tous les temps. Ça aurait été un dream de les voir en live je pense.

always a classic in mod evident stiam de album, cocteau twins orc e bun album scurt, stiam multe melodii deja dar din ce nu mai auzisem: iceblink luck was funsies

I like CT, I will admit that 37 mins is optimal length for their albums as too much after that the vocals probably go from being a strength to a weakness (they might start to grate) Solid album some of their best tracks on here. Dreamy, melodic, unique and the right length! 4.1

This didn't really appeal to me. It's ok but I just don't it a bit dull and the whispery high vocals are not my thing.

Volado, buena tapa

Solid, songs kinda blend together

This sounded pretty. Beyond that it lacked anything else to comment on

Not a bad album at all, and has a few songs I added to my playlist. But it dragged on a bit and eventually I grew tired of the overabundance of modulation effects.

Have to give it up. That's a five.

cool! not really my band i think but this is an awesome sound

Amazing lush instrumentals and a good feeling. Legit transports you to the colourful and bustling city of Las Vegas.

3.0

Bare bangers!! Må få på CD

Found it weird the first time I heard it years ago, but now I love it.

5/10

Muy lindo. Atmósfera, feminidad, emoción, etéreo. Todo lo que me gusta. Al fin el primero de girls. Mi favorito hasta ahora aun que en el lado negativo se me hace un poco repetitivo.

Un SÍ. Muy bonito, me hizo sentir, imaginar y disfrutar. El primero femenino y el mejor hasta ahora 🤷🏼‍♀️

Very good. 4/5

Better than expected

einfach geil irgendwie, halt so etherisch dreamy, aber auch hooky.

love it!!!

Eu amo esse álbum. Ele tem uma sonoridade tão característica, uma pegada tão estranhamente aconchegante, com o vocal da Elizabeth Fraser, soa como um vulto angelical, ressoando sob melodias que ficam entre o vão do purgatório e do céu.

3/5 Favorite Song: Frou Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires

i associate this very much with long bus rides

i cannot believe this album gets gassed like that...it was fine but i wasn't gagging. let me go back to tears for fears

Almost too chill, really good though. 3.25

For some reason, I had mixed up Cocteau Twins with Aphex Twin in my head this morning and put this off because I didn’t want to listen to Aphex Twin. This is not that.

This had a nice ambient vibe. Not something I need to revisit often but I enjoyed my listen.

4 - Exactly the kind of thing I hope to discover with this challenge. I will be listening more.

Not a fan, could barely understand their singing.

I loved this album and the music sounded majestic and amazing. The vocals sounded great and the singer uses foreign words and gibberish a lot of the time. They took down the lyrics from places like genius.com because too many people were getting the lyrics wrong. This album was an amazing experience to listen to and each song conveyed emotions like intimacy.

gorge!!!!

Cocteau Twins was chill and ethereal. Nice background music, but unsure if I will circle back to it often...

Such a introspective album. In that it makes me introspect. Feels unpolished but in a good way. Heaven or Las Vegas does remind me of my ex a lot, and so I might not listen to that for a bit lol.

So lovely. Perfect for karaoke.

o sea.. es una Vibra pero es un poco monótono. Igual me gustó. Sería un 3.5 para mí pero acá va como 4/5 okkk.

Easy listening

Very cool album. I need more listens to really take it in but I really enjoyed it.

8/10 para Cocteau Twins, no escuché nada más de ellos que no sea de este álbum, no tengo idea de si (a mi parecer) tienen algo "mejor" pero definitivamente el álbum está bueno che. Algo que destaco muchísimo de este tipo de álbumes es la capacidad de alguna forma aislarte para solo escuchar su música y es un sentimiento que me encanta.

Just a wonderful dream pop album. Liz Fraser can speak gibberish to me as much as she likes.

No me encanta. He tenido la sensación de flotar o la de estar en un sueño muy raro, de los que te despiertas en medio de la noche, es hipnótico casi, pero aún así no me ha enganchado, puede ser que yo no termine de pillar la vibra. Alguna canción por separado todavía, pero el álbum completo infumable, pero repito, puede ser que no este en un momento en el que pueda conectar con esta fantasía rosa. pero tengo que admitir que los vocales son buenos

Elizabeth Fraser that is all. A goddess of a vocalist.

Sehr hyped auf dieses Album. Das letze Lied hat mir am besten gefallen.

I previously discovered the titular song of this album and absolutely loved it. This band has a great sound. I wish I could give it more than 3 stars, but it's really just one hit song and a pretty unique sound. Maybe it's a low 4 stars.

sigh. i've heard great things about this band but i just don't go for these washed-out records. it just sounds like a wall.

when she said bzh ▰▴zb nom ▩▼ i felt that

They are a better band than this record. They sound so much better in person

I already loved the songs I've heard before from this album but hadn't listened to the full thing before. Loves it.

Dreamy pop, competently done but not overly memorable 3.5*

A joy to see this pop up today. One of my favorites. I could live inside these songs.

This really was the sound of the era, but unfortunately it is also really boring.

A sound that was ahead of its time. Really enjoyed this one.

Don’t know

This album- head shake 🫨. It’s awesome. It’s… full of shit? I actually love the idea of the voice as instrument, sound maker, not word maker. Scat in jazz is a great example. And I can relish the feeling that something is just this side of intelligible. Combined with the consistent atmosphere and ethereal quality of the compositions I can fall deeply into this album’s trance. But then my husband tries to find the “lyrics” online. And shows me. And… well. I told him, if that’s what Fraser is singing it doesn’t sound ANYTHING like it. Good on her. Changing English to gibberish isn’t as easy as it looks. Part of me is aggravated by actual lyrics that I purposely can’t understand. Another part of me tells my brain to let go and “feel the music, baby.” Felling the music wins out again. 4 Boolean: absolutely true

alright I guess? honestly not really feeling it. 2/5.

Love this album. It just has a vibe all its own. As a Beach House fan, this seems to have had an influence on their sound. 4.2/5.

*Too dreamy and low key...Cocteau Twins are just not for me

I wasn't focused the whole listen so would be interested to see how I feel on another listen but vocals stunning, and the music has such an ethereal moody feel. Really enjoyed. Find it hard to give 5 stars without knowing how I'd feel on a second listen as I don't feel intense love or attachment. It seems like an album that grows the more you listen to it so I'll definitely revisit.

I already listened to this one, good album

An album that is completely timeless. It could’ve been made yesterday and not sounded at all dated or out of place. A quite amazing record and one that stands out as one truly deserving its place on a list of must hear albums.

This was ok, better than the last album, pretty repetitive though

This was a nice listen. Didn't blow me away but it was pleasant.

