Heaven Or Las Vegas

I can imagine in certain moods I'd really like this but in todays mood I found a lot of it boring. Some good songs but a lot of indecipherable mummuring. Favourite song: Cherry-coloured Funk Least: Fifty-fifty Clown

Ticks the boxes for ethereal dream pop, but it was just a little bit same-y for me. Three stars.

Good enough, best songs were Heaven or las vegas and Know who you are at every age

This was good yeh.

Decent lo-fi, ultimately forgettable in the current era.

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

I guess Cocteau Twins aren't shoegaze, having predatesd that particular sound by a decade, but you can't have shoegaze without them. And, though I had not listened to this album before, it does seem to represent a sort of shoegaze singularity (at least in some songs). Maybe that's why it's on this list? Or maybe because you can sort of understand what Elizabeth Fraser is singing for the first time ever? I dunno. Anyway, I enjoyed this quite a bit, but not quite to a 5 level.

I probably dismissed this as music for pussies when it came out, but it turns out I'm dumb. I like the general hazy, proto-shoegaze aesthetic and there are some great songs I had never heard. The fact that she sang in gibberish also fascinates me. It could be a whole Sound Opinions episode.

I’d heard of the Cocteau Twins before, but I think I’d conflated them with the Thomson Twins, and didn’t actually know the CTs at all. This was quite good.

3/5 - Beautiful dream pop, certainly one of the best early examples, so a spot on the list makes sense. Iceblink Luck and the title track were my favorites, but this genre generally blends into the background too much for me.

better than i expected

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

I just love this album. It's such a nice feeling

7/10

I was very intrigued to read about the glossolalia / nonsense lyrics in this album and they are very interesting, there's nothing else on this list like this and I've not heard anything quite like this before, lyrics without meaning. The experience is a bit like Prisencolinensinainciusol or some foreign bands whose music I like without understanding the lyrics at all. It leave me time to free to listen to the music alone while the voice becomes another instrument, while all the time I am trying to catch some meaning. Personally I like this experience, but I bet lots of other people would hate it. And the music itself is not what I like, too synthy, too 80s or like some chilled out rave, although I liked the second half of the album a lot more than the first. If I didn't have the interest in the lyrics, if this had basic English lyrics, I wouldn't give it so much attention. Four stars for the interest, I also love the review that says this is ABBA on acid - yes, that's exactly the experience, it's like your brain has detached and you're not really sure what's going on.

I listened to this first in the 1990s. It was exotic and made a little bubble of atmosphere that felt like an another place. It was never “my music” though and never my scene, but cool. It didn’t have the same feel now though. The 80s pop influences are more noticeable, and it doesn’t feel as encompassing. Still good but diminished and shows its age a bit.

How's that for a slice of fried gold. Dream Pop perfection

Just listen to it. Things will become clear.

What a nice surprise. I've never spent any time with this record or band before, and I'm so glad this project pushed me to listen to this.

Fun album

Dream-like, sublime vocals, sounds that caress the ears. 4 - a great album even among this list

Best Track - "Cherry-Coloured Funk"

Classic from the first note of cherry coloured funk really

Really enjoyed this from the get go. I added this to my to listen to list even though I knew this was in here but I wanted to listen to it early so kinda funny it came up a few days later. Really lived up to the hype, will be back to this very soon 5

люблю, но все таки хочется чучут текста

Great album to listen on a rainy day

Beach House-MBV-Kate Bush. All of that but you can't understand a word she's never fucking saying. Listened to it twice to confirm, it's APPROVED.

I love this album

This was a lovely listen on my Sunday run

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.

Love this and brings back some happy memories

This was awful in every way

Love it. I can hear similarities to The Cranberries and Beach House here.

Awesome. Love the vocals and pretty much every track a banger

Inte lyssnat på innan, men tyckte om det mycket!

Cute album

4.2

I enjoyed this album! Very Kate Bush, but I liked the dreamlike sound!

howeveh aega? woma ha ve ha ve hom ne to meeee. This is a fun classic album that I thought was in like French at first.

Never quite liked sampling and the whole do thing at first, but this and Goldie changed my mind

It was fine but I'm not going to remember it

Ku godt lide, ill be back

Sparkly.

of course

Actually so good. Banging beats and beautiful instrumentation.

An absolute vibe start to finish

Nice sound. Lots of foreign language songs (or I just can't understand them). I don't get why this is so highly rated. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #245 Best Songs I Wear Your Ring

Ive listened to a few songs in this album so its nice to listen to the full thing but idk im not rlly into this

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.

