Cocteau Twins - Treasure REACTION/REVIEW

[@lackerbiten9909]

Cocteau Twins started out as a post-punk/goth rock band and this album is where that style meets the dream pop they would go on to make. I would love to see you react to more of their stuff, their entire discography is honestly near flawless.

[@aldo34]

Do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll...etc

[@Alix777.]

their two first albums + Eps are the best

[@dietwater15]

BLUE BELL KNOLL NEXT

[@billsong4671]

YEEEESSSSSSSS

[@laineholly3874]

I was gonna say that

[@teresainefable7560]

✖️✖️✖️Four calendar café

[@shal6401]

naurrr 4-calander cafe

[@ryanmarkel289]

Agreed

[@brianscli9567]

One of the best discogs, feels impossible to name favorites. The collaborative work with Harold Budd is so cool too. This band is special

[@ecce_neru]

Moon and the Melodies

[@FtungusAmungus]

Treasure. Bless you cap'n. I bought this when it came out. It's been a treasure for me for decades now. Their album Victorialand, especially, deserves a listen.

[@aldo34]

Ditto for Victorialand, it's really great. But for that transition to Heaven or Las Vegas, you gotta do Blue Bell Knoll man.

[@christiaanvandenakker901]

The EPs "Love's Easy Tears" and "The Spangle Maker" are top-tier in my opinion.

[@ploptimusgrime332]

Blue Bell Knoll and Head Over Heels are also great albums. Musette and Drums from Head Over Heels is crazy for 1983. It's their most epic song.

[@vicho_8508]

FOUR CALENDAR CAFE PLEASE U WILL LOVE KNOW WHO YOU ARE AT EVERY AGE!!!

[@MonicaTekila]

four-calendar cafe is so underrated

[@pancakebread]

realsies

[@taliaabdallah84]

forever my favourite album of theirs

[@kolnidur_]

Lorelei is insane

[@Kallabris]

We can't say we know Cocteau Twins if we don't know Victorialand, their most hidden secret. Very ethereal, magic, blissfull album releaed by them. And, about Treasure, it was the touching stone of all their career. Absolute masterpiece.

[@RPMir]

One of my faves of theirs.

[@shal6401]

i love whale tales off that record and oomingmak sooooo much!!

[@dannymarksya]

Three albums between this and Heaven or Las Vegas (Victorialand, The Moon and the Melodies (with Harold Budd) and Blue Bell Knoll) and a few EPs with some great tracks on them.

[@theloniuszephyr4057]

Personally my favorite Cocteau Twins records are the first two, Garlands and Head Over Heels. Especially the dark post-punk of Garlands. Also the Sunburst And Snowblind ep, don't sleep on the eps! They are as high quality as the albums, and the Twins put out a bunch of them. For the next group, I would recommend some 4AD goth like Bauhaus, the Birthday Party, or This Mortal Coil.

[@moog67]

Treasure and Heaven Or Las Vegas are my two fav Cocteau Twins albums. Treasure is definitely a little more Goth and dark feeling. Gorgeous music.

[@ryan82scott]

Next CT album? Hard to go wrong… Treasure feels like the first misty, rainy morning of fall to me. But Victorialand? The rustling of leaves as you hike a trail that becomes an ethereal fairy realm, where feeling lost has never felt so found.

[@okraschoten5360]

This one's a grower, trust me. Not only my favorite from theirs but also one of my favorites from the 80s as a whole. And that is saying a lot.

[@alipiusmuller3715]

Judging by how you reacted to some of my favorite albums ("Disintegration" and "Meat is Murder"), I suggest that you check out the Cocteau Twins' second album "Head over Heels" next. It catches them right at that sweet spot, where they smoothed out the rough edges of their first album, but didn't totally succumb to the sweet bubblegum shoegaze fog of their later works (and I don't mean that in a disrespctful way - I love "Treasure" and "Blue Bell Knoll" and "Heaven or Las Vegas"). I am pretty certain that "Head over Heels is right up your alley. It might even blow you away. It's been on my "Top 10 favorite albums ever"-list since I first listened to it. Give it a try!

[@WC-PO]

I had "Amelia" stuck in my head all morning, and it's not like you can search Cocteau Twins songs by lyrics, so I had to comb through their entire discography to find it. Now I'm watching this with a warm mocha and snow falling outside the window, and it's just perfect vibes for this album.

[@RealYaoi]

19:21 if youre looking for dream pop alligned cocteau before heaven, i think blue bell knoll, which is right before heaven, is like, where it starts to take form proper, theres inklings of it earlier but its more of their gothic sound in earlier albums (which are all great and end up doing their own think on top of that (ie: victorialand being a more ambienty, slow moving album) but if youre looking for more dream pop cocteau, their last two recorsds, 40 calender cafe and milk and kisses are great options

[@balsamicfingerer]

This is my favorite album on the 1980's. It's just beautiful.

