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    Victorialand

    This is about the music album. For the Antarc- 7. “Feet-Like Fins” – 3:27
    tica region, see Victoria Land
    8. “How to Bring a Blush to the Snow” – 3:52
    Victorialand is the fourth album by Scottish band 9. “The Thinner the Air” – 3:16
    Cocteau Twins, released by 4AD in April 1986. Work-
    ing without member Simon Raymonde, who had been
    enlisted to collaborate on This Mortal Coil's Filigree 2 Credits
    & Shadow album, vocalist Elizabeth Fraser and gui-
    tarist/producer Robin Guthrie produced a record almost
    • Elizabeth Fraser – vocals
    completely devoid of percussion, drenching acoustic gui-
    tars in reverberant space to create a wide, expansive sound • Robin Guthrie – guitar
    that bordered on ambient.
    The album title referred to the part of Antarctica known Additional personnel
    as Victoria Land, after Queen Victoria (and forming the
    British claim to the continent, currently dormant under • Richard Thomas of Dif Juz – saxophone and tabla
    international treaty). As was often the case with Fraser’s
    vocals, the lyrics are indecipherable.[3] The titles of each
    track were borrowed from passages on the Arctic and
    Antarctic in David Attenborough's The Living Planet: A
    3 Reception
    Portrait of the Earth, the accompanying book to his 1984
    BBC nature documentary series The Living Planet.[4] One critic described the album as ethereal and resem-
    bling “early Gong space-rock with much of the stuffing
    On its initial release in the UK, the vinyl edition was a 12” left out.”[3]
    disc which played at 45 rpm, which would be normal for
    an EP rather than a full album, which would normally play
    at 33⅓ rpm. This was due to difficulties in the mastering
    process in reproducing the minimal soundscapes. Some 4 References
    test pressings at 33⅓ rpm are known to exist.
    [1] Raggett, Ned. "Victorialand – Cocteau Twins | Songs, Re-
    An uncredited instrumental version of “Oomingmak” was views, Credits, Awards | AllMusic”. AllMusic. Retrieved
    used as a backing track for the credits at the end of the 4 July 2015.
    4AD compilation video Lonely Is an Eyesore. This in-
    strumental version was later made available on the band’s [2] "[Unknown title]". The Essential Rock Discography - Vol-
    ume 1: 222. 2006.
    1991 4AD singles box set.
    [3] Zebora, Jim (June 15, 1986). “BoDeans’ rock mix lacks
    spark”. Record-Journal. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
    1 Track listing [4] Attenborough, David (1984). The Living Planet: A Por-
    trait of the Earth (1 ed.). Little, Brown & Company. ISBN
    All songs written by Elizabeth Fraser and Robin Guthrie. 0316057487.

    1. “Lazy Calm” – 6:36


    2. “Fluffy Tufts” – 3:07
    3. “Throughout the Dark Months of April and May” –
    3:05
    4. “Whales Tails” – 3:18
    5. “Oomingmak” – 2:43
    6. “Little Spacey” – 3:28

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