Heaven Or Las Vegas

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

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

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

Boa, Vibe atmosférica, lembra indies que eu curto

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

Dreamy vocals and arrangements/instrumentation; love the titular track

Obviously, Heaven.

I like it but don't love it

It's nice and cozy, dreamy and I like how it feels so chill. Listened to this album as background music while doing chores and it was perfect. 3/5 —————————————— Liked: — Cherry-coloured Funk — Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires

Very okay for me. I know it’s technically good but I don’t think it’s for me. 5/10.

Solid

Catchy but not amazing

I feel as if mushrooms or some other psychedelic may be required to fully appreciate this album. Further research required.

beautiful vibes

I was confused when the lyrics for this were no more comprehensible than the yesterday's album by a band from Mali. I still enjoyed the music though - something pleasing about the Cocteaus.

This is a hard one. I really liked them when they came out, we listened to them all the time in college, but after the 3rd song, albeit great, we'd get tired of their sound. I still like hearing certain tracks but never a whole album : )

I never really listened much to this band, but I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed this particular album. Her vocals and some of the harmonies are really good. Minus a star because they overuse a dreamy echo effect and you can’t understand the lyrics at all.

I really liked the style of this album. I wasn't familiar with "Cocteau Twins" at all, but will be gladly diving deeper into their repertoire.

Mid 2.5/5

*1990. *This is so incredibly 80s. *I like this style a lot, but nothing about this album/band particularly stands out. RATING - 6.5/10

's alright. 3/5

Mellow. Chill. Good study music

Another one that I've always meant to gove a listen. Unfortunately it easily becomes wallpaper if you just put it on while working , like I did. Interesting though.

Hum

Sonically ok, but I couldnt understand a word they were singing. I thought I would like it more on second listen but I didn't. It's not bad enough for a 2 though

Nice and chill record

A enjoyed this. A vocal style I enjoyed and some interesting lyrics which made this an interesting listen. Worth checking out.

Not sure if this will be a regular rotation item for me but very nice and calming to listen to while I'm working or just vibing

A lot of the songs sounded the same and it has that iconic 90s whiny girl vocalist (which isn't necessarily a bad thing). I enjoyed my listen even though nothing in particular really stood out.

I guess I didn’t get it. It felt pretty meh to me, but based on the reviews I almost (almost) want to give it another listen.

First track has the word funk in the title without any funk. Not a good start to this 90s laden album. Talking about this album with a friend, he most eloquently articulated that this album is "meh..." Agreed.

I've tried several times over the years to listen to the full album. This was the first time I made it through. I think I'm supposed to like this album….like really like it. But I don't. Can't put my finger on it. It's good, just not OMG good. Maybe it's a grower, we'll see

Enjoyed this one. Haven't heard.

The instrumentals are good, but that awful lyrical cadence throws me off (2.5-3)

There might be some English on this album? 80s Beach House with fewer melodic elements.

It's not terrible, but it's dreary and very 1990s.

Har aldrig hört talas om detta bandet och visste inte alls vad jag gav mig in på. Men - jag gillar det. Det är melodiskt och drömmigt. Skulle kunna sätta på igen och hade kunnat ha på vinyl.

Shiny dream pop that has a number of great highs but for me right now I think maybe lacks a little variety in sound.

Decent, liked the band years ago - not due on this one niw, sounds dated.

Cocteau Twins on aina kuulostanut siltä, että mun pitäis tykätä tosi paljon, mutta tykkään vain vähän. Nättiähän tämä, mutta joku raapivuus puuttuu, mikä monesta muusta shoegazesta tekee sydäntämurskaavaa.

Vittu tälläsessä syksyn melankoliassa tää jotenkin tuntuu tosi surulliselta vaikkei ehkä toisessa mielentilassa sitä olisi. Mitä siellä skoteissa laitetaan veteen kun kaikki tällaiset bändit tulee sieltä. Paikoitellen toimii aika hienostikin. Vaikee tätä on ehkä rockiksi sillai ajatella, mutta jotain indiempää fiilistelyy! 3/5

avaushittiraidan ulkopuolella vähän liian itseään toistavaa. 3/5

Pretty good

This is lovely

good vibes, enjoyable and good hooks

dug it enough for w few listens and dug up a few additional Cocteau Twins albums while I did

Ethereal and relaxing, while missing the flair of some other bands of the era

# Album Name: Heaven or Las Vegas # Artist: Cocteau Twins # Rating: 3/5 # Comments: No bad. Just mid # Top Tunes: # Would I listen to it again? meh

Dream pop - I had a hard time actually understanding the lyrics but I did like the floaty quality of the music. I can see similarities between Chappel Roans ""The Subway"" in both music and singing voice.

Its pleasant. Its very evocative. I even understood some of the words Liz was singing which I cannot say about Garlands. Its also very 80s sounding.