Dream Pop Favorite Tracks: All Least Favorite Tracks: None What a pleasant surprise for this site to recommend me such a luscious album, though looking at both the reviews on this site and Rate Your Music (where it’s ranked #29 on the site of the best albums of all time currently), there’s two different extremes. You’re either on the camp where it’s such a perfect album, or you’re at the camp where the album is terrible, with the main issue where you don’t understand what the lyrics are. To that, I’d say try to imagine that this is a Shoegaze album, where guitars are the main vocal point while the actual vocals are in the back-burner, being blend in with the rest of the band. I’m on the one end of extreme that I really love this album. 10/10

I don't understand the hype for the Cocteau Twins but this has been one of the more sonically interesting albums in the last several days, if not weeks. I quite enjoyed the euphoric sense the first song tried to evoke. Everything else was fine too but nothing really captured my attention. Fine effort nonetheless, especially by the vocalist.

Just because I realized that I'm giving too many 5 stars ratings, but this was so good

- super vibey and ethereal

Hearing this album for the first time (way too long after it came out) was the kind of experience you don't often get from music after you turn 20, let alone 30.

Brabo demais, parece um tame impala + the cranberries, mas 2x melhor. Começa bem, desenvolve melhor e termina incrível. Nota 1000

Þetta var bara allt í lagi plata þótt það standi ekki mikið upp úr. Sérkennileg og áhugaverður söngstíll sem hefur verið hressandi á sínum tíma. Ég mun samt gleyma þessari plötu mjög fljótt

1990. Has since been recognised as one of Cocteau Twins' most influential works and as a landmark in dream pop.

Started out strong cause I love the opening track. Nice cinematic vibes but none of the songs as strong as the first track

Beautiful album! Literally cocteau twins have been in my top 5 for a few month now. I love the instruments and the voice just matches so perfectly. Lovely album!!!

Personal fave

So dreamy! It makes me appreciate Beach House even more.

5 stars of jibberish

Very melodic, could see myself listening to it again

What a banger of an opening. Super dreamy album that floated me along. Loved getting lost in it.

Bored

Not my thing. I like the second song. Great falsetto

Very 90s, tho I don't understand the lyrics.

Strong 4

So good, one of my favorites so far. Super dreamy

Yet another shoegaze/dream pop essential that I can't get into

awesome album, no skips at all, what a unique sound, i’ve always had love for this album, sounds so magical

Female singer. Good voice. Dreamy. Uses synthesizers and drum machines. Songs are a bit repetitious. Best song: Heaven or Los Vegas. Good album. Four stars.

Some stand out, others morph into one long track. Wonder if the uniqueness has worn off a little by now.

This album was when Cocteau Twins streamlined their sound for the new decade to incredible results. Not to knock on their also great previous work, of course, but there's a reason this is the one most fondly remembered of their records. The songs are more direct, but not too much, the production is clearer, but keep the dreamlike quality of their past works. You still can tell what the hell Elizabeth Fraser is going on about, though. Amazing atmosphere all the way through, very immersive. Tremendous album. Key tracks: Cherry-Coloured Funk Pitch the Baby Iceblink Luck Heaven or Las Vegas I Wear Your Ring

Every single album by Cocteau Twins feels like an a dream and I freaking love it.

pretty

one of the best i listen this album all the time

So chill

The Cocteau Twins – it’s been ages since I last heard them! :-) Back then, I used to walk around with black hair, army boots and a long coat. So it brings back memories of my youth. Three stars...

2,5

No idea what she's saying but its gorgeous nonetheless.

This is apparently highly critically regarded, which tells you all you really need to know about music critics.

Interesting sound, not something I might gravitate towards but glad I listened

Sunday, 31 May, 2026 Great Sunday album. Excellent vibes. What is she saying?

Enjoyed this one quite a bit more than "Treasure" this was the airy, shoegazey music I was expecting. I think I gained a little Cocteau fatigue by the end of the album, but overall, a good experience.

Didnt know their sound…was pleasantly surprised…happy to listen again

Great road trip / early morning car album. 4/5 stars.

Iconic sound

Cocteau Twins music is never going to click the first time you listen to it. This is now my fourth listen of Heaven or Las Vegas and it's finally starting to make sense. The shimmering guitar made ethereal by severe effects pedal usage, the steady and plucky bass supplementing the sparse rhythms, and Fraser's haunting and beautiful vocalizations all coalesce into otherwordly and out of time music that absolutely feels like you're existing within the album cover. The title track especially is so euphoric and extraterrestrial in sound that it is for certain the greatest dream pop song ever crafted. The latter half of the record gradually unwinds and turns down the shimmer just a tad, but for the closing track the drama turns up and flowers into an incredible final moment. For only 37 minutes of runtime, this record certainly does not feel like it, in the best way. As with Treasure, this album is only going to keep growing on me as I spin it.

I own a few Cocteau Twins albums and they are definitely doing something unique.

3.66795

Such a whimsical band, lovely vibey music. Fav song is ‘Heaven or Las Vegas’.

Against my expectations I actually enjoyed this one quite a lot Also, TIL they're not actually twins

622/1001 2026.05.26 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑

Beautiful noise. That's the name of a documentary about My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Cocteau Twins. It's also a perfect two-word review of this album. But, being who I am, I'll add some more words. I love everything about this album. “Cherry-coloured Funk is particularly amazing. It’s dreamy and trippy, sounding to me like if My Bloody Valentine had never discovered distortion. Those minor to major shifts are phenomenal and the not-so-secret ingredient that makes these tunes work so well. Elizabeth Fraser’s voice is another key ingredient. Ethereal and indecipherable vocals beaming in from another dimension. And she hits notes I'd never expect (those high notes are incredible). I'm in love with that opening track. Like head over heels. But everything I've said about it is applicable to the rest of the album too. Layered effects on both vocals and guitar add to the psych-pop vibe and make my head spin. The likes of Prince, Björk, Robert Smith, Santigold, Slowdive and loads of other legends have all gushed about The Cocteau Twins, and listening to this album, it's obvious why. They create some beautiful noise. 4.5 stars

I love trip-hop, and I think Elizabeth Fraser has one of the most unique, beautiful voices in the genre. That say, I really couldn't get behind this album. I'm not sure if it's because she's not actually saying anything (she's literally just making mouth sounds) or it just didn't jibe with me. I don't dislike music in languages I don't speak, so perhaps fake words shouldn't bother me, but overall I wasn't into this album as much as I expected.

YES

the cocteau twins are aliens i believe

Gorgeous stuff, they just absolutely nail it.

May 25th, 2026 Whimsical Standouts: Heaven or Las Vegas, Frou Frou, wolf in breast, fotzepolotic, I wear your ring

A bit like ABBA meets Fleetwood Mac, I dig it

Love cherry-colored Funk

One of the albums that made me who I am today. Absolutely moving & beautiful. If there was a possibility to give 6 stars to a limited number of albums, this one would be on my list.

I'll listen again

Wouldn’t have beach house without this one. Love the dreamy arrangement and production. Can’t stand the gibberish lyrics though, strikes me as cringy.