Another good entry from The 1001 Must Hear List! Never heard of Cocteau Twins, but that was some good ol’ Scottish indie alt rock. Not one song stands out, they’re all listenable. L = (2.75*s) Finally The List gives us a band we’ve never heard of and an album we can listen to in its entirety. J = (3.4*s) Bring on more Scots!

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.

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

Sounded like a holdover from the 1980s. Like clutching onto the last moments hoping not to let it go but feeling it slipping away and realizing it was over. It was sort of sad. I liked it better than I had expected I would.

Dreamy soundscapes

I knew of Cocteau Twins but hadn't consciously listened to any. I expected more ethereal; I understand this is considered their more poppy/accessible album. It grew on me with repeated listens. (It's all about textures, so headphones or other hi-fidelity equipment essential.) Overall it's Good without any knockout attributes, 7/10.

Gets a little stale near the end, but overall great album. Beautiful melodies and dreamy atmosphere.

Just got back from Ireland and this was playing in one of the bars. Loved it!

I definitely wrote them off for far too long, that was beautiful. I was laughing my butt off at "Fotzepolitik." Why give that name to such a gorgeous song? xD

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.

Another solid mid. I don't mind the sound honestly. I don't mind the vocal either, but is it English? It's like Prisencolinensinainciusol - oh yeah this sounds English, but no word in particular is distinguishable. It's a bit samey throughout, so it becomes a bit boring, but individually, they'd be alright. Not life-changing or anything. Another solid mid.

I… finally get it! Lyrics are still incomprehensible though

Weirdly good actually

good hood

LOVE. I have a new artist to love

This was really good. I had friends that were fans of theirs back in the day, but I never really listened to them. It was good from beginning to end and had a really cool vibe. I'll definitely listen again and look at more of their stuff. It sucks that I'm 15 albums into the "challenge" and this is the first one I liked and rated above 2 stars.

ye

V takejto hudbe som sa našiel, pre mňa je CT v prvej päťke...

good background noise

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

This is so unique and beautiful. It's so floaty, dreamy, and ethereal as well as being pretty transportive. I'm not sure where it's taking me, but it's taking me very far away. I have no idea what's she's singing, but it just does not matter to me. I've never been a big lyrics person in general. This is just so good. It's a little same-ish, but not enough that the sound gets tired. It's impossible to pick one single favorite song; it's all that good. If you forced me to pick a favorite, though, I think it has to be the title track. The vocal harmonies, the bass line, the repetition with slight harmonic changes. It's just so good. I'm so blown away with this. It got a save and an instant re-listen, despite me having a few other things I wanted to listen to during the day. Favorite Song(s): Iceblink Luck, Heaven or Las Vegas, Wolf in the Breast

absolutely loved it! such beautiful funky rhythms.

An old favourite. Wolf in the breast always moves me to tears. Epic.

6.5/10

One of the greatest dreampop albums ever released. 9.3/10

wow

Boring, generic 90s background music. Not bad, just not good.

9/10

Kind of like Sigur Ros's mum.

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.

j’aime bien très sympa

Sentí que estaba flotando, buenísimo (más 9/10 que 8/10)

I liked this more than I expected. Brought me a lot of nostalgic feelings and memories for some reason. Bumping from a 3 to a 4 for length and the beautiful album cover

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

Sounds like the precursor to a lot of shoegaze and even modern alt indie music. The gibberish singing is kinda weird but I don't hate it. It has a very particular vibe which would keep me from being able to listen to it whenever, but it has its place.

Really cool, atmospheric indie rock. The songs all work well, the synths and reverb effects etc dont sound dated, the melodies are good, its just a really cool listening experience. One I'll probably come back to

Sehr schöne emotionale Lieder, habe bestimmt 4 zu meinen Likes Songs hinzugefügt! Ich hab auch das Gefühl dass über das Album hinweg ein Aufbau bis „Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires“ stattfindet. Originell hatte ich mir vorgenommen womöglich eine kleine Analyse/Interpretaion zu schreiben, wenigstens eine durchzulesen. Dann war ich aber erst um 18 Uhr zuhause und hab realisiert, dass ich für den Rest meines Lebens nur um des Arbeitswillen lebe. Still sehr tolles Album. Würde nichts sagen wenn jemand behaupt es sei deren Lieblings Album.

