Treasure

I mean, it’s fine. It’s weird but fine. Listened while working and it didn’t piss me off, also didn’t catch my attention by any means. Was kinda just music I guess.

Pop, etherisch, 1984 -> 2

Gear: Fostex TH610 Artwork: 🦋👗🕯️ Production: 🌵🤏🫤 Music: 👼🖤👻 Rating: ♊♊(♊)/5

Melodic, but not my kind of music.

To describe it in one word: aimless.

Atmospheric and good but a different kind of listening

The twins were aborted :( 2/5

This album sounded very futuristic for being released in 1984, with the production being very polished and modern. However the music itself didn't really make a connection with me, as cohesive as the album was.

Never heard this before. Pleasant but not memorable

Meg

Not my bag

Self-indulgent noise

Feels very thematic, kind of like early 90s twist on Kate Bush. Interesting, but not something I'd seek out.

This just added to the noise in my head and in my house. 2 stars.

The music isn't bad. I may even like it. The vocals, however, are quite annoying to the point that I can't just sit and listen.

Lowkey ethereal.

Parece ser todas as mesmas músicas. Muito simples e enjoativo

I find the music pretty sleepy on this. I also question the band's decision to record their vocals underwater.

meh.

Ethereal is the perfect word to describe this music. It is a mood I do not seek often if ever.

3/10

En kort, bagarn ska strax stämpla in. Coctteau Twins är mer sound än låtar. Inget fel i det men jag personligen hade valt nåt av de två tidigare albumen, detta är väl med för den oväntade hitsingeln "Lorelei". Liz Frazer som den felande länken mellan Kate Bush och Nina Hagen är alltid lyssningsvärd. Och att Rob Guthrie blivit en eftertraktad producent och samarbetespsrtner för sitt innovativa ljudskapande har man full förståelse för. CT fick ju definiera 4AD (skivbolaget) som ett skivbolag med helt eget sound, den våg av drömpop som sköljde över för en 20 år sen hämtar alla sitt grundrecept ur 4AD. Men det finns som sagt roligare CT grejer , redan nämnda album innan och vill man åt än mer banbrytande sound finns två album (Blue bell knolb och Harold Budd-samarbetet) från senare delen av 80talet. Treasure blir lite mycket mellanmjölk för att vara riktigt intressant. En stabil tvåa

0/10 bekannt 4/10 Beste Songs: Beatrix, Amelia, Aloysius Zu langweilig für mich

It had a whiney vibe, with lots of synthy instruments. I was going to say that I hated it, but the back end was actually quite listenable. Maybe like a Kate Bush vibe? Whatever it was, I wasn't too impressed. 2 Stars.

This album is like going for a walk through a forest and finding a group of elven nymphs, who cautiously welcome you into their circle. They tell tales of how humies are destroying the natural lands and need to be sacrificed to the gods. You feel like you should maybe try and escape to warn other people about the impending danger, but one of the nymphs is gorgeous so you decide to stay. You work hard to convince the nymphs that you are a pure soul, and that humans can find redemption. Alas, the nymphs are focused on their one true goal. You manage to convince the gorgeous elven beauty to lay with you. Afterwards she warns you that their mission must be carried out, and that you do not belong with them. She softly presses her fingers on your forehead, and you wake up naked in a parking lot outside a Pizza Hut. “I should probably lay off the ayahuasca and the forest walks”, you think to yourself, as you try in vain to hitchhike home.

The first song was aweful but it did get slightly better as it went on. Tracks like Aloysius were somewhat listenable. But the rest is an acquired taste and I have not squared that taste yet

Not my thing, it was kinda weird bit in more of a confusing way

Eurovision. In a bad way.

There's a world where I could get into stuff like this but it didn't grab me

This was disappointing. I really wanted to like it, but I found that it lacked soul without a real drummer. Fraser's voice is one for the ages.

A lot of strange production and performance decisions make this a very rocky album. Certain songs stand out with very strong use of ambience and pop, others are so wildly unpleasant (particularly the vocals) that I couldn't wait for them to be over. A few tracks worth listening to, but a lot to skip over. Top tracks: Lorelei, Pandora (for Cindy)

Zuhause, Gerstetten, Deutschland. Nope, garnicht meins.

Half good / Half wtf?

Not really my thing

The only song that stood out to me was Persephone. I could eawily live without the rest of it.

They nailed the ethereal but it doesn't go anywhere

Album #960 Effect heavy vocals create a dreamy atmosphere. Doesn’t sound like it came from 1984. Would have given it a better rating if it ended two songs sooner. Those last couple were a drag.

Interesting album with an almost otherworldly feel about it. The high singing and heavy use of strings give it a very unique sound. Not to my tastes but I’m sure some people would love it.

Un peu weird

Cocteau Twins are a group that I feel I should like a lot more than I do. But this album annoyed the crap out of me.

It's no Heaven or Las Vegas.