[@timdraper4559]

This makes an old man happy, to see younger people discovering the Twins Blue Bell Knoll is probably my favourite though, ahead of Treasure, so you should do that next. If you like, of course.

[@krisnachtigall]

yo you should react to the turning wheel! it's a perfect baroque/art pop album imo

[@taitloyek7980]

If your itching for more dream pop beach houses teen dream is a must listen especially since you enjoyed bloom so much. Their debut album self titled is also incredible and just wonderful unique in its atmosphere

[@indorianshell]

Also react to "The Moon and The Melodies" !!! (By Cocteau Twins ofc)

[@jamesadkisson7510]

For heavy and dark Cocteaus try Head Over Heals

[@davorjuric1309]

You have to listen to VICTORIALAND!! It's heavenly and their absolute best, but often overlooked. Also Blue Bell Knoll! You'll love that one, it's very lush.

[@stevechurch4728]

Victorialand is under appreciated, totally different and was their next album but it is simply a chill out bliss fest. thanks for this post always great to hear the Twins.

[@andrewgarrett3555]

I love the ambulance siren sounds in Lorelei, which are a nice reference to the subject matter.

[@AtomicVampire1]

This is absolutely one of my favourite albums.

[@x3niiai0n3scu]

i adore ur channel sm i never thought i would be able to find someone who reacts to these albums i thought only existed within the depths of the internet, so thank you!!!! i really recommend the band You'll Never Get to Heaven. their albums Images and Wave Your Moonlight Hat For The Snowfall Train are so good and underrated fr they're also dream pop but more experimental instrumentally and ambient!

[@nothingreally6680]

Some of the best albums of all time: - Van Morrison's Astral Weeks - Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde - Glenn Branca's The Ascension - Joni Mitchell's Blue - Animal Collective's Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished - Sun Kil Moon's Ghosts of the Great Highway - Robert Fripp & Brian Eno's No Pussyfooting - Nico's Desertshore - Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom - Can's Future Days

[@Alix777.]

boring list except AnCo and Wyatt

[@nothingreally6680]

better boring than erroneous

[@alexmcmunn9390]

@@nothingreally6680Jesus Christ you are cringy asf 💀 you are not the dictator of what the best albums are even if you think so in your egocentric mind.

[@1mbpdf33]

Please do Blue Bell Knoll next 🫡

[@signeyberg]

I am loving your love of Cocteau Twins!

[@woohoo467]

if youre looking for more of their dream-pop work , id recommend "four calendar cafe" !!

[@jarrd4965]

Smags I would highly recommend Script of the Bridge by The Chameleons it’s a flawless mix of post punk and dream pop 🙏.

[@theloniuszephyr4057]

I second this. Script Of The Bridge is a masterpiece.

[@ijustneedmyself]

Chameleons are on tour so see them if you can!!

[@carlosm3717]

PLEASE DO NEXT FOUR CALENDAR CAFE, ITS A MUST

[@isaacgraham5727]

You asked if they have any records between these six years - you really should check out BLUE BELL KNOLL which is my absolute favorite album of theirs by a pretty massive margin.

[@vicho_8508]

the 4 track run from lorelei until pandora(for cindy) is my favourite part of this album!!

[@jasonegeland1446]

You might also dig into The Moon and the Melodies which was like a Cocteau Twins/Harold Budd collaboration that took place between Blue Bell Knoll and Heaven or Las Vegas if I have my timeline correct on it.

[@pazuzu1]

holy shit edit: holy shit

[@andrewrigney5888]

You gotta listen to their first 2 albums! Their best work IMO

[@boxed1084]

Day 5 of suggesting: Tim Hecker - Virgins (Drone, Ambient) Clipping. - Visions of bodies being burned (Horrorcore, Industrial Hip Hop) Jane Remover - Frailty (Indietronica, Digicore, Hyperpop) Igorrr - Savage Sinusoid (Avant-Garde Metal, Breakcore, Baroque) Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy (Drill and Bass, Jazz Fusion) Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete (Electro-Industrial, Progressive Electronic) Machine Girl - WLFGRL (Hardcore Breaks, Footwork) 2814 - Birth of A New Day (Dreampunk, Basically Vaporwave without any samples)

[@maxwagner6342]

+1 on Tim Hecker

[@isaiahtowers1865]

Blue bell or milk and kisses, honestly those two jump between being my favorite projects of theirs

[@bababooey2731]

I love when she speaks simlish 😍 also listen to blue bell knoll it feels like an island getaway album to me

[@shal6401]

hey guys in the comments correct me if im wrong. hugeeeee fan of the twins here. the reason why liz sings in gibberish is because the band wanted their work to sound like they're songs come straight from a dream right? disjointed yet ethereal

[@bigneon_glitter]

👉 The Sundays _Reading, Writing & Arithmetic_ (1990) - another essential LP for Smiths/Cocteaus fans _Treasure_ was the Cocteaus' breakthrough album & their most defining. For more, this is a solid greatest hits mix: Cocteau Twins _BBC Sessions_ (1982-1996)

[@e.groeneveld5158]

Gotta do four calendar cafe Its my favorite, very dreamy

[@indorianshell]

Let's fucking GO I love you Their last album "Milk and Kisses" is kind of a mix of their most popular album and probably my favorite. It's more upbeat, layered and ethereal, you HAVE to react to it someday. But it's better to listen to it after going through their most known albums imo.