Sowohl die ruhigen Lieder als auch die energetischen bringen ihren Beitrag zum Album. Trotzdem war mir etwas langweilig beim hören und es hätte mehr experimentieren werden können. Klingt alles relativ ähnlich und manchmal hatte ich das Gefühl, dass wenn man die ersten 3 Lieder gehört hat, man schon das gesamte Album gehört hat. Höhepunkt(e): Iceblink Luck Tiefpunkt(e): Road, River and Rail Rating: 7/10

Joa hab eigentlich nichts schlechtes zu sagen aber auch nichts besonders gutes... Ist gute Musik, die man im Hintergrund laufen lassen kann aber nichts wo ich aufmerksam zuhören muss. Würde sagen sind so stabile normale 3 Sterne. Nicht crazy aber nicht kacke

Sublime

Liked the music but i like hearing lyrics which is difficult in this album

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

It's been a couple of days since I actually listened to this album but it was very enjoyable. The title track was almost certainly the best song but they were pretty good across the board. I don't tend to have a difficult time differentiatimg between 2,3 and 4 star albums but to separate 4 from 5 or 1 from 2 is always a little trickier. In this case I think this is a 4. 78/100

Pretty good, I enjoyed it quite a lot while listening to it. Can't say it was a masterpiece but very solid! I preferred it to their other album on this list.

Really impressed. I had heard of them, but I guess I hadn't listened to them. Excellent production. I found a new band for me.

love love love it feels like a kiss on the cheek

This is among one of my favourite albums of all time (within the top 15.) It just has such a perfect sound to it. The wordless vocals being one of my favourite aspects of this album, which is fairly unique, especially for the entire duration of the album. It proves to myself once again that you don't need to understand the words to understand the song, the tone of the words and how it's delivered is more than enough. This is definitely one of the best albums when it comes to atmosphere, like if I 'imagine the album,' I imagine a tundra with furious amounts of snow pouring down. Highlight Song/s: "Cherry-coloured Funk", "Heaven or Las Vegas", "Wolf in the Breast" and "Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires"

Ethereal. Loved it

it's like levitate 4.5

Te chaotisch voor mij

Heel rustgevend en aangenaam

Great dreamy vibes, I can see myself returning to this album again!

Not bad. Pretty listenable but that being said I’ll probably never choose to listen to any of these songs again

я когбудтоби улєтаю в космос

Not even their best. Still phenomenal.

I rated the other Cocteau Twins album a 4 and I'm giving this one a 3. I don't know that I actually prefer the other over this one - it probably benefited a bit from novelty, as I didn't know the band coming into this - but the average between the two feels right .

maybe being a little generous here but it's dreamy and pretty

Fine, not my thing

Love the cover art and that the music sounds as expected. I feel so free while listening to this record. Maybe because I had the best sleep in months. I sleeped almost exactly 12 hours. Maybe I just miss summer. :3 5/5

💯💯💯💯

No skips, probably one of the closer records to 5* yet

No.350/1001 Cherry-coloured Funk 4/5 Pitch the Baby 3/5 Iceblink Luck 4/5 Fifty-fifty Clown 3/5 Heaven or Las Vegas 4/5 I Wear Your ring 3/5 Fotzepolitic 3/5 Wolf in the Breast 3/5 Road, River and Rail 3/5 Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires 3/5 Average: 3,3 Grand, ethereal sounds packaged with soft pop vocals. Interesting concept, but didn't envelope me so much that I will come back to another listen.

Can't say much but dreamy.

IVE BEEN WAITING TO LISYEN TO THIS ALBUM YAYAYAY lovely listen it’s so dreamy i need to smoke a blunt while the songs play on th background to fully understand this album

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 didn't get into Cocteau Twins until a bit later in life because honestly I think I just didn't quite get it, maybe my whimsy wasn't fully formed yet, my frontal-whimsy-lobe if you will. Post 25, brain nice and formed, I'm loving that shit. I don't need actual language to have a good time, go on girl, say whatever feels good. I love this album, it feels like a dream in a good way, a tiny bit Lynch (what the hell u sayin vibes), but mostly that nice warm feeling of a dream.

Banger! One of those albums I’ve heard a million times so a little of the magic has worn off, and Bluebell Knoll is still their best, but you can’t deny this is great

cherry coloured funk is such a classic in my life. sets the tone so well. maybe not my usual style, but i can really appreciate the sound and blending of genres together, and creating a strong blueprint for dream pop

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

Esse eu já tinha ouvido. UMA EXPERIÊNCIA!! Som onírico, parecendo the cure, pode ir me botando

Always been a fan, some of their 80s music is absolute staples for the era. They just deliver an ethereal vibe that was a solid part of the alt 80s.