Found this fine but rather unengaging. I wouldn't call it bad, just mostly bland and a bit boring. I think it was just a bit too dreary and empty to really stick with me. Overall: 2.2/5

Very confused by the genre, not something I've heard before but can imagine it being very different for it's time. Produced in a bizarre way but actually don't hate it. REVERB. Actually some listenable parts but the vocals I struggled with at times especially with having no clue what she's saying. Quite enjoyed Persephone for some reason. Then took what felt like a huge change in direction with Pandora.

*Atmospheric and Ephemeral *Good background music but not much more than that

4.5/10 definitely not my cup of tea

Ugh, this record smells like my high school girlfriend’s Volvo station wagon. Legitimately appreciate the band’s style and kind of hope they had some instrumental only versions floating around. This is entirely a personal preference, but there’s such a fine line for me between mesmerizingly ethereal vocals of this nature and just breathy annoyingly dramatic singing. Just saying… But really though, the music minus the singer is really good. Like, when the cool long intros or pauses are jamming away, I was totally feeling every track, but then all of the sudden this Thursday-night-drunk-karaoke-Dolores O'Riordan starts scat-yodeling and kills the entire buzz. What the fuck kind of lyrics are these supposed to be, anyway? (Note: Dolores O'Riordan is the singer from The Cranberries. You know, that zombie song?) Just to reiterate- 1 star for the singer, 3 for the band.

First song turned me off. Busy day so I didn’t really listen to the rest.

Eh. This fades into the background for me almost immediately. I just can’t connect with music like this. Not for me.

If we’re not counting the three hour Etta James album I narrowed down to roughly 41 minutes, this is the first album on the list I didn’t finish. I made all the way to track 8 before I tapped out because it’s all just the same format: One dude chooses a preset on his drum machine, the other dude finds 2 chords to strum, and the vocalist layers nonsense on top of nonsense. They add as much reverb as possible and boom, you’ve got this album. I could’ve vibes with 2-3 songs layering the vocals like this during the last chorus or something but every song? No thanks. Perhaps if one of the fellas took over background vocals just to add some tonal difference it would’ve worked better. I don’t know. I’m not sure who this is for, but I know it ain’t me.

Certainly not my favourite Cocteau Twins album. Nothing particularly stands out, and the gibberish vocals don't help in this regard. Still, its not terrible, just not good.

Interesting, atmospheric, alt rock. Not something I would listen to, but I don't mind it on.

what the hell was this

Gotta give them credit. They do have a style all their own. One of their songs starts playing and you know immediately it's Cocteau Twins. Ethereal, haunting, other-worldly, and like nails on a chalkboard to my ears. I only know of two groups that have tried singing made-up words. Sigur Rós's "Hopelandic" songs, and Cocteau Twins' syllables that sound good, but don't mean anything. My assumption (and I could be wrong) is that it's meant to make the vocals more like another instrument, and not the center-piece of the songs. Problem is the lyrics are the song. If another band takes the lyrics and writes different music for them, that's a cover song. But, if they take the music and put different lyrics over it, it's either a parody, or a new song based on the original one. Like it or not, the lyrics matter, and to me at least, making up your own meaningless "language" comes off as hugely pretentious. /end rant So, for me, Cocteau Twins have always been a really talented band that loses me in all the pretentiousness. They're talented and original enough that they don't deserve a 1, but I wouldn't ever listen to them again by choice, so I can't go higher than a 2.

I don't know if I am missing something or that the production is just really bad, or the band is just not that interesting.

This is solidly meh. It's interesting, but I don't think that automatically makes it good. And actually, I think it's really bland. There isn't really anything special about this album, in my opinion. The only plausible reason I can see this making the list is that it was innovative in some way, but that doesn't seem to be the case, unless I'm missing something. The last song was the most interesting, although, I could really tell you why. It almost made me second guess my opinion on the rest of the album, but a quick listen to some of the other songs confirmed that I was right the first time. I'm not sure what it is, but if the rest of the album was like "Donimo", I think I would have liked it more. Favorite Song(s): Donimo

dreamy, shimmering, spooky, reverb-drenched nursery rhyme pop, with a sound that lacks any core - sparkly chorused guitars, ethereal choirs and fragments of lush melodies, all filigrees and sprinkles but no bottom. it is not their fault that the album allowed music journalists of the 80s to write dreamily adoring tosh about "cathedrals of sound".

Dear Great Britain: Just because your indie rock/shoegaze scene hit fiveish years before grunge does not make it superior to grunge in any way. One surprising lesson I've learned (sorry, is it "learnt"?) from this project is that the British feel a particular way about prog rock, synth rock, and whatever category you put the Cocteau Twins in, and a very, very different way about grunge. While I preach to my children that "an opinion cannot be wrong," please don't tell them that in this instance, the British opinion is wrong. When this album was released, hair metal was peaking in the U.S. Hair metal is wild, debaucherous fun with a hint of feeling and underappreciated skill behind it. Then grunge came and ended the party, but kept the emotional undertone, skill, and music appreciation. Meanwhile, across the pond, we had stuff like this: one-note, boring, zero depth. No hits, no influence, I didn't actually hate it.

Kept waiting for something to grab me but it was mostly tuneless caterwauling

En till psykodelisk art-music, och jag dissar inte genren. Dessutom finns inslag som tilltalar, t.ex. i låt 2. Men jag har svårt att ladda loss.

