Blue Bell Knoll

Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll

Blue Bell Knoll
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Artist: Cocteau Twins
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1995-04-10
Music Label: 4ad
Soundtracks:
  1. Blue Bell Knoll
  2. Athol-Brose
  3. Carolyn's Fingers
  4. For Phoebe Still a Baby
  5. The Itchy Glowbo Blow
  6. Cico Bluff
  7. Suckling the Mender
  8. Spooning Good Singing Gum
  9. A Kissed Out Red Floatboat
  10. Ella Megablast Burls Forever

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Free Music Review: Exquisite beauty, astounding artistry
Hit: 5 Stars

I have appreciated this album like very few things in life. It is intertwined with my, let's say exuberant, youth, when I would listen to it all the way through daily in '98 and '99 and just couldn't get enough of it. There were so many times when I would start to play it, and the harpsichord loop and expounding vocals would build momentum and spellbind me in my seat, and I would start thinking about how can this music match the impressions of the grey light from the window so well? And then song after song, it's just the same thing- the artistry of what these three musicians are doing, but also the strength of the melodies and all other aspects of music.

It seems that Liz is bearing out her soul in all of these songs, and it must be because she was having a baby at the time. Listen to her singing the high notes at about two minutes into Athol-brose. What is making her feel this ecstasy and longing? Or at the close of the album on Ella Megalast Burls Forever- it's almost like she goes into a trance state, letting it all out. Or listen to Spooning Good Singing Gum, when her three vocal tracks interweave with each other so delicately and exquisitely. Sort of the same harmony on Itchy Globo-blow. It was wonderment driving down to my ex-girlfriend's house listening to this song- the blue sky became one with Liz's swirling vocal push, right before Robin's magnificent guitar solo. You just never want to lose the impression those moments gave you. Every song gave me moments like this. There's the opener, Blue-Bell Knoll, where she displays never heard of vocal gymnastics, or the bliss of Kissed Out Red Floatboat and For Phoebe Still a Baby. But my favorite, and actually my favorite song of all time, is Cico Buff. It transports me into a dream state, it is so beautiful, especially when her second vocal phases out with her first, 1:23 into the track. And what's great about this song, besides the emotions and textures and enveloping chord swooshes, is the incredible rhythm guitar playing. I've never heard this before, where he strums up when the drum rhythm is down- I don't know the musical term for this.

Well, in my mind, I'd rank Cocteau Twins up there with the greatest artists of all time. So many great songs, so prodigious with the EPs, always true to their art. I am in the camp that thinks this is the pinnacle of their music, where they knew exactly what they wanted. Blue Bell Knoll is just an astounding album for anyone who wants to feel their passion and artistry. This is my favorite album of all-time.
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