NME/New Musical Express | 22-Sep 1990 Review of Heaven or Las Vegas NME/New Musical Express | 15-Sep 1990 “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” Sounds | 15-Sep 1990 Heaven Scent: A review of Heaven or Las Vegas Sounds | 15-Sep 1990 “Missing Blink” Record Mirror | 08-Sep 1990 “What’s the meaning of life? The songs “Cherry-coloured funk,” “Pitch the baby,” and “Frou-frou foxes in midsummer fires,” were performed live with new arrangements by Elizabeth Fraser during her Meltdown Festival solo performances in 2012.

The album master on vinyl is very bassy and sounds bloated on my stereo system, but through some nice bright headphones, it's manageable. The working title of the song “Heaven or Las Vegas” was “Crispy Fiver Blue,” a joke name that Melody Maker had included in a lampoon of the band’s tendency toward eccentric titles. Additionally make sure your User-Agent is not empty and is something unique and descriptive and try again. The addition of Raymonde in 1983 solidified their final lineup, which produced their biggest hit in the UK, "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops", peaking at No.The group earned critical praise for their ethereal, effects-laden sound and the soprano vocals of Fraser, whose lyrics often eschew any recognisable language. com | 11-Nov 2022 Cocteau Twins win inaugural ‘modern Scots classic’ album award The Herald Scotland | 6-Oct 2022 Cocteau Twins featured on Spotify’s ‘Bandsplain’ podcast NEWS | 16-Sep 2021 Miley Cyrus Performs Cover of “Heaven or Las Vegas” … in Las Vegas NEWS | 06-Jul 2021 “Six Definitive Songs: The ultimate beginner’s guide to Cocteau Twins” Far Out | Jul 2021 BBC Radio 6 Inducts Heaven or Las Vegas Into Music Album Club BBC Radio 6 | 30-Jun 2021 Re-creating the Sound of Cocteau Twins: Guitars, Synth Keys, and Drum Machine Beats YouTube | 10-Apr 2021 The Genius of… ‘Heaven or Las Vegas’ by Cocteau Twins Guitar. Released in late-1983, Head Over Heels is the Cocteau Twins’ second album and features classic tracks ‘Sugar Hiccup’ and ‘Musette And Drums’. With tracks as majestic as the title track, ‘Cherry-Coloured Funk’ and ‘Iceblink Luck’, who’s to argue? Literally sounds like someone ran the entire album through a maxed-out limiter and boosted the bass to appease newer fans who prefer heavy bass over clear mixes.

Ethereal Downbeat Electronica - ‘Heaven Or Las Vegas’ followed in 1990 and was to become their most commercially successful release, reaching Number 7 in the UK Album Charts. I've listened to tracks on this album hundreds of times and this does not hold a candle to the original 1990 CD mix or the 2003 digital remaster. The album is noteworthy for the musical evolution that the band displayed at the time, with their work becoming more accessible.The record is flat, clean, 150g, no sticker, bass seems slightly less than on my original CD, this is mastered loud. Road, River and Rail' is a seriously down-beat track, almost sounding Joni Mitchell-ish, circa Hejira and then, finally, `Frou Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires', a gentle, laid-back start, reminiscent of older Cocteau, blossoming into a fairly conventional (for the Cocteau's) song, finally fading away. Heaven or Las Vegas followed in 1990, and the release was also via 4AD in the UK and Capitol in the US. The songs “Iceblink luck,” “Fifty-fifty clown” and “Heaven or Las Vegas” appear on the 2000 compilation Stars and Topsoil. Need more time to compare but this sounds perhaps clearer than my CD, the drums are maybe slightly better better defined but my first impression is that it does sound overly shrill and exhausting at times.

with Fraser’s famously incoherent vocals at their most intelligible, it’s the product of hours of obsessive studio craft.The ethereal sounds of Elizabeth Fraser's vocals, paired with the dreamy instrumentals, are perfectly captured in this vinyl edition. The joy of Heaven or Las Vegas is that you don’t need to know what Fraser is saying (even if the few discernible lyrics are immensely personal) to fall into a stupor.

Talking of Frou Frou, I was listening to a Frou Frou album ( Details ) the other day and noticed how much it owed, not only to Bjork, but also to the Cocteau's. Using new masters created from high definition files transferred from the original analogue tapes, both albums are being pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl and come with download codes. I only "discovered" the Cocteau Twins a couple of weeks ago, thanks to Steve Lamacq on 6 Music when he played the whole albumn on one of his shows and I knew then and there, that I had to have this album! The following songs have appeared in live performances: “Cherry-coloured funk,” “Pitch the baby,” “Iceblink luck,” “Fifty-fifty clown,” “Heaven or Las Vegas,” “I wear your ring,” “Wolf in the breast,” and “Road, river, and rail. Some creasing, sticker damage and general wear to the sleeve and some visible surface marks to the record.After nearly 20 years together, the band disbanded in 1997 in part due to issues stemming from the disintegration of Fraser and Guthrie's romantic relationship. This results in an almost infinite sonic template as she uses her wonderfully unique gossamer voice coupled with Robin Guthrie's sublime sequenced guitars and effects with the fluid bass playing of Simon Raymonde and that ever trusty Roland which almost sounds like a real drummer On Ice Blink Luck. Related Artists - Drowning Craze, Elizabeth Fraser, Faye Wong, John Grant, Lost Horizons, Lowlife, Mandalay, Robin Guthrie, Simon Raymonde, Sun's Signature, The Czars, Violet Indiana.