The Box Set (Cocteau Twins)
The Box Set (also known as Cocteau Twins Singles Collection ) is a 1991 collection of EPs by the Scottish band Cocteau Twins. It collects their non-album releases up until that time. It also contains a bonus disc including songs from throughout their history which have not been otherwise released on Cocteau Twins releases.
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Released | 4 November 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1981 - 1990 | |||
Genre | Gothic rock, ethereal, dream pop | |||
Label | 4AD - CT BOX 1 | |||
Cocteau Twins compilations chronology | ||||
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Track listing
- Disc one – Lullabies (1982)
- "Feathers-Oar-Blades" – 4:32
- "Alas Dies Laughing" – 3:40
- "It's All But an Ark Lark" – 8:06
- All Tracks by Fraser, Guthrie & Heggie
- Disc two – Peppermint Pig (1983)
- "Peppermint Pig (7" Version)" – 3:24
- "Laugh Lines" – 3:20
- "Hazel" – 2:49
- "Peppermint Pig (12" Version)" – 5:02
- All Tracks by Fraser, Guthrie & Heggie
- Disc three – Sunburst and Snowblind (1983)
- "Sugar Hiccup" – 3:41
- "From the Flagstones" – 3:39
- "Hitherto" – 3:56
- "Because of Whirl-Jack" – 3:29
- All Tracks by Fraser & Guthrie
- Disc four – The Spangle Maker (1984)
- "The Spangle Maker" – 4:42
- "Pearly-Dewdrop's Drops (12" Version)" – 5:14
- "Pepper-Tree" – 3:47
- "Pearly-Dewdrop's Drops (7" Version)" – 4:11
- All Tracks by Fraser, Guthrie & Raymonde
- Disc five – Aikea-Guinea (1985)
- "Aikea-Guinea" – 3:57
- "Kookaburra" – 3:20
- "Quisquose" – 4:10
- "Rococo" – 3:08
- All Tracks by Fraser, Guthrie & Raymonde
- Disc six – Tiny Dynamine (1985)
- "Pink Orange Red" – 4:41
- "Ribbed and Veined" – 4:00
- "Plain Tiger" – 4:01
- "Sultitan Itan" – 3:53
- All Tracks by Fraser, Guthrie & Raymonde
- Disc seven – Echoes in a Shallow Bay (1985)
- "Great Spangled Fritillary" – 4:02
- "Melonella" – 4:05
- "Pale Clouded White" – 4:59
- "Eggs and Their Shells" – 3:06
- All Tracks by Fraser, Guthrie & Raymonde
- Disc eight – Love's Easy Tears (1986)
- "Love's Easy Tears" – 3:37
- "Those Eyes, That Mouth" – 3:38
- "Sigh's Smell of Farewell" – 3:33
- "Orange Appled" – 2:49
- All Tracks by Fraser, Guthrie & Raymonde
- Disc nine – Iceblink Luck (1990)
- "Iceblink Luck" – 3:20
- "Mizake The Mizan" – 3:03
- "Watchlar" – 3:17
- All Tracks by Fraser, Guthrie & Raymonde
- Disc ten – Bonus disc
- "Dials" – (Fraser, Guthrie & Raymonde) 2:39
- "Crushed" – (Fraser, Guthrie & Raymonde) 3:17
- "The High Monkey-Monk" – (Fraser, Guthrie & Raymonde) 3:07
- "Oomingmak (Instrumental Version)" – (Fraser & Guthrie) 2:43
Bonus disc notes
- "Dials", from the "Heaven or Las Vegas" (1990) US promo 12"/CD single.
- "Crushed", from the compilation Lonely Is an Eyesore (1987) (CAD 703).
- "The High Monkey-Monk", from the Melody Maker compilation Gigantic! II (1990) (MM RT CD002).
- "Oomingmak (Instrumental Version)", previously unreleased, but used as the outro for the Lonely Is An Eyesore video.
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References
- CD Single Box Set (Review) at AllMusic. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
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