Heaven Or Las Vegas

Ne znam jel to zato što me fifa u mozak izjebala tokom slušanja ovog albuma il šta, al dobar, not a 5 tho, not even close.

Dope

Nice album, easy to listen. I can't hear the vocals though. It's vaguely pop-y, but in a nice way.

I really enjoyed this record. Has some really great feel to some of it's tracks.

The dreamiest of the dream pop albums. The washy guitars hovers over the dreamlike production while Elizabeth Fraser's voice carries the whole thing. I suspect that some compositions would reveal to be weaker than it seems if they weren't drenched in such a soothing atmosphere. But for each song that may be a little less memorable, there is one absolute classic like Cherry-Coloured Funk, Frou-Frou or the title track.

A strong 4 for Heaven Or Las Vegas. I loved the very coherent atmosphere that reigns all along the album, there are lots of little gems throughout. It would only lack a little more catchy side overall for it to be perfect. I really need to discover more from Cocteau Twins. Glad it was on this list.

Genre: Dream Pop 4/5 Another unexpected surprise, Heaven or Las Vegas is one of my favorite new albums I've listened to so far in this exercise. Listening with totally fresh ears, I instantly could hear what makes this album as revered as it is. A total Dream Pop classic, and a genuinely interesting and enjoyable pop music experience, Heaven or Las Vegas is a project gleaming with filtered guitars and layered vocals. Its wall-of-sound style production is almost overwhelming at times, providing some of the most captivating listens for me up to this point. Starting with the ethereal intro, Cherry-Coloured Funk, a song that perfectly outlines their sound and energy, and is easily one of the best songs on the album, the album continues nicely along (Pitch the Baby is another pop gem), when we're finally met with the title track, my personal favorite from the album, featuring a big beautiful chorus from Elizabeth Fraser and some really tremendous, lush, in-your-face production. I Wear Your Ring is one of my favorite vocal experiments on the album, and is another example of a song on here where the group really sounds like they're having a fucking blast, casually writing some of the decade's most influential music. A beautiful album from top to bottom, and a real joy to listen to.

Good vibes, tho a few songs did give me cheesy xmas song kinda vibes. Cherry-coloured Funk is amazing

Vibes

This was great, better than I imagined

Cherry Coloured Funk es una de mis canciones de isla desierta y sólo vine a descubrirla el año pasado gracias al algoritmo. Qué gran pedazo de melodía.

Swirly spacey goodness

Unmistakable, multilayered, vocals

Enjoyed every song.

Highly atmospheric. Reminds me of a combination of MBV and The Cranberries, in a very good way.

Just sublime. Such a great album. Music excellent and Liz Fraser's voice and part-nonsense lyrics just so evocative of the best of the 80s.

i found this album in 2018 and battered it. sounds ridiculously fresh for how old it is.

Everybody Loves Raymond would have been a much better television programme had this been the soundtrack for it. I feel like Robert would have become an ever-growing presence in the series and eventually take over the reigns. Everybody fuckin' loves Robert. Raymond would have felt like a complete, useless cunt and blown his brains out. Robert wouldn't care.

Lovely. Lots of cooing and squawking like a mother bird trying to tell its baby that now isn't the right time to be flying a kite, because it's not windy enough, but the baby bird doesn't believe its mother, then gets frustrated when she's right.

Good album

Ethereal beauty for the ears.

flames flames flames

another album i didnt listen to fully because i didn't like the most popular songs out of it and it turns out those songs were the worst songs on the whole album and the album is fucking incredible. pitch baby, fifty fifty clown, i wear your ring, fotzepolitic soty

Less abstract than earlier work but the strong cohesion between voice and drums is still there.

