Garlands
by
Cocteau Twins
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studio album
First released:
Sep 1 1982

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Garlands is the 1982 debut album of Cocteau Twins. It is the only album with original bassist Will Heggie.

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Record label:
4AD
Catalog number:
CAD 211
Release dates:
  • Jun 3 2003

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Alternative Rock, Dream Pop, Ethereal. Vote on Genres

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4 stars Underappreciated
This may me the most underappreciated Twins release. It seems to exist in sharp contrast to their later sound, although it's dark, minimalist, industrial sounds seem to echo through "Head Over Heels", another great early Twins album. THis album stands on it's own as an art piece... and furthermore, this is the only LP with Bassist Will Heggie, who left the Twins to join another Grangemouth band, Lowlife. His bass playing alone is reason enough to own this album. "Blind DUmb Deaf" rocks!
Written by J. C. Sanders
2 stars The album is excellent, the remaster is crap
Please note that this is a comment of the REMASTERING job of this CD. The original always had a very dry, cold sound that fit the music very very well. I know that Guthrie is not a fan of his earlier albums, and on all 3 early records (this one, Head Over Heels, and Treasure) he seems to have run with the technology available to re-create instead of just simply remaster. The CD suffers because of this. Whereas the original Garlands was appropriately flat - this one sounds like the album was reco…
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Written by Thor Maillet

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Garlands 8 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
record label: 4AD
catalog number: CAD 211
release dates: Sep 1 1982 in United Kingdom
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Garlands 8 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: CAD 211
release dates: Jun 3 2003
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