Cocteau Twins – Four-Calendar Café (vinyl reissue)

Cocteau Twin’s debut album for Fontana, Four-Calendar Cafe, was originally released in October 1993. Its gossamer melodies and largely upbeat pop bely the turmoil the group were going through.

Barney Hoskyns, writing in Mojo, said that Four-Calendar Café was “the most poignant, heartrending Cocteaus record of all, an album of naked confession and raw beauty… Sadness never sounded so luscious.” Simon Raymonde agreed: “I think in time people will realise what a great album Four-Calendar Café is. Because I think it’s beautiful.” Led by the single Evangeline, the reached No 13 in the UK album chart and is much-loved by fans.