Dreamy pop good

Very good

Again... back to Jeremy Klein's Raver's part (or maybe that was Feasters...?) The song Iceblink Luck is impeccable and I'm shocked to report the balance is equally as good. The two duds came at the end Road River and Frou Frou both sucked. Regardless, this is a HUGE step up from the original record we listened to (Treasure) which came in at an abysmal one star. https://youtu.be/AsamVuzsN0A?si=qsTP2i_tLRbbC5Kh

relaxed and chilled out whilst also not being boring, which i really like. i think that’s one of the most redeeming qualities about this album

I can't understand the lyrics and I don't care

Love it

Kena pops

It's a good album, but more mood music than a series of terrific songs. Will need to listen again but I found it fading into the background for me. Great mood piece.

I enjoyed this vibe

Groovy

dreampop vaporware. hopeful wistful coming of age aesthetics

Proto-Beach House, so I should love it, but the vocals are very hard to discern most of the time.

Dreamy shoegaze accompanied with a beautiful voice.

High 3 from me. Very interesting album that I liked quite a bit. Very reminiscent of Joy Division and chill wave which I like quite a bit. F it- gonna give it a 4

8/10. i liked this a lot, it was similar to Treasure but felt a lot lighter/more positive, just pleasant to listen to but deep and emotional as well.

So pretty! Got a little samey but I didn't mind that much. High 8

8/10. Really chill and ethereal.

Ok, sounded a bit like other music I've listened to from the 90's but can't place exactly who.

dreamy and oddly unique

really nice. wish it was longer 4.5

very 90s.solid listen

Pop envolvente com o vocal feminino

Nice

Never heard anything from the band before this album. Really liked the songs!

Quatro. O que não massa engorda. Celebro a derrota na Liga Capitalista como se o tarolo fosse tareia. Está tudo bem. Nem se pensa outra coisa.

Scottish 90s dream pop? I had a headache today and this music healed it.

Ga ik meer beluisteren

I really like "I wear your ring" isn´t my type of music but I really enjoy listening to it

Not bad. Don't love, but was able to listen thru.

More textured bright hooks

Great album. Love the guitar lines and vocals here. Listening to this makes me think that Giants In The Trees are influenced by them.

Weird. It makes me nostalgic of a time I was not even alive yet. Thought it was cringe at first, but came to like it

unexpected bangers

Yes! really enjoyed listening to this, so nice I played it twice. Really an interesting discovery.

Deze groep was mij onbekend. Positief verrast. Moest je mij zeggen dat dit een of andere gloednieuwe band was, ik zou het ook geloven.

This was a nice discovery, really liked it

Mellow

excellent

2x geluisterd en vind het erg mooi! Heel sferisch en mooie zanglijnen.

A fantastic album. I love Liz Fraser's voice.

Very pleasant to listen while working. Dreamlike. Grown on me over the weekend. 4/5

Dreamy

Very fun, solid all the way through. Nothing stood out particularly, so will need to listen again for faves

Nice radio too

Fotzepolitic and title track stand out. Prefer their earlier albums but this is solid and has Liz's voice as always

Curioso: mezcla de The Bee Gees, de las hijas de The Beach Boys, Kate Bush

Listen again

Great, good album will listen again

I like them - I think I had heard some of these before. Nice background music.

This was fun, definitely a mood. Unexpected.

Lovely dreampop. I adore Elizabeth Fraser's otherworldly vocals. Fave track - "Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires" for full on nimbly bimbly glossolalia!

I like this quite a bit, though I anticipated I would, as it’s sort of in the space of the things I typically like. I hadn’t heard of them before, and I honestly had a hard time understanding a lot of the words – I wondered if some of them were in Gaelic, since it’s a Scottish band. But I generally liked it.

Some ethereal French shit - kind of slaps tho.

enjoyable techno pop. good to work with. feels very eightes movie

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Pleasant swoopy soundscapes. Lyrics are mostly impossible to understand. Nice background music, but not something I would play to listen to with intention.

Great shoegaze. Reminded me of cranberries straddling 80s and 90s alt. Notable songs: cherry-coloured funk, heaven or Las Vegas, pitch the baby.

