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Lullabies to Violaine is a Cocteau Twins boxset released by 4AD Records in October 2005. Comprising four CDs, the boxset collects the tracks from every Cocteau Twins EP from Lullabies to Violaine . It was also released as two separate double CD packs.
Track listing
All tracks written by Elizabeth Fraser , Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde ; except where indicated.
Disc one
Lullabies
"Feathers-Oar-Blades" (Fraser, Guthrie, Will Heggie ) (4:26)
"Alas Dies Laughing" (Fraser, Guthrie, Heggie) (3:38)
"It's All But An Ark Lark" (Fraser, Guthrie, Heggie) (8:04)
Peppermint Pig
"Peppermint Pig" (7" Version) (Fraser, Guthrie, Heggie) (3:24)
"Laughlines" (Fraser, Guthrie, Heggie) (3:19)
"Hazel" (Fraser, Guthrie, Heggie) (2:49)
Sunburst & Snowblind
"Sugar Hiccup" (12" Version) (Fraser, Guthrie) (3:37)
"From The Flagstones" (Fraser, Guthrie) (3:38)
"Hitherto" (Fraser, Guthrie) (3:52)
"Because Of Whirl-Jack" (Fraser, Guthrie) (3:26)
The Spangle Maker
"The Spangle Maker" (4:40)
"Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" (Alternate Version) (4:47)
"Pepper-Tree" (3:58)
Aikea-Guinea
"Aikea-Guinea" (Alternate Version) (3:57)
"Kookaburra" (3:18)
"Quisquose" (4:10)
"Rococo" (3:05)
Disc two
Tiny Dynamine
"Pink Orange Red" (4:37)
"Ribbed And Veined" (3:55)
"Plain Tiger" (4:01)
"Sultitan Itan" (3:49)
Echoes in a Shallow Bay
"Great Spangled Fritillary" (4:02)
"Melonella" (4:01)
"Pale Clouded White" (4:59)
"Eggs And Their Shells" (3:04)
Love's Easy Tears
"Love's Easy Tears" (3:35)
"Those Eyes, That Mouth" (3:38)
"Sigh's Smell Of Farewell" (3:34)
"Orange Appled" (2:49)
Iceblink Luck
"Iceblink Luck" (3:15)
"Mizake The Mizan" (3:00)
"Watchlar" (3:16)
Disc three
Evangeline
"Evangeline" (4:29)
"Mud And Dark" (3:40)
"Summer-Blink" (3:10)
Snow
"Winter Wonderland" (Dick Smith, Felix Bernard) (2:51)
"Frosty The Snowman" (Jack Rollins, Steve Nelson) (2:55)
Bluebeard
"Bluebeard" (3:54)
"Three-Swept" (3:37)
"Ice-Pulse" (3:46)
"Bluebeard" (Acoustic Version) (3:05)
Twinlights
"Rilkean Heart" (Acoustic Version) (2:21)
"Golden-Vein" (Acoustic Version) (2:50)
"Pink Orange Red" (Acoustic Version) (4:30)
"Half-Gifts" (Acoustic Version) (4:14)
Disc four
Otherness
"Feet-Like Fins" (Fraser, Guthrie) (5:31)
"Seekers Who Are Lovers" (5:40)
"Violaine" (5:07)
"Cherry-Coloured Funk" (5:46)
All Tracks remixed by Mark Clifford
Tishbite
"Tishbite" (3:12)
"Primitive Heart" (4:07)
"Flock Of Soul" (3:36)
"Round" (3:36)
"An Elan" (4:36)
Violaine
"Violaine" (3:47)
"Smile" (4:27)
"Tranquil Eye" (3:53)
"Circling Girl" (3:33)
"Alice" (4:27)
Notes
Disc one
Lullabies : Released October 1982
Recorded at Palladium Studios, Edinburgh. Mixed at Blackwing Studios.
Peppermint Pig : Released March 1983
Recorded at Blackwing Studios, London.
Sunburst And Snowblind : Released September 1983
Recorded and mixed at Palladium Studios, Edinburgh.
The Spangle Maker : Released April 1984
11, 13 Recorded at Palladium Studios, Edinburgh and mixed at Rooster, London.
12 Recorded and engineered at Rooster, London.
Aikea-Guinea : Released March 1985
Recorded at Jacobs Studios, Farnham.
Disc two
Disc three
Evangeline : Released September 1993
Snow : Released December 1993
Bluebeard : Released February 1994
Recorded and mixed at September Sound, London.
Twinlights : Released September 1995
Recorded and mixed at September Sound, London. Additional recordings at Wessex, London.
Disc four
Otherness : Released October 1995
Mixed at September Sound and Polyfusion, London.
Tishbite : Released March 1996
Violaine : Released October 1996
Recorded at September Sound, London.
References
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^ Powell, Mike (31 March 2006). "The Cocteau Twins - Lullabies to Violaine , Vol. 1-2" . Stylus Magazine . Retrieved 25 February 2013 .
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