Cocteau Twins / Head Over Heels
Artist Cocteau Twins
Album Title: Head Over Heels
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Ambient/Dream Pop
Format CD
Released 10/31/1983
Reissue Date 02/10/2003
Label 4AD
Catalog No GAD 313 CD
Bar Code No 6 52637 03132 4
Reissue Yes
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. When Mama Was Moth (3:06)
2. Five Ten Fiftyfold (4:59)
3. Sugar Hiccup (3:42)
4. In Our Angelhood (2:59)
5. Glass Candle Grenads (2:44)
6. In the Gold Dust Rush (3:41)
7. The Tinderbox (of a heart) (4:57)
8. Multifoiled (2:36)
9. My Love Paramour (3:39)
10. Musette and Drums (4:38)
Date Acquired 06/26/2003
Personal Rating
Acquired from Tower Records (Chicago)
Purchase Price 10.00

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Notes

2003 Remaster by Robin Guthrie

Artwork [Insert] – 23 Envelope
Engineer – Jon Turner*
Performer [Cocteau Twins Are] – Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie
Producer – Cocteau Twins, John Fryer
Remastered By – Robin Guthrie

Produced at the Palladium Studio, Edinburgh.
℗ 1983 4AD LTD © 2002 4AD LTD
Revised artwork

Barcode: 6 52637 03132 4
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): SONOPRESS 50606718/GAD313CD 01
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): Z16802 M1S3 CI Q9 GAD2 313-2 01
Label Code: LC 05807

Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Ned Raggett
Losing original member Heggie might at first have seemed a troubling blow, but in fact it allowed the duo of Fraser and Guthrie to transcend the darkened one-note gloom of Garlands with Head Over Heels. The album introduces a variety of different shadings and approaches to the incipient Cocteaus sound, pointing the band towards the exultant, elegant beauty of later releases. Opening number "When Mama Was Moth" demonstrates the new musical range nicely; Fraser's singing is much more upfront, while Guthrie creates a bewitching mix of dark guitar notes and sparkling keyboard tones, with percussion echoing in the background. Other songs, like the sax-accompanied "Five Ten Fiftyfold" and "The Tinderbox (Of a Heart)" reflect the more elaborate musical melancholy of the group, while still other cuts are downright sprightly. "Multifoiled" in particular is a charm, a jazzily-arranged number that lets Fraser do a bit of scatting (a perfect avenue for her lyrical approach!), while "In the Gold Dust Rush" mixes acoustic guitar drama into Fraser's swooping singing. Perhaps the two strongest numbers of all are: "Sugar Hiccup," mixing the mock choir effect the band would use elsewhere with both a lovely guitar line and singing; and "Musette and Drums," a massive, powerful collision of Guthrie's guitar at its loudest and most powerful and Fraser's singing at its most intense.


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