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Terrific dream pop album, reminds me of My Bloody Valentine

This is an album I find very tough to rate. It sounds very of its time, but has some very modern elements as well. It faded into the background a bit for me (the album was over surprisingly quickly), but I was always into it when I became aware of it. Ultimately, I think I like this album, though it is not something I'm likely to come back to very often 4/5

Good dreamy synth sounds.

Funky and ethereal, sounds like a desert road trip

Great album, but I like most any earlier one better I think.

Dang, pre interesting the switch between English and Scottish Gaelic (maybe?)

Dream pop sung by an unintelligible Scottish woman never sounded so good. Best track: Iceblink Luck

Stand out for me was Iceblink Luck, really enjoyed this one. True to the joke that you can't really make out what they're saying. Absolutely hear the influence of Beach House in therw

A hidden gem

First album I'm hearing here. Solid stuff!

Last half of the album was stronger than the first half.

Fantastic voice but bland bland production. Decent album though

Je suis dans une forêt de pins. Le soleil se couche. Devant moi, une petite scène de concert, où joue un groupe local. Autour de moi, une dizaine de gens. La nostalgie embaume l'air et nous berce.

Unfamiliar with this band and album. Right away get that sound. Early 90s alt rock with an ambient vibe. Definitely hear that dream pop sound. Guess this is the defining sound of that genre? I’m more familiar with it from Beach House, a much newer band. But this feels very influential to their sound. Cherry Colored Funk is a great opening track. Pretty good overall. I’m enjoying it. Certainly a distinct sound. Sometimes you feel it more 80s influenced which makes sense when it was made. The title track is a really good song even if I have no idea what she’s saying. Enjoy the sound and the vibes of this album but nothing is overly wowing me. It’s good though. Definitely a 3. Not sure if it’s getting to a 4. But there’s something I really like about a lot of it. Think I’ll stick with a 3, because it felt like a lot of the earlier half of the album connects better than the second half. Although the closing track is a really good one. Feels like an album that would grow on multiple listens.

I read some other reviews that were either in love or hated this album. I am very middle of the road. Some of it was cool. Some of it was just ok.

schon wieder diese zwillinge. atmosphärischer sound mit dünner stimme, eher gleichförmig.

Not entirely sure. I will have to listen again.

While I had not heard of the Cocteau Twins, I was intrigued after reading their Wiki write up. I have to say listening to this album it was definitely difficult to understand the lyrics for the most part. But at the same time the flow of the songs were enjoyable. For me the album was something that I can see people really loving or hating, I was in the middle and gave it 3 stars.

Good vocals; but nothing that stands out

Quite enjoyable if a little samey.

Quite like this added some to the old playlist

good i already had a few songs

What I imagine a nightclub on an alien planet would sound like. In the 80s. While tripping on alien dust. Her vocals are beautiful. Butterfly voice fluttering around.

Chill album. Nothing too exciting but it was a pleasant listening experience.

Cocteau Twins is a band with one of the most misleading names, as it's a trio with no connection to France, and it doesn't even feature twins. This album is considered their best and also their easiest to understand: previously, the band played gothic post-punk, like The Sisters of Mercy, but here they switched to proto-shoegaze — dense yet vibrant music, perfect for lying on the grass and gazing at the sunset. The lyrics are incredibly difficult to decipher, and even then, it's almost impossible to understand their meaning, while Elizabeth Fraser's vocals sound like a cross between ABBA and The Cranberries, if their members were into psychedelia. If you like My Bloody Valentine or Slowdive, this is the foundation. Otherwise, it's nothing special, just a warm, dreamy, and somewhat optimistic album that's pleasant to listen to. It deserves a solid three stars.

The songs on this album all sounded very similar to me. Still, it was a pleasant listen.