Not. My. Thing.

Music for and by people who use the term "faeries"

This must have been a huge influence on Enya.

I'm a late 90's/early 00's indie guy. I'm supposed to like this. I mean it's not bad. Very creative. But very repetitive. Someone cranked the treble knob on this as well.

The thing about dream pop, is you're never quite sure if you've actually listened to it, or it was all just a dream. 2 snooze button taps out of 5

Not really my thing.

not my music taste but alright :]

Weird but not horrible. 2.5/5

It was all right for some spacey background music.

2nd Cocteau Twins album on the list so far and I still can’t understand a single lyric they’ve sang

Not my style, though i wouldn't be surprised to find out if Radiohead got some inspiration from them.

I was looking forward to this album based on some of the reviews I read. Perhaps this was a mistake? I went in with high expectations and came out pretty disappointed. For me, this album felt like listening to a dream about wind chimes in an echo chamber. Way too much reverb and each track was very similar. It reminded me a lot of Kate Bush, but at least with a Kate Bush album there is a bit of variety (and 300% less reverb).

Not too bad but it really didn't stick for me. Vocals are nice but gets pretty repetitive. Perfect length for the album so it's not so bad.

2.8

Generic girl rock

I applaud the direction the band has on this project even though I don't completely get into it. The high pitch vocals really got on my nerves after the 3rd song. 4,5/10 fav songs : Aloysius & Otterley

I was never a huge fan of Cocteau Twins and this album just reinforced that impression.

Occasionally reminded me of Kate Bush, but never as good as Kate. I just didn't get into this one.

A bit too ethereal-sounding for my musical palate.

1.9

Not really for me!

Parts of the album i quite enjoyed, but too many tracks i wanted to skip, too much wailing

Beautiful at times, but not really my jam. Singer reminds me of Bjork where the talent is there, but the execution is mostly off for my liking; lots of breath. High 2.

Not bad just an interesting piece. Decent melodies. Just didn’t connect.

This album was a miss for me. I loved their other album on the list but I just could not catch fire with most of the songs

Meh.

begon als Siouxsie en haar Banshees, maar verzandde na een song of vier vijf in Enya...

Its some sort of post something. I dont know dude. Its listenable but I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to this. It does mix it up but its not for me

Unique but repetitive

I finally have an answer to the question of what would happen if someone tried to make a new age easy listening album but hired a singer with a voice like nails on a chalkboard.

Niet gemaakt voor mij. Prima te beluisteren, maar zal het nooit aanzetten.

Niet helemaal mijn ding. Hoge bijna opera achtig stem, met wel oke muziek.

This was an interesting album, not sure I'll go back to it but I can appreciate what they were doing.

This album is a treasure in the same way that a colonoscopy is a pleasant experience

Every single 80's movie featured one of these songs, and it's inseparable in my mind. Uncle Buck is having a heartfelt moment right now. No idea if the music is any good.

I respect classics but I’m not a 60s rock guy

A little too one-note for me. Every song felt like it was the interlude for the next song but the next song never came. I would probably enjoy this album more at a different time or in a different mood.

I like shoegaze and dream pop, but this album didn't click with me at all. It’s not that it’s bad, It’s hard to describe exactly what bugged me about the album, but I kept feeling annoyed by a lot of the songs.

Really light, wispy, high-pitched and annoying. No fun here.

Okay, describe it as gothic dream pop

Boring to the point of tedium for me. It might be fine if I were just looking for some ambient background music, but giving the full album my attention grew difficult.

Not quite sure it is gold, or treasure for that matter

Not my thing

In de kroeg even vooruit gekeken met een luistermaatje. Wat staat ons te wachten? Cocteau Twins? Die hebben we toch al eens gehad? Wat was dat ook alweer? Eens even teruglezen. Ja hoor: ik noteerde een vergeetbare 2. Dit album is niet zo anders. Wel staat er ineens iets op wat ik ken. Lorelei stond op een verzamelaar met Enya-achtige muziek. Het heeft iets van die richting, maar ik vond dit nummer altijd het minst interessant wat er tussenstond. Het staat wel symbool voor de rest van het album. Aardig idee, maar de uitvoering kan toch meer signatuur bieden. Saai en flink vergeetbaar.

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Not a massive fan of this

again?

This is the second album of theirs I've had (the first being Heaven or Las Vegas). They are a super ethereal dream pop/goth rock band from....you guessed it.....Scotland. Fuck... This music is so airy and jangly that it almost lulls you into a trancelike state. It may be ok to have on in the background while working, but to physically sit and listen to it would be difficult. The vocals are layered so much I have no idea what the singer is saying... Favorite songs: Pandora (For Cindy), Lorelei Least favorite songs: Donimo maybe? Hard to say...it all ran together, and I kept drifting in and out while listening to it... 2/5

I really want to like Cocteau Twins since so many people I know love their music, but I just can't get into them. Dream pop really isn't my thing, but even then it's dreadfully boring. I much preferred their other album on this list. This one was okay for background music, but that's about it.