Lots of pausing because I was at the office. Not ideal listening conditions.

When it comes to the Shoegaze genre, I really need to be in the right mood to enjoy it, and even then I can only stand so much of it. This is no exception. It's definitely pretty to listen to and l mostly like the vocals, but the issue is that it all just sounds the same, and that's made worse but some production choices that feel like the cranked up the treble by a bunch, creating a sound that just hurts the ears after awhile. Still a decent listen though and it gets points for being one of the firsts in the genre. 3/5

Was excited bc I love Lorelai. No standouts on first listen but I like vibe

6 STARS ACTUALLY this is genuinely one of my favorite albums.....an all time great 🫶 can not say enough great things tbh

this was so good, i like how funky/weird

To many effects on everything, the instruments and voice, throughout the songs for me to get in to it. There is definitely something there that I like as well but it just gets drowned out with effects that I don't really enjoy.

Fuck me, i loved this so much i started a Substack.

So nice and consistent I really liked this

Dreamy and lovely

This was great and sounds so ahead of its time - reminds me of lots of bands who came later like Beach House, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Mazzy Star. Beautifully relaxing sounds and vocals that just made me want to float along. I think I gave another Cocteau Twins album 3* but this one really got to me It finished on a real high "Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires" which, although a wanky title, is a really great slow builder of a track and left me with a positive impression

Need to listen to more Cocteau Twins honestly.

A resounding Meh from me. Not my jam.

3

I kept waiting for this to get better but it never did. Boring and repetitive.

I know what they’re saying but I’ll never tell…

great album

I listened to this album on my lunch break, once again stopping by the same GameStop as when I was listening to Björk's Debut. I had very little idea of what to expect from Cocteau Twins, but I was pleasantly surprised by this album's spacey and psychedelic vibe. This type of psychedelia is not always my vibe, but I got accustomed to it rather quickly here. This album also represents an instance where I can barely understand the lyrics, but it doesn't bother me; they truly just feel like one of many different instruments contributing to this reverbed ethereal atmosphere. This albums sounds like sunlight streaming in through vine-draped windows in an ancient church, or like the emotioanl essence of joy distilled into musical form. This is the music I imagine would play as I rose into heaven. Once again in this list, I find myself being reminded of my younger days listening to Monstercat, specifically shades of classic melodic dubstep or the sheer positivity of an act like Half an Orange (which is not a thought process I would have ever expected to experience, nor one that I even think makes that much sense to anyone who isn't me). Highlights: Cherry-coloured Funk, Pitch the Baby, Iceblink Luck, Fifty-fifty Clown, Heaven or Las Vegas, I Wear Your Ring, Wolf in the Breast, Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fire

une super découverte je sais pas comment décrire ce que me fait resentir cet album

French Shoegaze, not bad

Great album art. Very laid back songs. Really enjoyable.

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.

First track (cherry colored funk) is really nice! I really like their music now!!! Glad I did this. Second track (pitch the baby) is also really cool. The only issue is that normally I love listening to the lyrics, but here there are no lyrics It's really growing on me I think! Woahh I love the third track (iceblink luck)

Bleh

Never hit 5 so fast. Unparalleled vibes. The closest I ever came to gender dysphoria was listening to this album. Not that I’m trans or anything, but I just remember listening to it for the first time and wanting to do feminine things like lay half off the bed with my arm over my forehead and like cook cloud eggs and hang up string lights and plants in my room Fav tracks: Heaven or Las Vegas, Cherry Coloured Funk

I know this is English but this must be what it feels like to hear English if you don't speak it. Breezy and fun listen even if it wants for a true banger

such an airy, whimsical, dreamy album! it felt like I was seeing things with a vhs filter while listening to it. faves are cherry-coloured funk and I wear your ring. loved the lead singer's vocals in lament for gandalf

10/10 saves what a good album i love cocteau twins!!!!! the type of music that makes me wanna twirl around in a flowy dress i hadnt listened to this full album before and im so glad this gave me an opportunity to. Veryyyy hard to pick a fave, but id say its split between pitch the baby and fifty-fifty clown, but every song is so good

Good album

Feels very dream pop to me. This is so boring. I may just be in a bad mood today but I can't stomach this album. It doesn't seem horrible but I am unable to finish it.

EASIEST 5 STAR RATING EVERRR So dreamy, so nice sounding, just heavenly.

3.5

a few tracks were fun instrumentally but i could not decipher a single vocal

holyyyyy moleyy!!! this album is amazing! i've always heard people say they can't understand what cocteau twins are saying and i thought it was a joke, but man it is not. honestly can't tell if this is even in english. this was a little bit of a challenge for me because i like to sing along but this entire album is so beautiful and dreamlike. favourite song: cherry-coloured funk.

Nary a better album to just close your eyes, and let the world melt away for a little bit, to.

3/5 heeft wel wat, heb vaak online van mensen gezien dat dit de shit is maar vind dat wel beetje overdreven

Kende dit niet. Album geluisterd in de auto na lekker weekend in de Ardennen. Beetje dreamy geluidje vond het wel Nice. 3,5/5.

Alsof ik zweef

Bella scoperta

Directamente simplemente no siento nada al escucharlo a parte de que posiblemente sean buenos para leer 🙏🏼🙏🏼 no me causo nada en realidad, no sentí ninguna canción memorable PERO ya lo agregué a mi lista de lecturas so

Not a bad listen at all. I like their sound. This is one of those bands I have heard of for years and couldn’t name a song or a sound to save my life. A good listen

Loved it. The only band that I would compare to is Beach House. But this might have opened a whole entire genre up for me

Defines dream pop for me.

I feel like I've always struggled to get into Cocteau Twins as a band. The vocals were always really distracting to me and it made it difficult to enjoy their music up until pretty recently. Now that I can get past the non-lyrics, I kind of get it, although I definitely prefer stuff like Just for a Day by Slowdive or Loveless by My Bloody Valentine from around the same time. That being said, it's a great album. It's a very relaxing listen and I love how dated the album sounds despite how ahead of its time it clearly was on release. It seriously couldn't have come out in any year that isn't 1990. While I still have issues with the vocals on some of the songs, especially Iceblink Luck and Frou-Frou Foxes..., the band as a whole has definitely grown on me.

Another great dreamy album from the Cocteau Twins. Too bad it’s my second and final installment for the project, I love this style

Sort of a KD lang sound, not great

peak omg

Enya for hipsters

La prod fait un peu mal mais j'haïs pas. À réécouter un m'ment d'né.

80's electronic dream pop. It is very atmospheric and has a lot of texture, the bass lines are pretty cool but her voice doesn't do much for me. I feel like this is an album you need to be in a certain mood for, it's not something you are going to play in the background to get stuff done. I would just put something by The Cure on

I really loved this

Somewhere in between.

