Can you pick the best Cocteau Twins EP/single? (poll ends 15/05/07)

See I KNEW we'd done this poll before! But WHY can't we do it again?

Those Eyes, That Mouth

Found the Lullabies EP here in my vinyl in front of me all of a sudden. "Alas Dies Laughing" is extremely goth. Can't wait to hear the A-side again, too!

This thread is as good as any to hopefully get an answer to this question: Which Cocteaus song is Cass McCombs borrowing the melody from in "That's That"? I know I recognize it, but I can't place it at all.

I think its "Fotzepolitic" you are hearing there JF!

...talk about a delayed answer.

"Love's Easy Tears" for sure. The ending to "Those Eyes, That Mouth" must be what heaven sounds like.

More than any other, the Cocteaus were an EPs band. Discuss.

Hell yeah. I got that EP box set back in the day and it's still my go to CT listening. It's like their creativity was spread too thin over an album.

Hard to say what I would have voted for here, definitely agree that the EP seemed the most natural medium for this band.

Lullabies to Violaine is an amazing box set. "From The Flagstones", "Hitherto" and "Spangle Maker" are some of my top tracks.

I would also say a band suited to EPs is Broadcast, who released many of their best tracks on EP.

Stereolab is my other favorite EP band.

^ OTM choice

I just noticed that "Lullabies to Violaine" contains alternate versions of "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" and "Aikea-Guinea". How do they differ from the 7" and 12" versions?

Carolyn's Fingers deserves a vote.

Carolyn's Fingers deserves all the votes.

So the 'alternate' version of "Aikea-Guinea" seems to differ only in that it doesn't fade up as the original does but starts at full volume.

"Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops": the 7" is 4:10 and the 12" is 5:14 (it adds a 24s intro and 40s longer end with proper outro). The 'alternate' version is 4:47 and sounds like an edit of the 12" version (removing the intro) and similarly has the stripped down passage that emphasizes the bells

Also, I'm not overly sensitive to the loudness wars but comparing my rip from the original CD singles to the L-to-V compilation, man, you can really hear how loud the latter is!

I would have voted Tishbite or Violaine in this poll. fantastic singles both, with many of the ancillary EP tracks better than what ended up on the Milk and Kisses album imo.

Do I need to buy The Spangle Maker EP if I fancy myself a Cocteau completist and just now realized I've never heard the 12" version of "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drop?" It's about a minute longer. I think the only other place it appears is on the oop singles box.

It's not really any different from the 7" version other than being a bit longer.