Love's Easy Tears

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
Spin Alternative Record Guide	4/10

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. It was the eighth EP released by the band, their last EP for 4AD, and their last EP until 1993's Snow.

Reception

The EP was critically well received. 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".

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)	53