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Tracklist
Blue Bell Knoll | 3:22 | ||
Athol-Brose | 2:58 | ||
Carolyn's Fingers | 3:07 | ||
For Phoebe Still A Baby | 3:15 | ||
The Itchy Glowbo Blow | 3:20 | ||
Cico Buff | 3:47 | ||
Suckling The Mender | 3:34 | ||
Spooning Good Singing Gum | 3:49 | ||
A Kissed Out Red Floatboat | 4:09 | ||
Ella Megalast Burls Forever | 3:40 |
Credits (5)
- JA*Lacquer Cut By
- Juergen TellerPhotography By
- Jeremy TilstonSleeve
- Paul West (6)Sleeve
- Cocteau TwinsWritten-By, Producer [Produced By]
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![]() | Blue Bell Knoll CD, Album | 4AD – cad 807 cd, 4AD – cad 807cd | UK | 1988 | UK — 1988 | ||||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll CD, Album | Capitol Records – cdp 7 90892 2 | US | 1988 | US — 1988 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album, Limited Edition Gatefold Sleeve | 4AD – cad 807 | UK | 1988 | UK — 1988 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll Cassette, Album Paper labels | 4AD – cadc 807 | UK | 1988 | UK — 1988 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll Cassette, Album Dolby HX Pro, B NR | Capitol Records – c4 90892, 4AD – c4-90892 | US | 1988 | US — 1988 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album SRC | Capitol Records – C1-90892 | US | 1988 | US — 1988 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll Cassette, Album | Vertigo – 836 484-4 | Canada | 1988 | Canada — 1988 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album, Limited Edition Gatefold | Vertigo – 836 484-1 | Canada | 1988 | Canada — 1988 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll CD, Album | Rough Trade – RTD CD 99, 4AD – CAD 807.2, 4AD – cad 807.2 +1 more label... | Europe | 1988 | Europe — 1988 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll CD, Album | Contempo Records – Conte 121 CD | Italy | 1988 | Italy — 1988 | ||||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album | Gasa – GA-255, Grabaciones Accidentales – GA-255, 4AD – cad 807 +1 more label... | Spain | 1988 | Spain — 1988 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album | Contempo Records – CONTE 121 | Italy | 1988 | Italy — 1988 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album, Limited Edition Gatefold | Capitol Records – C1-90892 | US | 1988 | US — 1988 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll CD, Album | 4AD – 30633 | France | 1988 | France — 1988 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll DAT, Album | 4AD – CAD T 807 | UK | 1988 | UK — 1988 | ||||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album | 4AD – YX-7447 | Japan | 1988 | Japan — 1988 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album | Stiletto – 230.4005 | Brazil | 1988 | Brazil — 1988 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album | 4AD – 70633 | France | 1988 | France — 1988 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll Cassette, Album | 4AD – 50633 | France | 1988 | France — 1988 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album | 4AD – cad 807 | UK | 1988 | UK — 1988 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll Cassette, Advance, Album, Promo | 4AD – C4-90892, Capitol Records – C4-90892 | US | 1988 | US — 1988 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll CD, Album | 4AD – 25CY-2637 | Japan | 1988 | Japan — 1988 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album | Rough Trade Records – RTD 99, 4AD – RTD 99, Megadisc – MD 7901, 4AD – MD 7901 +2 more labels... | Europe | 1988 | Europe — 1988 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album | 4AD – CAD 807, Virgin – VG 50382 | Greece | 1988 | Greece — 1988 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album | 4AD – CAD 807 | Scandinavia | 1988 | Scandinavia — 1988 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll Cassette, Album | 4AD – TC-VG 50382, Virgin – TC-VG 50382 | Greece | 1988 | Greece — 1988 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll CD, Album | 4AD – cad 807.2, 4AD – CAD 807.2, 4AD – RTD CD 99 +1 more label... | Europe | 1988 | Europe — 1988 | New Submission | |||
Blue Bell Knoll Cassette, Album | Stiletto – 723.4005 | Brazil | 1988 | Brazil — 1988 | New Submission | ||||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album | 4AD – CAD 807 | Israel | 1988 | Israel — 1988 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album, Stereo Gatefold | 4AD – cad 807, RTD – RTD 99, Megadisc – MD 7901 +1 more label... | Europe | 1988 | Europe — 1988 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll Cassette, Album Non Paper Label | 4AD – cadc 807 | UK | 1988 | UK — 1988 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album, Limited Edition Gatefold Sleeve | 4AD – cad 807 | UK | 1988 | UK — 1988 | ||||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll Cassette, Album | Gasa – GA-255k | Spain | 1988 | Spain — 1988 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album Gatefold Sleeve | 4AD – cad 807, Contempo Records – CONTE 121 | Italy | 1988 | Italy — 1988 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll CD, Album | Capitol Records – cdp 7 90892 2 | US | 1988 | US — 1988 | ||||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll CD, Album, Promo | 4AD – 25CY-2637 | Japan | 1988 | Japan — 1988 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album | Vertigo – 836 484-1 | Canada | 1988 | Canada — 1988 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album Gatefold Sleeve | 4AD – 70633 | France | 1988 | France — 1988 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album, Limited Edition, Test Pressing Gatefold Sleeve | 4AD – cad 807 | UK | 1988 | UK — 1988 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Blue Bell Knoll LP, Album, White Label | Contempo Records – CONTE 121 | Italy | 1988 | Italy — 1988 | New Submission |
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Giving it 5 stars because it sounds amazing, BUT. Side A came very scratched up. Anybody else have this problem?
Was it necessary to make such a short album at just 35 minutes. When the glorious guitar solo begins in "The Itchy Glowbo Blow" the track is curiously faded out, far far too early.

