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With their third album, TREASURE, the Cocteau Twins settled on what would, from then on, be their primary lineup--vocalist Elizabeth Fraser, guitarist Robin Guthrie, and bassist Simon Raymonde. One of the band's most impressionistic records, it abandons the "phrase" titles of previous records in favor of mythological-sounding one word names, encouraging listeners to make up their own interpretations of the songs. Sound-wise, the band's performance, though not confrontational, is more aggressive, and several tracks, such as "Persephone," find Guthrie experimenting with a harsher guitar sound.
Completists should note that some versions of the CD contain all four tracks from the band's 1985 EP, AIKEA-GUINEA. Standouts include the two opening tracks, "Ivo" and "Lorelei," both of which sound like very sexy baby food commercials, while the epic "Donimo" opens with choral-style vocals over sustained musical tones augmented by glittering chimes, exploding halfway through with a pounding drumbeat and Guthrie's crystalline, effects-laden guitar. Despite the fact that Guthrie has stated in interviews that he is largely unhappy with the album, it remains a favorite among the band's fans and it is almost certainly their most consistently upbeat record.
2003 4AD reissue of 1984 album remastered by guitarist Robin Guthrie.
Recorded at Palladium Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland and Rooster, West London in August and September, 1984.
Cocteau Twins: Elizabeth Fraser (vocals); Robin Guthrie (guitar); Simon Raymonde (bass).
Cocteau Twins Treasure Songs Treasure Music Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Strange but Creative
No comparison to Sigur Ros should be given. This sound is one of its own, and is a nice change to anyone who listens. Can't understand what the twins are saying, but thier sweet, melodic voices are peacful.
Submitted by mttables (Los Osos, CA) 
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Good but not the best introduction to Cocteau Twins
Actually it depends on your point of view. Though still interesting, IMHO "Treasure"-era CT music had begun to lose its "punch". When something is meant to be "otherworldy", I think it should also be strange (i.e. unconventional) and, at times, even scary (i.e. provocative). Like many early fans (1982-1983), I think that when CT music lost this dimension, it lost some of its edge. For newcomers, I strongly recommend that they give it a try with "Head Over Heels" (in particular) or "Lullabies, Vol.1" before "Treasure".
Submitted by Anthony, C.A. (Athens, Greece)
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This record was released in 1984, when England had The Smiths, Echo and the Bunnymen, Cure, Prefab Sprout and Depeche Mode releasing their best works at the same time. Cocteau Twins were icons of this generation. Extremely fanciful, imaginative, creative. Unfortunately, the world media didn't give them the opportunity to show the world their masterpieces.
Submitted by Marcos (Cuiabá, MT, Brazil)
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Pure, intense aural pleasure. This is a significant album from a significant band. CT at their best. I've listened to these songs since they were released and they never diminish. It is timeless music. This remaster is wonderful. Thank you CT. For this, and for the years of your unique genius. You have given me more enjoyment than any other music i've ever listened to. Period.
Submitted by noemail (Montclair, NJ)
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The Sigur Ros of the 80es
Like martians singing from the now dried up oceans of the red planet. This is not real.
Submitted by alexandru costache (bucharest, romania)
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To simply call this album the apotheosis of the shoegazing scene--that brief epoch of U.K. indie-rock in which bands turned away from melodic clarity and instead chased after the incendiary rapture of sheer guitar-driven noise--would be an understatement. LOVELESS is the sound of what might've happened if Brian Eno had produced DAYDREAM NATION. Or perhaps it's the thundering ambience of SISTER recorded backwards. Whatever the case, rarely has such a pristine, hypnotic record had ...
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Though it's least like their later material and far more clearly grounded in rock music tropes, the debut Cocteau Twins album, GARLANDS (1982), contains most of the essentials that would eventually make them the darlings of the ethereal and Goth crowd. The album features four main elements--Will Heggie's understated and sinister bass lines, a pulsing drum machine which often provides the only real structure for the songs, Robin Guthrie's massively treated guitars which often sound like some sort of Doppler effect, slow-motion siren, and Elizabeth Fraser's eerie vocals and lyrics. Fraser assembles what appear to be nonsense syllables (though occasionally the odd word or two in English or Gaelic is decipherable) selected for their sound rather than their meaning, and sings them in a combination otherworldly warble and yodel. All of this is infinitely prettier to listen to than this description would suggest.
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In the two years following TREASURE, the Cocteau Twins released three EPs: AIKEA-GUINEA, TINY DYNAMINE, and ECHOES IN A SHALLOW BAY. Each of these records saw the band moving progressively further away from the heavier sound of previous releases. VICTORIALAND (1986) was the apex of this trend and easily their most ethereal, airy album. Interested listeners should also check out the band's 1986 THE MOON AND THE MELODIES, recorded with ambient musician Harold Budd.
VICTORIALAND features very little in the way of percussion on most tracks, instead concentrating on the interplay between Elizabeth Fraser's vocals and Robin Guthrie's elaborate, but unassuming, guitar effects. This is most successful on "Oomingmak," where the ambient sounds backing the two smoothly ebb and ...
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Standout tracks include "Carolyn's Fingers," featuring Elizabeth Fraser's voice pining and sweeping over a shuffling beat, the slow-paced "For Phoebe Still a Baby," dedicated to Fraser's unborn child, that adds a xylophone in the mix, and "Spooning Good Singing Gum," bedecked with Guthrie's echoing, multi-tracked guitars. As good as these cuts are, however, the best of the bunch are the album's last two tracks, "A Kissed Out Red Floatboat," and "Ella Megalast Burls ...
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