Gathering much praise in recent years, and always a favorite of my wife’s, I have listened to The Cocteau Twins a great deal over the years. Unfortunately, the group comes up short in making gorgeous chamber music, icy techno pop or Krautrock style grooves. An obvious imitator, Stereolab, leans into the Krautrock aspect to make music that is substantially more enjoyable than the Cocteau Twins. While Elizabeth Fraser has a more commanding voice than Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadler, I prefer Sadler’s breathy French pop approach. I could toss Bjork into the mix, since she seems to have pulled a few ideas from The Cocteau Twins. Bjork went down a more idiosyncratic path that makes her music more fascinating, not necessarily better, than The Cocteau Twins. Okay, comparing apples and pears here. On their own merits, I longed for individual songs to stand out. “Wolf in the Breast” headed towards a bright pop song, but got stuck at mid-tempo, a problem on several tracks here. “Road, River and Rail” had potential for a moving song (not supposed to compare here, but Kate Bush comes to mind), but the band never summoned that level of drama. The Cocteau Twins mix low-key and busy together. The spareness did not develop into somber powerful numbers. Meanwhile the added elements rarely coalesced enough to catch my attention. Maybe a different album or a different season: summer is not Cocteau Twins weather.

It's rare that a lead singer's vocals feel like the driving force of a song, but that's the case on a few songs here. The twisty melodies on "Pitch the Baby" and "I Wear Your Ring" come purely from the vocals, with the instruments creating an ethereal wash underneath. The shimmering guitar does something similar on every song, creating a very pretty sound but also one that I find a bit flat. I wish there was a little more edge or noise in the music to act as a better compliment to the gorgeous vocals. It's interesting that as washed out and big as these songs are that they mostly stick to normal, short pop song structures; longer songs or more interesting hooks might prevent all of the tracks from sounding so similar. The highlight is the climaxes of the final track, which, surprise, are driven by Fraser's vocals. A very pretty album that almost never actually excites me.

Atmospheric and ethereal with an electronic twist. Basically a dreamy wall of sound, but doesn't go anywhere. 3/5

Liked it, but didn’t make big impression.

Ganz nice und dreamy

Dated synth dream pop. Reminded me a little of Kate Bush, but if you couldn't make out any of the words. Which I don't consider to be an improvement.

An interesting listen. Really well produced and lovely vibes but overall to me it’s just a bit meh.

Сара 3 Марко 3

This album floats through your mind like a cloud of perfume in the mall. It lingers on your clothes, but doesn't do any damage. The music and the vocals all mush together into a soft mess, and nothing really grabs hold of you. I don't know if this was truly essential. This album wants you to just sit and listen, not do work through it. My rating: 3/5

demasiado suave y atmosferico para mi humor actual, tal vez en un futuro me atrape 3.6

Ethereal, almost trance like at times. Not really my style and won’t revisit this but I appreciate what they are trying to do here.

LoFi, Dreamy, Trippy. It was alright. 3/5 Favorite Song: Heaven or Las Vegas

Not for me

T's alright

Never really listened to this band before. This is dream pop. I felt that some of the songs were incredible and then the next track, not too much and so on. I could never really settle with it. May need repeat listening.

Nice middle of the road album

Vocals aren't the most clear but nice chill vibe to the album. 3/5

Interesting vibes, would have guessed this was a French band so surprised to see that they're Scots. I could see this being good background ambient music for a dinner party. Overall not bad, definitely a bit ahead of it's time I think. Didn't blow me away, but was a fine listen while I got some work done.

It was very good and i can see why it was popular back in its day - reminds me of mazzy star

I remember this being better

I didn't get it. This is the standard bearer for shoegaze? I was pretty bored.

I didn't enjoy this as much as their first couple of albums.