I had a very good time listening to this album. The production and Instrumentals are very nice. It has this early but bright vibe to it which I really enjoy

This record definitely a vibe I can dig. It's quite a rich sonic quality; so saccharine it almost makes my teeth hurt. I wouldn't normally choose to listen to this much of this kind of sound. Trying to decipher the lyrics is pointless for me, it sounds like sexy gibberish (in a good way). It's difficult for me to latch onto anything in particular apart from the songs I already knew (and whose lyrics I was wildly wrong about)...too much clean reverb? I don't know.

A favorite

Bij het begin moest ik er even in komen, maar daarna werd ik er helemaal in gesleept. heel erg leuk

Top, Elizabeth Frazer is fantastisch. Het album is veel meer dan alleen de twee bekende nummers. Een album wat je beter over je stereo kan luisteren dan in de auto om de productie van het album te kunnen waarderen.

Openingsnummer en titeltrack zijn voor mij de bangers. Grondleggers van het dream pop genre. Ik vind het instrumentaal soms wel veel reverb en andere effecten. Leuk feitje geleerd: ze is de stem van Massive Attack's Teardrop!

Not really my style... Other than chill background music to work to. Not bad.

Wonderful, we were cleaning the house after a stressful week. Renee Good was murdered and ice is causing chaos. This album fit the end of week cleanup mood.

ethemeral

Great sound, including the impenetrable vocals

absolutely love love this album so whismy

Idk this isn’t good

Fuck this person for not being able to come up with anything better than albums like this.

Pure gold

Meh.

Had absolutely no concept of what this was going to be - but it was fantastic! Want to crawl into a nice warm bath and listen to this on repeat. Relaxing and heartfelt atmospheric pop. Loved it, will definitely listen again.

Perfecto

This is gonna sound brain-dead, but Heaven or Las Vegas is like if you took the spirit of My Neighbour Totoro and put it into an album. It's just so chill and nice. First time listening to it too, so I'm definitely gonna listen again with some nicer headphones.

This was cool. And the album flew by. Some of the songs sound kind of the same. But it's still good.

Elizabeth Fraser’s voice and the floating guitar textures really linger in my ears. The strong sense of atmosphere is captivating, though it also makes many of the songs blur together and sound quite similar. I can clearly understand why Elizabeth Fraser is so highly regarded as a singer, even though I can’t fully explain it. Her voice just feels completely one of a kind.

Failed to really grab me or inspire me.

I love this one so much I feel bilingual

nudneeeee

Costó un poco al principio pero estuvo bien. Dream pop la onda, banco. 5/10

Great album. Really great sound, mixing and voices (so beautiful).

I find it hard to write something profound about an album that means a lot to me. So I’m just going to stick with this: Heaven or Las Vegas means a lot to me.

This vibe is clearly influential on the 80s tinged pop music of now. Even though i didn’t connect specifically with any of the songs, it’s worth being on the list.

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

Peak entry into 90s rock, loved it, didn’t realize I already knew the title track. Makes me feel like I’m in a coming of age movie where I’m a girl finding her independence in a montage scene that definitely includes driving around with the windows down and my hair blowing in the wind (almost def end of movie vibes)

I can't believe there aren't any twins in this band. Also SCOTTISH. Reminds me of Akira Yamaoka. RATING: 0/2 Twins but 3/3 Scottish

So I’ve been listening to Cocteau Twins here and there since like 2019 but never the whole album at once. It’s a whole vibe. I think I’ll be returning to this one a lot. I like it because it’s almost like the predecessor to Vaporwave, one of my favorite genres.

não gostei tanto assim.

Mystical (goal is to get better at reviews before the year end)

Amazing album.... I love this record.

Cherry-Colored Funk - 5/5 Pitch the Baby - 5/5 Iceblink Luck - 5/5 Fifty-Fifty Clown - 4.5/5 Heaven or Las Vegas - 5/5 I Wear Your Ring - 4.5/5 Fotzepolitic - 5/5 Wolf in the Breast - 5/5 Road, River and Rail - 4.5/5 Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires - 5/5 I don't think I've ever been entranced by an album. The ethereal vibe this whole thing gave off made me forget that I could not understand what the lyrics were. Didn't matter, still found out how to levitate because of this. Overall: 5/5 Favorites: Cherry-Colored Funk, Pitch the Baby, Iceblink Luck, Heaven or Las Vegas, Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires

Took me a couple songs to realize this wasn't in English. Where's the coffee?? This is a nice mellow album. I saw it tagged as shoegaze and was worried, but it wasn't bad. 3/5

Nice sound very different

Cherry colored funk, iceblink luck, heaven or las vegas,

Sorry, but just boring

can it get any more dreamier and ethereal than this

It’s a great album - but like it’s probably a 4/5 just because I probably can’t see myself re listening to this again

My Leaving Las Vegas Playlist. Loved! 5/5

Perfect. No notes. I can't think of a single thing that I would change about this absolute masterpiece. They're just an otherworldly, beautiful band, incredible songwriters, and fronted by a majestic vocalist. Lots of people wrongly criticising the fact you can't make out the lyrics. First of all, you can a bit, second of all, I don't recognise every molecule in a bath, doesn't mean it can't wash over you and take away your troubles.