Soothing soft music. Nothing crazy but good! 5.9/10

Indie rock. Starts slow, simple and whiny, like most all indie. Gets better as she goes.

Hypnotic vibe - very cool album to listen to on a rainy day

Melodic and pleasant but didn’t really stand out for me.

Just kinda passed by. Nothing really stuck.

Ethereal dream pop. I wrote on Treasure that it was "enjoyable but not a revelation" and that's true for this one too, although (going off memory) I think this one's an improvement.

[+] Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fire Não conhecia os artistas para além do nome. Dream Pop bem aconchegante. 3,5/5

Very reminiscent of shoegaze and alt rock – which is interesting as neither genre was quite mainstream yet in 1990. I love the smooth, clear quality of the vocals and the fact that (in many tracks) you can't really make out the lyrics if you aren't paying attention. The close harmonies throughout the album, as well as the fast vibrato, remind me of ABBA if they'd taken a rockier, gazier approach to their early 80s material. (I wonder if that's a common comparison.) Both Iceblink Luck and the title track can reasonably be described in this way, but that would be understating their grandeur and complexity. The songs on this album are heavy as heck, something that ABBA never quite achieved. Pitch the Baby is maybe the most lighthearted song, insofar as it grooves really well and the bassline jumps around between various bluesy notes. Compositionally a disco/post-disco track, which is perhaps a bold move for 1990 when the disco genre had long fallen out of favour. Cherry-coloured Funk probably has the coolest, most memorable vocal on the album. Those high notes in the chorus are great. The final track, Frou-frou Foxes, is strong for the same reason. What's consistent in all tracks is the 80s "production sheen", heard very prominently in the synths, that makes the whole record distinctly worse than it could be. And the textures are very similar between tracks (there isn't much variation in genres or in instruments used. no acoustic tracks, no ballads, etc.), meaning the album doesn't flow particularly well. There isn't the sense of up-and-down, of adventure, you would hope to find in an album. 3/5 Key tracks: Cherry-coloured Funk, Pitch The Baby, Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires

This one surprised me a bit. More listenable than i anticipated.

Muy chic pop para mí, siento que iría perfecto en Neon Demon o algo super dreamy. Perdónenme Cocteau Twins, prometo escuchar más de sus trabajos para entenderles.

Kind of reminds a little of the a mix of the cranberries and the rankin family. With the harmonies similar to the rankin family and the sound more like the cranberries. Good album overall though. Enjoyed the use of synthesizers and what sounds like a good drum loop.

Quite ethereal, but not the best thing in the world.

Didn’t get to listen to all of it but seemed ok

Album was fine. No super high spots though.

Nice morning music.

A pure 3 star experience to me. It’s good, I enjoyed listening, there was nothing objectionable, it just wasn’t Up My Alley or Surprising enough to get the 4 star bump.

enjoyed pretty much every song on this one. i love the singing voice

Not bad, pretty chilly. Ryan says they're not bad.

I remember when I first heard about this album. It's popular in certain alt circles, the ones that also enjoy Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, and in my case - anything Drain Gang related. I also recall feeling very indifferent about this album... and upon relisten I feel exactly the same way. It's actually similar to Depeche Mode's Violator in that it's an album from 1990... which sounds like it's from the 80s. It's a weird example but I've been thinking about some late 1980s albums which sound ahead of their time, in that they have a 90s sound (like The Stone Roses's self-titled album - The Stone Roses). This is the opposite. I don't really like Elizabeth Fraser's vocals, which definitely impacts my enjoyment of the album, and every track on the album kinda blends together in a forgettable way. There's the same effect applied to the vocals and I find that the guitar gets old pretty quickly. Fifty-Fifty Clown is the stand-out track to me, since it at least distinguishes itself with an interesting synth usage. I'm downgrading this one to a 2.5 (from 3) because my complaints with this one are pretty similar to that of Violator.

Nice ambiance. Not sure anything really stuck with me.

This album is quite interesting, not my cup of tea but I will not deny that I enjoyed it. It's very ethereal, and I liked it so much. I wouldn't probably listen to it again but it wasn't bad at all.

This is what it sounds like when the dentist cranks the nitrous oxide up to eleven. That can be good or bad depending on how long they're drilling.

Väga mõnus kuulamine

From a listening perspective, I'm surprised that this album isn't on the list for the most controversial albums because I can definitely hear it clicking with people's taste buds or absolutely hating everything about this album. For me, I was allured by the mixture of a dreamy rock album with atmospheric vocals and a more concrete and polished backing beat. Though honestly, whilst I was fascinated by this, it didn't gel with me, and it felt a bit repetitive and soulless by the end. Very glad I listened to it though.

Didn't really move me one way or the other. Pleasant music for the background of a vegan café or something.

I think it was a cool type of music I couldn't really tell what they were saying but I think it was pretty good.

