When 4AD released the lavish and extensive Lullabies to Violaine, they also split the original four-disc release into two separate volumes. This, the first volume, covers
the Cocteau Twins' 4AD era, from the beginning through
Heaven or Las Vegas -- the singles/EPs
Lullabies,
Peppermint Pig, Sunburst and Snowblind,
The Spangle Maker,
Aikea-Guinea,
Tiny Dynamine,
Echoes in a Shallow Bay,
Love's Easy Tears, and
Iceblink Luck. With the exception of the 12" mixes of "Peppermint Pig" and "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops," everything that appeared on the original releases is contained here, though
Robin Guthrie does supply alternate mixes of "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" and "Aikea-Guinea" (which won't make a lick of difference to 999 out of 1,000 fans). ~ Andy Kellman