Not for me. Several close friends with great taste have loved this band/album and part of me wants to like it but, it’s not for me.

3.5

A bit of a nostalgia trip. I do very much associate the cocteau’s with the 80’s and student life. A warm fuzzy feeling.

I was listening to this while running and one of my earbuds died after the first song, but I enjoyed what I could hear. Was between a 3 and 4

This is very much a specific sound, it lives in that space very well. I can’t understand 80% of the words though, I don’t really understand or appreciate albums without a lyrical purpose.

C'est tu encore du shoegaze ça ? Belle ambiance , assez cohérente du début à la fin. Mais on pourrait aussi dire répétitif/monotone. Ça m'a pas vraiment accroché

J’aimerais aimer ca plus que je l’ai aimé. On dirait que j’aurais pas le choix en tant que fan des 90s et de dream pop. Mais ça m’épuise j’ai de la misère à finir l’album. C’est bon mais drainant. Et la première est la meilleure.

I actually enjoyed this. Not something I would listen to often, but it was good throughout.

Okay - a bit ethereal. Kind of indie pop I guess.

another banger! i liked their voices and could see myself coming back to this album on my own.

absolute music

This whole album is like a soundtrack to life after going to a museum and your persepctive changed completly, your completly infactuated with the thing u saw and life just changed that bit. Are they singing in english.. i think but i guess we will never know..

this shit rules dude, love the vibes and the sound 4/5

I did enjoy listening to it, good background noises, couldn’t understand the lyrics tho, bit confusing but kinda viby. But I am probably not going to listen to it that often if even

Dreamy, eerie, beautiful ethereal melodies... Like being violated by a crying angel... ever so gently.

Really good

The Cocteau Twins' "Heaven Or Las Vegas" is an accomplished dream-pop record. It possesses a brighter, more polished production than their earlier, harder-edged work, offering a tapestry of beautiful melodies and Elizabeth Fraser’s peerless vocals. While its ethereal atmosphere is undeniably pleasant, the album ultimately lacks the necessary grit or variety to maintain my interest throughout. For my tastes, it doesn't quite possess the substance required to push it into the four-star category. Three stars. 1 "Cherry-Coloured Funk" (3/5) 2 "Pitch the Baby" (3/5) 3 "Iceblink Luck" (3/5) 4 "Fifty-Fifty Clown" (3/5) 5 "Heaven or Las Vegas" (4/5) 6 "I Wear Your Ring" (3/5) 7 "Fotzepolitic" (4/5) 8 "Wolf in the Breast" (3/5) 9 "Road, River and Rail" (3/5) 10 "Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires" (3/5) Total - 32 Average - 3.2 209/1001 118/209 albums reviewed were new to me.

Reverb melodic. Kind of feels like a good iced coffee caffeine buzz

heavenly experince

dno if im just deaf but didnt really hear a word, all mumble jumble

kinda psychedelic. not what i was in the mood for at the time but pretty good regardless

Unexpectedly good. 4.4

9/10 - не слушал, это ахуенно.

Dreamy...

bellissimo album, la sua voce pazzesca traccia preferita: iceblink luck

Grandissimo album, loro hanno praticamente inventato lo shoegaze. Grazie

Lovely vibes that made me feel nostalgic for a time I wasn't around for (was born the year after this came out). Nothing about it jumps out. I just think it's neat.

impossible to understand lyrics

Hungover, big fight with the missus, told her this was it, no coming back. Listened to Amon Amorth prior to this. Wanting to sink into the eternal darkness, the music in my ears matches the darkness of everything around. Why has no one ever listed them as an inspiration? If I didn’t know it would be a early 2000’s band that was the side project for Sigur Rös

I love this album so dreamy and atmospheric

Doesn't reach me at all.

Not my favorite! Mellow, feels psychedelic. I did add 1 to my liked songs. 1/5 ⭐️

Solid.

Soft, dreamy pop sound that was relaxing. Couldn’t understand a lick of what they were saying. 3/5

10/10 I was surprised, really good album

Ok

Fire

Liked cherry colored funk, heaven or las vegas, wolf in the breast and frou frou foxes in midsummer fires. I like the dreamy beats and vocals.