Certainly felt of the time. I kept waiting to hear a song I knew as it sounded familiar

A very ethereal, dream-like album. Indie has never been a big genre for me, but I feel this album has exceeded my expectations while at the same time being exactly what I expected . There are some really great songs, namely Cherry-Coloured Funk, which drew me into the album right away, and Fifty-Fifty Crown. I think that it fell a bit away at the end, but overall a good album.

I've just learnt a new musical genre called 'dream pop' and these guys pioneered it. And it's as dreamy as it sounds. Really interesting album and sound. Originally I couldn't believe that I was listening to the remastered version because it still sounded like muck. But after a couple of tracks I was leaning into it. Enjoyed that listen

Album starts like it’s in the middle of a song. I’m not sure if it my ears but I have trouble understanding the lyrics—the music might overpower them, could be a Scottish accent, or it could be old age ears. I feel as though it’s the type of music where I should be able to hear them. Elizabeth Fraser has a lovely voice. “Fifty Fifty Clown” has a good pulsing beat. A bit shoe hazy for me, but well done and a great album title and Frou Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires” is a fun song title.

Disco absolutamente fantástico!!!!

Ethereal

Favourite Songs: Cherry-Coloured Funk Heaven Or Las Vegas I Wear Your Ring Frou-Frou Foxes In Midsummer Fires

[album #9] Really liked this album, this is probably the first i’ve gotten from this project that i feel like i will listen to a lot in the future. Cocteau twins were always a band that i knew i should listen to but never did so im glad this finally got me to. so lush, full, and ethereal sounding. i really don’t mind that you can’t really understand the lyrics, the vocal delivery is so cool and meshes with the instrumentals so well. standout tracks on first listen for me were: Pinch the Baby, Iceblink Luck, Heaven or Las Vegas, Fotzepolitic, and Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires. Might go 5/5 for rating on this one but will listen a few more times today

Oh, boy.. more electronic euro-pop.. 🙄🙄 This sounds *VERY* dated and they turned the treble all the way up. So much that I can barely understand the singer. I hope she wasn't key to the music, because if so, big miss by the production team on that one. Otherwise, a bunch of dreamy, ethereal-light stuff that I would never purposely put on. (2/5). This isn't offensive, it's just definitely not my style. At all. I feel like I've hit a lot of '2's recently. This continues that trend.

Heard of them but never been exposed to anything they'd done. This one has a dreamy, atmospheric sound that I could really get into, but the vocals initially distracted from the experience. I get using the voice as a musical instrument, and I've listened to and enjoyed non-English speaking music in the past, so it really helped to stop trying to understand it and assume she's speaking Gaelic, instead. The layers of synth and overall relaxing vibe of the album were refreshing, and there was just enough tonal variety to keep things interesting while pretty seamlessly flowing together. An overall ethereal album that I'm still not sure that I'd revisit, so it bumps its head on a 3/5 ceiling.

Variety: 2 Adequacy: 5 Listenability: 4 Uniqueness: 5 Emotionality: 3 = 3.8 rounded up to a 4 INTERVIEWER: "Elaborate on that." DAVID LYNCH: "No." Spoilers, but there's LOTS of Cocteau Twins in my old iPod 5-star playlist. I hear them very occasionally on satellite radio, but has been several years since I listened to any albums all the way through. I expect my opinions have not changed too much on them, but let's find out. THE TRACKS "Cherry-Coloured Funk" - This one takes me to a happy place. Notes of Annie Lennox and Siouxsie Sioux flow from Elizbeth Fraser's dreamy vocals. And while the instrumentation is fully there to support her, it's great as well. The production here is some top notch stuffm with a bed of watery synths supporting the whole thing. Perfect. "Pitch the Baby" - I know by this point the band had since evolved quite a bit past the heavy Banshees influence, but I'm still very much hearing it creep through, especially as the Banshees came back around for a not-dissimilar sound on albums like Superstition ( ho listen to "Kiss Them for Me" and then come back to this for comparison) later on which dovetailed up against what could be called dream pop. Another pitch perfect entry. Lovely and pleasantly subdued repeating guitar effects along with the drippy bass line hold this together just fine. Love Fraser's circular and spacy self harmonizing on this one. "Iceblink Luck" - The bass takes point here, and along with the heavily processed guitar I'm very much reminded of Wish-era Cure material. More of a rock vibe as well with the heavier drums, which keeps things in the air a bit as far as avoiding too much sameyness. "Fifty-Fifty Clown" - This was ok. It had a bit too much of an adult contemporary sound to the instrumentation for me though. I think this comes down to the pretty straightforward synth hits which could have been taken out of any number of mainstream songs of the era. And the plain ass drums. What saves this one is the dip into some Talk Talk-ish territory when those same synths bound off down some very unconventional pathways. "Heaven or Las Vegas" - Back on track for the title track, and we're treated to more material that seems ready to float away into the upper atmosphere ( I think anyone reviewing any of their stuff is going to very quickly run out of synonyms for "ethereal"). The purposeful incomprehensibility of the lyrics only serve to inflate impresssionistic and wholly emotional feel of this stuff, and this is a prime example of that trick. "I Wear Your Ring" - Fine, but lacking in any memorable melodies. This is what I imagine ALL their music sounds like to people who it vounces right off of, but who might not necessarily be offended by it. Nothing I'd recceomend to try and persuade someone who's on teh fence about them. "Fotzepolitic" - Not sure what was up here with the mix on this one, but in addition to all the other sounds that make this album sound like so much of a piece, this one also felt like it was coming at me from 4 or 5 rooms down a very echoey hallway. Can't say didn't like that affect, just was very noticeably different than the much more lush sound on most everything else. This was more akin to teh kind of production you hear on My Bloody Valentine's Loveless. "Wolf in the Breast" - Much more conventional instrumentation on this one makes it sound like a deep cut from a Roxette cassette that you were only half paying attention to as it got caught up in some heavy wow and flutter and slowed down to 2/3 speed ( maybe the best way to listen to Roxette though, given the choice?) "Road, River and Rail" - More downbeat and plain than I would like, though not anywhere near approaching bad. It can only pale in comparison to the best stuff on here. "Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires" - Bare bones and icy to start and then it explodes a third of the way into a very fine distillation of all that came before it. Very solid closer. HIGHLIGHTS - "Cherry-Coloured Funk" - "Pitch the Baby" - "Iceblink Luck" - "Heaven or Las Vegas" - "Fotzepolitic" - "Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires" MIDLIGHTS - "Fifty-Fifty Clown" - "I Wear Your Ring" - "Wolf in the Breast" - "Road, River and Rail" - LOWLIGHTS - FINAL THOUGHTS Definitely not everyone's cup of tea. Beautiful, gorgeous and nonsense. I don't much care about lyrics though, so that part doesn't bother me. Important to rap and folk, sure, but it's all vibes to me for most rock and pop. And this is one of the most vibes-heavy albums I can think of. The definition of dream pop for me. If you're going into this with no context, all that I would recommend is to treat it as 100% an album of pure vibes. This is adult coloring book music. And I mean that in the best possible way. Rainy day activity background music. Tune your thoughts to static and soak up the chill, cause there's plenty to be had. As much as I love a lot of their material, even I can admit that it can run together, especially on some of the lesser tracks. And you have to be in a very specific mood for this to hit on all cylinders. I really dug this one, but it ( and their other stuff) will sit forever outside the ring of 5-star material for me. Unless we start giving greatest hits compilations their fair due maybe. PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - I'm fine with those highlights, but even middle of the road stuff by these guys is very listenable FURTHER LISTENING - Loveless by My Bloody Valentine - Superstition by Siouxsie and the Banshees - Souvlaki by Slowdive - Spooky by Lush - Floating into the Night by Julee Cruise - So Tonight That I Might See by Mazzy Star - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow - by Weyes Blood

