Garlands
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Garlands
Garlands is the debut studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Cocteau Twins, released 1 September 1982 on 4AD. It peaked in the top 5 of the UK Independent Albums Chart, and received support from BBC Radio 1 radio host John Peel. -Wikipedia
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Drowned in Sound
Garlands probably shouldn't work, but that’s precisely why it does.
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Sputnik Music
The dark and edgy beginning of Cocteau Twins.
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All Music
Garlands falters due to something the band generally avoided in the future -- overt repetition.
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Higher Plain Music
“Garlands” isn’t the strongest Cocteau Twins album and people wanting to get into them would do well to start elsewhere.
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Adrian's Album Reviews
The album overall then is fairly goth in approach, yet also fairly attractive. A decent enough beginning.
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Evil Sponge
Cocteau Twins had a unique interpration of that particular cultural zeitgeist, and while they had better work to come, this is certainly a worthwhile listen for fans of the genre.
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Only Solitaire
The truth is, the Cocteau Twins would get better and much more idiosyncratic in the future - but there certainly is something to be said for a "formative" debut record which already shows more promise and brings out more saliva than the primary influences they were building upon.
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