A name I've heard but can't identify anything I am aware of. ------------- Dreamy vocals over soft rock and synthy, atmospheric, meditative world music vibes. I can get behind this album, particularly on a warm summer's day. It's got a hopeful tone with very soothing vocals performances. I like how they feel kinda out of reach in the mix and it's more about the melody. On the negative side - it's difficult to pick out a track that is distinct. It is all very similar throughout. An album I'll return to one day. 3*

While not a fan of the dream pop genre in general, I have enjoyed the 2 Cocteau albums that have appeared on the list, and how different they seemed from one another despite not violating the band's basic rules of gibberish lyrics, lush and endless guitars and keyboards, and drums that are very much an accompaniment and not a feature. To me Fraser's vocals just become audio impressionist and cubist paintings. I do enjoy hearing what bands can do at the extremes of engineering and production. What others call over production, I call something to feast on. Guthrie's guitars feel like they were inspired a bit by the sounds that bands like Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Cure were producing in the late 70s and early 80s. Faves: "Heaven or Las Vegas", "Wolf in the Breast"

THis was pleasant. It worked well as an album. nothign stood out to me though

I really enjoyed the accumulative vibe and soundscape of this album. No tracks stuck out to me on first listen, but this is an album I can see myself revisiting and growing more fond of and having individual tracks sticking out more. Rating: 3.5

Воздушная сексапилка

an enjoyable album. I have heard the Cocteau twin before but not this album. I will definitely listen again, not sure about buying

Si es muy dreamy. Me gustó la música pero como no puedo entender la letra pues no lo guardaría.

good but very different music; vocals are avg

It’s just so beautiful. I know I’ve derided other albums for having unintelligible lyrics, but this album feels different. Special and purposeful. Still not an album I really love sitting down and listening in its entirety. There are some real snoozers on this album but many tracks. Cherry colored funk and the title track are standouts. Fotzepolitic also good. Would listen again and defend if it has haters, but it’s not a big deal for me.

First listen Saved 5/10

The reviews here seem to be divided along the lines of "the lyrical content is amazing" and "I can't understand a word of this". Personally I fall in the "can't understand a word" camp, so it's not scoring any points from me for lyrical genius, so I'm going to treat it like I would a world music album. Music-wise, this was ... fine? I could quite happily listen to it as background, but it's definitely a bit samey and boring when listening to a whole album. I don't think it does anything remarkable; the drum beats are dull, the guitar exists, the vocals are perfectly good but also unintelligible. Mid 3.

I see this is the highest rated shoegaze album on the site. I'm intrigued because loveless is on this site. Start playing and it all makes sense. This is extremely safe shoegaze, it's somehow safer than slowdive who definitely weren't afraid of feedback and low guitars. It's enjoyable it just sounds super sterile It's funny people are complaining about not being able to understand the lyrics when that is exactly the point, this is one of the more standout parts of the album because mbv were known for bringing everything up to the same loudness as the lyrics which effectively buries them while in this album they are as clear as anything but you still can't understand them. It's enjoyable I just can't help but feel like every song sounds the same. High 3

Neat

3.3. Thought the album was fine. Closer to good but still only 3 stars. I suspect I will like a Spotify radio that is started from using this band as the search.

This really isn't my thing usually but this was fine. Forgettable but I don't regret listening to it. 6/10

Indie Enya?

This is an example of why this experiment is great. I would never have stumbled on this album if not for this. And this album is just delightful. Iceblink Luck feels like it’s a familiar hit, even though I don’t remember ever hearing it. I will definitely return to this album over and over.

I like a nice dream pop album and this being from 1990 can certainly tell the influence in the genre. An enjoyable listen even if it lacks any standout tracks. 3/5

It's very much a album that I enjoy, but all songs blend together and nothing stands out. Great background music, which isn't a critique.

atmosphere

No point of reference for me here but I liked it more than I thought I would!

5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background

Singer kinda reminded me of Enya

23/07/2026 This is run of the mill stuff to me. Find me a song that stands out here and I'll tell you you're wrong. Spotify listeners: 5.2 million

Like the background music to every 90s teen drama on the CW

Not a huge fan of what I hear on the radio. I didn’t love seeing this assignment, but this was a pretty good album!

