Cups of POLLy-Dewdrops' Drops -- ILM Artist Poll #35 -- The COCTEAU TWINS results thread

Many thanks for your time and effort SebLRLR. And for bearing with me with my duplicates and so on

SONGS
Lorelei
sugar hiccup
lazy calm
aikea - guinea
heaven or las vegas
athol brose
Pandora
Pearly dew drops…
Carolyn's fingers
Kookaburra
Pink Orange red
Cherry coloured funk
spooning good singing gum
Cico buff
For Phoebe…
Iceblink luck
from the flagstones
Feathers Oar Blades (that's off an EP right?)
Orange appled
Fluffy Tufts
Those eyes that mouth

Albums
Treasure
Heaven or..
Blue Bell
Victorialand
Head over heels

Otterley is so good, it just missed my ballot.

27. "Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires"
27. "Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires"
27. "Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires"
27. "Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires"
27. "Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires"
27. "Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires"

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WTF?!?!!?!?!?!!?!!??!!?

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#ambientaggro_outofbounds

i've been scanning through this thread, loving it. loving every single post. and then i get to #27, and the song that i expected to be top 3, it's...# 27. only 5 votes! wtf did frou-frou do to you?

the chilly verses, like cigarettes outside the garage in winter, and then inside to whatever place that the chorus is, whatever is happening there - that is the very warmest, best place.

WAIT A SECOND

#65: In the Gold Dust Rush?

no. no. nO NONONONONONO

this is not right. i demand a re-poll

listen to it, it's this weird jangly moment - imagine if felt came up with 2 or 3 more riffs like this one, it's fucking amazing

to me the verse is an instant classic, it sounds soooo iconic and good

#ambientaggro_outofbounds

lmao

I would’ve def voted frou frou high

arguably the reverb is on too high. i get that. i'm tolerant of high reverb, others aren't. (others who can't appreciate a heavenly fucking thing when th-)

I would’ve def voted frou frou high

― brimstead,

when i read this, i immediately think

we need a re-poll

these are different times. this is 2021!!!

you know what, though, now that it's 10 minutes later and i've sobered up, i recognize that the vast majority of my top 20 appeared in the top 40 of this poll. also, ALL of these songs are so lovely. i'm smitten. i was kidding about my aggro thing, it's a silly thing because cocteau twins are so NON-aggressive and it really hits the spot for me sometimes (a person who sometimes goes aggressive, i have to admit, when i care, because goddammit! etc, but cocteau twins are the other side of that, just the real good stuff for me. <3 oof oof

the whole album is chilling in the sauna and then rolling around in the snow

I'm still sore that Eperdu placed at #82

Stumbled across this on YT and was startled to see that Will Heggie played *fretless* bass, which I can hear on the early records now that I know to listen for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alQUyaybZgo

Frou-Frou Foxes is a good song, but it is best heard as the capstone to the Heaven or Las Vegas album. It sacrifices its quality as a song to the greater good of the entire record.