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Elizabeth Fraser discography

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Elizabeth Fraser discography
Fraser with Cocteau Twins in 1986
Studio albums1
EPs1
Singles4

This is a comprehensive discography listing of Scottish singer Elizabeth Fraser who first achieved success during the 1980s as the lead singer of the alternative rock band Cocteau Twins. 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. Commercially, their most successful studio album, Heaven or Las Vegas was released in 1990 and reached number seven in the United Kingdom and number ninety-nine in the United States. Heaven or Las Vegas was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry. It eventually sold 235,000 copies by 1996, according to Billboard.[1] The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die,[2] and was voted number 218 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[3] In 2020, Rolling Stone listed it at No. 245 in its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[4] The band have had four of their studio albums reach number one on the UK Indie Chart.

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. Cocteau Twins split in 1997 following the release of Milk & Kisses (1996). Following this, Fraser embarked on a relatively low–key solo career, release her debut single as a solo artist "Underwater" in 2000. This was followed by a second single, "Moses" in 2009, and by 2022, Fraser was a member of the duo Sun's Signature with her husband Damon Reece. Sun's Signature released a single, "Golden Air" in 2022, as well as a self–titled debut extended play album the same year.

Discography

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As Elizabeth Fraser

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Title Album details Peak chart position
UK
[5]
UK Indie
The Moon and the Melodies (with Harold Budd, Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde)
  • Released: November 1986
  • Format: Vinyl, cassette
  • Label: 4AD
46 1

Cocteau Twins

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart position Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[5]
SCO
[5]
UK Indie
AUS
[6]
BEL
[7]
CAN
[8]
NZ
[9]
SWE
[10]
US
[11]
Garlands 4
Head over Heels
  • Released: 24 October 1983
  • Format: Vinyl, cassette
  • Label: 4AD (CAD313)
51 1
Treasure
  • Released: 1 November 1984
  • Format: Vinyl, cassette
  • Label: 4AD (CAD412)
29 2 34 32
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 1 109
Heaven or Las Vegas
  • Released: 17 September 1990
  • Format: Vinyl, cassette, CD
  • Label: 4AD (00102)
7 99
Four-Calendar Café
  • Released: 18 October 1993
  • Format: Vinyl, cassette, CD
  • Label: Fontana (518 259-2)
    Capitol (US)
13 22 78
Milk & Kisses
  • Released: 15 March 1996
  • Format: Vinyl, cassette, CD
  • Label: Fontana (514 501-2)
17 24 64 48 53 99

Compilation albums

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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 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 compilation album of 8 BBC sessions recorded between 1982 and 1996
Stars and Topsoil
  • Released: 16 October 2000
  • Format: Vinyl, cassette, CD
  • Label: 4AD
compilation album (1982–1990)
Lullabies to Violaine: Singles and Extended Plays 1982–1996 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[13]

Extended plays

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Title EP details Peak chart position
UK
[5]
SCO
[5]
UK Indie
NZ
[14]
Lullabies
  • Released: October 1982
  • Label: 4AD
11
Peppermint Pig
  • Released: April 1983
  • Label: 4AD
2
Sunburst and Snowblind
  • Released: 7 November 1983
  • Label: 4AD
86 2
The Spangle Maker
  • Released: 2 April 1984
  • Label: 4AD (BAD405)
29 2
Aikea-Guinea
  • Released: 4 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: October 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

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[5]
SCO
[15]
UK Indie
POR
[16]
IRE
[17]
US Alt
[18]
"Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops"[A] 1984 29 1 The Spangle Maker
"Carolyn's Fingers" 1988 2 Blue Bell Knoll
"Iceblink Luck" 1990 38 22 4 Heaven or Las Vegas
"Heaven or Las Vegas" 9
"Evangeline" 1993 34 4 Four-Calendar Café
"Bluebeard" 1994 33 77[19]
"Tishbite" 1996 34 29[20] Milk & Kisses
"Violaine" 56 66[21]