Kind of ethereal, ambient, dream poppy. Weird lyrics

Cannot seem to get into this group. Very ethereal but kind of boring and sounds the same to me.

Not my cup of tea

Anime soundtrack

Second time through the Twins and another time where im wondering what Im missing. The vocals are too Yoco Ono for me The hit, Lorelei, uses a fire alarm sound (i cant be far off there). The vocals and drums are super cool, but its main progression is piercing to my ears. Alousius and Pandora were okay and for only for them I bump it to 2 stars.

Weird.

I didn't dislike this album but I didn't really like it either. It's not something I would choose to listen to. 2.5/5

The Good: We’ve got Twins!!!! The Bad: No we don’t… The Ugly: We don’t have Cocteau either Being a child of the ‘80s, and a great fan of most of the music that has come from that decade of decadence, yuppies and the sky’s the limit, I was actually excited to dig into this album, as, believe it or not, I had never really listened to the Cocteau Twins before… And now I understand why they were not on my radar… This is not my kinda jam. This is not my kind of relax. This is not my kind of anything. There is one thing that I did notice, and that was that once I turned up the volume (to piss off my upstairs neighbor) I started noticing the multilayers of sound that are involved in this production… So, I am going to give this album a 2* and will add it to a list of albums I need to listen to with good headphones on. Because, just maybe, I might start enjoying this more...

Not for me. I appreciated the use of eastern trill vocals on Amelia. But generally the sound was too similar throughout for me to get into. I did like the sound on Beatrix and Domino had a clear sense of building to an ending. The rif on Persephone I quite enjoyed. The gibberish lyrics felt always slightly out of touch, like I could maybe hear real words in them but not if I listened closer. It's clever but left me feeling frustrated. Other reviews have talked about this being a good listen for specific circumstances. I can see that. I've enjoyed post-rock and thought this might be similar but it's not as emotive. Persephone has a sound closer to that and had sounds I enjoyed.

Not entirely in love with shoegaze, I like it as background noise so I can't really say that I sit and appreciate it. I liked the composition but that's about as far as my interest goes.

Meh. Nothing special, can't really see why this is an album that I have to listen to before I die. It's not bad just very mediocre.

Meh, again too pop for me.

OK, I guess. A lot of ethereal women's voices almost baroque over a bunch of echoes synthesizer a bunch of memorable melodies but I guess it's OK.

I wish I could compare this to the Cocteau Twins album I've already reviewed, but I literally don't remember it. I don't really like the etherealness. And a bunch of the songs are too repetitive. I think the drum machine really hurts my enjoyment. Singing is not bad. I think the whole vibe just isn't for me.

Day 0021/1001 of One Album a Day / Listened to whilst: commuting Unfortunately just not my thing although can absoloutely appreciate why it's so acclaimed, very ethereally.

Are there any actual real lyrics to these songs?

The music struck me as bland. Was not familiar with this band previously.

I'm torn. Not a fan of the vocals. But quite enjoyed some of things the instruments were doing.

Wat mij betreft zijn ze hier iets (en met iets bedoel ik veel) te ver gegaan qua reverb en dat komt de muziek zelf niet ten goede. Ik heb normaal niks tegen een ruimtelijk geluid, maar de muziek mist wat diepte wat mij betreft. Op sommige tracks teveel hoge en mid range geluiden en te weinig lage tonen om de boel dragelijk te houden. Relatief plat dus. Iets te chaotisch ook. Ik weet niet of je ze allemaal bij elkaar in een hokje mag stoppen, maar als ik zoiets wil horen zet ik wel Katrien Schaamhaar of onze IJslandse vriendin aan. Die doen iets soortgelijks maar dan toch een stukje beter wat mij betreft. 'Persephone' is wel een hele dikke track, zowel qua zang, gitaar als drums. Niet dat ik er iets van versta overigens, maar dat geldt eigenlijk voor het hele album. 2,5 ster eigenlijk. Ik rond 'm streng af.

Not a fan of this type of music.

Just couldn’t get into it. A couple songs were alright enough but I just don’t care.

What was this album supposed to be about?

Just wasn't feeling it. 2/5

I don't find the music on this album particularly ethereal, as some have described it. And I really don't get the nonsensical lyrics thing. If this is treasure, I think it would be better to stay buried. Two stars is all I'm prepared to bestow on this one.

The album works well at setting up a mood, but there are no stand out songs. A big 2.

Mid album 3/10 weird music but if you like gothic vibes in albums then it would be a nice fit for your playlist for me it's Just ok

1.5

Fav song: Otterley This album has some really great ideas - it seems like an early progenitor of shoegaze, a genre I really, really like. But there's one absolutely glaring flaw that I just cannot seem to see past. The production on any of the tracks that include that awful, awful drum machine. They chose the bottom of the barrel, worst sounding drum samples they could and just soaked them in reverb. It makes most of the album down right unlistenable for me. That being said, tracks like Otterley that didn't have any drums sound really great. Those guitar tones are lush, the melodies sombre and the vibe is perfect. Thank GOD they didn't put drums on this one.

