Cocteau Twins – Garlands

This doesn't sound bad but it doesn't sound great either and I wonder if that lack of fidelity is in the master tape. It sounds fairly restrained across the entire spectrum.

Excellent studio production and superb pressing. Each side flows properly, too.

Wonder if the original pressing is all-analog and if yes - up until which album did the Cocteau Twins press AAA vinyl?

well ... so much for that .... I see the style category has been voted back into existence ...

congrats ! now we can all feel safer that it's been put into its cage and we know how to approach it before the sound waves get into our ears ... God forbid we should find music listening to be disorienting or in any way too challenging ! :)

to whomever just removed the categorizing-of-style label from this release ... thank you much
I know people often have good intentions, but it can be really annoying to see people retroactively trying to "cage" works that at one time existed largely on their own merits and attracted people who often used a different part of their brain than the part that always needs to have things spoon-fed to them in order to properly contextualize and digest work .... sadly, the people who arrive latest to any scene often bring all this baggage that didn't exist for years ... and sometimes even decades ...after works were created and released

Ok so I know this review will be met with likely fierce fanboy disagreement, but in my humble opinion this is THE Cocteau Twins album to end all. I have to say that nothing after it matches the dreamy, brooding, hypnotic droning shoe gaze magic that they invoke with this debut. Everything after feels like a slow and painful disintegration towards commercialism. Head over heels they begin to fall flat on their faces, and it gets worse from there. Sure they manage to maintain a thread of the dreamy gothic magic that Garlands created, but it just gets prettier and tamer and far less interesting.
That’s what I’ve got to say about it anyway. I only wish this wasn’t limited to one album.

Alright, mates? Can anyone shed light on whether this original 4AD issue had a printed inner sleeve, or instead just a plain, generic inner? I seem to be finding some conflicting information regarding this...

In the unlikely event that somebody out there has a NM/Excellent+ cover ONLY(!) for this album, please get in touch. Thank you.

Superbe pressage ! Son limpide, chaleureux, profond, puissant. Thanks 4AD

4AD has just announced that they will be re-issuing vinyl of both Garlands and Victorialand.