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Artist..: Cocteau Twins
Album...: Heaven Or Las Vegas
GENRE....: Indie
STYLE....: Dream Pop
LABEL....: Capitol SCENE.....: 2014-12-20
BITRATE..: 871 kbps avg STORE.....: 1990-00-00
ENCODER..: FLAC 1.2.1 -8 -V TRACKS....: 3
SIZE.....: 73.98MB SOURCE....: CDS (Promo)
URL..: http://www.cocteautwins.com/html/discography/discog_25.html
TRACKLIST
1 Heaven Or Las Vegas (Edit) 3:59
2 Dials 2:41
3 Heaven Or Las Vegas (Album Version) 4:54
Total Playtime.: 11:34
http://www.discogs.com/Cocteau-Twins-Heaven-Or-Las-Vegas/release/864613
"Heaven or Las Vegas" was released October 1990. It was the second single to
be released from the Heaven or Las Vegas album. Elements of the song were
used in the track of the same title by The Weeknd on his mixtape "Thursday".
"Dials" was used as the prelude music for live performances during 1990/1991,
and was included on the bonus disc of the 1991 CD Box Set.
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The Cocteau Twins' return to form with its Heaven or Las Vegas album was
encapsulated in the title track, a majestic number that effortlessly showed
the band's collective strengths while at the same time adding some new twists
to its long-established formula. For one thing, Elizabeth Fraser's singing is
remarkably clear and direct; while certainly she's not perfectly
understandable (and part of her appeal is how she can make hard-to-interpret
lyrics so emotionally gripping), it does add an extra heft to the
proceedings. Guitarist Robin Guthrie and bassist Simon Raymonde create music
similarly elegant and beautiful as ever, but stripping back on the echo just
a touch in favor of letting the main melodies carry through. Raymonde's
loping, classically post-punk work fits the drum machine beat to a T while
retaining its own beauty, while Guthrie's descending notes in the verse turn
into a gripping main wash on the chorus. The final brilliant touch comes
courtesy of a second chorus that appears twice, in the middle and at the end.
Fraser first sings some inspiring, rising vocals, then Guthrie finishes with
a series of simple, soaring notes that are as flat-out lovely (yet powerful)
as it gets.
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