Taken together, their nine albums, and sixteen EPs/singles, sound less like … Out of all the Cocteau Twins 4AD albums Head over Heels is the album cover which has gone through the widest range of cover printing variations - because it is the most sensitive image. If you’ve followed Cocteau Twins from start to finish, it’s illuminating to return to the source, the raw, skeletal ‘goth’ (but, Guthrie noted, “we never wore black nail varnish”) Cocteaus. It was the only album they made with original bassist Will Heggie. It’s impossible to make out most of the lyrics on the title track to the Cocteau Twins’ 1990 album, Heaven or Las Vegas. Firstly it's good to have the original edition of the album (to kind of define the original intentions of the cover image? They were formed in Grangemouth by Robin Guthrie (guitars, drum machine) and Will Heggie (bass), adding Elizabeth Fraser (vocals) in 1981 and replacing Heggie with multi-instrumentalist Simon Raymonde in 1983.

Cocteau Twins were a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997. Cocteau Twins were a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997. Garlands was the Cocteau Twins debut album, released in the early Fall of 1982. Cocteau Twins were a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997. Official website of the UK band Cocteau Twins, who made music from 1982 until they disbanded in 1997. member biographies ). They were formed in Grangemouth by Robin Guthrie (guitars, drum machine) and Will Heggie (bass), adding Elizabeth Fraser (vocals) in 1981 and replacing Heggie with multi-instrumentalist Simon Raymonde in 1983. See more ideas about Cocteau twins, Twins, Post punk. Producer – Cocteau Twins, John Fryer (tracks: A2, B2) Sleeve – 23 Envelope Vocals [Uncredited] – Elizabeth Fraser Cocteau Twins tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including carolyns fingers, pink orange red, wax and wane, bluebeard, persephone The official website of Cocteau Twins, a British trio that recorded music from 1982 until 1996. May 13, 2020 - Explore joesbeard's board "Cocteau Twins", followed by 135 people on Pinterest.

The third John Peel session, from 1983, included a very rare (if shaky) cover, Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’.

Cocteau Twins When they first emerged in the early 80s, the Cocteau Twins were compared most often to Siouxsie & The Banshees, but in truth they never sounded like anyone – or anything – else.