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I slept. For years people have been recommending them to me and I never put forth the effort to listen to them. Finally, yesterday I was on an FTP site with a bunch of their albums so I checked it out and I love it! I can't define what it is that makes it work for me, because if I were to describe the sound to someone else it would sound like something I would hate.. Any other fans around? |
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......don't know really......i've heard 'bout cocteau twins......don't remember what exactly i've heard...... yesterday i've senn an mp3 cd of them..... may be i'll buy it......may be not...... btw, what kind of music are they play?....... |
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:) i think i'm still asleep i'll check'em out soon :D |
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There were a few fans around when someone asked this question a few weeks ago. Glad you're on board. :-) Their albums have gotten the remaster treatment and it was the opinion of a pitchfork reviewer that the sound mix was totally botched. I haven't compared the old and new mixes but it would be a shame if that were true. |
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Yes. And we recently had a topic on this. |
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get a hold of the otherness ep (basically a bunch or remixes by mark clifford aka disjecta aka seefeel) |
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Yes!! There is a God up in heaven...someone else awkens to the beauty of The Twins. :) So of the lot that you've heard, what do you like ? |
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The remix of Cherry Coloured Funk on that is just amazing... |
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they sure know how to start an album if you ask me. |
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treasure and head over heels are amazing, love the cocteau twins. I also like Dead Can Dance who were on the same label, i reccomend you try listening to their stuff too. Lisa Gerrard has one of the most amazing voices. |
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Heaven or Las Vegas is one of the greatest records ever.. amazing |
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cocteau tweeeez we keep it off the heeeez walk with me listen with me / victorialaaaaaand this joint is out of haaaaand so spooky so lovely |
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i only have their "blue bell knoll" and i like it a lot |
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"Their albums have gotten the remaster treatment and it was the opinion of a pitchfork reviewer that the sound mix was totally botched." i've got Treasure remastered cd and its fine |
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oh i wanna wake up too.. recommend me an album please... |
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absolutely a few years ago i was almost obsessively collecting anything by Cocteau Twins i could get my hands on. I love it all. never heard a cocteau twins album i didn't like. my favorite albums are: Blue Bell Knoll Heaven or Las Vegas Twinlights (ep accoustic) Vicotrialand. Elizibeth Fraiser's voice is so beautiful. |
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dont forget the last two albums ( four calender cafe + milk and kisses)... the production is maybe a bit too polished but the song writing is amazing. check out pur and treasure hiding.....awesome! |
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Love the Cocteau Twins.. they were my favorite not too long ago. Blue Bell Knoll is my favorite.. it's a near-perfect record. |
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yeh i was just listening to BBK today. sunny day, driving accross lake washington. it was devine. |
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cool...looks like i picked the perfect one :) |
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*bump, instead of creating a new topic* I love this band. beautiful melodies. she's got one of most beautiful voices, too. I can't hear what she's singing about tho, but it doesnt matter. I listened to 'the pink opaque' on the bus on my way home. the songs are so simple, but somehow they catch my attention. check them out, if you haven't already! |
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don't forget to check out Dead Can Dance if you haven't already |
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I absolutely love Cocteau Twins. I was quite fanatical about them in college, buying almost their entire discography which is quite extensive. Saw them live once as well. Seefeel was playing along with them. it was fantastic. |
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I picked up a couple Cocteau Twins albums on Vinyl when i was at a flea market in San Francisco a couple weeks ago. I got "Treasure" and "Victorialand" two great albums. |
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I discovered the twins by buying 'heaven or las vegas' on vinyl, I had only heard the name and the record was cheap, so I bought it. the funny thing is, when I first listened to it, I had forgotten to switch the rpm on my vinyl player, so I played it on 45rpm instead of 33... it sounded like a fucked up disney-record, but I liked it! |
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yeah, that's a good'un it was my first exposure to CT as well, back in the day. |
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check out these songs: the thinner the air whales tails blue bell knoll musette and drums when mama was moth alice the high-monkey monk on the album front, i think i prefer victorialand. oh and you need to hear liz fraser's new solo track "at last i am free". it's so beautiful! while waiting for a solo album... |
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what about that frou frou track at the end of heaven or las vegas? |
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oh yeah, it's my favorite on that album. |
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Aphex Twin sampled one of their tracks on XTal. The girl singing is a sample from the twins but what is the name of the track? |
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A persistent rumor but apparently it's not true. If you figure the age of those tracks - it's not likely that Liz Frasier would donate a vocal to an unknown artist like RDJ. |
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I just ordered 'wake: the best of dead can dance' (2 discs).. was that a good choice? |
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i havent been able to get too into them yet, i think i just need to find the right album. some similar bands i do like, however are; love spirals downwards cranes |
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Anything after their first record is pretty great. If you like that 'hits' album you'll probably want to get the rest of their albums! So maybe it wasn't a great choice! |
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liz fraser was a big fan of jeff buckley and vica-versa |
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well, all the other real albums were almost twice the price, and that best of-cd was in two discs, so I don't think I will regret it... and if it makes me want to buy all the other albums, it must have been a great choice! |
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very good choice, lots of excelent tracks on there. Not sure if there are any 'exclusive' tracks on there though. You'll probably end up buying all the albums anyway after hearing it :) Into The Labyrinth is a masterpiece. |
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its not, it juts sounds like her. She has worked with Future Sound of London though |
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thats funny about wether Aphex sampled Liz Fraser on Xtal cos i've just been reading a long thread on the Cocteau Twins forum about wether or not Mark Clifford sampled the same Ms.Fraser on the track 'Here' on the first Disjecta release.kind of makes more sense since Mark remixed the Cocteau Twins for the 'Otherness' EP - one of the best examples of remixing i ever heard btw. |
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i know i've plugged it before on here but since its worth it,if you havent heard Disjecta's recent EP on Polyfusia i'd really recommend it because its just out there.really unique. |
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