As I proceed on this exercise there is always the tension, whenever I encounter an act I know nothing about, between do I just press play and go blindly into the breach or read a little bit before hand. My instinct is most always to just jump in and see how I react. Today is one of those days where I wonder what my reaction would’ve been if I had done it the other way round. This was a chore to listen to today. There was a constant, persistent across most tracks, annoying to me synth whine. The longer I listened, the more it became the only thing I could hear and it shattered whatever vibe the group was trying to achieve. As described, this album sounded like something I would vibe with. Scottish dreamy ethereal soundscape. Unfortunately, I did not.

I've already listened, and I know I'm not the biggest fan of it

With the amount of, "Best Albums Ever," lists this album has made it on to, I cant wait for this album to be over and I have two songs left as I type this. This couldnt be farther from what I enjoy. Thats not to say similar music hasent caught my attention but this album just drags on. I cant understand any of the lyrics and im not intrigued enough to look into them with such a repetitive sounding album. Nothing surprising or new in any song. Almost every song sounds the exact same. Second Listen: okay apon learning that the lyrics are more than often just glossolalia and I need to focus on just the sound I decided to give the album another listen. I still mostly stand by my point that the majority of song sound super similar. Massive room filling pads and everything sounding at about the same volume. Its all a bit too much and makes it less enjoyable. Still the last song was my favorite with how sonically different the intro, chorus and bridges were. Im just never really in the mood for music that makes me feel like im in a black light felt poster or the liminal space of an empty mall. Would say 1 - 1.5 stars.

Number: 129 Date: 05/12/2026 Artist: Cocteau Twins Album: Heaven Or Las Vegas Year: 1990 Style: Dream Pop Familiarity: Well-versed (4) Rating: 4 Before: ======= I used to listen to Cocteau Twins a lot back in the late 80s - early 90s so I'm pretty familiar with this album. They were never my favorite band but were perfect at times. During: ======= 5 Cherry-coloured Funk 4 Pitch The Baby 4 Iceblink Luck 3 Fifty-fifty Clown 4 Heaven Or Las Vegas 3 I Wear Your Ring 4 Fotzepolitic 3 Wolf In The Breast 3 Road, River And Rail 4 Frou-frou Foxes In Midsummer Fires ----------------------------------------------------- 3.72 WEIGHTED AVERAGE (accounts for song lengths) After : ======= I really liked "Frou-frou Foxes" this time around and added it to my faves of 1990 list. I don't remember paying much attention to it before. I'm giving it a 3 for suitability as there are 2 Cocteau Twins albums on this list and I don't think you need more than one. 4 my personal rating 3 suitability for this list 4 impact ----------------------------------------------- 3.7 composite rating

it's a really specific sound that i really enjoy. phenomenal

Excellent album, wish I had it on vinyl.

Vie sut scifi-maailman popkulttuuriin hetkeksi. Road, River and Rain on tosi kaunis ja inspiroi tekemään oman version.

I’m a strong believer in not needed legible lyrics to make great music. A think this proves my beliefs. The music is perfect. Great for a run and great for falling asleep too. Don’t even need to understand the lyrics to get the vibes

Classic. One of my favorite albums to fall asleep to on a plane

Notable Textzeile: Who'll ever win? Gee, you're just so ephemeral Go back for new For new in vain, it failed Das ist süß und tut niemandem weh. Aber es ist zugleich auch die Definition von Hintergrundmusik. Immerhin handgemacht. Irgendwie kann ich da musikalisch auch nix weiter zu sagen – flächig, ähnlich, rund im Sinne von glatt und keine Poren oder Risse an denen ich mich irgendwie festhalten kann. Trotzdem im Vergleich mit vielem auf der Liste okay, also 2,5 wird zu 3.

Für mich perfekt: ich habe ein Dream Pop Album (dieses), es ist kurz und atmosphärisch, wenn ich darauf Lust habe hör ich es. Ich mag die Verschwurbeltheit, die unverständlichen Texte, dass man manchmal nicht weiß was für Instrumente das eigentlich sein sollen. Ich brauche vom Genre nicht mehr.

Enya mit Gitarren.

Really, really solid stuff. Think I need to explore these guys more.

listen to this album while youre taking a shower. banger man.

In college my friend adored Cocteau Twins. She had this album on cd and it was often in the background when we studied. It’s great study music. I love the people on here wondering if the production is messing up the lyrics, since it really is nonsense. I’m actually not against the voice used as a sound making instrument. That being said, just listening to this album in the foreground becomes…tiring in a special kind of way. And if I am honest, I am not sure how well it has actually aged. Idk. Cocteau Twins still appear on many playlists of mine. Mixed in. Not all alone going on and on and on. I would almost give this a 3 for how I am feeling right now. But nostalgia. Nostalgia will not allow for that. Boolean: yes, of course I am glad I listened to it, you know, again, before I die. But this one is maybe best left in the background. It’s a background 4. In the foreground… well it depends on your mood I suppose.

Funny, I listened to this on my own two weeks ago. Started reading up on dark wave and ethereal wave and ended up listening to them. The sort of ambient drone of the music is pretty sweet, that type of thing often works for me. Elizabeth Fraser's voice is very nice. "Iceblink Luck" is a really great song. The title track is fantastic too. Lots of great stuff here - an excellent listen.

