Heaven or Las Vegas

Für mich wirkt das Album wie ein warmes, aber leicht entrücktes Leuchten: wunderschöne Momente, die aufblitzen, ohne sich ganz festzusetzen. Ich mag die Farben, die Stimmung, dieses schwerelose Schweben – aber Leidenschaft fehlt.

Kind of nice. Feels like the songs they play in the movie about the girl pop star in the part she wakes up the day after debauchery realizing she isn't living right and just before she does the high energy reset to get back on track to earning the respect of her 12 year old fans.

Parts were like Ween if they didn't huff accelerant, parts were like the Cure without Smith's crooning.

I liked it way more than I expected, had never heard or heard of this album. Sad to learn there weren't even twins involved, seems like stolen valor.

I wanted to love it but after a couple of listens nothing stood out, can't see myself seeking it out again.

3.8

Absorbing music that absolutely achieves its goal of sounding like a "dream" from the shimmering guitars to her inscrutable lyrics. Every song is great!

Not a single dud on this album, and Elizabeth Fraser's voice is, well, heavenly. (And still just as good 30-odd years later - listen to "Sun's Signature" from 2023). One of my favorite all time albums.

Ooh! Something between New Wave and Shoegaze, ethereal vocals, interesting arrangements! There’s so much here that I really like. Turns out the lead singer is also the singer in “Teardrop” by Massive Attack. I realized it when I got to the last track. Super cool. I think “Iceblink Luck” is my favorite track. It reminds me of The Cranberries.

I really liked this. Like, this is the kind of rare album on the list that I listen to and think “Oh! HERE’S someone I should listen to.” Like Pulp and Eels before, I don’t know if I’m quite prepared to give this album 5 stars, but it’s a very strong 4 stars, and a rating I may want to revise later. I do know that I’ll be revisiting this album again and again.

Didn’t resonate with me really, but was nice to listen to. Sounds like trippy, fun time

Probably the most accessible CT album on release. Lush sounding, still sounds great today.

Here’s another album I’m familiar with. I never think to put it on but if I hear something from it I would hit skip. It was nice to listen to it from start to finish.

Really like their sound, her phrasing and melodies are really interesting. I think I never connected fully because, like here, many of the songs are very same-y.

Really enjoyed this from the get go. I added this to my to listen to list even though I knew this was in here but I wanted to listen to it early so kinda funny it came up a few days later.

Really lived up to the hype, will be back to this very soon

5

I find it hard to write something profound about an album that means a lot to me. So I’m just going to stick with this: Heaven or Las Vegas means a lot to me.

I first listened to this album ~20 years ago and dismissed it because it doesn't really do what I want it to. I've gained an appreciation for it, but it still feels like it splits the difference between a few styles and doesn't go far enough in any direction -- not quite noisy enough, not quite pop enough, not quite dark enough. I understand it has greatly influenced "chill" genres, which seems right -- it feels a bit like taking 2 Benadryl. Sometimes that's nice feeling, but I'm also a bit skeptical of palliative music.

Why is everyone so English centered? Well, it’s really easy to guess where they are from that way. I get that lyrics mean a lot. They can make or break a song. But if you hear a song in another language, even if it sounds incredible, would you say it’s shit just because you can’t understand the lyrics?

I suppose you don’t even listen to songs in other languages. Why would you when THE US IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD GOD BLESS THIS FREE LAND, and let’s not forget THE GREATEST EMPIRE OF HISTORY ALSO BREXIT WAS AN AMAZING IDEA. Australia and Canada are safe, I don’t have beef with them.

Maybe it’s just me, or other people like me. Not natives to an English speaking country. Growing up, the radio was 80% English. Did I understand a single word? Not at all. I couldn’t even make it out when a song was in English. I just clocked that it was another language. BUT I STILL ENJOYED THEM. I just vibed along. I didn’t even know the title of any of them.

After learning this stupid language, I do admit that I lost interest in some songs after finding out what vile stuff they sang about, trashing on minorities in general. So I get that lyrics can influence your reception of a song. But if you can’t make them out, guess what? Google is free.

I like it but don't love it

This sounds like what MGMT were inspired by. It's an entire album of synthpop beauty, and despite the fact that I had never even heard of if before, I found so much to enjoy. Right away, the opening track, 'Cherry-coloured Funk', was breathtaking, and 'Iceblink Luck' has the same mystifying quality. The title song does live up to the expectations, and the disc never even loses its momentum, as 'Fotzepolitic' keeps up the good vibes. Be sure to not miss this one, even if you're having doubts like YesterMe.

Nydelig skrevet, nydelig fremført og nydelig produsert. Visste jeg var fan av dreampop, men ikke at jeg var så fan. Dessverre har jeg utsatt Cocteau Twins altfor lenge, for dette er nok en ny favoritt fra dette prosjektet.

Everything I loved on Treasure done even better. I could listen to Cherry Coloured Funk all day. The vocals are just entrancing. The guitar tone on the title track is great. Love this whole thing.

They pretty much founded the genre of dream pop with this. Absolutely stunning album and one I can always come back to without ever getting bored.

I seem to enjoy reading the bad reviews of music I like more than the positive ones. It's funny, Cocteaus' records are so old now I forget that the lack of discernible lyrics can still irritate people so much.

There's Cocteau Twins records I prefer because it can feel on this one that they had almost perfected their sound too much just before Britpop came along and dulled all the colours for everyone. Still beautiful though. Still five stars.

Awesome opener. The genre and sound is very nice!