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Head Over Heels [Original recording reissued] [Original recording remastered]

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Audio CD (10 Feb 2003)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Label: 4ad
ASIN: B00004Y82V
Other Editions: MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,695 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. When Mama Was Moth 3:06 �0.79

2. Five Ten Fiftyfold 4:58 �0.79

3. Sugar Hiccup 3:42 �0.79

4. In Our Angelhood 2:59 �0.79

5. Glass Candle Grenades 2:44 �0.79

6. In The Gold Dust Rush 3:41 �0.79

7. The Tinderbox (of A Heart) 4:57 �0.79

8. Multifoiled 2:35 �0.79

9. My Love Paramour 3:39 �0.79

10. Musette And Drums 4:39 �0.79

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The Cocteau Twins released their second album, 1983's HEAD OVER HEELS, following their first bass player's departure, and came close to reinventing themselves. Songs like "Sugar Hiccup" and the brilliantly named "Glass Candle Grenades", with their swooping vocals, clattering percussion, and vibrantguitars, go a long way to lightening the downbeat mood caston the band's previous album. (Collectors should note that early versions of the CD included all four tracks from the band's 1984 EP, SUNBURST AND SNOWBLIND.)
Standouts include "The Tinderbox (of a Heart)", which is fleshed out with synthesized orchestral strings and multilayered vocal tracks; the strange, barreling, music-hall quality of "Multifoiled";and the crunching, heavily echoed "Musette and Drums", which features Elizabeth Fraser's vocals at both their most commanding and most elusive. Arguably the best track is the spectacular "In the Gold Dust Rush", which highlights Robin Guthrie's multiple guitar effects to create an enveloping cocoon, broken only by shards of distortion. The underlying combination of basic song structures, ethereal vocals, and effectsmake HEAD OVER HEELS probably the best place to start investigating the Cocteau Twins' unique sound.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The start of something special, 14 May 2006

By	Music Matt (Lancashire, England) - See all my reviews

This review is the starting point of a journey to find my music and marks the start of a sporadic series of reviews to try and chart this journey and hopefully provide some pointers on the way. Not the first record I bought (anyone who says a record this good is the first record they bought is obviously a liar - mine... 'Remember your a Womble' aged 7) but the first record I bought that felt truly unique, that I felt was mine, and it instilled a need from thereon to find music that did the same.

I first saw the Cocteau Twins on The Tube perform what is still for me the defining track - 'Musette and Drums' and was awestruck. It sounded like music from another world - Liz's voice was becoming her own and Robin Guthrie was finding the sound that would become a cornerstone of my collection.

The nostalgic in me has given this album 5 stars, looking dispassionately at it now it is probably only a 4 star record, but to forget the passion I had then and still do (Lullabies to Violaine made sure of that - 'Sugar Hiccup' especially) would be to forget what made the Cocteau Twins then and now a special band. They would go on from here to make their masterpieces, for me Treasure and Victorialand plus the EPs in-between, but this is as much a landmark for me as for them and is essential.

From this point on the label 4ad could do little wrong - this was a period when you could buy a new 4ad release without even hearing it and be guaranteed something special (not only the record either, with Vaughan Oliver and 23 envelope producing some of the most beautiful artwork to grace a sleeve). Soon after they would release the much coveted This Mortal Coil album 'It'll End in Tears' which again featured Liz on 'Song to the Siren' - another remarkable performance on a remarkable record.

However I'm going to skip labels from here to another that could be relied upon for the same combination of outstanding music and beautiful artwork - that of Factory records, Peter Saville and most importantly The Durutti Column with 'Return of...' - another pivotal release from the criminally underated Vini Reilly.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The soundtrack to heaven, 3 Feb 2004

By	Neil "Celtic Soul Boy" (Ipswich, England) - See all my reviews

It seems funny but before this album the world had no sound like the cocteau twins - this album transformed the independent music landscape and created a new genre based on beautiful, ethereal soundscapes, backed by sinewy 3/4 drum patterns and haunting chiming guitar refrains. But that was only the start - Liz Fraser's gorgeous, haunting and evocative voice was the defining and compelling instrument which set the Cocteau's apart - at once melancholy yet uplifting, caressing yet plaintive, articulate yet mysterious - and above all simply the most beatiful voice you will ever hear. Influences from Bulgarian folk singers, Billie Holliday and even opera can be heard but nothing prepares you for it's sheer delight. This, the Cocteau's first album with their more accessible sound provides ten tracks which, in my opinion, represent the best of a long and very productive career. If you are new to the Twins it's the perfect start - despite being nearly 17 years old - if this is missing from you collection then - remedy that anomaly now. One of the best albums I have ever - and probably will ever hear - pure undiluted bliss. Enjoy

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5.0 out of 5 stars Epic, 13 Aug 2003

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Surprised there are no reviews of this albumn already since in my opinion it is the very best example of the Cocteau's unique style. Incredibly spacey and atmospheric but also including what I can only describe as "cathedrals" of sound (Musette and Drums being in my all time top ten due to the power, drama and sheer ecstatic feeling of joy I still feel when listening to it; arms flailing around to the drum beats and "singing along" to the word sounds of Liz Fraser's vocals). Later Cocteau albumns became a little on the "twittery" side. This one comes from the heart.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Bowled Over
This was the first Cocteaus album I bought, albeit a couple of years after it was released. Every now and then (not all that often), John Peel would play a piece of music that I... Read more

Published 6 days ago by Marchespie

4.0 out of 5 stars my first cocteaus experience circa 1983
this album is slightly lacking from the normal standards expected from the cocteaus-like moon and the melodies it only gets 4 stars-as it was their 2nd album they were still... Read more

Published 3 months ago by mean mr mustard

4.0 out of 5 stars The Beginning of a New Age
`Head Over Heels' marks quite a musical departure for Cocteau Twins from their debut album and whilst some of the sparse, almost manic intensity of `Garland's sound remains in... Read more

Published 17 months ago by D. Newton

5.0 out of 5 stars This is what i call music!
This is my favorite Cocteau Twins album, from the eerie opening track, When Mama Was Moth a wall of sound draws you in. Read more

Published on 23 Jun 2006 by P. Tregonning

4.0 out of 5 stars Head over heels? Five ten fiftyfold!
The Smiths, the Bunnymen, New Order - these 80s' indie heroes are frequently cited as influences by today's bands, but the Cocteau Twins? No one ever mentions 'em. Read more

Published on 20 Oct 2005 by Kevin Clarke

5.0 out of 5 stars great stuff
I would have to say that I listen to this album about as much as my Chameleons UK and Big Country albums (all the damned time). Read more

Published on 2 Sep 2003 by kurt

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