I have a lot of respect for this band and the approximately 200 genres they have directly influenced

You know when you can hear a certain time though music? This just sounds like the early 90s to me. This just isn't for me though. It all kind of sounds the same and it's not something I would seek out or listen to again. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.

It's got a nice dreamy vibe with the vocals and guitar, but otherwise is just a slightly above average new wave album. Even if it was a nice formula, everything sounded too much alike

Honestly good Chill 8/10

Huh. This album cover and name evoke classic hard rock vibes, though I can't help but notice that this thing was released in 1990. Is this gonna be an alternative album? Ooh, shoegaze. I shoulda known. I've always had an appreciation for this genre, though I've never listened to shoegaze all that much. I've borne witness to the dark path that extensive shoegazing has lead people down many a time. For what it's worth, this is a pretty good sampling of the genre. While I generally think shoegaze errs on the side of being a little head-empty, there's an impressive display of variety and liveliness on these tracks. Heaven or Las Vegas falls into a bit of a lull midway through the album, though it comes to a solid finish thanks to some good late-album tracks. The opener is quite good. The singer's voice wraps around and meshes with the reverberating atmosphere quite well. "Pitch the Baby" is an even better follow-up. Big fan of those jagged, echoing guitars, and the songwriting is quite intricate with how it plays into the instrumental. "Iceblink Luck" is my favourite song of the album. Some entrancing pop vocals make for a pretty good time. "Fotzepolitic" has a good vocal flow. They carry somewhat of a folk vibe, which is an interesting and fitting genre to pair shoegaze with. For the first time in a good while, I don't need to check the book for this album. There's a unique and intricate craft to shoegaze which goes beyond the creation process for pretty much every other genre of music. This album exemplifies that process pretty well, so I shant nitpick. Cosigned.

I assumed this was in a different language based on the fact that I understood none of the lyrics. Then I looked them up, and it's basically just gibberish

Pas connu Ton sympa

The Good: We are finally told the truth! The Bad: Didn’t know hell is was so popular… The Ugly: The freakin’ outfits being worn in hell… So, second time around for the Cocteau Twins on this list, and, truth-be-told, this album was better received by my brain than the previous one. Also, maybe I finally understand what the term shoegaze is in refers to: one gazing at one’s shoes!!! Oh well, there goes my future as a comedy writer… 3*

Hat mich überrascht. Habe irgendwie Standardrock erwartet, das war schön träumerisch.

Bello ma non come Head Over Heels, quindi tre stelle

I think more listens and a different mood and I'd rate this a bit differently

skroz korektno, ništa posebno, ali ne vrijeđa sluh

Better than what I thought

This album never really captured my attention. It's not bad, per se, not great either. It's just kind of there. There were some songs that I liked, such as Road, River, and Rail. This sounded very Depeche Mode-like, but maybe that's because I just had DM's Violator album a few days ago. Heaven or Las Vegas reminded me of a Cure song (Pictures of You, maybe), so I liked that one as well. But nothing was terribly original or outstanding. A pretty average album.

80s ambient. Vocals are ok.

Very cool sound. I can hear a lot of people who followed in their footsteps…Beach House, Phoebe Bridgers, Mac Demarco…

I listened to this album twice, both times I enjoyed it. More of a soundtrack feel. Probably won’t listen to again.

Ik ben er niet helemaal uit wat ik van dit album vind. Sowieso een verademing om weer eens een vrouwelijke zangeres te hebben. Ik krijg soms een klein beetje ABBA vibes? Maar dan wel hun tragere ballads zeg maar. Een van de nummers heet Cherry-Coloured Funk maar helaas word er verdomd weinig gefunkt. Eerlijk? de vocalen zijn geweldig, maar ik vind de instrumentals gewoon een beetje saai? Ik had hier meer van verwacht, iets meer funk ofzo. Maar begrijp me niet verkeerd; het is opzich echt mooi en het laatste nummer is gewoon prachtig gedaan. Daar was ik echt positief over verrast, maar verder is er gewoon te veel wat niet boven prima uit komt. De muziek verveeld me niet maar eigenlijk merk ik pas bij het laatste nummer dat ik rechtop ben gaan zitten omdat mn aandacht werd gepakt. Jammer! FAVO: Frou-Frou foxes in Midsummer Fires

Enjoyable!

Rv

and the award for best album in the worst genre goes to:

Some stuff that I never realized I knew. Vibey, good sound.

It’s probably good, but not my genre.

Pleasant relaxing album but a bit plain.

nr 1: 3.5/5

A good chill vibes album, though it does get a little monotonous by the end

Lovely chill pop

Dreamy, layered pop. It's like a well made ice cream sundae. Bittersweet chocolate flakes on top.

