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COCTEAU TWINS
Falkirk, Scotland, GB
* 1981	+ 1998

Line-Up (1998):

Liz Frazer - voc
Robin Guthrie - g
Simon Raymonde - bg

Former Members:

Will Heggie (bg, 1981-783)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Garlands	23.07.1982	4AD
2.	Head Over Heels	10/1983	4AD		51
3.	Treasure	16.11.1984	4AD		29
4.	It Will End In Tears	1985	4AD
5.	The Pink Opaque (in the USA)	9/1985	4AD
6.	Victorialand	3/1986	4AD		10
7.	The Moon And The Melodies & Harold Budd	11/1986	4AD		46
8.	Blue Bell Knoll	19.09.1988	4AD		15	109
9.	Heaven Or Las Vegas	17.09.1990	4AD		7	99
10.	Cocteau Twins: EP Box Set	11/1991	4AD
11.	Four Calendar Cafe	18.10.1993	Fontana/Polygram		13	78
12.	Milk And Kisses	15.04.1996	Fontana		17	99
13.	BBC Sessions (2CD)	20.09.1999	Bella Union
14.	Stars And Topsoil - A Collection 1982-1990	10/2000	4AD		63
15.	Lullabies To Violaine Vol. 1	20.03.2006	4AD
16.	Lullabies To Violaine Vol. 2	20.03.2006	4AD
17.	Milk and Twins	11.07.2006	Universal
18.	Cocteau Twins Box Set 1 (4LP box set)	17.06.2010	Vinyl 180

Simon Raymonde:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Blame Someone Else	06.10.1997	Bella Union/EFA

Robin Guthrie:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Imperial	06.05.2003	Bellaire
2.	Continental	16.05.2006	Darla
3.	After the Night Falls & Harold Budd	12.06.2007	Darla
4.	Before the Day Breaks & Harold Budd	12.06.2007	Darla
5.	3:19 (Bande Originale Du Film)	29.09.2008	Darla
6.	Angel Falls	30.06.2009	Darla
7.	Carousel	01.09.2009	Darla
8.	Sunflower Stories	23.02.2010	Darla
9.	Bordeaux & Harold Budd	03.03.2011	Darla
10.	Emeralds	14.05.2011	Rocket Girl
11.	Fortune	27.11.2012	Darla
12.	Universal Road & Mark Gardener	27.10.2015	Soleil Apres Minuit
13.	Another Flower & Harold Budd	04.12.2020
14.	Pearldriving	12/2021

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Lullabies EP (It's All But An Ark Lark / Alas Dies Laughing / Feathers-Oar-Blades)	15.10.1982	4AD
2.	Peppermint Pig / Hazel 12" + Laugh Lines produced by: Alan Rankine	25.03.1983	4AD
3.	Sunburst And Snowblind EP (Sugar Hiccup / From The Flagstones / Because Of Whirl-Jack / Hitherto)	18.11.1983	4AD	40
4.	Pearly Dewdrops' Drop / Pepper-Tree 12" + The Spangle Maker	16.04.1984	4AD	17
5.	Aikea-Guinea / Kookaburra 12" + Rococo / Quiquose	3/1985	4AD	41
6.	Tiny Dynamite EP (Pink Orange Red / Ribbed And Veined / Sultitan Itan / Plain Tiger)	10/1985	4AD	52
7.	Echoes In A Shallow Bay EP (Great Spangled Fritillary / Melonella / Pale Clouded White / Eggs And Their Shells)	10/1985	4AD	65
8.	Love's Easy Tears / Those Eyes, That Mouth 12" + Sigh's Smell Of Farewell	10/1986	4AD	53
9.	Carolyn's Fingers / Blue Bell Knoll	10/1988	Capitol
10.	Iceblink Luck / Mizake The Mizan 12",CD + Watchlar	28.08.1990	4AD	38
11.	Frosty The Snowman	16.11.1992	Volume
12.	Evangeline / Mud And Dark 12",CD + Summerblink	20.09.1993	Fontana	34
13.	Frosty The Snowman / Winter Wonderland	06.12.1993	Fontana	58
14.	Bluebeard / Three Swept 12",CD + Ice-Pulse	07.02.1994	Fontana	33
15.	The Twinlights EP (Rilkean Heart / Golden Vein / Half Gifts / Pink Orange Red)	25.09.1995	Fontana	59
16.	Otherness (An Ambient EP) (Feet Like Fins / Seekers Who Are Lovers / Violaine / Cherry Coloured Funk)	23.10.1995	Fontana	59
17.	Tishbite CD1 + Primitive Heart / Flock of Soul CD2 + Round / An Elan	11.03.1996	Fontana	34
18.	Violaine	08.07.1996	Fontana	56

Simon Raymonde:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	It's A Family Thing / In My Place	11.08.1997	Bella Union

Liz Frazer:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Underwater (remixes)	10.07.2000	WEA
2.	Moses	07.12.2009	Rough Trade
3.	Cannibal & Jonsi	14.08.2020

Robin Guthrie:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Everlasting / Bodertown / A Sign Across The Ocean / Fountain	21.08.2006	Darla
2.	Mockingbird Love EP	10/2021
3.	Riviera EP	12/2021
4.	Springtime EP (Kino's Chance / The Faraway / Another Part Of Nowhere / All For Nothing)	04.01.2022	Soleil Apres Minuit

Various:

Compilation Appearances:

"Pearly-Dewdrops Drop" on compilation "John Peel - A Tribute" (17.10.05)
"Blood Bitch" on compilation "A Life Less Lived - The Gothic Box" (19.9.06, Rhino)
"Musette And Drums" on compilation "John Peel - Right Time, Wrong Speed: 1977-1987" (9.10.06)