Notes

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

Solo career

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Singles

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Guest appearances

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Artist Album Track(s) Date Label
Oneohtrix Point Never Magic Oneohtrix Point Never (Blu-ray edition) "Tales from the Trash Stratum" 2021 Warp
Jónsi Shiver "Cannibal" 2020 Krunk
Sam Lee Old Wow "The Moon Shines Bright" 2020 Cooking Vinyl Ltd
The Insects The Living and the Dead Soundtrack "She Moves Through the Fair" 2016 Self Released
Massive Attack Collected "Silent Spring" 2006 Virgin Records
Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Complete Recordings "Caras Galadhon / Lament for Gandalf", "Lothlórien" 2005 Warner Brothers
Yann Tiersen Les Retrouvailles "Kala", "Mary" 2005 EMI
Various artists (compilation) Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before... "At Last I Am Free" (originally by Chic) 2003 Rough Trade
Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers "Isengard Unleashed" 2002 Warner Brothers
Peter Gabriel OVO "Downside Up", "Make Tomorrow" 2000 EMI
Elliot Goldenthal; Elizabeth Fraser In Dreams "Dream Baby" 1999 EMI
Massive Attack Mezzanine "Teardrop", "Black Milk" and "Group Four" 1998 Virgin Records
Michael Kamen The Winter Guest "Take Me With You" 1998 Universal
Craig Armstrong The Space Between Us "This Love" 1998 Melankolic
Simon Raymonde Blame Someone Else "Worship Me" 1997 Bella Union
The Bathers Sunpowder "Danger in Love", "The Dutch Venus", "Angel on Ruskin", "The Night is Young" 1995 Marina
Moose Live a Little, Love a Lot "Play God" 1995 Play It Again Sam Records
Fuel Timeless EP "Butterfly Knife" 1994 Diffusion Records
The Future Sound of London Lifeforms [Remixes] EP "Lifeforms 1–5 and 7" 1994 Astralwerks
Medicine Sounds of Medicine "Time Baby 3" 1994 Beggars Banquet
Peace Together feat. Peter Gabriel, Sinead O'Connor Peace Together "Be Still (remix)" 1993 Polygram
Ian McCulloch Mysterio "Heaven's Gate" 1992 Sire Records
Ian McCulloch Candleland "Candleland" 1989 Sire Records
The Wolfgang Press Standing Up Straight "I Am The Crime" 1986 4AD
Felt Ignite the Seven Cannons "Primitive Painters" 1985 Cherry Red
Dif Juz Extractions "Love Insane" 1985 4AD
This Mortal Coil It'll End in Tears "Song to the Siren", "Another Day" 1984 4AD
The Wolfgang Press Scarecrow "Respect" 1984 4AD
This Mortal Coil Sixteen Days / Gathering Dust "Song to the Siren", "Sixteen Days / Gathering Dust" 1983 4AD

Sun's Signature

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Singles

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  • 2022: "Golden Air" (Partisan Records)

EP

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  • Sun's Signature (Partisan Records)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bambarger, Bradley (6 April 1996). "Radio Climate Could Boost Capitol's Cocteau Twins". Billboard. Vol. 104, no. 14. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 14. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  2. ^ Morton, Rob (2006). Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. New York: Universe. pp. 634. ISBN 0789320746.
  3. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 105. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
  4. ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Cocteau Twins - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  6. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  7. ^ "Belgium – Album positions". ultratop.be. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  8. ^ "Canada – Album positions". RPM. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  9. ^ "NZ – Album positions". charts.nz. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  10. ^ "Sweden – Album positions". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  11. ^ "Cocteau Twins Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  12. ^ a b c d e "British certifications – Cocteau Twins". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved December 3, 2022. Type Cocteau Twins in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  13. ^ Bonner, Michael (23 August 2018). "Cocteau Twins announce new 4-CD set, Treasure Hiding – The Fontana Years". Uncut.co.uk. Uncut. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  14. ^ "NZ – Singles positions". charts.nz. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  15. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
  16. ^ "Music & Media" (PDF). Americanradiohistory.com. 6 November 1993.
  17. ^ "Ireland – Singles positions". irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  18. ^ "Cocteau Twins Chart History: Alternative Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  19. ^ https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19940313/41/
  20. ^ https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19960324/41/
  21. ^ https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19960714/41/