Almost skipped it as I didn't like the first couple of songs. Midway I ended up liking a couple. Reminds me of the ABBA ladies minus the men. Probably wouldn't listen again but enjoyed in the moment.

nice

A really cool vibe, but I didn't really find the individual songs very interesting, and don't really have much more to say about this for now, which is annoying because I was expecting to love this.

Disco bem diferente, nem conhecia esse estilo de música, achei interessante esteticamente mas um pouco monótono.

The name always put me off back in the day and all I know of them since then is that Liz Fraser is the vocalist as she sung on 3 songs in _Mezzanine_ by Massive Attack, including the brilliant _Teardrop_. Despite being released in the 90s, this still carries that hangover of a slightly too polished 80s production and sheen but the songs are strong enough to make it interesting.

Decent album, had some good beats but just not my cup of tea lol

Cherry-Coloured Funk Iceblink Luck Heaven or Las Vegas

Spennende sound. Kult. Låtene fenget dog ikke så hardt. Må muligens komme tilbake til denne.

Avslappende drømmepop. Føles passé.

Less “grungy” and more poppy than the sounds I enjoyed on “Treasure”, but the group’s elegant shoegaze soundscape still persists throughout this. Making for a great listen and helping me understand why this is considered a classic.

*64 De bør sikkert få en masse stjerner for at være genredefinerende, men jeg aldrig fået the Cocteau Twins-bug. Det lyder spændende.

no es mi tipo de musica, pero entiendo pq es bueno, fotzepolitic a mi playlist

A truly amazing album!!!

A really interesting dream pop album. I’m not drenched in enough neon lights and fog machines and sharp clothing for this. It’s psychedelic, sun, weird, but overall a little cotton candy ish

3,5

Was decent. If you like the cranberries I could see you liking this. Unfortunately I’m not huge on the cranberries :/

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.

3.0

Better than expected

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

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

Almost too chill, really good though. 3.25

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

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

Easy listening

Dreamy pop, competently done but not overly memorable 3.5*

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.

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.

- super vibey and ethereal

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

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

Very melodic, could see myself listening to it again

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

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

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

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

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

622/1001 2026.05.26 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑

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.

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

3

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)

Good album

3.5

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.

Bella scoperta

Defines dream pop for me.

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

Somewhere in between.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

5/10… dream pop / shoegaze / *1990

this went so fast...

Yeap, pretty good.

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

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

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.

Dream pop is an interesting genre.

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

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??

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.

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.

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.

Not too bad. Interesting sound.

Breathy Enya like

Very 80’s new wave

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

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.

it's fine! some nice groovin.

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

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

Its fine

My second album by Cocteau Twins, and one of their last. This is their sixth album, released at a time when the band were close to imploding, so I was curious to see how it would compare to Treasure. The biggest surprise is just how well this has aged. It’s over 35 years old, but still sounds incredibly modern today. I really enjoyed this listen. There are so many strong tracks, and you can hear a range of influences throughout. Pitch the Baby in particular gave me a real Gary Numan vibe, which I loved. The music is superb—lush, electronic, and layered with guitars that feel very reminiscent of Johnny Marr. There’s a lot to like here, and it’s a much more engaging listen for me. Favourite tracks: Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires and Cherry-Coloured Funk are beautiful. Soft, atmospheric, and sung perfectly. Least favourite tracks: I Wear Your Ring feels a bit odd and slightly out of place Album artwork: Really cool cover. I’ve no idea what’s going on, but the colours really stand out

2,8/5

gibberish but fine

Not bad, a few good songs for sure. Good 90s vibe.