Not a fan

This wasn’t for me. There were a couple of good songs on here but I struggled to get into it.

So if you've never heard any songs by Cocteau Twins, this album is a good introduction, but it can be quite jarring at first listen because it's a bit disjointed in areas. The genre can be described as Dream Pop, just a bit wispy and floaty with the music and singing. Speaking of lyrics, a lot of them are just thrown together with no real reason or meaning and they're often hard to understand. Overall, the album is OK, but it's not something I would listen to every day. 2/5 Song Highlights: Lorelei Pandora (For Cindy) Aloysius Cicely

aika tylsä levy. ehkä dream pop ei oo mikään mun genre, mut silti.

Ethereal vibes, but too weird for me. Most of the songs sound the same.

better than the last Cocteau album i got here but seriously... two albums in this compilation???

As performance art, it’s pretty good…as music it’s not good.

Not really my jam

Ok 2/5

I'm not big on this style of ambient music. This was more bearable than other albums in this genre though

Not a fan of the vocals.

Neat

Well produced, with a couple standout tracks that flirt with dreampop and psychedelia. The airy vocals can be grating. 2.5/5

Dream Pop from the twins is as expected. Ethereal vocals, dreamy synths like a Labyrinth backing track for Jennifer Connolly to run away from the goblin king - sorry I lost my train of thought. The band think it's their worst album and I much prefer Heaven or Las Vegas. Again, did we need multiple albums from this band when so many others have been left out? Best Tracks: Lorelei; Pesephone; Aloysius

Strange and difficult in ways I didn't enjoy.

On paper, I should love Cocteau Twins. Ethereal vocals, dreamy, shoegazer-adjacent music... these peeps should be a favorite of mine. But I've never liked their sound. I think it's the tinny, thin production that grates on me, but even Elizabeth's vocals got on my nerves on this one (though I have enjoyed her vocals on other projects, especially with Massive Attack). In terms of personal enjoyment, this is a 1, but I'm giving it an extra star because I dig their concept, just not the execution.

It felt aimless, maybe purposefully so, but I didn’t dig it. Some tracks were fun to sway too. But none brought me in

Jos tämä ei ole huumoria, en vain tajua. Jos tämä on huumoria, se ei ole minun tyyppistäni. Mutta Lorelei on jonkin asteinen löytö, ja väitän kuulleeni pari muutakin nautintoa herättävää melodiaa. 2+

Uninspiring and not very interesting to listen to

Dream pop or any of the Cocteau Twins' stylings don't really appeal to me, so Treasure doesn't resonate as much as it will for others. A lot of it sounds really similar to my ear, the lyrics are deliberately incomprehensible but I'm not really interested in that, and while it occasionally hits the right sort of notes to build a massive epic sound like on Lorelei, it's a) not often enough and b) still not really what I enjoy. Always sounds like the sort of stuff that soundtracks something more interesting in tv or film than something that stands on its own merits, always find that quite telling. Just a 2 from me.

Irritating. I don’t know who enjoys this.

Annoying as hell

Goth nerds love this shit but it's mostly annoying. Amelia slaps though.

não entendi o álbum na moral. não é um tipo de música familiar, não me pegou hora nenhuma, a mixagem parecia ruim ou não funcionar

This was weird; if I had to describe it, all I could say is that it felt like Kate Bush had tried to record a sci-fi album underwater. If I found this treasure, I would probably put it back.

Some good ideas but trying to be moody without the weight to back it up. Couldn't understand a word for pretty much the whole thing. 2.5

I was put off by the 80s drum machine and the massive amounts of reverb on everything. Shame cos the songs actually sounded ok.

Bored, again with the chorus pedal and whispery pixie singing?

In a nutshell: and you thought The Cure was goth… Treasure is a blueprint album. I bet many artists who align with shoegaze, dream-pop and ethereal wave would draw inspiration from Cocteau Twins (artists from the 4AD label, Jesus and Mary Chain, Aldous Harding, The xx, etc). It feels like Kate Bush meets Siouxsie and The Banshees but in a medieval/baroque style. They’re songs that you’d hear in an 80’s indie movie (Allison from The Breakfast Club would play this album on repeat for sure). It’s not my thing, but I get why it’s important. Overall: 3/10

I was waiting for it to be over. 2.4.

Was looking forward to it but was too much of the same for one lidten

Knew the band name, had no idea what to expect, except I thought they had male vocalists. Got 80s ethereal female vocals with a influence from something I can't quite point to any more because the kids are listening to a song about a rhino having to poo.

I didn't like this at all. Too electronic and loud and abrasive.

Not really my thing.

I can appreciate that they're doing something original here, but it just doesn't work for me. 2.1

2+

pandora (for cindy) amelia

I really don't get this one - all the songs sound the same and couldn't find anything enjoyable about any one of them. It's fine, but really not my thing. Also, they should've refrained from calling this album "Treasure" because it's anything but. 3/10.

