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'Heaven or Las Vegas' remains Cocteau Twins most succesful album, the band having a degree of commercial-success and a kind of hit-single with 'Iceblink Luck.' It is also their most succesful artistic album- balancing the more ambient/avant-elements of their sound with some wonderful songwriting/arrangements & a big change in Frazer's vocals, and most of all her lyrics (some of which are apparent- clearly pronounced words nuzzle against the alien/oblique). Despite being a fan of most of their oeuvre, 'Heaven or Las Vegas' remains my favourite album of theirs and perhaps their ultimate statementmore… (no wonder the follow-up albums weren't that great- there wasn't really anywhere for them left to go & MBV had taken things to the next level in 1991 with 'Loveless').Things open perfectly with 'Cherry Colored Funk', Liz Frazer sounding deeper on the verses, jarring against the heavenly-vocal styles of the past on the chorus (and then there's the line about "...andfallingeverythingelse..."). Even better is 'Pitch the Baby', possibly my favourite Cocteaus song and a track I can listen to over and over again without boredom (see also 'Loomer', 'Nocturne VII', 'Two Step', 'Into Dust', 'Indian Summer', 'Glass Onion', 'September Gurls', 'Orpheus', 'Surf's Up', 'Good Morning Captain', 'I'll Come Running' etc...)- the kind of song I can put on repeat until the end of time....The rest of the album is as wonderful, evenmoreso in this remastered-edition - the title track sounding better than any drug I have ingested, while 'Fifty-Fifty Clown' is more alien-pop-perfection, possessing some lyrics that would also turn up in 'Iceblink Luck' b-side 'Watchlar' ("emotions are emotional- they are...")- which turned up on lovely career-compilation 'Stars & Topsoil.''Heaven or Las Vegas' reminds me of a certain age, though it manages to transcend nostalgia alone & seems to be one of those all-time classics (see also 'Rock Bottom', 'Sulk', 'Tilt', 'Spiderland', 'Laughing Stock', 'Loveless', 'Everclear', 'Star Sailor', 'No Other' etc). A definite desert-island disc for myself anyway...
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Cherry coloured funk |
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Pitch the baby |
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Iceblink luck |
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Fifty fifty clown |
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Heaven or Las Vegas |
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I wear your ring |
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Fotzepolitic |
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Wolf in the breast |
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River road and rail |
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Frou frou foxes in the midsummer fires |
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- Category:
- Music > Albums
- Case Type:
- CD
- Release Type:
- Retail
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- Title:
- Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas (2004) Retail CD
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- CD
- Dimensions:
- 800 x 800 px
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- 130 KB
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