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Garlands

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Garlands was the Cocteau Twins debut album, released in the early Fall of 1982. It was the only album they made with original bassist Will Heggie. Describing it as “haunting”, “spellbound”, “diaphanous”, and discerning a “frosting of sweetness”, the critics wore out their adjective; this was rock music - just - but it was conjured in the unlikeliest environment from the strangest of material. This is the first vinyl pressing in over ten years. 1. Blood Bitch 2. Wax and Wane 3. But I'm Not 4. Blind Dumb Deaf 5. Shallow Then Halo 6. The Hollow Men 7. Garlands 8. Grail Overfloweth

Language ‏ : ‎ English


Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.32 x 12.36 x 0.31 inches; 8.32 ounces


Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ 4AD


Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2020


Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 29, 2020


Label ‏ : ‎ 4AD


Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA


Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1


Best Sellers Rank: #17,245 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl) #1,658 in Alternative Rock (CDs & Vinyl) #8,354 in Rock (CDs & Vinyl)


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    • Great Goth! It's the Cocteau Twins
Somedays Blood Bitch just says it all for me. Then the devil by smiling waxes and wanes. I knew a few Waynes that I waxed and they were smiling devils,too I must say. I know nothing of France, I swear that on party lines. Grail Overfloweth and so does this review. Dear ones, just get this one for its historical importance. Plus it is a very good debut album, too. They started out rockin' with Garlands and ended with Milk Chocolate and Kisses as about as vanilla as one can get. And isn't it nice? A group in de-evolution. I haven't heard any of the recent Robin Guthrie instrumental cds. He keeps pulling them from the shelves to put out newer versions. Don't know what's up with that. I heard,(probably from a Wayne) that one of his more recent incarnated albums is back on track to being a Cocteau Twins cd. But,it's neither Cocteau nor Twins. Elizabeth Fraser needs to help with some vocals. ps Love the cover art on this. How occult! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2012 by Jerry Dunham
    • Great vinyl pressing
This vinyl edition sounds great. A quiet, clean sounding pressing which is getting pretty rare these days to come across. Only downside is Amazon delivered it in a poly bag ONLY. Unreal. I wouldn’t even ship a CD in a poly bag. Luckily it didn’t have far to go and my copy seems undamaged.
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2021 by snowman
    • CD REPLACEMENT FOR VINYL RECORD
A band and record from my twenties! The best record from Cocteau Twins Unfortunately the seller's offer - OxfordshireEngland - stated a remastered version of the CD with a few extra tracks and the actual CD I received was the original one, without those extra tracks.
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2020 by Catela Pequeno
    • The intoxicating sludge clearer songs had yet to emerge from
In 1982, Cocteau Twins already had the murky, shimmering wall of guitar sound they were looking for. Back then, the noise was distorted and feedback laden. The vocals were unharmonized and close to decipherable. Liz sang in her haunting mid-range, and the music was minimal, underwritten and dark, relying on only a couple alternating melodies for each song's duration. Comparisons to Joy Division and The Cure make some sense, although this album has a chaotic, wicked, mysterious delirium about it that those bands never captured, opting instead for bleak, intense depression. This is the only album in the Cocteau's entire catalog that is completely the missing positive, lilting shoegazer hit material such as "Pearly Dewdrop's Drops" and "Sugar Hiccup". Their new age, "dreamy" soft white aesthetic had yet to emerge. This is not the say "Garlands" is one-dimensional; far from it. If anything, the vague, unrefined simplicity of these slabs of distortion makes them more open to interpretation than the much catchier songs on the two albums that came after this, "Head Over Heels" and "Treasure". As always with this band, it's Liz's vocal performance that makes the album. She proves that even though the intense harmonization (5+ voices at once) of later albums is incredibly beautiful, it is not necessary. Her singing here slides up and down in pitch, and warbles with emotion in that distinctly Scottish way. Each Cocteau Twins album had its own vocal style, but here is the only time we hear her voice unaltered, singular and clean, and for this reason alone this album is worth it for any fan of hers. The album is enjoyable as a whole, although not diverse like "Head Over Heels" or "Treasure" (after that they adopted a more thematic approach to structuring albums). Highlight tracks include the dizzyingly strange "Wax and Wane", the emotionally indescribable "Blind Dumb Deaf" and probably the catchiest track on the album, "But I'm Not". The remastered production is as clear as it is possible to make this kind of music. In conclusion, even if the band did improve exponentially with age (as this reviewer believes they did), Cocteau Twins' debut album "Garlands" is a great album on its own merits, they had yet to find their sound, but this sound has an appeal all its own. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2008 by The Pitiful Anonymous
    • Classic Cocteau
Am old enough to have bought this on vinyl when released but never got round to buying on CD 'til recently. Ordered from a UK seller, (am in England), but when received was not the item described. Found US seller, ordered without hassle for a great price, and received in double quick time. Fantastic service from a source I would happily use again. Album still sounds good, (after too many years than I care to mention!). ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2012 by Felix
    • Love the Cocteau Twins.
As always, the Cocteau twins knock it out of the park. A band with beautiful voice's creative sound. 4AD. Thanks for bringing so much good music to the world. Never a sound that gets old and boring. I've listened to this band from the time they first came out.
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2017 by Bones A,L
    • Look Carefully
the album is great but buyer beware. Amazon keeps listing this CD as having extra tracks when in reality it does not. Now i have three editions of the same album. All have the original 8 tracks only despite claims otherwise.
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2017 by Grady Jacob Looney
    • I recommend it 100% trusty.
Product as described ! Fast shipping. Im so Glad to do business with you. Congrats !!!
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2019 by Dr. Javier E. Chinchilla Calix

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