Blue Bell Knoll Music Cd

Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll

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Blue Bell Knoll      Artist : Cocteau Twins      List Price : $27.99 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1995-04-10      Studio : 4ad      Label : 4ad      Avg. Customer Rating : (29 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Blue Bell Knoll      Strange and haunting, but very beautiful      Rating:      I bought this album in 1988 when it was new. Almost 20 years later, it still sounds as fresh, haunting, and beautiful the day I purchased it. I usually don't delve into "art music" too much, but I supposed this is probably the most accessible art music I've ever heard. It's pop music in the highest form? At any rate, "The Itchy Glowbo Blow" and "Blue Bell Knoll" are probably my favorite tracks here (yea, call me bizarre) because I feel like I'm in some type of a "beautiful nightmare" everytime I listen to either of these. Very bizarre and haunting, a bit harsh, yet beautiful in a strange way. "For Phoebe Still A Baby", "Cico Buff", and "Suckling The Mender" are also three of my favorite cuts off the album, and probably the 3 most melodic, tender, and passionate tracks here. These 5 tracks are tracks that kept me coming back over and over again to this album through the years and I've yet to hear another album that sounds like this one. Very original, very strange, but very beautiful!     Customer Reviews for Blue Bell Knoll Cd      a masterwork of hauntingly good music      Rating:      this was the first Cocteau Twins album i heard; and once i was exposed to their gorgeous etheral sound, i was hooked for life! "Carolyn's Fingers" remains to be one of my favortie songs of their catalogue. a truly rare and unique band that deserves your time and exploration. dig deep. Editorial Reviews for Blue Bell Knoll Audio Cd      Amazon.com      Featuring the ethereal vocals of Elizabeth Fraser, along with the progressive musicianship of multi-instrumentalist Robin Guthrie and bassist Simon Raymonde, Scotland's Cocteau Twins were one of the more prolific electro-pop ensembles to emerge during the 1980's. Robin Guthrie's shimmering guitar and keyboard sound is carefully exaggerated by the use of various studio accoutrement, particularly tape loops and drum machines. Elizabeth Fraser's shimmering voice is used to great effect on the title cut and other surreal compositions like "A Kissed Out Red Floatboat" and "For Phoebe's Still A Baby." Moderately enjoyable but only 35 minutes long, this is not a definitive recording by the Cocteau Twins. Anticipating the success of goth-pop peers Dead Can Dance, the band is still in decent form on Blue Bell Knoll. --Mitch Myers