- rock, ethereal wave, jangle pop, dream pop
- 41 min
- 10 tracks
- Fontana
Four-Calendar Café is the seventh studio album by Scottish band Cocteau Twins, released on 18 October 1993 by Fontana Records. It was their first release since leaving their former record label 4AD. Two singles were released to promote the album, "Evangeline" and "Bluebeard". A performance to promote "Bluebeard" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno marked their debut performance on American television.
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Character
Character-led, grave, intimate and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- Music Week4/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Philadelphia Inquirer2.5/4 ★
- Pitchfork8.1/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- Select3/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Know Who You Are at Every Age3:43
- A2Evangeline4:31
- A3Bluebeard3:57
- A4Theft, and Wandering Around Lost4:31
- A5Oil of Angels4:38
- B6Squeeze-Wax3:50
- B7My Truth4:35
- B8Essence3:03
- B9Summerhead3:40
- B10Pur5:02
10 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Cocteau Twins
- Label
- Fontana
- Released
- 1993
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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