[@manhattenman6075]

Dream Pop Masterpiece, do Blue Bell Knoll next

[@Frasierrr]

hell yesss recs: Polvo - Today's Active Lifestyles (Sick sounding early 90s math/indie rock, awesome guitar tone) Cap'n Jazz - Shmap'n Shmazz (The goats of midwest emo... the originators... I don't gotta say anything else. The album is the first 12 tracks of the compilation that's on Spotify btw, but you should also check out the Take On Me cover that's directly after the album in the tracklist, it's awesome) Swirlies - Blonder Tongue Audio Baton (GORGEOUS unique sounding early 90s shoegaze, sounds like mbv, pavement, guided by voices with twee pop mixed in, so awesome, better than Loveless imo) Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (Unique folk-punk, early 80s college/alt rock, very catchy) Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque (Really catchy power pop, slightly shoegazey, same label as The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine) Quasi - Featuring "Birds" (Awesome Built to Spill-esque/Pacific Northwest indie rock, same label as Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, Duster etc) The Breeders - Pod (Unique early 90s alt rock, Steve Albini prod, was in Kurt Cobain's top 3 albums of all time) Slint - Tweez (Sick late 80s post-hardcore/math rock, also Steve Albini prod) Pinback - Pinback (Very chill and creative late 90s indie rock) Modest Mouse - This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About (Amazing album, basically as good as The Lonesome Crowded West) The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land (badass big-beat dance music) Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand (lovely 90's lo-fi) Hella - Hold Your Horse Is (Math Rock with the drummer from Death Grips, before he was in Death Grips) Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (Absolutely perfect 90's indie rock album)

[@mddawson1]

Treasure is my favourite Cocteau Twins album. You should also give Elizabeth Fraser's latest project a listen - 'Sun's Signature'.

[@scarpola9]

Coc teau ! React to that thang !

[@lizardman7718]

👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾

[@frouvoxes]

I don't like you

[@samstevenson5328]

I’ve also had a huge soft spot for “Victorialand.” Unpopular opinion

[@lord_chozo7341]

Popular with me!

[@Wilppu.]

I know that you have been recommended way too many albums at this point but you should really listen to "I" by Kingston Wall. Its a 1992 prog album and also the debut album of Kingston Wall, that album is a great experience and you can hear the band's great chemistry through the album. Bassist is great, guitarist/singer is incredible and drummer is great. HUGE RECOMMENDATION!

[@jbEATs5]

Yeah, they had lots of battles during the production of this album. I love it too, though.

[@jasonegeland1446]

Just Smagscribed! Great reaction to one of my favorite bands of all time!

[@rayname908]

The best Cocteau Twins besides Blue Bell Knoll LP are the E.P.s

[@apostlep]

PLEASE LISTEN TO SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE - HAPPIEST PEICE OF ART EVER CREATED

[@returns8108]

Imo this is better than Heaven or Las Vegas, I don't dislike Heaven or Las Vegas at all, it's just that this is like a top 5 album of the 80s for me.

[@Jonathan-jc4ef]

Heaven and Las Vegas is more consistent

[@nothingreally6680]

Heaven or Las Vegas has too many mediocre tracks, and the highs lack the otherworldly atmosphere of the early albums. It has no aesthetic and seems to benefit from people hearing it first and thus having little to compare it to, so it can be heralded for its pop hooks. I don't think any of it holds a candle to Sugar Hiccup. I just don't feel anything listening to HoLV, it just feels like songs.

[@returns8108]

@@Jonathan-jc4ef not for me, the only track on Treasure that isn't great is Cicely, and maybe Otterley, everything else is phenomenal. And these two tracks are still good like 7/10 or 8/10, so no misses for me

[@returns8108]

@@nothingreally6680 I agree. The richness of the atmosphere, all of the little details of Treasure and Head Over Heels are missing on HOLV, there is nothing on that album which transports you to another world, it's just super pleasant music, but there is not much depth to it, they were just trying to make the perfect pop song, which is fine, but it's not interesting for a whole album

[@mizemax]

like imagine these kinds of vocals buried under boris, swans, gybe, mbv kinda noise walls made on a 4 track tape with mainly only guitar and delays

[@AP0110_Rings]

Pandora is so indescribabley beautiful

[@JCWiley2300]

Elizabeth is the only vocalist, the other members never uttered a peep in their entire catalog.

