Cocteau Twins Stars and Topsoil: A Collection 1982-1990 (2 Lp's) Black heavyweight LP A Picture of Nectar manages

A Picture of Nectar manages to be extremely cohesive

Traces of Albarn's Monkey opera can be heard

" You also get one of Mancini's finest pop songs

Given the Sheffield

carnivalesque hooks and skeletal 2-Tone spook -- not to mention how the whole thing is anchored on "Busted and Blue

Cocteau Twins Stars and Topsoil: A Collection 1982-1990 (2 Lp's) Black heavyweight LP A Picture of Nectar managesCocteau Twins: Elizabeth Fraser (vocals); Robin Guthrie (guitar); Simon Raymonde (bass). Producers: Cocteau Twins, Ivo, John Fryer. Recorded between 1982 & 1990. Includes liner notes by Alan Warner. During the course of the Scottish band's eight years recording for 4AD, Cocteau Twins virtually defined the label's signature sound, combining resonating guitars, atmospheric keyboards, and spare beats into a swirling sonic amalgam that could alternately