Me not digging it

Enjoyed the album. Easy listening, some good songs on the album.

meh

By 1990, dream pop had found its voice, and on Heaven or Las Vegas the Cocteau Twins refined theirs into a lush, intoxicating blur of shimmering guitars, gauzy textures, and Elizabeth Fraser’s ethereal vocals—part Sinéad O’Connor, part Kate Bush, part something wholly untranslatable. Her lyrics dissolve into sound, ghostly harmonies drifting through the mix like echoes in an underwater cathedral: beautiful, if sometimes frustrating in their elusiveness. Yet the album delivers undeniable highlights—“Cherry-Coloured Funk” opens with jangly immediacy, “Iceblink Luck” rides a rare, propulsive bassline, “Fifty-Fifty Clown” spirals into hypnotic repetition, and the title track channels the Cure at their most majestic with Fraser as a spectral guide. This isn’t music that wants to be understood so much as absorbed, an album that asks you not to sing along but to let yourself dissolve inside its haze.

peak

3.5 por el mood q genera

Interesante. 3.5

Son originales. Buen hallazgo

Not bad but also not great. Another one I'm not sure why it made the list.

1990 Many claim to be fans of Cocteau Twins, but really they're just trying to be cool in front of their peers; also they're wrong. If dreamy, indy pop, where you can't make out the lyrics is your thing, go for it, I found it all a bit dull. I have a CT album in my collection (not this one), but it seldom find its way onto my CD player. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ nope Bloated ★★★☆☆ (5/10)

I was torn between 3 and 4 stars here. Ultimately I went with 3 because, nice and dreamy though it was, there wasn't really anything here that's going to bring me back. No individual song sounded really different from another. No song makes me want to go back and listen to it again. The overall experience was good, though

Meia bomba, calminho.

Meh

Classic dream pop. But a tad too pop. And not enough dream -- in the sense that I can hear things I like (I kinda like shoegaze) but it's not powerful enough somehow, I'm not taken by a wall of sound as shoegaze can take me. Now I want to listen to some Slowdive.

Did not expect a second album from the twins. This one's not bad, but Treasure caught me on a good time so I liked it a lot more.

It was...ok. I think I need to be in the right mood for this kind of music personally, so it makes it hard to rate. I didn't hate it, but didn't love it either. Nothing really stood out. Did not help that I was tired and this felt like it was a trap lulling me to sleep at my desk.

This felt like ABBA if they came out in the late 80s. After a while it all messed together and the background sounds all started to feel similar. It gave very psychedelic techno world floating in a weird astro plane.

I already knew and liked the first song! The rest is pretty chill but unremarkable.

Dreamy and transportable. Really takes you into the album, yet it is hard to understand at some points. Unsure if that is intentional, but I could see how it could add to the dreamscape. Overall a solid album, a few notable songs and a lot I probably wont ever hear again.

It's a slightly darker version of there contemporary Irish counterpart The Cranberries, but also has a lot of similarities to HAIM's music.

Quite nice but didn’t inspire me

Nice ethereal sounding music from what I presume are twins, 3/5.

Unexpectedly vibey

Quite enjoyed this, great band name too

No me gusta mucho, demasiado retro

Lovely voices, but blew by without much grabbing me. I remember liking this album much more when it came out - that probably says more about me than the album…

too slow for me but better than anticipated. kind of enjoyed it. pleasant surprise

Ok

It is special. Cocteau Twins are special, not easily approached, but there is magic going on here. And as always the fantastic voice of Elisabeth Frazer

This was OK. Pretty bland, poppy fare.

Ok

Ehh, it’s ok. Like if 10,000 Maniacs and Bjork did a collaboration album 2.5⭐️

Not a big Cocteau Twins or late 80s genre fan, but this one would a good road trip lp, especially evening and night driving

4/10

Sounds like a cross between Abba and Enya.

Not harsh and unpleasant but nothing grabs you nothing sounds amazing just okay so an okay score it gets.

Not sure what to make of this, it certainly has an ephemeral gossamer atmosphere. I certainly don’t know what the hell she is saying, to be honest I am not sure what language it it, there being the occasional word I pick up. Which all adds up to something that I find equally enjoyable and annoying in equal measures. If listen too closely think it’s annoyance, if tune out more enjoyable. So in the background while working this morning it’s edging into the more enjoyed 3.75 Star ( wish it was out of 10 not 5 so had more differentiation)

3/5

This was a chill listen. Enjoyed it on a drive to a buddies. Probably won't come back, but didn't hate my time with it.

Miksi tää kuulostaa kuin laulettaisiin simlishiä? Eheä sen lisäksi muutenkin läpi levyn, siitä pisteet: tasainen utuinen tunnelma, tuntuu aavikolta. Vähän liian tasainen siihen, että olis supermielenkiintoinen. Mut jotenkin toimi, positiivisesta yllätyksestä kokonainen ekstratähti.

It was alright. No songs stuck out to me as my favorite.

Lots of talent here. I liked cherry-colored funk but it’s pretty much goes downhill from there. Too much of the same thing going on. It’s not bad, it’s just not my thing.

