Cocteau Twins - Victorialand

"Victorialand" creates a fantastic, crystalline atmosphere that you wish would continue evolving beyond the album's short thirty-odd minutes. Thankfully dispensing with the thudding drum machine of earlier records, there's more space for the gently reverberating and shimmering sounds and Liz Frazer's unique vocals. The songs are sweet, melodic, memorable and do not tire with repeated listening. Timeless, flawless and highly recommended.

This is my favorite chillout album of all time, and probably my favorite rock album of all time too. I've enjoyed it on many sunday mornings for over a decade. A pure acoustic album with nothing but Robin's guitar and Liz's voice plus some occaisional synth pads (on "Lazy Calm") and organs ("The Thinner the Air). Richard Thomas (from Dif Juz) played saxophone and tablas on "Lazy Calm" and "Feet-Like Fins". Masterfully multilayered, it bridges between ambient and rock. A timeless classic that was miles ahead of its time. This album is so essential (and I play it so much over the years) that I've already gone through 3 copies of it. Like the previous comment suggested, this is the voices of angels singing from heaven. You'll never hear anything so hauntingly beautiful.

What does delight sounds like? How do angels sing? What do sirens whisper in your ear? Try Victorialand and all those questions will be answered. Infinite beauty built for eternity.

Just Elizabeth and Robin playing with more accoustic treatments of their sound. A short sweet perfumed arc of an album, and probably the most frail and delicate sounding (I mean that in a good sense) album of the cocteau twins. Much more relaxed and a hint somewhat at things to come towards the Four Calender and later years.