# Cocteau Twins discography

Cocteau Twins were a Scottish gothic rock and dream pop group whose discography contains nine studio albums, seven compilations, and numerous EPs and singles. 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.
The band have had five albums certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry. Commercially, their most successful studio album, Heaven or Las Vegas was released in 1990; it reached number seven in the United Kingdom.
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.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Title | Album details | UK | SCO | UK Indie | AUS | BEL | CAN | NZ | SWE | US | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Garlands | Released: 10 July 1982 Format: Vinyl, cassette Label: 4AD (CAD211) | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | BPI: Silver |
| Head over Heels | Released: 24 October 1983 Format: Vinyl, cassette Label: 4AD (CAD313) | 51 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | BPI: Silver |
| Treasure | Released: 12 November 1984 Format: Vinyl, cassette Label: 4AD (CAD412) | 29 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 34 | 32 | — | BPI: Silver |
| 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 | 119 | — | — | — | — | 109 | |
| Heaven or Las Vegas | Released: 17 September 1990 Format: Vinyl, cassette, CD Label: 4AD (00102) | 7 | — | — | 130 | — | — | — | — | 99 | BPI: Silver |
| Four-Calendar Café | Released: 18 October 1993 Format: Vinyl, cassette, CD Label: Fontana (518 259-2) Capitol (US) | 13 | — | — | 111 | — | — | 22 | — | 78 | |
| Milk & Kisses | Released: 15 March 1996 Format: Vinyl, cassette, CD Label: Fontana (514 501-2) | 17 | 24 | — | 64 | 48 | 53 | — | — | 99 | |

### Collaborative albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart position | Peak chart position |
| Title | Album details | UK | UK Indie |
| The Moon and the Melodies (with Harold Budd) | Released: November 1986 Format: Vinyl, cassette Label: 4AD | 46 | 1 |

### Compilation albums

| 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 | Released: 30 December 1985 Format: Vinyl, cassette Label: 4AD, Relativity Records | | 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 | Released: 27 September 1999 Format: Vinyl, cassette, CD Label: Bella Union, Rykodisc | | compilation album of 8 BBC sessions recorded between 1982 and 1996 |
| Stars and Topsoil | Released: 16 October 2000 Format: Vinyl, cassette, CD Label: 4AD | BPI: Silver | compilation album (1982–1990) |
| Lullabies to Violaine: Singles and Extended Plays 1982–1996 | Released: 21 November 2005 Format: CD, digital download Label: 4AD | | 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 |

## Extended plays

| Title | EP details | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position |
| Title | EP details | UK | SCO | UK Indie | NZ |
| 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

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | UK | SCO | UK Indie | AUS | POR | IRE | US Alt | Album |
| "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" | 1984 | 29 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | The Spangle Maker |
| "Carolyn's Fingers" {US promotional single only} | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | Blue Bell Knoll |
| "Iceblink Luck" | 1990 | 38 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 4 | Heaven or Las Vegas |
| "Heaven or Las Vegas" | 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | Heaven or Las Vegas |
| "Evangeline" | 1993 | 34 | — | — | 135 | 4 | — | — | Four-Calendar Café |
| "Bluebeard" | 1994 | 33 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | Four-Calendar Café |
| "Tishbite" | 1996 | 34 | 29 | — | 168 | — | — | — | Milk & Kisses |
| "Violaine" | 1996 | 56 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | Milk & Kisses |
Notes
* ↑ "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" has the same charting position as The Spangle Maker EP.

## Music videos

| Title | Year | Director(s) |
| "Wax and Wane" | 1983 | |
| "Sugar Hiccup" | 1984 | |
| "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" | 1984 | Nigel Grierson |
| "Song to the Siren" (released as This Mortal Coil) | 1984 | Ivo Watts-Russell |
| "Pandora (for Cindy)" (unreleased) | 1984 | |
| "Aikea-Guinea" | 1985 | John Scarlett-Davis |
| "Pink Orange Red" | 1985 | Gavin Taylor |
| "Love's Easy Tears" | 1986 | |
| "How to Bring a Blush to the Snow" | 1986 | Carl Theodor Dreyer and Peter Fowler |
| "Crushed" | 1987 | Nico Beyer |
| "Carolyn's Fingers" | 1988 | Walter Stern |
| "Blue Bell Knoll" (live) | 1988 | |
| "Cico Buff" | 1988 | |
| "Iceblink Luck" | 1990 | Howard Greenhalgh |
| "Heaven or Las Vegas" | 1990 | Howard Greenhalgh |
| "Evangeline" | 1993 | Nico Beyer |
| "Bluebeard" | 1993 | Paul Donnellon |
| "Rilkean Heart" (version 1) | 1995 | |
| "Rilkean Heart" (Rilkean Dreams interlude) | 1995 | |
| "Half-Gifts" | 1995 | |
| "Tishbite" | 1996 | Dave Shum |
| "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" (higher resolution cut edit) | 2005 | Nigel Grierson |