Just couldn't get into it, but I can see the vision.

I like the Cocteau Twins sound, but find I can take it or leave it. Nice music to sit and listen to, not great driving music!

Nice listen. Hear this band’s influence in a lot of other later stuff I’ve heard. Reminds me how much good music has come out of Scotland.

Pretty decent album. A unique sound. Nothing here to make me want to come back to it but interesting nonetheless.

Enjoyable.

Visste inget, inte vad jag trodde. Positivt överraskad. Väldigt mycket en atmosfär-skiva, men en atmosfär jag gillat och gärna lyssnar på igen. Behöver nog fler lyssningar för att sätta sig och få låtar att stå ut. Lyssnade i bil solig sommardag -perfekt kontext. Kommer jag lyssna igen: ja Bästa spår: albumet Betyg: 7 av 10

I like the Cocteau Twins but it sounds a bit same-y quite quickly.

Interesting.

The ethereal quality of Elizabeth Fraser's voice set it apart.

More straight up hooks than the previous album but I miss some of the My Bloody Valentine screech

I loved 'Pitch the Baby'. Very nice sound for the album overall especially from a production and effects standpoint. Makes you feel like you are floating. But it is kinda repetitive. I think a lot of indie artists took inspiration from their work.

Cocteau Twins are one of those bands, aren't they - critics love them, you know the name, you know a bit about them, but you don't really know anyone who is absolutely crazy about them. And if that seems like a criticism, it isn't - it's just that they are a band based around textures and feels more than out-and-out bangers. I was trying to think of a way to describe their sound and came up with this: Remember that period when digital guitar FX were all the rage in the late 80s/early 90s? And it suddenly made sense for the aspiring guitarist to buy a multi-effects unit rather than lots of individual dedicated pedals (oh, how times have changed)? Well, they would have decent enough chorus, and reverbs, and delays, and all the usual stuff, but there would also be a load of crazy presets with dumb names like Icy Metal Skyscraper, or Sea Breeze or something and you could never really imagine a practical use for them without descending into some crazy prog metal nightmare. Well, Cocteau Twins sound like they use all of those presets ALL OF THE TIME, but have somehow found a way to make them sound cool. And, again, that is certainly not a dig. Suffice to say, they have always beat their own path with an elegant and sophisticated sound which is instantly recognisable as "indie", but somehow strangely distant from any of the bands you may try to compare them to. Heaven Or Las Vegas is possibly their most accessible and commercial sounding record, but still feels like parts of it are a puzzle lurking beneath the layers that you have to figure out for yourself. And I'm probably reading way too much into it, but I have warmed to Cocteau Twins over the years - while I might criticise other bands for having a great sound but not enough catchy tunes, I feel like these guys are kind of like that by design, and I probably wouldn't have them any other way.

not bad

Started out very promising. I’ve always loved Cherry-coloured Funk but things went downhill from there.

I love the Cocteau Twins and their experimental style. This album was amazing but also quite safe. Easy for the public to love.

90’s whimsy goth vibes

It was an easy playlist to have on while I worked. But even more, I loved what it went on to play after. Just a good vibe.

This reminds me of indie music during the late 2000s. Never heard of it before but it must have had some influences on those bands.

Traumpop

Not a group I've listened to before, but im guessing this is where Pale Waves got their inspiration from

Dream pop is a newer genre for me but I'm enjoying it, don't know if the vocals are for me.

Good to chill with

Very unique sound here that was super cool to hear, but a lot of the tracks seemed similar and I could probably decipher only 10% of the lyrics

It’s Elvis. Even this he married a 14 year old he’s the king

That kick off track, CHERRY COLOURED FUNK was rad. Feels like a good introduction to the 90's without ignoring it's 80's roots. Upon research, appears Elizabeth Fraser dated Jeff Buckley for a time... Nothing more than a cool little anecdote.

Listenable but didn’t do enough to come back to

Probably need to re-listen but i kind of liked it. Singer was featured in "teardrop" by Massive Attack (House theme) I had put on an "indie" Sonos radio station and the lead single to this album was the first to come up on the shuffle. Kind of a weird coincidence on the day we got this album, especially since it is new to me.

cherry colored funk- 6 pitch the baby- 6 iceblink luck- 7 fifty fifty clown- 6 or 7 heaven or las vegas- 7 i wear your ring- 6 or 7 fotzepolitic-6 or 7 wolf in the breast- ? 6 road, river, and rail- 6 frou frou foxes in midsummer fires- 6 it sounded like one long song but it was a very nice song so

Beautiful sound textures and vocals that carry such emotion.

Decent album. Didn't know it but I like the vibes on this one.

I drifted in and out of this. Sometimes I got really into it, and sometimes it was more background and didn’t grab me.

