The Pink Opaque

by Cocteau Twins

The Pink Opaque cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 17 January 1986
  • Label: 4AD
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 40:12
  • Community rating: 4.13/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Specifically sequenced to serve as the Scottish trio's introductory release in the United States, 'The Pink Opaque' meticulously compiles the highlights from their early UK EPs and studio albums. Elizabeth Fraser's operatic, completely indecipherable glossolalia is woven through Robin Guthrie's heavily processed, crystalline guitar soundscapes. The atmospheric collection is widely heralded as a foundational masterwork that essentially defined the stylistic parameters of both ethereal wave and dream pop.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, melodic

Tracklist

  1. The Spangle Maker
  2. Millimillenary
  3. Wax And Wane
  4. Hitherto
  5. Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops
  6. From The Flagstones
  7. Aikea-Guinea
  8. Lorelei
  9. Pepper-Tree
  10. Musette And Drums

Credits

  • Elizabeth Fraser - written-by
  • Robin Guthrie - written-by
  • Simon Raymonde - written-by
  • Will Heggie - written-by

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