3/5

A soft and nice sound.

wolf in the breast is great i generally like this group

I’ve listened to the cocktail twins a lot over the years. I’ve always admired them rather than loved them.

beautiful record. been a while since i last listened to it. ethereal and dreamy. not my favorite cocteau twins album but its still lovely and lush, something that really wraps you in a vibe

Ive always heard amazing things about this one. I had heard their first 3 records (and the eps that released before the third album) before but this one is new because I never continued the discography listen for some reason. So what do I think of it? Pretty okay ig, I preferred the gothic rock more. Still a good album with some amazing tracks but not as good as the gothic rock. Have to agree with what Geordie Greep said about it.

3.5 stars It’s surreal and trippy, often unintelligible, short and sweet. I don’t love it but I like a lot of it.

Sphärischer Pop. 3

Für mich wirkt das Album wie ein warmes, aber leicht entrücktes Leuchten: wunderschöne Momente, die aufblitzen, ohne sich ganz festzusetzen. Ich mag die Farben, die Stimmung, dieses schwerelose Schweben – aber Leidenschaft fehlt.

Me gustan las voces tan dulces sobre la base de dream pop. La desventaja de la forma en que cantan es que no es muy claro lo que dicen. Aún así creo que quedan muy bien sobre la base de dream pop, le dan un sonido etéreo.

Me gustaron las primeras del album

Decent but not an album I would listen to too often.

Ca

gut, würds trotzdem jetzt nicht aktiv nochmal hören. aber schön zum nebenbei hören.

Good

Like the Cure mixed with Kate Bush, I'm very partial to some dream pop and had no idea this style with phased guitars went this far back!

It's funny how this album would vacillate between absolute bangers and generic dream pop. Which when you think about it is the conundrum of dream pop. Sometimes it makes you levitate in fields of bliss, sometimes it's just some bendy guitars and soft vocals. What's more interesting is hearing the influence on a whole slew of contemporary and new artists, as this clearly has been an inspiration (and flat out source for plagiarism) for a lot of other artists.

Great Cocteau album

Heaven Or Las Vegas ist das sechste Studioalbum der schottischen Band Cocteau Twins, erschienen am 17. September 1990 auf dem Londoner Independentlabel 4AD – und zugleich ihr letztes für dieses Haus. Aufgenommen in den September Sound Studios in Twickenham, produziert das Trio aus Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie und Simon Raymonde hier die vielleicht zugänglichste und zugleich reifste Version ihres charakteristischen Dream-Pop-Klangs. Guthries Gitarren schimmern heller als je zuvor, Raymonde hält mit präzisen Basslinien die Bodenhaftung, während ein Akai MPC60 die perkussiven Fundamente legt. Dass Fraser auf diesem Album deutlicher artikuliert als auf früheren Veröffentlichungen, ist keine Konzession an den Mainstream – es ist eine Entscheidung, die emotionale Tiefe freisetzt, ohne das Rätselhafte preiszugeben. Songs wie Cherry-Coloured Funk, Iceblink Luck und der Titeltrack Heaven Or Las Vegas zeigen eine Band, die Hooklines und Traumlogik miteinander versöhnt. Iceblink Luck, als Single veröffentlicht und auf Platz 38 der britischen Charts, war der kommerziellste Moment ihrer Karriere – und wirkt trotzdem wie eine Privatoffenbarung. Fotzepolitic und Wolf in the Breast hingegen bewahren das Abgründige, das die Frühphase prägte. Das Album erreichte Platz 7 der britischen Albumcharts und gilt heute als Meilenstein des Dream Pop. Pitchfork listete es auf Platz 1 der besten Dream-Pop-Alben aller Zeiten, Rolling Stone führt es in seinen 500 größten Alben. Labelgründer Ivo Watts-Russell nannte es sein persönliches Lieblingsalbum im 4AD-Katalog – „by a long shot". Die Seltenheit, dass kommerzielle Reife und ästhetische Integrität deckungsgleich werden, macht dieses Album zu einem der überzeugendsten Dokumente seiner Dekade. Heaven Or Las Vegas ist der seltene Fall, in dem ein Abschied wie eine Ankunft klingt.