I was already familiar with *Heaven or Las Vegas* going into my listen of this album. I've been a pretty big indie head the past 15 years or so, and this is one of those albums that's hard to not stumble across when flipping through dreamy & shoegaze style albums from the 90s. *Heaven or Las Vegas* does a great job of taking some of that heavy, distorted, reverberated and dreamy or ethereal tone, and pairing it with these almost angelic, chorus like vocals with incredible hooks— taking a lot more of the "underground" sound of the time and creating a super approachable, innovative and digestible sound that resulted in the later development of the dream pop genre. Overall, front-to-back the album is incredibly solid as a whole. Obviously there are tracks that shine a little stronger then others, but I would not say that any one track falls flat, is needless, or is substantially & obviously weaker then the rest. I do think it's a little odd, for such a monumental, genre defining album to be so incredibly strong, yet only feel like it has two hits. Maybe that's just a result of the time the album released— but in a digital era I definitely would throw a good majority of these tracks into the regular rotation/across playlists. "Cherry-Coloured Funk" is undoubtedly their most well known track. I can recall this one getting continued play on my local alternative radio station in the 2010s, and was my introduction to the band. The chimey, repetitive guitar work gives a simple, but solid foundation for some incredible vocal work. It's hard not to sing the hooks on this one. If I had to describe the tone on "Pitch the Baby", it would be the equivalent of driving a mid-to-late 80s convertible with the top down on a late summer night, where the sky has this rich purple to deep red hue. It has this sort of mellow, hypnotic, rolling feel to it that I can just imagine a scene like that too on some sort of movie credits or some other visual medium. "Iceblink Luck" has this great coming-of-age sort of feel to it. The opening feels like it really has a great, optimistic and positive sort of feel to it. Baseline is giving me some *The Cure* vibes, which I'm digging. "Fifty-Fifty Clown" has some great, 80s style synth work paired with the continued great vocal work we've seen present already. "Heaven or Las Vegas" is another great, dream pop pioneering track. Again, has this sort of coming-of-age kind of vibe to the track. But I really like the stereo sweeping synth sound that sits in the background of the hooks. The guitar work on this one is particularly impressive, especially love the the whaling solo in the end. "I Wear Your Ring" has this slower, harrowing sort of feel to it. I like it, but I think this is the track I would be least likely to revisit in the album thus far. "Fotzepolitic" is more of the same. Really steady, droning guitar tone layered with rich base & angelic vocals. Dig it, but the hooks don't feel as catchy as some other tracks. Instead, this song feels like a spiraling of sorts, with the hook portions dropping in notes down & down & down. Guitar solo is awesome here though. "Wolf In The Breast" is probably one of the weaker tracks on this album. I just don't find too much interesting in the guitar, vocal or bass work on this track. Likewise, "Road, River and Rail" is also rather boring too. They're both good, but in a way that it's more of the same as we've heard prior. Also, they have probably the weakest hooks across the album— which I think is seemingly a pretty crucial aspect of the album. I wasn't super big on the harrowing intro to "Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires" but really liked the switch up going into the 2 minute mark. Compared to the prior two tracks, the vocal hooks are much stronger once more, and the guitar & bass work feel solid as they have been. Definitely overall feels like a "darker" track, almost like a descent into madness, or a farewell left on bad terms. I think it's an interesting track to close the album out on, especially with it being the longest one we've heard yet. Favorite Track: "Cherry-Coloured Funk"

Okay background album but no songs that really stuck out as memorable

I hadn't heard of either the band or the album before. I don't think I missed anything significant. While I wouldn't rush to turn off the radio if this album were playing, I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to it either. 3/5

Been meaning to relisten to this one, and I actually liked it less this second time around. It's fine, but Dream Pop is so completely not my thing. Nearly put me to sleep. There were a couple moments where my ears perked up, at least. Just not something I would ever choose to listen to unless I was in a very, very specific mood.

Great

Closest an album can get to a 5 without being a 5.

5/10… dream pop / shoegaze / *1990

Don’t have a clue what they’re saying, but these twins sure are hot.

When everything is the same, nothing changes.

this went so fast...

muy buenas canciones, me sentía en otro planeta. La mezcla de los sonidos con la voz impecable. Misma compositora que massive attack tiene taaanto sentido

Great shoegaze album always held back by the fact it’s not mbv

One of my personal top 10 of all time

Yeap, pretty good.

Album 800 is a wonderful fever dream. If angels ever come down from some heaven to sing, this must be what it’ll sound like. The cyclical, loopy nature of “Pitch The Baby” is one major part of this albums surreal aura. Another part is the perfect, echoey vocal runs. I CANNOT get the “Heaven or Las Vegaaaaaas” line out of my head. How infectious. How about that synth melody at the end of “Fotzepolitic”?? Total blissed-out maximalism. That same all-in approach reaches a climax on “Frou-frou Foxes”, taking everything we’ve learned from this album and throwing it all into the pot. Looping, layered vocal melodies. Shoegaze guitar patterns and colorful instrumentation. It’s all here. This record presents itself as a set of ethereal feelings as much as it does a list of tracks. I’m a sucker for albums like this which provide a sense of bliss and catharsis. I listened to this thing 3 times by 10am. Originally, I did this because I was on the fence about what score to give. But by the third listen I’d just given in and lost myself in all the colors and textures The Cocteau Twins threw my way. 5/5

Maybe a four? It was pretty enjoyable…but would I willingly throw it back on in the car??

Clearly a great album just never sat right with me, have always preferred their old stuff

Great unique sound that was very nice to listen to. The very beginning of the first track draws you in and it keeps you there until the album is over. Really great stuff.

una verga

Amazingly beautiful - a combination of Loveless (MBV) and Beach House's best music, and earlier than either. Fotzpoletic is an all-timer - listened to it 4 times today.

Maybe I like dream pop, or maybe this elevated adult contemporary style just works. Apparently this album, and the Cocteau Twins, ushered in the era of shoegaze and dream pop. If that’s true, you can certainly hear the influence in everything to come later, even elements of things like the Smashing Pumpkins. One element that adds a lot to the dreamy nature of it is the glossolalia- nonsense lyrics. The vocal processing with heavy reverb and delay also generate this trance-like effect that really sells it. If you were into doing some drugz, this would probably sound amazing. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Never thought this album was groundbreaking-ly good, but this is still pretty good. Love the atmosphere it creates.

Solid, interesting. 7/10

Actually quite liked a lot of this. Especially Cherry Coloured Funk and Iceblink Luck. Melodic and interesting in places.

The music wasn't bad, if not a bit repetitive. The vocals were meant to be, ironically, clearly on this album (makes me wonder what they are like on other albums), but I couldn't understand them at all! I can accept that the vocals are just another instrument, but unfortunately (for me) it was a blend I did not enjoy. This album is a "miss" (not a hit).

If you've ever wanted to know what it feels like to have an aphasic seizure, this album is for you! Seriously though, once you stop trying to make sense of whatever the hell it is she's on about and just sorta let the album knead your left temporal lobe into pudding, the ambience is actually quite delightful. So, despite it taking several playthroughs (and some minor brain damage) to get there, in the end, I'm landing somewhere in 4 territory with this one.

As far as execution I thought this was pretty good. It did seem to me it got very “samey”. Not enough versatility to keep me interested to go back again.