Pretty cool album; I like how it felt like a band separate from the vocalist that had an idea that would riff on and drone on repeat while the singer did their thing on top. I don't always love this sound where the band and vocalist are in two different rooms, but I feel like it worked for them here. The compositions are interesting enough to keep me engaged and I could split my attention between the two focuses. 3/5, but I think on any day of the week I could lean 1 more "star" in either direction depending on how I'm feeling.

Okay. Not my favorite.

At its best: ethereal, dreamy and textured with great layers and production. At its wost: like someone is listening to britpop next door and you can sort of hear it through the wall.

This came out right as I was starting to get my head around being a music fan. I knew I liked hip hop and the Cure a whole bunch and was suspicious of anything that sounded too slick. The 1980s were very much the era of too slick and I was running away from that. So, a year later or so when I latched on pretty hard to Lush, Ride, and MBV, I had an inkling I should be checking out the Cocteaus, probably because of Guthrie’s production work and their clear influence on these bands. But, this was their most recent release and had the patina of “too produced” so aside from Lorelei, I mostly steered clear of them. Silly stuff, being a young music fan (and also, as was the case for Gen X and early Millennials, affording music was not as simple as firing up a streaming service or file-sharing). Much like other Twins albums, there are a few genre-defining/creating standout tracks here - singles even eh? - but the palette is fairly limited to their specific blend of dream pop throughout the remainder. Basically just not a lot of range, Fraser’s vocal aside.

Cool music, and innovative. It steps in the path between energetic and soothing, so it isn't really either. 3/5

It's one of those where you have to be in the mood to enjoy it, but when you are in the mood, man is it fucking good. High 3

Moody dream pop, which I guess if you are into that then this album is a good example. For me, I found it pleasant, but somewhat boring.

It’s like dessert. Fine for a few songs but gets sweet and samey real quick. Some good ones tho…

This is the first time I have listened to this. Lovely dreamy, textured sound. I found myself hardly listening to the lyrics, just enjoying the vocals as if they were an instrument on their own. Played it again while I worked, it was perfect for getting into that creative & focused headspace.

3.5/5

I really enjoyed listening to this, however it quickly fell to the background to the point of forgetting about it. Melodic and well paced. Never overstayed its welcome. Strong Buffy the Vampire Slayer vibes

Kivasti yhdistelee synth poppia ja alt rokkia. Kummiskin aika leppoisaa ja kevyttä soundia. Maalailevaa ja tunnelmallista. Parhaat: Cherry-coloured Funk, Frou-frou Foxes In Midsummer Fires

Hmm

I’ve heard it before not my favorite Cocteau twins album tbh

spacey and airy and wonderful

First time I listened to them by choice. I enjoyed the listen-through, but started checking how many more songs after the 5th one. I appreciate the ingenuity, but not for me.

Dad- 6 Mom- 7 Mike- 6 Lori- 5.5 Michael- 7 Miles- NA Cole- 5.5 Avg- 6.17

Behagligt.

It’s a three, but it’s a little three.

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

Not bad for a Scottish band.

Not my favorite. Pleasant enough and dreamy vibes but just not connecting with it. First song is best

Decent sleepy time music. 3/5 Album 71/1001

There's something oddly familiar with this, though I've never heard it before. There's a bit of The Cure meets shoegaze. Interesting and mellow. Wolf in the Breast moved me the most. This album is a 3. It's good, but not crazy good. Definitely glad it was on here, though.

I was never a consistent Cocteau Twins listener but so.much of what I've heard from them, I have liked. They definitely have a unique shoegazer type sound. This album was interesting. It's mood music that I think you have to be in the mood for a though.

A lovely change from the 70s rock I've been getting, but a bit of a disappointment as an album. The title track and Iceblink Luck are absolutely beautiful songs, but the others are just pleasant. It's a beautiful soundscape, but one of those where I can't see myself listening again, apart from the two songs above. Maybe it'll grow over time? 3*, possibly a 4 if it does.

not my thing. do not see how this is in the 1001 list.

I liked this album by Cocteau Twins. It was a lot more coherent than previous works, you could actually understand what the lyrics were saying. That being said, the lyrics are quite dark, but dreamy. The whole album felt like I was listening to the soundtrack of a dream. Pretty cool. 3.25 / 5

Not bad

Didn't do much for me on first listen.

Pleasant background music, hard to grasp on to anything in particular

Cool and calm

OK but gets a bit twee.

This album is really my first introduction to “shoegaze” or”dreampop” or whatever you call this genre. I overall liked some of the effects and techniques, such as the use of reverb, but I felt like this album didn’t explore these ideas to their fullest potential. I only really liked two tracks, of which one was the closing track. Favorite Track: I Wear Your Ring

Have only heard of this band - First active attempt to listen to this. Last time I was on this program, it was pre-stroke. This feel airy, synth. No lead up I noticed for the first song. 2nd song, interesting this is from 1990. Interesting album artwork too 3rd song, I didn't mind listening to, jessica insisted we skip it. jessica couldnt finish, will come back

I don't really know where to go with this album. I like some of their sounds. The vocals were really strange and unintelligible. I'm torn between a 2 and a 3 with this but I think I'll go with a 3.

