COCTEAU TWINS-VICTORIALAND-4AD LP CAD-602 UK 1986 NM ORIGINAL Elizabeth Fraser

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Cocteau Twins ?– Victorialand

Label: 4AD ?– CAD 602

Format: Vinyl, LP, 45 RPM, Album

Country: UK

Released: 14 Apr 1986

Genre: Rock

Style: Ethereal

Tracklist

A1          Lazy Calm           6:36

A2          Fluffy Tufts        3:06

A3          Throughout The Dark Months Of April And May  3:05

A4          Whales Tails      3:16

B1          Oomingmak       2:43

B2          Little Spacey      3:26

B3          Feet-Like Fins    3:26

B4          How To Bring A Blush To The Snow         3:50

B5          The Thinner The Air       3:16

 Phonographic Copyright (p) – 4AD

 Copyright (c) – 4AD

 Published By – Momentum Music Ltd.

 Published By – Beggars Banquet Music Ltd.

 Pressed By – MPO

 Credits

Performer, Written-By – Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie

Producer – Cocteau Twins

Saxophone, Tabla [Tablas] – Richard Thomas

Sleeve [Sleeve By] – 23 Envelope

Notes

Published by Momentum Music Ltd./Beggars Banquet Music Ltd.

Richard Thomas courtesy of Dif Juz.

? & © 1986 4.A.D.

Includes a printed inner sleeve

No track lengths on release.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched): MPO CAD 602 A5

Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched): MPO CAD 602 A?5? B5

In 1985 the newest Cocteau Twin, Simon Raymonde, spent an extended period of time working with This Mortal Coil, a sort of "supergroup" made up of many musicians from the 4AD roster. During that time, Elizabeth Fraser and Robin Guthrie went into the studio and experimented. With the help of Richard Thomas (from 4AD band Dif Juz) they created Victorialand. So: their fourth full-length release, their fourth line-up (counting the addition of Thomas on a part-time basis as a new lineup different from the Fraser/Guthrie lineup on Head Over Heels), and their fourth sound.

With Victorialand, the Cocteau Twins' evolution had reached a certain peak. Gone are the goth sounds. Gone are attempts at poppishness. This is an album of exploration, of experimentation. I listen to it and i get the feeling that the artists involved thoroughly enjoyed what they were doing, and the music exists in this form for no other reason than that it made them happy.

Earlier Cocteau releases have either influenced scores of bands, or relied heavily on the sounds of the time. Victorialand, on the other hand, is totally unique. There is nothing like it, and very few bands even hint at this sort of sound. (Auburn Lull and Seefeel being the only two i can think of, after staring at my CD collection for a while.) Victorialand is unique, and as such, it is timeless. Listening to this album, it could have been made last week. It is totally out of touch with any other music, and it exists on it's own in a timeless void.

From the Evil Sponge site by PostLibyan

also

Few would have guessed the Cocteaus would turn around and go acoustic on the follow-up to their masterpiece, Treasure, but that's just what Fraser and Guthrie did. Simon Raymonde took a temporary leave to help Ivo Watts-Russell write the second This Mortal Coil album, Filigree and Shadow, and so the two used this as an opportunity to "mess around" in the studio with a minimal setup. Without Raymonde, Victorialand wanders more into the realms of ambient and new age, but it sails much smoother than any of the band's other material. It's hard not to argue the heavy new age vibes on a song like "Oomingmak," where Fraser is literally singing gibberish over Guthrie's guitar chimes, but it's delightfully so. Guthrie called in Richard Thomas of labelmates Dif Juz to contribute, and his contributions are subtle but so deliciously effective. He oozes out his saxophone on the faint winds of "Lazy Calm" and provides some hypnotic tabla playing on "Feet-Like Fins." While it may have been made using acoustic instruments, it hardly sounds of it. But one thing is for sure: it sounds like no other release in their discography, which is all part of its allure.

From an essential guide to The Cocteau Twins site by Cam Lindsay

Retrieved September 12, 2017

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