Cocteau Twins discography

Cocteau Twins were a Scottish gothic rock and dream pop group whose discography contains nine studio albums, seven compilations, and numerous EPs and singles. The band have had several UK top 40 albums, with four of their studio albums also reaching the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States.

Cocteau Twins discography
Cocteau Twins in 1986, from L-R: Simon Raymonde, Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie
Studio albums	9
EPs	11
Live albums	1
Compilation albums	8
Singles	19
Music videos	22

The band have had five albums certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry. Commercially, their most successful studio album, Heaven or Las Vegas was released in 1990; it reached number seven in the United Kingdom.

The band have had six of their singles chart within the top 100 in the United Kingdom. Three of their singles were heavily played on the U.S. alternative radio stations and they charted within the top 10 of the US Alternative Songs Chart. Their 1984 single "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" reached number one on the UK Indie Chart.

In 1986, they released a collaboration album The Moon and the Melodies with Harold Budd. Over the course of their musical career, the Cocteau Twins have released several compilation albums.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart position									Certifications (sales thresholds)
		UK [1]	SCO [1]	UK Indie	AUS [2][3]	BEL [4]	CAN [5]	NZ [6]	SWE [7]	US [8]
Garlands	Released: 10 July 1982 Format: Vinyl, cassette Label: 4AD (CAD211)	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	BPI: Silver[9]
Head over Heels	Released: 24 October 1983 Format: Vinyl, cassette Label: 4AD (CAD313)	51	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	BPI: Silver[9]
Treasure	Released: 12 November 1984 Format: Vinyl, cassette Label: 4AD (CAD412)	29	—	2	—	—	—	34	32	—	BPI: Silver[9]
Victorialand	Released: April 1986 Format: Vinyl, cassette, CD Label: 4AD (CAD602)	10	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Blue Bell Knoll	Released: 19 September 1988 Format: Vinyl, cassette, CD Label: 4AD (CAD807)	15	—	1	119	—	—	—	—	109
Heaven or Las Vegas	Released: 17 September 1990 Format: Vinyl, cassette, CD Label: 4AD (00102)	7	—	—	130	—	—	—	—	99	BPI: Silver[9]
Four-Calendar Café	Released: 18 October 1993 Format: Vinyl, cassette, CD Label: Fontana (518 259-2) Capitol (US)	13	—	—	111	—	—	22	—	78
Milk & Kisses	Released: 15 March 1996 Format: Vinyl, cassette, CD Label: Fontana (514 501-2)	17	24	—	64	48	53	—	—	99

Collaborative albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart position
		UK [1]	UK Indie
The Moon and the Melodies (with Harold Budd)	Released: November 1986 Format: Vinyl, cassette Label: 4AD	46	1

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Certifications	Additional information
Tiny Dynamine/Echoes in a Shallow Bay	Released: 1985 Format: CD, cassette Label: 4AD		compilation album, combined release of two EPs.
The Pink Opaque	Released: 30 December 1985 Format: Vinyl, cassette, CD Label: 4AD, Relativity Records		compilation album, joint release by 4AD (UK) and Relativity Records (US)
The Box Set	Released: 4 November 1991 Format: Vinyl, cassette Label: 4AD		ten-disc box set consisting of all EPs up to that point and one disc of bonus material
BBC Sessions	Released: 27 September 1999 Format: Vinyl, cassette, CD Label: Bella Union, Rykodisc		compilation album of 8 BBC sessions recorded between 1982 and 1996
Stars and Topsoil	Released: 16 October 2000 Format: Vinyl, cassette, CD Label: 4AD	BPI: Silver[9]	compilation album (1982–1990)
Lullabies to Violaine: Singles and Extended Plays 1982–1996	Released: 21 November 2005 Format: CD, digital download Label: 4AD		limited edition (10,000 units worldwide), four-disc box set of single and EP tracks
Lullabies to Violaine, Volume 1: Singles and Extended Plays 1982–1990	Released: 20 March 2006 Format: CD, digital download Label: 4AD		first two of the four discs in box set shown above
Lullabies to Violaine, Volume 2: Singles and Extended Plays 1993–1996	Released: 20 March 2006 Format: CD, digital download Label: 4AD		last two of the four discs in box set shown above
Treasure Hiding: The Fontana Years	Released: 19 October 2018 Format: CD, digital download Label: Fontana		four-disc box set that includes Four-Calendar Café, Milk & Kisses, EPs, B-sides, and more[10]