Interesting delulu gibberish lyrics music

A pretty pleasant shoegazy ambient pop album. Not anything that holds a candle to Loveless but nice while it's on. 2.5/5 - > 3/5

Short album alternative indie album. Starting of great with first song very ethereal. Third is very catchy. standouts: title track(fav) and froze politic, wolf in breast, ending track is the most cinematic 6.9/10

Fine. 3/5

I am not sure if I can't hear anymore or if they are actually speaking a language I should be able to understand. Doesn't help that Tidal doesn't support track lyrics on this one. This self doubt alone warrants three stars.

Cocteau Twins are one of those bands who were practically made for listening to with headphones. The music is dreamy and ethereal and lush, and well produced. Elizabeth Fraser has a lovely voice, yet I sometimes wonder what these songs would be like if she sang real lyrics.

Like the last record, if I don't understand the lyrics, I probably won't love it .this is fine for background music but not something that engages me.

enjoyed the music more than the vocals. Reminds me of the cranberries.

Pretty cool! Need to revisit when not driving on a road trip from AZ

Not my jam but not terrible either.

Favorite Track: Heaven or Las Vegas

good vibes, need another listen

it was good. feeling indifferent. i liked it but didn't love it. but then the last song came on and i was walking and the sun was shining - something shifted.

This album is a mood perfectly distilled into a musical project. Atmospheric and innovative, it can feel monotonous at times.

Nice ethereal background music that sounds much more contemporary than when it came out.

This was the most successful album from Scottish group Cocteau Twins (actually three members). The music is etherial/new age with vocals which are hard to comprehend at times. Overall very pleasant listening.

3.5

Pretty good one for working!

So this is "Dream Pop". Not all bad. It's clearly a forerunner to Shoegaze.

Both the melodies and the vocals are bland. Filter/echo on the vocals effectively turns it into mumble pop.

This is the kind of album that is very good, I know is very good, but can't fully appreciate because it's not my kind of vibe. I know that it goes for this dreamy, ethereal atmosphere, and it also achieves it really well. But this type of sound is not really my thing. Even when listening to atmospheric music, I prefer it being more varied and exciting. Dream pop, however, is by definition very soft and monotonous, which is just not that fun for me. In short, Heaven or Las Vegas achieves its goal extremely well, but I'm not a huge fan of that goal; however, it's the quintessential dream pop album, and if you like that kind of sound, you'll like this. 7/10

Det är ju välgjord musik. Men den klickar inte riktigt med mig. Gillar rösten! Trea plus

Didn't like

Very dreamy music. The tunes are decent, but it's not entirely up my alley.

I liked Treasure, but this is a bit too dreamy, and I didn't notice any difference between some tracks. It is short before being boring, but it is just a soundscape in the background for me.

Dreamy record that I reckon I could really fall for in my youth when I had more time and less choice at my fingertips. Not an instant love though.

A band synonymous in my mind with women who don’t wash their pubic region and the men that pursue them as if the smell of their body odour were a little cartoon man who had smelt a freshly baked pie. It was alright.

Heard of this band never really listened to them I believe. Pretty cool. Not my style. 3-stars

On paper (late 80s/early 90s ethereal, guitar-and-synth-heavy dream pop with female vocals, from Scotland no less) this should be absolutely my thing. And in a way I guess it is. But I've tried with this band and this album (which frequently appears near the top of various best-of lists) a couple of times now, and while I kind of like everything I'm hearing, I somehow fail to understand what it is that makes them so special to so many people. It's good for what it is, but nothing I'll be listening to all that much going forward probably... Although, who knows, maybe it would grow on me on repeat listens...? Rounding down.

Best prima. 3 sterren

Very pleasant

Kinda vibey but could not understand a single lyric in the album. Is “dream pop” shoegaze? It kinda fell into the background and none of the tracks stood out or were memorable once the album was done.

Not much into dream pop. It was ok-ish background music. No standouts for me.

Harmiton, ehkä vähän tylsä abba.

It starts pretty well, but then it devolves into blurry background noise, which I sadly don't care about.

Gutes Album aber overrated

liked songs: Fotzepolitic, Road, River and Rail, Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires Dreamy, floaty, Kate Bush vibes. I generally liked the sound, especially the vocals, but the album is very samey. I felt like I kept hearing the same chords and exact same guitar tone in every track. 3

That's not my taste in music - But ok

Not bad. I wasn't familiar with this one going in. I like the mix and arrangements a lot. I will need to keep this one in mind and revisit it later

Nothing special. I mean it's nice and everything, but I won't be rushing to re-listen.

enjoyed more than i thought

Good but maybe I didn’t give it a detailed enough listen. No real thoughts on it, will probably go back

Not for me

I'd not listened to this album for many, many years. It reminded me of a time when I was a lot younger! Liz's voice still comes across with its ethereal (and nonsense) qualities today, but my tastes have moved on. Overall, it's nice as background music, not something it really want to sit and analyse

Very talented, first impression is that it’s very not for me. Maybe worth a more “sit down and listen intentionally” session later on.