Beautiful album, genuinely majestic. I had listened to this record before a bit haphazardly (I was half-assing it since someone recommended it to me and I wanted to be kind), but I regret it now that I got around to fully re-listening to it. If I had to give this album a decimal ranking, it'd be around the 8.8-9.3 range. My favorite song from this album is the closer: "Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires".

This change my vision of music

i liked the vibes

8/10 Well that was rather excellent. Never really listened to the Cocteau Twins, but by far the best of the shoegaze bands I've come across because they seem to be able to write really good tunes before swamping it with music Lose a point for inspiring the insipid XX who took their music, chemically removed all joy and interest from it before fooling people that it was good

This band is so special. Their sound is so beautiful and compelling. I don’t have to love everything to know that this record is valuable. It’s imagination music. 5/5

I enjoyed this way more than the first Cocteau Twins album I listened to.

Dream pop is an interesting genre.

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.

Perfect

first two tracks are commonly heard bangers; I love the calm psych pop vibe; feels like (the memory of) eating a lollipop at sunset; Iceblink Luck wow; what do you even call this genre; I love when the sound and vibe of an album really matches the album cover, you don't see that too much; listened while I was doing homework, though in my passive listening all of the songs sounded more or less VERY similar, I really enjoyed this vibe-- felt like a freath of bresh air

😞

I’m in dreamy poppy synth my heaven. An album of beautiful sounds, gliding guitars and the wettest verb drums you’ll ever hear. Maybe gets a bit samey at times, but the reality is it’s all so pleasant to listen to that I don’t care. 4.8/5.0 Best Song: Pitch The Baby

One of those album people just absolutely adore, and i feel like i am missing out on. Its a good album and i enjoyed it, but I feel like it isn't as good as everyone else says??

😟 again?!?!?!?

I always think I'm familiar with this group but I never recognize any songs. I really liked this album and will listen again.

One of the best if not the best dream pop album of all time, incredible music, incredible production.

It sounds really gritty and ethereal, and I love it, but it’s not something I’d listen to again since it’s not really my main taste in music—though I’d definitely recommend it to someone :)

I can respect that this album inspired a bunch of bands. It does nothing for me. Turns out I like Dream Pop - but hate Shoegaze. And when this tips over the line, yuck. I want to hear it without Elizabeth Fraser making syllabic sounds into a mic, but I'll never get that chance. It's a 2.

Sounds a lot like the easy going rock of the early 90s. Is worth while listening to in the background, but wouldn't want to listen to it outside of that. Reminds me of some of the slow music from The Crow soundtrack.

This was such a vibe. I loved this album. The way they use their voices as an instrument is inspired. How it all layers together is beautiful.

Whatever Cocteau Twins are saying is none of my damn business and I stand by that. This album was so chill and nice, I had a great time.

Después de varios álbumes de Dreampop donde los Cocteau Twins consolidan el género y encuentran el estilo que mejor les va, Heaven or Las Vegas es lo mejor que salió de esta movida y se volvió un clásico siendo algo muy distinto a las cosas que se estaban popularizando en la época, dando a nacer a un montón de artistas y álbumes que caen bajo la influencia. Todo esto lo logra Liz Fraser en canciones que traen la innovación de usar la voz como instrumento, pudiéndote provocar la más profunda melancolía o la euforia y felicidad absoluta a través de los sonidos oníricos, la nostalgia, la distorsión y el ruido que mientras caótico, se siente organizado y con un mensaje claro a través de voces difuminadas. Cherry Coloured Funk es un opener perfecto, te mete en el mood de forma fácil y más digerible. Aunque las canciones comparten una cohesión (la cual me parece destacable porque aún asi logran que no suene todo igual) y estilo característico, creo que la única que se me queda por debajo del 9/10 es Road River and Rail. Desde que me escuche este álbum por primera vez hace 4 años que siento piel de gallina en ciertos momentos: el puente de Cherry Coloured Funk, el estribillo de Fifty Fifty Clown, el beatdrop de Frou Frou, el cambio de tonalidad en I Wear Your Ring y cuando en Iceblink Luck dice “I’m seeming to be glad a lot, I’m happy again” (de las pocas frases que se entienden en el álbum). Para mi un 10/10 se le queda corto a este album, no escuché nada mejor en mi vida. Y me permito ponerme soberbia al decir que creo firmemente que al que no le guste es porque no tiene el paladar musical entrenado

Loved it. They create such a distinctive and beautiful sound together, it has to be 5 stars!

Not very memorable

Man that started pleasant then got repetitive real quick. The unintelligible lyrics didn't help. Maybe I'll try just listening to the top two songs again, see if a smaller dose in a better mood is better? Perhaps would be better if I was high. Good afterparty music.

This is very close to being right up my alley, but it’s just a bit too dreamy for me. I fully understand the love and it is beautifully executed. Just shy of a 5.

This is a little hard for me to categorize. Not fully synth or electronica driven, but it carries a bit of that feel. It's also a bit alternative/indie with guitar driving the songs. I do like her voice a lot.

This whole album feels like a dream. It's ethereal, understated and mysterious. It came out in 1990 but it also could have come out in 1980, or 2026 which is an impressive feat as well. My only critique is that I can't really understand what they are saying in a lot of the songs. I can't really say I've heard anything like this before and it sparked my curiosity in this band. Gotta give it the low 5.

nice, not really something i would come across if it weren't for this experiment, but it was nice. fave: i wear your ring

Très chouette, même si pas écouté dans des conditions optimales. Je mets 3 étoiles sur 5, mais ça en vaut 3 et demi.

This album grew on me as I listened, with a pretty good overall vibe, but didn’t jump out as anything special for my taste.

My first time listening to the Cocteau Twins and I am impressed, this is brilliant. Love the dreamy guitar sound and the echoes of the 80s style production balanced with a fresher 90s sound. I could immediately hear their influence on later bands like Cigarettes After Sex and Mac DeMarco. Feels great to hear an album for the first time that clicks immediately. I’m already listening to this for a second time, and can tell I’ll be listening to it many times more in years to come. This is what the 1001 albums generator is all about!

Another late '80s early 90s sounding album but I'm sure I would have loved back in the day. I know I have heard of this group, and I've probably heard a song here or there, but had never really explored them before.

Love this album and probably would have never sat down to listen to the whole thing if it weren’t for this list

Not too bad. Interesting sound.

9/10 Most surprising 5 stars for me so far. I wasn't really familiar with Cocteau Twins before. The lyrics are unintelligible and the songs are hard to distinguish from each other, but I was blown away by the atmosphere, the production, the super bright and shiny vocals. Human voice is really used as an instrument here. It's mesmerising and addictive. Also super consistent, there aren't any skips. Highlights: Fifty-fifty Clown I Wear your Ring Iceblink Luck Heaven or Las Vegas Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires Wolf in the Breast Cherry-coloured Funk

Another familiar classic. Listening this time it felt more of its time in a broad sense, not "classic 80s UK underground loved by the 80s goth kids" but more recognizing 80s R&B sounds in "Fifty-Fifty Clown," or a loosely Elizabeth Fraser hip-hop adaptation in "Pitch the Baby," like it wasn't entirely out of the mainstream, but joining it in a really great way. "Iceblink Luck" is still probably my favorite here. But the songs are consistently strong, full of warmth. Another 5/5, and would definitely include on my one Must-Listen list.

