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Cocteau Twins: Heaven Or Las Vegas

Martin Aston, Q, October 1990

"THIS WARM BATH of a record is a sensual invitation to wallow in an opiate haze of drifting melody" – Q's review of The Cocteau Twins' last album, 1988's Blue Bell Knoll, wasn't alone in its swooning, physical response to the Scottish trio's unique point of musical departure.

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