Absolutely iconic. One of my favorite records of all time.

I love it. The criticism of the unintelligible vocals doesn't work for me, I think they add so much mystery. What they're saying is less meaningful than the atmosphere created

Stop honking! I am trying to understand the cocteau twins

Liked the first few but not so hot on the rest

Second listen after trying it in 2025. I get it more this time, and I think it would grow on me more. Dreamy, twin peaks.

"Heaven or Las Vegas" is the sixth studio album by Scottish band Cocteau Twins. Dreamy pop and ambient pop are the Wiki-listed genres. The music is described as blending dream and ambient pop with elements of psychedelia, experimental and electronic textures. The bandmembers include Elizabeth Fraser (vocals), Robin Guthrie (guitar, drum machine) and Simon Raymonde (bass, keyboards). The album was recorded right after Fraser and Guthrie's baby was born and during the death of Raymonde's Father. Commercially, it was the band's most successful album reaching #7 in the UK and #99 on the US Billboard 200. It was critically well-received and recognized as one of their most influential works. "Cherry-Coloured Funk" opens the album with a slower beat and a wavering guitar. The music is anchored by the bass. Fraser initially with a deeper voice that is overlayed with a falsetto. Feelings of warmth and longing. An icy, shivering guitar begins "Iceblink Luck. A melodic bass. Fraser sort of yodeling with harrowing vocals coming in. Guthrie gets his guitar sounding like a grinding saw. Guthrie keeps it going with chiming, guitar rings in the self-titled "Heaven or Las Vegas." Fraser beautifully layers her vocals. I imagine this about is about a contrast between the beautiful and excess. Guthrie's guitar sounding like the Eno-jet guitar in his two solos. A fantastic song and one of the best songs of the 90's. The second half of this album features more synthesizers. "Fotzepolitic" has a synth open. A swirling guitar and guitar solo. The song evokes a holiday vibe. "Road, River and Rail" has a darker guitar and a wind blowing sound. Fraser's vocals are soulful and the most straight-forward pop sounding. The album closes with "Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer." Piano keys, percussion ticks and a droning sound with echoing falsetto vocals. The drums kick in and the song picks up. Fraser once again with wonderful crisscross vocals in a song of grief, loss and probably other things. When I first heard the Cocteau Twins in the 80's, I was like Wow! those twin sister voices do sound a lot like each other. And that right there is one of the highlights of this outstanding album; the layering of Elizabeth Fraser's vocals is exquisite being emotional and really instruments of themselves. I can't really understand what she's singing about. That's no mater as they alone create a textured dreamy atmosphere. As previously mentioned, the music is anchored by Raymonde's bass. Guthrie's swirling, ringing and echoing guitar sounds perfectly match the vocals. Everything I've heard from the Cocteau Twins is worth a listen and this album may be their best.

Wow no les conocía, me gustó! Me gustó bastante!

Ethereal and unintelligible in equal measures - an interesting listen and some genuinely good songs towards the end of the album, but not likely one I'd listen to again.

right up my alley and i'm going to give it 5 stars because i can see this going into my rotation. i think they're influential to a lot of other bands i like

Quite a surprise find.

I honestly couldn’t decide whether I liked this album or not. At times I wanted to turn it off, at other times it washed over me as a beautiful cacophony of noise.

This one is very middle of the road for me, listenable but reasonably forgettable. I'm not sure what it was about the album but I couldn't focus on it as a whole and my mind wondered off to other things.

Gostosinho de ouvir

Maybe it'll grow on me. Felt a bit samey with the reverby guitars. Perhaps it was because I listened to this in the shower and the glass barricade's muffling effect / dysfunctional shower head spurts further obfuscated the already hazy soundscape. Perhaps I need actual lyrics to anchor my ears unto. Need to relisten w/ headphones sometime.

This is a beautiful record that I haven't been able to wrap my head around. I love the way this early '90s dream pop sounds, but I feel the same way about Heaven or Las Vegas as I do about Loveless by My Bloody Valentine. The sounds are awash with shimmer and reverb and layers and layers of vocal tracks, seemingly with their own chorus effects added. The resulting music is all about texture and vibe. And that's fine with me. But I don't get why they deliberately bury the vocals so that the listener (at least this listener) can't understand a single word. The lyrics, at least the ones I looked up, are good and fit the music's dreamscapes well, and Elizabeth Fraser's voice is great. No one else could have made Massive Attack's "Teardrop" a driving electronic track that still sounds sad and ethereal. I'm not mad at the glossolalia either. Cocteau Twins' label and bandmate (in This Mortal Coil) Lisa Gerrard produced some of my favorite music with Dead Can Dance while singing almost no lyrics at all. But here's the thing. I still listened to Heaven or Las Vegas over and over again yesterday. My final headphone listen revealed and separated so many of the layers that it truly felt like a new experience with this record. I'll keep coming back to this album as I have in the past. I'm frustrated that I can't understand the vocals, but the vibe and texture keep pulling me back in. Four stars.

