Love's Easy Tears

Love's Easy Tears is an EP by Scottish dream pop band Cocteau Twins. It was released by 4AD in September 1986 as a 12" single, and was later re-released as a CD single with a fourth track, Orange Appled, included. The U.S. vinyl release also had four tracks but a different running order.^[3] It was the eighth EP released by the band, their last EP for 4AD, and their last EP until 1993's Snow.

Love's Easy Tears
EP by Cocteau Twins
Released	1 September 1986
Studio	Good Earth Studios, London
Genre	Ethereal wave dream pop
Length	13:32
Label	4AD
Producer	Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins chronology
Victorialand (1986) Love's Easy Tears (1986) The Moon and the Melodies (1986)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	4/10[2]

Reception

Michael Fischer of The Michigan Daily described it as "ethereal romanticism" that made "for the closest thing in pop to a music for Gothic cathedrals".^[4]

Track listing

All songs written and produced by Cocteau Twins

7": 4AD / AD 610 (UK)

1. "Love's Easy Tears" – 3:36
2. "Those Eyes, That Mouth" – 3:37

12": 4AD / BAD 610 (UK)

1. "Love's Easy Tears" – 3:36
2. "Those Eyes, That Mouth" – 3:37
3. "Sigh's Smell of Farewell" – 3:33

12”: Relativity 88561-8141-1 (US)

1. "Love's Easy Tears" – 3:36
2. "Orange Appled" – 2:50
3. "Sigh's Smell of Farewell" – 3:33
4. "Those Eyes, That Mouth" – 3:37

CD: 4AD / BAD 610 CD (UK)

1. "Love's Easy Tears" – 3:36
2. "Those Eyes, That Mouth" – 3:37
3. "Sigh's Smell of Farewell" – 3:33
4. "Orange Appled" – 2:46

• CD released in 1991

Charts

Chart performance for Love's Easy Tears

Chart (1986)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)[5]	53