5/10

Cocteau Twins ≈ The Beatles

Atmospheric electronica topped with Liz Frasers ethereal vocals. Beautiful sounding album although not my usual choice of music.

Pretty good stuff

Mellow ABBA? A unique record with sweeping vocals. I wish I liked it more but damnit I respect it.

Not sure why this is on the list. It’s a fine example of 1990s music.

Nice enough.

Very "Cranberries" esque

There were a moments of this album that I really liked, but on the whole I think it was just OK.

A nice 'background noise' album, that couldn't be more indie 80's if it tried (and it did try!).

I really don’t know how to feel after hearing it lol. It was half French and like English I couldn’t tell half the time. I left feeling like I watched multiple intro videos for like 90’s shows - not sure lol

Not my thing. Pretty chill though.

I think I forgot what I listened to 10 minutes after the album ended. Keep in mind that I'm old and suffer from CRS (Can't Remember Shit) so that's likely on me, rather than the Cocteau Twins.

Ok for working background music, and very pretty at that, but not one I'd likely actively seek out in the future. 3/5

Pretty samey but some enjoyable moments.

The one you want to hear is Blue Bell Knoll.

The sound reminds me of Catherine Wheel. It's pleasant as background music but didn't really grab me. I liked the intro track ("Cherry-coloured Funk") which is the popular one. I also kinda liked "I Wear Your Ring", which is not amongst the most popular ones.

It's a nice enough sound, with its lilting vocals and fuzzy, wall-of-soubd instruments, but also felt like it lacked some way to really hook my attention.

This was delightful. Smooth, melodic, music to my ears. Perhaps I wouldn't dance along, but I'd certainly gentle sway. 3.8/5.

Not really a fan. Sounds very 90s and uninspiring. It's listenable, but nothing to write home about. 3/5

Hmm I am really not sure, inoffensive but unexciting. Loved the vocals but otherwise uninspiring. Probably needs more than one listen but can I be bothered ??

Not to bad

I would listen to this on a tandem bicycle on the way to an organic orange wine bar

3.5 I enjoyed the uniqueness of this album, and that it was a a choice I don't think I would have ever made myself. I liked it as an "in the background" listening, but not as much beyond that. The songs blurred together in a way that made it easy to listen to, but conversely made me not enjoy it as much.

Not bad

This was a really interesting album, Cocteau Twins were new to me! At the start I really enjoyed the ambient pop vibes, but as the album progressed the "Glossolalia" was distracting and felt gimmicky. I can appreciate the concept of incorporating a mix of different languages and made up words to focus on more the musicality and sound - but in practice it was annoying and a bit too abstract. 2 for the music, but an extra star because I think it is an important and interesting addition to the list

3.75

It's okay. Some cool tracks, with one I recognize. I think there is some influence from The Cure here.

Somewhat soothing. Idk. Sounded like 90s alt. Easy listening. Pleasant voice

Inoffensive wafty pop, fairly enjoyable

Kinda zoned out for a bit, but really pleasant listen. Last track in particular was great. But, in general, it just kind of washed over me and didn’t leave THAT much of an impression.

I think they are a bit overrated but the album was decent.

3/5

It wasn't as dreamy as I expected. There weren't many shoegaze elements in it. The songs on "Heaven or Las Vegas" are average. I do love "Cherry-Coloured Funk" though. The album's title is also fantastic. 3 stars for "Heaven or Las Vegas".

Weird. Couldn't understand the lyrics. But nice melodies.

Nothing on this album really stood out to me in any way. That said it was a pretty enjoyable listen but it will fade from my memory and be forgotten pretty quick and I don't think it will cross my mind organically again Standouts - 3/5

A great sounding album but is definitely overrated compared to a lot of its contemporaries

Very nice ambience, and interesting sound scapes. Feel like the album didn't really go anywhere though. Would have liked to see a bit more variation in the formula.

This is the kind of record where you're putting on the whole thing, or not at all. A beautiful foundation record of dream pop and better than this 3 suggests. It's probably a mid 7. Very beautiful, very strange, very inspired, surprised how it ever became popular, but also instantly get it.

Influential for a favorite album of mine - Slowdive self titled. Some cool moments on this album, and but in the end the origins of the this genre aren’t interesting enough to me, and some of the production and instrumentation choices I found kind of distracting from what I think are pretty good bones of songs from a creative band.

I did not use a private session for Spotify. A very 80's album release in 90. It's interesting, but I won't be listening to it again.