- dream pop, rock, shoegaze, ethereal wave
- 38 min
- 10 tracks
- Sonic Records
Heaven or Las Vegas is the sixth studio album by the Scottish band Cocteau Twins, released on 17 September 1990 by 4AD. Recorded at September Sound in Twickenham, it followed the band's 1988 album Blue Bell Knoll and was their second release to be issued in the United States through a distribution deal with Capitol Records.
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Character-led, grave, earnest and open-ended.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemplativerelentless
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- NME8/10
- Pitchfork10/10
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Tracks
- 1Cherry-Coloured Funk3:13
- 2Pitch the Baby3:17
- 3Iceblink Luck3:18
- 4Fifty-Fifty Clown3:16
- 5Heaven or Las Vegas4:57
- 6I Wear Your Ring3:40
- 7Fotzepolitic3:31
- 8Wolf in the Breast3:32
- 9Road, River and Rail3:22
- 10Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires5:37
10 tracks, 38 minutes.
About the album
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- Cocteau Twins
- Label
- Sonic Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- PL
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