Atmospheric. My son just LOVES this album. The words are often indecipherable, but the whole mood of the album is engaging.

Breathy Enya like

Very 80’s new wave

My eyes rolled when I saw this was another 90s European alt-rock album, but it was a very pleasant surprise! A really solid atmospheric, shoegazey indie record. 4/5

Never really saw the appeal of Cocteau Twins and this certainly hasn’t changed my mind. Just nothing particularly interesting or exciting for me.

Not my thing. I don't real like her vocals and the whole thing was very flat for me

Fantastic

Dreamy synthpop. Super easy listen that catches your attention here and there.

I wasn't super familiar with them before this, heard a few songs a few times, and I knew Elizabeth Fraser from the songs she did with Massive Attack. I really liked this album, had some great sounds and atmosphere.

perfect example of how you don't to understand a song for it to great. overall amazing album

Slow, reverby chamber pop. First track doesn't excite me. Sounds like late 2010s pop so I guess it was ahead of its time, but it's not a sound I like. 2nd track is more 80s, new wave. Bit better. Iceblink Luck has the Cure-like guitar with chamber pop vocals. Ah I'd heard good things abour Cocteau Twins but this is a little boring. I do like the reverby instrumentals but I prefer a strong vocal to cut through, not meld into the mix. A touch of folk in the final track which I do like Best track - Heaven or Las Vegas, Frou Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires 3 stars

This is music for daydreamers

album chill de fondo, me gusta para estar tranquilo, tiene un aire a casino y late night en las vegas en la epoca de los 90.

Me re gustó muy cool

I had an idea that Cocteau Twins were fairly generic 80's pop. Being forced to listen to this was a real gift because they're so much better than that. I'm a bit torn about the vocals. Clearly the glossolalia is part of who they are, but I'd still prefer the vocals to be much higher in the mix, partly because her vocals are so good they are pushed down to just another melodic layer. Still, this is a great and enjoyable album

A beautiful dreamy album. 10 out of 10 out of 10

I know the band name. This is another album that only the Brits appreciate. It has great listener counts from top to bottom. I've honestly never heard a single one of these songs on the radio, at a party, on commercial, in a store, on a music compilation/playlist, etc. Quick observations: I don't care for her voice or the way the vocals are recorded - I felt like she was singing in a different language part of the time, was she? There is no open air or breaks in any of their songs, every gap is filled with layers of sound, it's overwhelming to the listener and not relaxing (it's called "ethereal and gossamer" online). I didn't enjoy this one bit. I found it confusing, it made me anxious, I just do not get the Cocteau Twins or what they're selling. 2 stars cuz obviously some people somewhere listen to this.

THE dream pop album 🐐

I don't get the overwhelming hype but it's a very fun album with a lot of cool experiments with modulations and gibberish

Never heard of the album until now; was a pleasant suprise!

This was the most pleasant surprise in a while!! I should've figured we'd see some Cocteau Twins on this list, I just hadn't thought about it. I don't want all of my ratings to be established in terms of a band's relationships to other artists that I love, but it's hard *not* to with CT, just because they were-- and this album in particular is-- so influential to the dream pop/ambient sound that I love so much. Tennis or Beach House couldn't have written half of their catalogue if CT hadn't written "Cherry-coloured Funk", for example. I love how easy this album is to listen to! It's also got a cool ass name. Is it a question, or is it a statement? Who knows. I think I want it to be a question. Am I in heaven or am I in Las Vegas? God, I hope there isn't a difference. I *also* love how many moods listeners are taken through in this album. It's got so much variety it's hard to not let the whole record play twice. I also adore the chorus-y effect on Fraser's vocals that make the whole album sound like I'm hearing her voice from underwater. I've always loved when artists do shit like that. No skips, but favorites are "Cherry-coloured Funk", "Pitch the Baby", "Iceblink Luck", "Fifty-fifty Clown", "Heaven or Las Vegas", "I Wear Your Ring", "Wolf in the Breast", "Road, River and Rail", and "Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires." I don't hate "Fotzepolitic" I just like every other track more, that's all

As I mentioned, one of the first vinyls I added to my collection. I started a miniature version of this list with all of the top albums on Rate Your Music and, despite earning their pretentious reputation, I was lead to this album. It pleases me to say that even my normie brain really gets this album. It’s definitely one of the only albums that I listen to solely in its entirety. I don’t think I could tell you any of the song titles or tell them apart because I’ve only consumed it one way. Yesterday, I did my listening while reading through my new copy of The Crow: Special Edition. I know that Eric was canonically a Joy Division guy, but I feel like he would’ve loved this album. It fit in well with his manic dancing.

the formula for a 5-star album: - hypnotic vocals where the only word you can occasionally clock is “cherry” - sick album art - every song title sounds like the name of a surrealist painting at the MoMA - seventeen guitar pedals ALWAYS on - Las Vegas bay-bee 🃏🎰♠️ - walls of sound that make you feel every conceivable emotion at once

LOVED it

Absolutely fine

it's fine! some nice groovin.

I enjoyed this one a good bit, nice vibes

Eepy sleepy but in a pretty good way

don't like this much. Not bad but not really at all my vibe

I went into this really expecting to like it and my expectations were both met and disappointed. I really liked the layering that was going on, and I do want to give this album another listen. Maybe I'll come back to this review

I only knew the title track before listening to this but I must say this was surprisingly such a solid album. They have a very distinct sound and mood which sustains that sort of dreamlike atmosphere. Big fan.

This was surprisingly beautiful music.

Moonbeam ice cream but if it was cool and set in the 90s??

Clearly something good going on, I just couldn't figure it out

cherry coloured funk - cool chords, cool noises, nice voice pitch the baby - very cool iceblink luck - very cool i dont have much 2 say, its a very certain style of music n its good but idk what 2 say abt it</3 50 50 clown - r they mixing in french? i suspected it b4 but i cant directly check bc spotify doesnt have the lyrics ok i checked n theyre not sayin a single french word i think im hearin shit heaven or las vegas - HEY IVE HEARD THIS SONG, very good song, interesting n nice chords n melody i wear ur ring - now it sounds swedish very nice album i enjoyed it alot

Its fine

It was great. Amazing vibes. Reminds me a bit of Holy Motors, but in probably better.

Needs to grow on me but I'm sure this is a 5. Actually think their influence is underrated. Guitars sound amazing, vocals too, very unique.

so vibesy and lovely 5 stars