Cocteau Twins - Milk & Kisses

Black Vinyl LP Record, Remaster

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Milk & Kisses is the eighth and final studio album by Scottish rock band Cocteau Twins, originally released in April 1996 via Fontana Records in the UK and Capitol Records in the US.

Cocteau Twins were a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997. The original members were singer Elizabeth Fraser, guitarist Robin Guthrie and bassist Will Heggie, who was replaced by multi-instrumentalist Simon Raymonde in 1983. The group has earned much critical praise for its innovative, ethereal sound and the distinctive soprano vocals of Fraser, which often seemed to veer into glossolalia and mouth music.

Commenting on the inspiration for the title Milk & Kisses for the album, lead singer Elizabeth Fraser said "a friend was kind of comforting me on the phone and they were just being so sweet, really. They had empathy for what I was going through, and they said, ‘I wish I could get the poison out of you. I wish I could just take it out of you and replace it with milk and kisses.’ And I just thought that was really brilliant! It’s beautiful, isn’t it? I kept hearing it and feeling so good about it, it seemed right to use it".

The recording process for Milk and Kisses was a lot smoother and more productive than the previous recording sessions for the band's last album, Four Calendar Cafe (1993), which was recorded and released following the end of Fraser's and Guthrie's 13 year relationship. During the recording sessions for the previous album, the band tried to avoid each other, frequently spending time in the studio on separate occasions, fearing that the band would be unable to work together to complete Milk and Kisses.

By 1995, the band seemed to be in a position where they were willing to work and spend time together again, and began the recording process for the album. "We worked quite closely together on this record, which we hadn’t done so much on the previous one" stated Raymonde, further claiming that "Robin and Liz had broken up and it was a complex time. But I actually think the band was in a really good place during Milk & Kisses. Some time had passed and they were both in relationships with different people. All of the rawness was gone from their relationship. Ironically, Liz left a year or so after we finished it."

An alternate Chinese version of the song “Serpentskirt” on the album was recorded by Faye Wong (Wangfei), and featuring lead singer of Cocteau Twins, Elizabeth Fraser, featuring on backing vocals. Wong also recorded a version of “Rilkean Heart", also from Milk & Kisses, which is a homage to Jeff Buckley.

This album is a 2024 reissue on black vinyl housed in a single pocket sleeve with a printed inner sleeve and remastered audio, pressed in Europe via Fontana.

(18629)

Tracklisting:

 

No.

Track

Time

A1

Violaine

3:44

A2

Serpentskirt

3:57

A3

Tishbite

3:50

A4

Half-gifts

4:17

A5

Calfskin Smack

4:58

B1

Rilkean Heart

4:02

B2

Ups

3:34

B3

Eperdu

4:38

B4

Treasure Hiding

4:54

B5

Seekers Who Are Lovers

4:46

SKU 18629
Record Label Fontana
Label / Model # Universal
Catalogue Number UMCLP083
Country EU - Europe
Release Date (Year) 12 January 2024
Original Release Date (Year) 15 April 1996
Barcode # 805520240833
Shipping Weight 0.2700kg
Shipping Width 0.010m
Shipping Height 0.314m
Shipping Length 0.314m
Shipping Cubic 0.000986000m3
Type New
Format Limited Edition LP Record, Black Vinyl, Single Pocket Sleeve, Printed Inner Sleeve, Reissue
Vinyl Colour Black
Format VINYL LP
Genre Rock & Popular

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