Too “shoegaze” for my liking

Not my style at all. Just left it on in the background while working and forgot it was there

Very ethereal and almost trance like. I dont see myself listening to it again, but it would make for some interesting background music. Listen again: no Purchase for my collection: no Favourite Song:

I’ve always felt a bit of a mismatch between the intricate goth-baroque melodies that define Cocteau Twins and Elizabeth Fraser’s ethereal voice. Still, nice to know that bands like this could gain commercial cudos once upon a time…hang on. Do I mean the Thompson Twins? And how do This Mortal Coil fit in the puzzle?

Weird and floaty and annoying and boring.

This was…an album. I really didn’t get it. Not sorry. The echo on these vocals, good lord. I honestly wasn’t sure if it was in English because I could hardly understand what they were saying. The songs were repetitive and overly long. They rarely went anywhere. This was probably really forward thinking for its time, and in some ways is probably still ahead of its time. But I did not enjoy this very much, honestly. I was bored, and I hate that any music can make me feel bored so I do actually feel a little bad. But this has to be 2 stars. I have zero desire to listen to this again. Standout track: Lorelei

I didn’t hate hate this. But it was just noise mostly.

this was on and it just does not register. not bad but not something that pulls me into it. could i write poetry to this? n

Just can’t get into Cocteau Twins

I liked this enough while listening to it, but later realized I didn't remember a thing about it

It's 4AM. You're drunk. All your friends went home. You stare into the nearly extinguished bonfire. You should have gone to bed hours ago. Your every thought seems brilliant, yet fleeting. This music makes sense in this moment.

I think I just don't understand

Very synth-y pop from the 80s.

Nice enough. I can certainly understand the appeal but not really my mood today.

Bad just bad

Not for me 4/10

Lets hum and shit for an hour 4/10

Two women yelling jibberish over each other with some of the most generic 80s background music. T 3/10 K 2/10

ambienty type of music. Ivo was good

I can see how it's highly influential. I just find it a bit wishy washy.

Another in the long line of Enya? Obviously not my cup of tea.

This reminded me of Kate Bush in a good way, but it didn't capture my attention past the second or third track

Not my favorite....did like her voice some. Fav Persephone.

Personally I like a little more meat with my potatoes. Might work for a stretch session or meditation.

Буду немногословен: звук интересный, обволакивающий, музыка даёт умиротворение. Но мы же не критики тут ахуевшие, мыслим субъективно. Поэтому оценка ниже. По настроению, крайне редкому для меня, послушаю с удовольствием. А так чтобы больше одного раза в год - вряд ли.

Nr. 132/1001 Ivo 3/5 Lorelei 3/5 Beatrix 3/5 Persephone 2/5 Pandora 3/5 Amelia 2/5 Aloysius 2/5 Cicely 2/5 Otterley 2/5 Donimo 2/5 Average: 2,4 Really unique with it's unconventional songwriting and lyrics. Nothing on here I hated, but also nothing I really liked.

This is the second Cocteau Twins album I have had. It reminds of Kate Bush a little, whose music I don’t really like but prefer to this. The high singing doesn’t appeal to me. Listens: 2 Fave Track: None

Ouch..my ears hurt. I tried to listen to at least one song but could not endure it! The songs would be great for an ethereal soundtrack. Kudos for people trying to make music that is very unique.

Okay was not expecting to warm up to this one. Definitely a slow burn, anyone else picking up Diablo catacomb vibes from this album ?? This maybe played a part in the game soundtrack, it’s eerily similar… who knows? The spooky and echoey voices in the later tracks make for a creepy ambience that are chilling ! Would I listen to this all the time ? No, I’m not of the occult. I liked it while folding laundry 🧺

“Lorelei” has a fun dreamy vibe, but it’s a bit off, which I think is on purpose…? It would be a good fit for a scene with Ryan Gosling acting like he has a subtle yet large potential for spontaneous violence (think “Driver”) 👨 🚗 🔪 “Pandora” is Enya on mushrooms 🍄 😜

Irrrreeeeelanddddd? Scotland? Lady birdy sounds, a little witchiness Cranberries? heavy SYNTH and jewel toned sounds Hang on, this is only 1 vocalist? layers, layers, layers "Lorelei" sounds familiar, although I swear I can't understand a single lyric. This is the soundtrack to emerging out of a coma, desperately trying to make sense of the words with a limited understanding of how language works.

not much of a fan

The vocals remind me a bit of Kate Bush, but a little too ethereal. Maybe I need to listen to this on headphones. I feel like it's too... thin. It could be the production style from the 80s, too. It just seems like there needs to be a bit more bass to it, like in a song like "Domino," it needs a big bass sound to it, and it's lacking. Many of the songs felt like they blended together. I couldn't really give you one that stood out over the others, which is never good. The vocals from one song sounded like it could easily go to another song. Really, it just didn't hold my interest. Next.

I recognize the band name and the parts of the song Lorelei, but nothing else. They must've came up randomly after I was listening to other 80's acts. Elizabeth Fraser sounds a bit like Kate Bush, only stranger. I never thought I would say that. I also hear some Siouxsie, which Fraser may have been going for given her adoration. I just don't know about this album, or group. Pioneers, but leading to two genres I don't really like - dream pop and shoegaze. So kudos, I guess? Sure, put wispy sounds together with fairy-like singing and it can work. But not always, and there were definitely times where I felt the music and vocals didn't fit right. I know their 1990 album is coming on the 1,001 list so maybe that one will impress me more. I just couldn't get into this.