Extended plays

Title	EP details	Peak chart position
		UK [1]	SCO [1]	UK Indie	NZ [11]
Lullabies	Released: October 1982 Label: 4AD	—	—	11	—
Peppermint Pig	Released: 4 April 1983 Label: 4AD	—	—	2	—
Sunburst and Snowblind	Released: 18 November 1983 Label: 4AD	86	—	2	—
The Spangle Maker	Released: 2 April 1984 Label: 4AD (BAD405)	29	—	2	—
Aikea-Guinea	Released: 18 March 1985 Label: 4AD (BAD501)	41	—	1	38
Tiny Dynamine	Released: 15 November 1985 Label: 4AD (BAD510)	52	—	1	—
Echoes in a Shallow Bay	Released: 29 November 1985 Label: 4AD (BAD511)	65	—	1	48
Love's Easy Tears	Released: 1 September 1986 Label: 4AD (BAD610)	53	—	1	—
Snow	Released: December 1993 Label: Fontana	58	—	—	—
Twinlights	Released: September 1995 Label: Fontana	59	57	—	—
Otherness	Released: October 1995 Label: Fontana	59	55	—	—

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions							Album
		UK [1]	SCO [12]	UK Indie	AUS [3]	POR [13]	IRE [14]	US Alt [15]
"Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops"[A]	1984	29	—	1	—	—	—	—	The Spangle Maker
"Carolyn's Fingers" {US promotional single only}	1988	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	Blue Bell Knoll
"Iceblink Luck"	1990	38	—	—	—	—	22	4	Heaven or Las Vegas
"Heaven or Las Vegas"		—	—	—	—	—	—	9
"Evangeline"	1993	34	—	—	135	4	—	—	Four-Calendar Café
"Bluebeard"	1994	33	77[16]	—	—	—	—	—
"Tishbite"	1996	34	29[17]	—	168	—	—	—	Milk & Kisses
"Violaine"		56	66[18]	—	—	—	—	—

Notes

1. "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" has the same charting position as The Spangle Maker EP.

Other certified songs

List of other certified songs, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Certifications	Album
"Cherry-Coloured Funk"	1990	RIAA: Gold[19]	Heaven or Las Vegas

Music videos

Title[20]	Year	Director(s)
"Wax and Wane"[20]	1983
"Sugar Hiccup"	1984
"Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" [21]		Nigel Grierson
"Song to the Siren" (released as This Mortal Coil)[20]		Ivo Watts-Russell
"Pandora (for Cindy)" (unreleased)[22]
"Aikea-Guinea"	1985	John Scarlett-Davis
"Pink Orange Red"		Gavin Taylor
"Love's Easy Tears"	1986
"How to Bring a Blush to the Snow"[23]		Carl Theodor Dreyer and Peter Fowler
"Crushed"	1987	Nico Beyer
"Carolyn's Fingers"	1988	Walter Stern
"Blue Bell Knoll" (live)
"Cico Buff"
"Iceblink Luck"	1990	Howard Greenhalgh
"Heaven or Las Vegas"
"Evangeline"	1993	Nico Beyer
"Bluebeard"		Paul Donnellon
"Rilkean Heart" (version 1)	1995
"Rilkean Heart" (Rilkean Dreams interlude)
"Half-Gifts"
"Tishbite"	1996	Dave Shum
"Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" (higher resolution cut edit)[24]	2005	Nigel Grierson