Cocteau Twins - Garlands

Label:

4AD

Catalog#:

CAD 211

Format:

Vinyl, LP

Country:

Released:

Sep 1982

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Ethereal

Tracklist

A1	Blood Bitch	4:35
A2	Wax And Wane	4:03
A3	But I'm Not	2:43
A4	Blind Dumb Deaf	3:56
B1	Shallow Then Halo	5:15
B2	The Hollow Men	5:02
B3	Garlands	4:29
B4	Grail Overfloweth	5:24

Credits

Artwork By - 23 Envelope
Bass - Will Heggie
Engineer - Eric Radcliffe , John Fryer
Guitar - Robin Guthrie
Producer - Ivo*
Producer, Written-By - Cocteau Twins
Voice - Elizabeth Fraser

Notes

Engineered at Blackwing studios. Liner notes: 'Dear Carol, We shall both die in your rosary: Elizabeth'.

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Review by y-1 May 26, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)

A totally unique album. Cocteau Twins found their definite style only after the release of this, their first album, yet Garlands stands on its own merit and has never been matched by the Cocteau Twins or any other band before or after.
Garlads owes much more to new wave than later Cocteau Twins works. Still it's probably the first dream pop/shoegazer album ever. It's not all about bliss, though; musically as well as lyrically it's very dark. Pronounced basslines and very solid beatmachine programming compliment the typical fluid guitar. But most of all there's no song on this album without at least one startling melodic idea by Elizabeth Fraser.
To me, one of the best albums ever made.