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Heaven Or Las Vegas [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Cocteau Twins | Format: Audio CD
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (5 April 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
  • Label: 4AD
  • ASIN: B00006L5PM
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 6,852 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1. Cherry coloured funk
2. Pitch the baby
3. Iceblink luck
4. Fifty fifty clown
5. Heaven or Las Vegas
6. I wear your ring
7. Fotzepolitic
8. Wolf in the breast
9. River road and rail
10. Frou frou foxes in the midsummer fires

Product Description

CD =Remastered 1990 Album=

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Unsurpassable 11 July 2000
By G. ADAIR
Format:Audio CD
Ah... My entire life seemed to revolve around this album back in 1990/91. It was my first taste of the Cocteaus and remains my favourite album. It's only 37 minutes long but by the time track 10 fades out you'll swear you've been listening to it for hours, such is the emotional sweep that pervades it and carries the listener along. For me, the standout tracks were Cherry Coloured Funk, Fifty Fifty Clown, Pitch the baby, Heaven or Las Vegas and Road River & Rail. However, after playing those ones to death I 'rediscovered' the other five songs and played them to death too. Ten years later this album remains one of my top two albums of all time (the other being Hats by the Blue Nile). Heaven or Las Vegas was the Cocteau Twins at their finest, though theit next album, Four Calendar Cafe, was also sublime, though it marked the beginning of the end. Check out the predecessor Blue Bell Knoll too: the Coc's first foray into keyboard/sequencer dominated sounds and away from the murky guitar and echoes of their past. And if you're REALLY lucky you'll track down the CD single of Iceblink Luck, the single from Heaven or Las Vegas, which features two unreleased tracks on the 'b' side, both of which are gorgeous (and it's quite beyond me why they were left off the album.) Heaven or Las Vegas? Well it sure ain't Las Vegas.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The magnificent Cocteaus at their creative best 16 Mar 2003
By E. Roosendaal
Format:Audio CD
In 1984 I purchased 'Treasure', mostly because the cover looked fascinating, the song titles looked intriguing, and track one
sounded ok. It changed my life forever.

The Cocteau Twins were not just a band, they were an entire chapter in musical history. Loads of musicians, especially half the ones at 4AD, took something from them and came up with beautiful music. The masters themselves evolved from distorted guitars on debut album 'Garlands' to a concept of blending lots of melodies, rhythms and vocals together. On their predecessor, 'Blue Bell Knoll', the result was just a little too technical, a bit too artificial. Then, a few years later, on 'Heaven Or Las Vegas' they hit perfection.

Ten songs, ten masterpieces. And you can hardly even begin to describe their music. It's not very loud, but not really soft either. Some songs are quick, some are quiet. Some are complicated, some relatively simple. The melodies are hard to grasp - or are they? After a few times you hum every song along with your CD, so they're not that hard then, are they? But then, when you've turned off your CD-player you suddenly find you can only remember one or two at best. It's that kind of music, simple, yet complex. You can listen to this album and discover something new for at least twenty times. There's such a diversity on this album - listen to the vocal acrobatics on 'I wear your ring', the pulsating guitars on 'Fotzepolitic', or the romantic moods from 'Road, river and rail'. Then there's the intoxicating chorus on 'Iceblink luck' and the deceptively simple rhythms in 'Fifty-fifty clown'. And that's just half the album for you.

If you feel you like progressive rock music - or maybe just *any* kind of rock music - you'll never regret buying this one.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The big hit 7 Jan 2004
By Timothy Hooper
Format:Audio CD
The Cocteau Twins go pop! However, being the Cocteau Twins this is pop from a blissed out planet, somewhere in a milky universe not yet discovered by NASA. This is truly a great place to begin getting aquainted with Grangemouth's finest three piece twin set. 'Iceblink Luck' was the hit single, 'Road River & Rail' the tear jerker and 'Frou Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires' the song with the most bizarre title ever.

A multicolour melodic feast. Probably the greatest Saturday morning CD ever released.

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2.0 out of 5 stars This referes to the 2004 Remastered Version
Unfortunately Amazon does not respect the different Version of this album and summarizes everything under just the name. Read more
Published 8 days ago by Oliver Wolter
5.0 out of 5 stars Cocteau Twins
Bought this CD on the basis of hearing a track on Radio 6. Not disappointed. The Cocteau Twins make beautiful music which touches the soul.
Published 19 months ago by Darles Chickens
5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless and otherwordly masterpeice
I have to confess this is the only Cocteau Twins album i have in my vast labyrinth of sounds and in my humble opinion it is my fave album of any moment. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Gilgamesh
5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite stuff, baby bear
I love the Cocteau Twins. A dynamic duo comprising Robin Guthrie on guitar and assorted noises, and Liz Fraser on vocals and assorted lyrical nonsensicals. Read more
Published on 30 July 2010 by Eladjouf
3.0 out of 5 stars OK - But still can't see why many people consider this as the best
First let me make clear I am a huge fan of the Cocteaus owning all their work, as well as the post Cocteaus work of Robin Guthrie. Read more
Published on 4 May 2010 by R. E. Bollen
4.0 out of 5 stars Retro Heaven
Still sounds good after nearly 20 years. Definitely their definitive album. Only a couple of slightly indifferent tracks stop this from being one of the all time greats.
Published on 4 Dec 2009 by Mr. R. Macleod
5.0 out of 5 stars another beautiful album-but more disco poppy-than normal
though its another cocteaus masterpiece-i have to disagree with the other contributors on here -and point out this is their least creative,most simplistic and altogether their most... Read more
Published on 16 July 2009 by mean mr mustard
4.0 out of 5 stars 80's synth multi-layered vocal weirdness
I got this album based on the Cocteau Twins reputation as being worth a listen, and it is.
It contains most of the worst cliches of 80s music - tinny production, cheesy... Read more
Published on 4 July 2009 by Mr. J. P. Shields
5.0 out of 5 stars heaven
I have had this on a cassette I bought in Bali - a pirate copy! It was an impulse purchase - didn't know what it would be like. It quickly became one of my all time favourites. Read more
Published on 26 April 2009 by Mr. R. P. Crouch
5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite album by the cocteaus.
Regulary on the list of top albums of the decade, I can't say overuse has dimmed it's effects.|It's romantic, deep, and for once you don't care that you can't really hear the... Read more
Published on 10 Mar 2009 by E. Coolican
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