Beautiful and dreamy. 4.5/5

holy sshit

Strong start but in the end gave me high hopes that left me disappointed throughout the rest of the album. Mid.

Not bad. Definition of a 3.

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

YEYSYSYSSS I love the sound and her voice, it’s so magical. The synths and bass sound so good. My favorite tracks are probably Pitch the Baby and Heaven on Las Vegas.

Cherry coloured funk : felt very magical, sounded beautiful Pitch the baby : I couldn’t really hear what the lyrics were saying but that could be just me. Iceblink Luck : sounds good Fifty fifty clown : sounds angelic Heaven or Las Vegas: I found it unique because you don’t actually know what she’s singing it’s almost gibberish I wear your ring: beautiful Fotzepolitic: ethereal vocals Wolf in the breast: love the layered vocals and the drums Road river and rail : ethereal Frou frou foxes in midsummer fires: favourite song in the album , voice is amazing

i want to listen to it twice!!

Meh

Inoffensive background for me

I'm sick of this.

Beautiful, I listened to this much more when it came out but now find the flatness of it all to be a reason I don’t return to it.

Écoute agréable mais pas de coup de cœur ni de morceau qui se démarque

My problem with dream pop/shoegaze is always the indecipherable lyrics. Sounds good though as usual

They’ve cornered this one sound but man is it delicious

Very good.

guachi, sólo o un poco ruidoso para mi gusto

me ha gustadoooooo muuuuxo y más después de sufrir el álbum anterior

amazing dreamy everything no skips

2.5

I got this Xmas day 2025 and it was great! Hadn't listened to this before but had an iea if what it may be. It mire than lived up to expectations. Beautiful dreamy, pop music with timeless arrangements and something i'll definitely cime back to

I LOVE THIS ALBUM IT'S so heavenly like a perfume.

Best enjoyed with a cup of cold weather hold the thunderstorms.

Dreamy

Yay

Enjoyed that. I was thinking 3 all the way through but I think the first listening experience deserves a 7/10, so I’ll let it creep just into 4 territory.

Pleasant, but just sort of nothing.

Shoegazey

I think I will listen to this again

Very solid space pop with beautiful vocals and soaring atmospheric synths. Surprisingly good…

I LOVE COCETU TWINS

Very good kind of like abba in another language and whimsical in a different way

feels exactly like dissociating after/while getting high, 10/10

Ovaj album mi je onako 3,5 ili 4 ali daću mu 4. Bas je dreamy svaka pesma bukvlano i kul je. Omiljene pesme su mi fifty-fifty clown, heaven or las vegas (vrv mi je najomiljenija) i fotzepolitic; shout out za road, river and rail i frou-frou foxes in midsummer fires

Lillejulaften. I bilen med Jon på tur til Harstad.

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.

Nothing stood out, but the album as a whole was a nice ride

Nope

literal angels

haters that don't get it will be giving this 1 star

I first listened to this album ~20 years ago and dismissed it because it doesn't really do what I want it to. I've gained an appreciation for it, but it still feels like it splits the difference between a few styles and doesn't go far enough in any direction -- not quite noisy enough, not quite pop enough, not quite dark enough. I understand it has greatly influenced "chill" genres, which seems right -- it feels a bit like taking 2 Benadryl. Sometimes that's nice feeling, but I'm also a bit skeptical of palliative music.

I liked this one, never really listen to them before. Will check out more of their stuff. I have no idea what she’s saying though. Madeleine was already a fan of this album.

Fraser's vocals are out of this world. Very atmospheric instrumental approach with a mix of electronic and conventional bass / guitar / drum.

I've always loved the ethereal and atmospheric sounds of this band. Interestingly, my teen daughter independently discovered the band this year and we've been listening to them more than I have in years. This is music that renovated with me when it was released and still does today.

Already listened and love it

Cocteau twins is such an original band and Elisabeth Frazer such an original singer. There's no-one that sounds quite like them. I've never really have had the patience to listen to some of their albums, but these bit more accessible ones like "Heaven or Las Vegas" or "Four calendar cafe" are really enjoyable. And there can never be too much chorus!