Kind of nice. Feels like the songs they play in the movie about the girl pop star in the part she wakes up the day after debauchery realizing she isn't living right and just before she does the high energy reset to get back on track to earning the respect of her 12 year old fans. Parts were like Ween if they didn't huff accelerant, parts were like the Cure without Smith's crooning. I liked it way more than I expected, had never heard or heard of this album. Sad to learn there weren't even twins involved, seems like stolen valor. I wanted to love it but after a couple of listens nothing stood out, can't see myself seeking it out again. 3.8

Highlight guys: Heaven or Las Vegas, Iceblink Luck, Cherry-coloured Funk, Wolf in the Breast and Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires. 3.6

Nicht meins. Guter Rhythmus aber. Bessere Radiomusik

Nice, chill, dreamy music. Would listen again

Another album where you clock the sound and then every track sounds pretty much lthe same. All merged into one as a pleasant enough experience but nothing to write home about.

Have I listened to this album before? No How familiar am I with this album? Completely unfamiliar How do I feel about this artist? I have never heard of them Favorite song(s)? Cherry-Coloured Funk Overall Thoughts: This was pleasant. Fine background music but nothing really grabbed me.

No idea what she’s saying.

Trevligt.. Har egentligen bara hört första låten som då också var den bästa.

Absolutely nails its tone and mixing, really like the vocal runs but I'm more of a fan of a few tracks than the album as a whole

I liked this. I didn’t know any songs on here, but I do know a couple songs by them. Very 90’s, which I love.

Interesting. I missed the more prominent electronic elements and sampling from the other Cocteau twins record I've heard. This is lovely and atmospheric though. I feel I'd want to listen more to judge properly. It nearly passed me by a bit

Nice ambient sounds

Very pleasant listening. At this point that’s about all it is for me. Maybe repeat listening will provide a that elusive burst of clarity

This album is like a lot of drug experiences, there are times where it hits perfect dreaminess, but a lot of it is also just kind of nice feeling airiness, but you'll forget it within a few hours. It's good, but not anything life-changing

Solid dream rock that feels like the precursor to Beachouse. Top tracks: "Cherry-Coloured Funk," "Heaven or Las Vegas," "Pitch the Baby"

Didn’t resonate with me really, but was nice to listen to. Sounds like trippy, fun time

Reasonably enjoyable album. It felt more like an album you'd have on in the background than one to actively listen to, even though I did actively listen to the entire thing. Perhaps it was because I couldn't understand most of the lyrics, as from a production standpoint the singing blends into the instrumentation. Still, the actual riffs and rhythms going on were good enough.

solid album reminds me of tame impala

Fine and forgettable.

Parts of this I liked, but other parts were on the mediocre side

I enjoyed the album, feel like the dream pop genre is becoming popular once more. Not enough to push to a 4.

I'll admit it's better than the last Cocteau Twins we listened to - but it's still nothing I would care to ever hear again.

Its not bad at all, but the album just feels like we are in the middle of something for the whole ride. There really is no beginning and there is no end!

This was pretty and I enjoyed it. I've known many artists whose lyrics were hard to understand. I've known and loved artists who throw in nonsensical lyrics (like The Red Hot Chili Peppers). I've never heard anything like this before.

Really like their sound, her phrasing and melodies are really interesting. I think I never connected fully because, like here, many of the songs are very same-y.

That first chord of this album totally sounds like the begining of the beatles Sgt Peppers lonely hearts club band for a long second. This album was pretty nice. Great music for listening while working. Im gonna play this one again.

Scho oke

Besser als erwartet

War schön, ziemlich chillig...

Pure 80’s in the 90’s

I thoroughly enjoyed this album way more than expected. A solid electronic ethereal vibe with pleasant digestible vocals made for a great mind wandering listen.

The beginning of the album felt to me like it was going to be so boring. In the end, I found I liked a couple songs. It made me feel like a less powerful Roxette. Melodies not as catchy. The music sounds fine, but it just doesn't get me.