Liz Frazer:

Compilation Appearances:

"Be Still" on compilation "Peace Together" (19.7.1993, Island)
"Gandalf's Lament" on OST "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (20.11.01, Reprise)
"This Love" on compilation "The Classic Chillout Album" (26.3.02, Epic, & Craig Armstrong)

appeared on the SP:

This Mortal Coil: Song To The Siren (8/83, 4AD)
Ian McCulloch: Candleland (4/90, Korova)
Medicine: Time Baby 3 EP (4.7.94, Beggars Banquet)
The Future Sound Of London: Lifeforms (1.8.94, Virgin)
Massive Attack: Teardrop (27.4.98, Virgin)

appeared on the LP:

Dif Juz: Extractions (8/85, 4AD)
Felt: Ignite The Seven Cannons (9/85, Cherry Red)
Simon Raymonde: Blame Someone Else (6.10.97, Bella Union)
Massive Attack: Mezzanine (20.4.98, Circa)
Peter Gabriel: OVO: The Millennium Show (12.6.00, Real World)
Jonsi: Shiver (2.10.20, Krunk)

Robin Guthrie:

remix SP Medicine: Time Baby 3 EP (4.7.94, Beggars Banquet)

appeared on the SP:

This Mortal Coil: Song To The Siren (8/83, 4AD)

produced by LP:

Dif Juz: Extractions (8/85, 4AD)
Felt: Ignite The Seven Cannons (9/85, Cherry Red)
Simon Raymonde: Blame Someone Else (6.10.97, Bella Union)
Gun Club: Mother Juno (10/87, Red Rhino)

produced by SP:

AR Kane: Lollita (7/87, 4AD)

Simon Raymonde:

produced by LP:

Billy MacKenzie: Beyond The Sun (6.10.97, Nude)
Nanaco: Luminus Love In 23 (2/99, Bella Union)
Clearlake: Lido (4/01, Dusty Company)
Clearlake: Cedars (3.2.03, Domino)

appeared on the SP:

This Mortal Coil: It'll End In Tears (8/84, 4AD)

appeared on the LP:

This Mortal Coil: It'll End In Tears (10/84, 4AD)
This Mortal Coil: Filigree & Shadow (9/86, 4AD)

Press References:

Bang!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1993	12	01.12.1993	16		profile, album review
1994	18	18.05.1994	16
1994	20	01.06.1994	11	Live	gig review
Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2000	21	09.11.2000	6	Infokus
2000	21	09.11.2000	39	Forum kritikum	album review
Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1991	7		28	Recenze	album review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1982	14	03.04.1982	10		gig review
1982	42	16.10.1982	23	Singles	single review
1982	48	27.11.1982	31	Caught In The Act	gig review
1983	6	05.02.1983	4	Fast Forward
1983	11	12.03.1983	18	It's Alive	gig review
1983	12	19.03.1983	4	Fast Forward
1983	12	19.03.1983	12		interview
1983	14	02.04.1983	22	Singles	single review
1983	42	15.10.1983	8		gig review
1983	43	22.10.1983	23	Albums	album review
1983	49	03.12.1983	27	Singles	single review
1983	52	24.12.1983	23	It's Alive	gig review
1984	9	03.03.1984	19	It's Alive	gig review
1984	14	07.04.1984	4	Fast Forward - Record News
1984	16	21.04.1984	26	Singles	single review
1984	17	28.04.1984	18	It's Alive	gig review
1984	45	22.12.1984	28	It's Alive	gig review
1990	0	20.10.1990	4	News
1990	0	27.10.1990	14	Talk Talk Talk - Mr Abusing
1990	0	03.11.1990	20	Live!	gig review
1992	9	29.02.1992	3	News
1992	46	14.11.1992	3	News
1993	15	10.04.1993	39	Info Freako
1993	32	07.08.1993	3	News
1993	37	11.09.1993	26
1993	38	18.09.1993	36	Singles	single review
1993	43	23.10.1993	35	Albums	album review
1993	49	04.12.1993	2	News
1993	50	11.12.1993	27	Singles	single review
1994	4	29.01.1994	5	News
1994	6	12.02.1994	15	Live	gig review
1994	6	12.02.1994	29	Singles	single review
1994	25	25.06.1994	17	Live	gig review
1995	38	23.09.1995	5	News
1995	39	30.09.1995	32	Singles	single review
1995	43	28.10.1995	36	Singles	single review
1996	10	09.03.1996	34	Singles	single review
1996	14	06.04.1996	18	Live	gig review
1996	19	12.04.1996	39	Live!	gig review
1996	15	13.04.1996	40	Albums	album review
1996	28	13.07.1996	54	Singles	single review
1996	29	20.07.1996	23	T In The Park	gig review
1996	30	27.07.1996	28	Phoenix '96	gig review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1990	0	25.08.1990	4	News
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1990	12	12.10.1990	5	Pelmel
1991	2	31.01.1991	23	Live	gig review
1991	9	10.05.1991	21	Recenze	album review
1991	10	24.05.1991	14		profile
1992	6	23.03.1992	10		profile
1994	8	26.04.1994	28	Recenze	album review
1994	9	10.05.1994	8		profile, discography
1994	11	07.06.1994	9		interview
1994	11	07.06.1994	31	Live	gig review
1996	7		90	Recenze	album review
1996	9		36		profile
2000	9		12	Pelmel
2000	12		101	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2003	5		72	Recenze CD	album review
Rock Revue
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1990	2		40		profile