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.

Lowkey wasn’t vibing at the start but it got better as it progressed!

NOT THE 70s FINALLY HOORAH -wait i know cherry colored funk already maybe ill like this album cause this song is really good -their sound is pretty modern honestly like i could hear a song like pitch the baby now so maybe early 90s is coming back idk -also reminds me of the cure a little -i like iceblink luck -fifty fifty clown is groovy i like it -WAIT i know heaven or las vegas as well!!! - i also like wear your ring -fotzepolitic sounds familiar -wolf in the breast also sounds vaguely familiar i like the sound though -i like frou frou a lot actually - best album since the abba one - i actually like the sound and would listen to some of these songs again for sure

Ethereal pop. Very unique for its time. I think this is a great album.

It didn't compel me.

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

While CCF is an all timer I found myself not enjoying this as much as I wanted to

very eclectic, much wow

Nice album of multi-layered dreamy pop. Some of the vocals sounded like ABBA! One song tended to blend into another for me though. Enjoyed the second listen more especially when I realised I didn’t have to understand the lyrics! Very good album.

Boa, Vibe atmosférica, lembra indies que eu curto

It’s so peak cuz 🥹😣

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

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.

i’ve heard this already, one of my favorite shoegaze albums. i loooove cocteau twins favs: cherry-colored funk, pitch the baby, iceblink luck, wolf in the breast

that last song really made it a four for me

Sounds like they're singing backwards, underwater. But somehow I dig it?? 3.5

The Cocteau Twin's sixth studio album released at the dawn of the 1980s makes me feels like I'm dreaming awake. I change colors. I change moods. I'm everywhere at times without leaving my warm cocoon of a bed. I'm the nails that prevents the mansion on the hill from falling apart. I have never felt softer. Heaven or Las Vegas? Who cares when I feel this storybook carefree. I love it there. The album ends as albums do but it stays with me all day. I love it here.

Why is everyone so English centered? Well, it’s really easy to guess where they are from that way. I get that lyrics mean a lot. They can make or break a song. But if you hear a song in another language, even if it sounds incredible, would you say it’s shit just because you can’t understand the lyrics? I suppose you don’t even listen to songs in other languages. Why would you when THE US IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD GOD BLESS THIS FREE LAND, and let’s not forget THE GREATEST EMPIRE OF HISTORY ALSO BREXIT WAS AN AMAZING IDEA. Australia and Canada are safe, I don’t have beef with them. Maybe it’s just me, or other people like me. Not natives to an English speaking country. Growing up, the radio was 80% English. Did I understand a single word? Not at all. I couldn’t even make it out when a song was in English. I just clocked that it was another language. BUT I STILL ENJOYED THEM. I just vibed along. I didn’t even know the title of any of them. After learning this stupid language, I do admit that I lost interest in some songs after finding out what vile stuff they sang about, trashing on minorities in general. So I get that lyrics can influence your reception of a song. But if you can’t make them out, guess what? Google is free.

Interesting album. The type of thing I’d hoped to find through this experience

I couldn’t dream of giving this less than a 5. It’s just exquisite and sounds like nothing else. Iconic and breathtaking!

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

Dreamy vocals and arrangements/instrumentation; love the titular track

This is a great album. I love it's ethereal nature. An easy 5.

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

pretty good tbh, very like ethereal and dreamy, felt like a good background music album for the summer

Really enjoyed this as background music, like having a bit of a dance whilst doing some spring cleaning. Particularly the first song, Cherry-Coloured Funk, which I've listened to before but it was nice to hear again!

The vibes were indeed very immaculate but the album being slightly repetitive made it less than what I had anticipated. Still this was fire. 4.50/5

Ambient pop heaven; transforms you to the time where the 80s blend into the shape of the 90s.

Heaven

Obviously, Heaven.

I like it but don't love it

Amazing

This sounds like what MGMT were inspired by. It's an entire album of synthpop beauty, and despite the fact that I had never even heard of if before, I found so much to enjoy. Right away, the opening track, 'Cherry-coloured Funk', was breathtaking, and 'Iceblink Luck' has the same mystifying quality. The title song does live up to the expectations, and the disc never even loses its momentum, as 'Fotzepolitic' keeps up the good vibes. Be sure to not miss this one, even if you're having doubts like YesterMe.

They have an beautiful, ethereal style that, for me, requires a specific state of mind.

Numbing, yet still irritating.

I’ve already listened to a couple of songs off this album, before this but this will be my first all the way through listen. I love Cocteau Twins, my favorite song from them is Rilkean Heart!!