[@andersilar4970]

I can deeply recommend their last album. Milk & Kisses from 1996, Probably their best sounding album and dont miss the b-side track Alice. But some of their best stuff is on the EPs and singles. Love's Easy Tears

[@tobys4197]

This album blew my mind when it came out when I was 15 40 years ago.

[@fartlag]

BLUE BELL KNOLL

[@ZenixRulez]

LOVE YOUR VIDEOS MY GUY a few recommendations: Ghosts of the Great Highway - Sun Kil Moon SMILE :D - Porter Robinson (pop-punk, pop, electronic) Process - Sampha (experimental r&b, great production) Koi No Yokan - Deftones (very heavy, sexier and heavier radiohead imo) Hypochondriac - Brakence (very experimental emo rap, glitch pop) Reading Writing And Arithmetic - The Sundays (the smiths ish, with beautiful female vocals)

[@geodadi1969]

mystical type album

[@orla556]

Lol never knew wtf she been saying for over 40 years but sure sound like angel speak

[@mizemax]

brother is edging me with these dream pop shoegaze albums... xuvetyn by lovesliescrushing !!!

[@franko6677]

Blue Bell Knoll!

[@SIRRUBADUBDUB]

Its great to find CT - the Holy Grail

[@patricktervo2013]

We need Ghosts of the Great Highway by Sun Kil Moon expeditiously

[@jneigh727]

Yessss

[@RPMir]

Ah! So happy to see this.

[@Mazzystarloverrr]

You have to do four calender Cafe

[@dj_matty]

It’s getting to that time of the year. Ghosts of the Great Highway by Sun Kil Moon is on the horizon

[@johnnysampa]

Victorialand is the best with The Moon an the Melodies in second to me. Than Treasure.

[@sillywhale]

This is my fave album of theirs! So damn good

[@RPMir]

You have to listen to Spanglemaker.

[@dezceusrosa]

i wish i had ten children so i could name them with these title tracks

[@dirtyralphspeaks]

new godspeed album next friday smags

[@boklostia887]

Head over heels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cel8941]

four calender cafe next!!!it’s my fav album!!!so good!!!

[@krisnachtigall]

songs in the key of life is my top 1 album oat. check it out!

[@desmierstephane1679]

Please react to siouxsie and the banshees, kaleidiscope, great cocteau twins influence’s

[@cratesclouds]

They have only good material IMO. Love hearing from so many people having different favorites from their stuff, wonder what yours will be if you listen to the rest. My fav is Milk & Kisses.

[@sidhoasplace]

Aloysius is criminally underrated. Top 3 CT song and it’s not 3

[@reddevilboy]

you should listen to echoes in a shallow bay ... it's an EP so just 4 songs but probably my favorite of all their stuff

[@funguyhere5696]

React to more Unwound! Fake Train, New Plastic Ideas, and Repetition are all incredible.

[@crazymike9]

day 2 of asking you to react to untilted by autechre until you eventually do it the album is very beat heavy and doesn't focus too much on the melodies but they are still prevalent and even really stunning and quite memorable at times about the beats, they are often a bit harsh and metallic but structured in such a perfect, calculated and controlled way that even at times where to newer listeners it may sound like chaos, if you listen close enough and really analyse, you'll find some of the coolest drum programming you may ever hear I think its best for you to listen to the details of the songs to get the most out of them, especially when you aren't the most familiar with autechre safe to say, this is my favorite album for many of the reasons i stated above and I'd really like to see your reaction to this unrecognized IDM masterpiece

[@mr.aphexworks9538]

Head over heels album. Easily one of their best.

[@aldo34]

Do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll...etc

[@aldo34]

Do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll do Blue Bell Knoll...etc

[@indorianshell]

Yes but I think he should consider listening to Blue Bell Knoll

[@aldo34]

@@indorianshell Agree wholeheartedly 😀

[@manueldelafuente7845]

yea no i get it too, listening to Pandora (for Cindy) IS like getting a nice warm soup

[@hasongraham8674]

blue bell knoll

[@cleanplastic6057]

Oh HELL YEAH

[@adamarmstrong9408]

would love if you did the future sound of London!!!

[@hyejutrap]

YESSS I LOVE THIS ALBUM SO MUCH

[@poldtato]

Pls react to either donuts by j dilla or redburns by standing on the corner

[@mermaid1653]

Teen Dream, 7 next 😭😭😭

[@zane6868]

Love the review! You NEED to hear J Dilla's Donuts. Lifechanging album

[@threedeemelodies]

heavily recommend Broadcast’s discography :-)

[@NenadTrajkovic]

Four calendar cafe next