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Artist..: Cocteau Twins
Album...: Stars And Topsoil A Collection (1982-1990)
GENRE....: Indie
STYLE....: Dream Pop, Alternative Rock, Experimental, Ethereal, Gothic
LABEL....: 4AD SCENE.....: 2014-12-20
BITRATE..: 867 kbps avg STORE.....: 2000-00-00
ENCODER..: FLAC 1.2.1 -8 -V TRACKS....: 18
SIZE.....: 445.3MB SOURCE....: CD
URL..: http://www.cocteautwins.com/html/discography/discog_12.html
TRACKLIST
1 Blind Dumb Deaf 3:47
2 Sugar Hiccup 3:41
3 My Love Paramour 3:38
4 Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops 4:11
5 Lorelei 3:43
6 Pandora 5:26
7 Aikea-Guinea 3:57
8 Pink Orange Red 4:38
9 Pale Clouded White 4:59
10 Lazy Calm 6:34
11 The Thinner the Air 3:16
12 Orange Appled 2:50
13 Cico Buff 3:46
14 Carolyn's Fingers 3:06
15 Fifty-Fifty Clown 3:11
16 Iceblink Luck 3:18
17 Heaven or Las Vegas 4:55
18 Watchlar 3:17
Total Playtime.: 72:13
http://www.discogs.com/Cocteau-Twins-Stars-And-Topsoil-A-Collection-1982-1990/release/86681
Mastered (Remastered) By Robin Guthrie, Walter Coelho
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Stars And Topsoil is a compilation album by the Scottish rock group Cocteau
Twins, released on the 4AD label in October 2000. The album features tracks
released between 1982 and 1990, covering every Cocteau Twins album from
Garlands to Heaven or Las Vegas.
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In 2000, the Cocteau Twins' original record label, 4AD, announced plans for
a Cocteau Twins retrospective. This was part of an ongoing series of such
releases organized by 4AD as a way to highlight their extensive and
influential back catalog of artists. The compilation, entitled Stars and
Topsoil, was released in October and featured seventeen digitally remastered
songs selected from the Cocteau Twins' various 4AD recordings from 1982 to
1990. The tracks had been carefully selected by the band members and were
remastered by Robin. The title, given by Liz herself, suggested that the
contents were a mixture of good and bad, heaven and earth. It stands out as
a comprehensive overview of the band's prolific 4AD period and includes such
well-known songs as "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops," "Lorelei," "Aikea-Guinea,"
"Pink Orange Red," "Orange Appled," "Carolyn's Fingers," "Iceblink luck" and
"Heaven or Las Vegas." In the words of journalist Martin Aston, "The Cocteau
Twins' magical music box is now closed, but what wonders it contained when
opened∙bewitching songs and glittering soundscapes; music that could never
have anything subsequent compared to it." [Stars and Topsoil insert, 2000]
Stars and Topsoil collects some of the Cocteau Twins' better-known 4AD
material, which ends at 1990, before their departure to Fontana in the U.K.
and Capitol in the U.S. Outside of college radio support and some late-night
MTV rotation, the Cocteaus were basically invisible and unheard of in the
U.S.; in the U.K., they were a higher profile act, but they still remained
more of a cult band with a rabid following. As a barometer for the unfamiliar
more than anything else, the compilation will either lead to the purchase of
the group's entire catalog or nothing more, because those who are familiar
tend to fall into two distinct camps: There are those who find the group to
be from the gods, and there are those who are in firm belief that they were
birthed from the stinking pit of the precious art-fluff well. Though the
Cocteaus never really repeated themselves, they held a set of characteristics
throughout their discography that made them extremely unique --
characteristics that launched a legion of imitators. While the selection here
is fairly representative, there still isn't a definitive first place to go
with the Cocteaus. An era spanning seven LPs of studio material and nine
singles is a good load to pick from, and this particular track listing is
just one of hundreds a fan could come up with. The disc is just as quality as
most other Cocteaus releases, though it obviously misses the feel of a proper
studio album. Since 4AD began reissuing those studio works in 2003, devout
fans will have little use for this overview.
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