The song titles read like my child’s class register….ethereal but a bit samey.

This is too twee for me. I am sure that the drum machine sounded great in 1984, but it sounds pretty tame now. I love the idea of this band, from growing up listening to John Peel and hearing them so much, but the tracks here lack any oomph, or spine. Sugar Hiccup is a lovely tune, but there is none of that here - it's an amorphous blur. It's probably meant to drift by without much ado, but it all merged into one after a while. The mannered titles didn't help.

This was over before I realised it. It was there in the background whilst I was tap, tap, tapping away on other projects. It didn't leave much of an impression or distraction. Not offensive, but not something that grabbed me by the balls and demanded that I give it my full attention.

I was pretty happy when that ended

Vind haar toch leuker en interessanter bij Massive Attack.

Pop. Ambiente. Aburrido.

i've not got much insight or humour left. VAR has ground me down.

Fucking VAR, man

Dunno what this is. Atmospheric?

2/5 not to my liking

I don't remember much of this album, so it can't be that good.

I just genuinely don’t understand this music. Ethereal 80s pop? I don’t really understand the appeal or the lyrics or what’s happening. Are they singing in a different language? Or is it some made up fairy language? I can appreciate the musicality, but at the end of the day this just isn’t for me. Blessedly the album is fairly short which keeps it from being a 1.

Doesn’t blow my mind, doesn’t hurt my brain either. Whatevs

Som bem fraquinho, vocais meio ritualísticos, bem difícil ouvir até o fim

Meh

Eh.

This band doesn't do it for me, this is the second record of theirs to come up on this list, which seems like at least one too many, probably two too many though.

There was absolutely no need to hear this before I die

A heck of a lot more interesting than Heaven or Las Vegas. A bit less up itself, if that makes sense. Still a bit daft for me, but Persephone was decent.

Pretty atmospheric and moody. Didn't mind it, but doubt I'll be back

not memorable

Didn't really enjoy it but not a bad thing I suppose

Not good

It was fine, I just immediately forgot it. Probably should have paid more attention.

I actually like a lot of shoegaze stuff but I couldn't really do this. The non-lyrics had the opposite effect, constantly bringing my attention to it rather than letting me get lost in the music. Might have been the prototype which launched a decent genre, but knowing what came since makes this sound very disappointing on reflection

No, no I don't think so. This is so bland and boring that it borders on frustrating. But it never quite makes it to frustrating. Which is a shame because then I'd have at least felt SOMETHING for these songs. What a useless waste of time.

Sounds like burning hair

A lot of soulful moaning and oohs and lalalas without any choruses

This is the most 80's records I've ever heard. Was it recorded in a cave? The reverb just drips off every instrument. All the songs sound the same too.

Meh.

I appreciated that this was a change from male-led rock, and I liked the simultaneously old school and otherworldly track names. However, the music itself wasn't my thing. It sounded like one long song.

Listened Before? N I remember these two from the 80s. It's very mellow and echoey. I do like the concept of the albums songs being a bunch of different girl names but otherwise unremarkable. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Lorelei

I don't get their importance, even if I don't consider it an awful album. I enjoy the non-English insertions on some songs and the album's general mood, but it is still too much repetitive. 2 starts for me

Not my thing

This was unmemorable for me. I think it was gentle enough to be able to listen to its entirety, however too snoozy.

Starts off on with a nice dreamy, ethereal feel but something is lost along the way here.... This is the second Cocteau Twins album we've had and while the mood if not the sound is similar, I'm not connecting nearly as much with this one. The other/later one (1990's "Heaven Or Las Vegas") has a much better sound to it - almost like this one is a demo that needs a remix, especially with the drums/percussion - too often it sounds like a bad driver backing into the garage. Distracting at best. I'm ok with this being mood/background music but much prefer their later material. 4/10 2 stars.

Not a fan. Weird

It was strange. Not bad but not great

Dreamy, a bit dull, hate the drum sound.

Not my usual listening. Interesting and reminiscent of the opening sequence of a scandi noir programme but not very keen on an entire album

breathy singing is not for me

Listening to this, I'm thinking to myself "This is music for sex isn't it? They've gone out to create sex music. And they're twins. Ew." Turns out that thankfully they're not twins at all so the sex bit is less uncomfortable. This album is quite a lot like sex in that I don't get it. Other people, who do get it, seem to love it.

I don’t know who this is for, but it’s not for me

Fattar inte grejen. Trist.

I feel like me listening to this album triggered aomwthing in the world. Like I opened aome door to satan. At least I feel like a witch now. God this music is just way 2 nerdy even for me. I think it’s well made, but god damn it ain’t my jam. Now leave me with my tarot cards alone! 2/5

Some good songs, and the singer singing gibberish is different and fun, but didn't quite make an impression.