Lovely pressing with great dynamic range and a cool sleeve. Be careful to put it in a protective sleeve because the cream card can pick up fingerprints really easily making the cover look dirty. Fab album - and still bloody cheap….

referencing Blue Bell Knoll (LP, Album) 230.4005
Sounds good and the disc is flat but very flexible and not rigid. Additionally, the cover is not a gatefold but a sort of flimsy import style jacket. Aesthetics of the disc and jacket are just not on par with what I would come to expect from the 4AD release but I’m not let down because the music sounds good and how can get angry listening to Cocteau Twins? Considering I picked this up used and it’s reproduced and on an import label Stiletto records I love it

May be the most glorious dream pop albums ever - an intangible oneiric wall of sound, gleefully swirling atmospherics & warm unmoored fuzziness that floats around you like a whirling fog. Utterly beautiful.
Well, it's a great album. But let me do some comments about two songs from this LP. The first one is "Ella Megalast Burls Forever" which I think is a attempt to reach 1993's "Blueberd" as I can identify some very similar parts. And the second song is "Carolyn's fingers" which has a similar structure and chords as My Bloody Valentine's "Blown a wish" from 1991's masterpiece 'Loveless'. Recently I've readed an interview with Kevin Shields from MBV and he tell how he loved Cocteau Twins and he acquired every LP they published, so, well, it is not impossible that "Carolyn's fingers" will influence Shields as MBV was in the studio recording at the time.

Taste is subjective but geez... if you can't rate this yet another masterpiece of the CT arsenal who knows...!
Decades of memories now to this one, sniff.
Just listened to it now for the first time in many years and means just as much if not more than back in '88.
Decades of memories now to this one, sniff.
Just listened to it now for the first time in many years and means just as much if not more than back in '88.

referencing Blue Bell Knoll (LP, Album, SRC) C1-90892
I love this pressing a lot. It is crystal clear and punchy. It was pressed from different lacquers than the UK first press from what I can tell (the UK one being pressed at MPO). Admittedly, I have not heard the UK first press but I find this US pressing rather perfect.