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BBC Sessions (CD)

By: Cocteau Twins (Artist)

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DISC 1 for BBC Sessions (CD) Album By Cocteau Twins (Artist)
1   Wax And Wane
2   Garlands
3   Alas Dies Laughing
4   Feathers-Oar-Blades
5   Hearsay Please
6   Dear Heart
7   Blind Dumb Deaf
8   Hazel
9   Tinderbox, The (Of A Heart)
10   Strange Fruit
11   Hitherto
12   From The Flagstones
13   Sugar Hiccup
14   In Our Angelhood
15   My Hue And Cry
16   Musette And Drums
 
DISC 2 for BBC Sessions (CD) Album By Cocteau Twins (Artist)
1   Hitherto
2   From The Flagstones
3   Musette And Drums
4   Pepper-Tree
5   Beatrix
6   Ivo
7   Otterley
8   Serpentskirt
9   Golden-Vein
10   Half-Gifts
11   Seekers Who Are Lovers
12   Calfskin Smack
13   Fifty-Fifty Clown
14   Violaine
 

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Review

Q (10/99, p.146) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...it captures the trademark sound - Esperanto sung over a team of panel-beaters - that Massive Attack redrew only slightly....fans will be satisfied by the hitherto unreleased transformation of Billie Holiday's 'Strange Fruit'..."
Alternative Press (1/00, p.83) - 3 out of 5 - "...shows Cocteau twins' growth from gloomy post-punks to graceful etherealists..."
CMJ (11/15/99, p.23) - "...[vocalist, Elizabeth] Fraser's alien operatics do become more alluring and strangely poignant in a non-studio environment....a rewarding document of [their] legacy."
Mojo (Publisher) (10/99, pp.94-5) - "...Spanning 14 years...this collection tells a number of stories, not least their quest to constantly refine a single brilliant idea to its purest form....a cavernous 'Strange Fruit'...is a real find....What emerges...is how underrated their final work was..."e

Title Note

Cocteau Twins: Elizabeth Frazer (vocals); Robin Guthrie (guitar); Simon Raymonde (bass).

Producers include: John Owen Williams, Dale Griffin, Mark Radcliffe, Barry Andrews, Lis Roberts.

Engineers include: Dave Dade, Mike Engles, Nick Gomm.

Recorded live between 1982 and 1996.

The Cocteau Twins' BBC SESSIONS, taken predominantly from the early '80s period of the band's first three albums and EPs, boasts a number of previously unreleased tracks. One such cut, a rare cover, is a suitably anguished arrangement of the Billie Holiday classic "Strange Fruit." A number of songs from the 1996 album MILK & KISSES complete the set. The collection illustrates the early and late periods of the Twins' career, from their somewhat dark, mystical, and percussive beginnings to the celebratory guitar paeans of later work. One might say it is an incomplete meal, and idealists will doubtless crave a main course from the intervening decade. But there is still plenty here for current fans and newcomers alike to relish.

This collection presents the Twins in a 'live' environment for the first time on record-the acoustic rearrangements of the TWINLIGHTS EP notwithstanding. Fraser's stunning operatic vocals, far from being trite, are sublime and unique. She sings here with a refreshing spontaneity and passion that has not always been fully captured in the lush production of the later studio albums. This clarity and freshness set BBC SESSIONS apart sufficiently from the albums proper for this collection to warrant a place in the devotee's library.

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