Unique. Interesting sounds. Not sure about it yet. Will need more time, but I am favorable in my opinion. 2.5

Pas pour moi

Based on the song titles this is some vaguely mythological concept album but honestly the only things I’ll remember from this are that it’s much heavier than cherry colored funk and that the cover reminds me of that slipknot album

Hmmmm - not very good, is it? Pretty but pointless

pretty decent background noise but nothing to write home about. 2.

Its OK. I dont know if I would say that everyone should hear it though. 2/5

Too much 80s for me thanks, terrible mix didn't help

Meh.

Eniten tästä jäi varmaan mieleen kaunis lauluääni ja rauhoittava tunnelma, mutta ei oikein muuta. Suosikit: Ivo, Pandora (for Cindy)

2-3

Okay album. I liked the strange Greco-Roman theme to the album, but at the same time they sounded like they were speaking latin through the whole thing. They have better music than Treasure and I'm not sure if I'd listen to any of these songs again. Best Songs: Beatrix, Pandora, Aloysius Worst Songs: Otterley

It was good for background music

-S Tier- ***n/a*** -A Tier- ***n/a*** -B Tier- Ivo Pandora -C Tier- Beatrix -D Tier- Lorelei Persephone AVG SCORE: DNF - - - At its best, it’s mood music. At its worst…well, there’s a reason I gave up on the entire album in the middle of track 6. What frustrates me is that I caught hints of greatness, but they were [often quickly] obscured by overproduction or overpowered by abrasive vocals. I know Wheeler has earned a lot of praise for her voice, but from time to time it felt like an homage to Yoko Ono — it totally ruined Persephone for me. This is the first album of the challenge that I “don’t get.”

A smooth soothing, dreamy quality to the music, that had it's moments, but mainly unspectacular and unmemorable. Not hard to listen to, so I guess that's a positive, but I can't say I would purposely listen to this again. Reminds me of why I avoided a chunk of the 80's, synth pop with drum machines, no thanks!

Lacks the mystery that made Heaven or Las Vegas so good. Best track: Donimo

Not a fan of shoegaze. The drum machine was annoying but the vocals were nice. The songs were mostly bland ear wash.

Not my favorite, and I think it shows the tendency of this list to focus on the UK too much.

23rd June 2022 Finished on the 24th, still in bed. Circumstances are everything when doing this and being bed bound with an intense fever means this was not up there for me. Approach to vocals interesting though

I want to like this, but too ethereal.

Not my bag. Struggled to get into this

Eh, few okay tracks…kinda forgettable background music

Enya mixed with Metric and produced in the 80s

J,aime pas vraiment ca, c'Est trop cristallin et le style ne me rejoint vraiment pas. Je n'aime pas ce genre de musique et franchement je ne me vois pas écouter cela.

Dreampop, indie, gotisk, alternativt

-Well it certainly was ethereal -Idk if I'm just not being super nice to this album but nothing friggin' happened

Not horrible, but not for me.

Doesn't really do it for me.

Not as definitive or memorable as their other works, mainly lacking in verve due to a noticeably less prominent rhythm section.

something strange

This is one of the least memorable albums I've ever heard. I won't remember one song from this more than ten minutes after the album ends.

The vocals were too weird for my linking. The music was great though.

Interesting, but not quite my thing.

This is a group that my wife, who has very questionable taste in music, might enjoy. Me, not so much

I have never heard of this band before and it wasn't necessary. I am not sure they are even saying words in their songs.

i like "persephone" & "pandora". i understand why people would like this album but nothing about is really grabbing me. 2.5

With the caveat that I’ll have to re-visit this and re-evaluate in the future. HoLV didn’t really hit for me the first time either

Can't think of a time when I'd want to listen to this. Even the good parts I liked in the songs (to be fair most songs had a part I liked or didn't mind) they would only last for 10 seconds or so and then the song would take another turn into something not as good.

Songs too "slow"

Not sure what to say about this one. Not my thing.

Music when the lights go out... Drömmig drömpop. Liz Frazer spännande sångerska, melodiösa ordljud, men good fucking luck med att lista ut vad som egentligen sjungs. Siouxsie and the Banshees-känsla. Bästa låt: Persephone

Dreamy Goth Pop

I have heard the name, but wouldn't have guessed that I would not recognize their most popular songs. I half-listened to a lot of pop-radio in the 80s (we couldn't just ask Alexa to play something different when our parents were listening to something!), but none of the Cocteau Twins' stuff sounds even remotely familiar. And probably because its quite unspectacular and wasn't that popular when it came out. But they have two albums on this list! So, some additional notes after listening to the full album. It is not radio-friendly pop, and that's likely why I never heard it. It's... "dream pop?" And yes, it has a lot of dream-like, ethereal elements. A lot of fluttering soprano and meandering tracks that feel a lot longer than their actual run-time. Not my jam, but more interesting than I expected.

I find it hard to believe that I know who this band is. So not my bag. It's like listening to Bjork. The music is well written but I can't stand listening to what amounts to someone putting a peacock in a rear naked choke.

War wieder nix für mich Hats nebenbei laufen, vlt deswegen manches versäumt

Nope. Kann nicht wirklich sagen was, aber einfach gar nicht meins.

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