# Lullabies to Violaine

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Professional ratings :
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| Martin C. Strong | 8/10 |
| Pitchfork | 8.5/10 |
| PopMatters | 7/10 |
| Stylus Magazine | A− |
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| Martin C. Strong | 7/10 |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10 |
| PopMatters | 5/10 |
| Stylus Magazine | B |
Lullabies to Violaine is a Cocteau Twins box set released in limited quantities by 4AD Records in November 2005. Comprising four CDs, the box set collects the tracks from every Cocteau Twins EP and single from Lullabies to Violaine, except the 1990 "Heaven or Las Vegas" single and the four songs on the 1991 EPs and Singles & Box Set bonus disc. It was also released as two separate double CD packs titled Lullabies to Violaine: Volume 1 and Lullabies to Violaine: Volume 2 the following year.

## Track listing

All tracks written by Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde; except where indicated.

### Disc one
#### Lullabies

* "Feathers-Oar-Blades" (Fraser, Guthrie, Will Heggie) – 4:26
* "Alas Dies Laughing" (Fraser, Guthrie, Heggie) – 3:38
* "It's All But an Ark Lark" (Fraser, Guthrie, Heggie) – 8:04

#### Peppermint Pig

* "Peppermint Pig" (7" version) (Fraser, Guthrie, Heggie) – 3:24
* "Laughlines" (Fraser, Guthrie, Heggie) – 3:19
* "Hazel" (Fraser, Guthrie, Heggie) – 2:49

#### Sunburst & Snowblind

* "Sugar Hiccup" (12" version) (Fraser, Guthrie) – 3:37
* "From the Flagstones" (Fraser, Guthrie) – 3:38
* "Hitherto" (Fraser, Guthrie) – 3:52
* "Because of Whirl-Jack" (Fraser, Guthrie) – 3:26

#### The Spangle Maker

* "The Spangle Maker" – 4:40
* "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" (alternate version) – 4:47
* "Pepper-Tree" – 3:58

#### Aikea-Guinea

* "Aikea-Guinea" (alternate version) – 3:57
* "Kookaburra" – 3:18
* "Quisquose" – 4:10
* "Rococo" – 3:05

### Disc two
#### Tiny Dynamine

* "Pink Orange Red" – 4:37
* "Ribbed and Veined" – 3:55
* "Plain Tiger" – 4:01
* "Sultitan Itan" – 3:49

#### Echoes in a Shallow Bay

* "Great Spangled Fritillary" – 4:02
* "Melonella" – 4:01
* "Pale Clouded White" – 4:59
* "Eggs and Their Shells" – 3:04

#### Love's Easy Tears

* "Love's Easy Tears" – 3:35
* "Those Eyes, That Mouth" – 3:38
* "Sigh's Smell of Farewell" – 3:34
* "Orange Appled" – 2:49

#### Iceblink Luck

* "Iceblink Luck" – 3:15
* "Mizake the Mizan" – 3:00
* "Watchlar" – 3:16

### Disc three
#### Evangeline

* "Evangeline" – 4:29
* "Mud and Dark" – 3:40
* "Summer-Blink" – 3:10

#### Snow

* "Winter Wonderland" (Dick Smith, Felix Bernard) – 2:51
* "Frosty the Snowman" (Jack Rollins, Steve Nelson) – 2:55

#### Bluebeard

* "Bluebeard" – 3:54
* "Three-Swept" – 3:37
* "Ice-Pulse" – 3:46
* "Bluebeard" (acoustic version) – 3:05

#### Twinlights

* "Rilkean Heart" (acoustic version) – 2:21
* "Golden-Vein" (acoustic version) – 2:50
* "Pink Orange Red" (acoustic version) – 4:30
* "Half-Gifts" (acoustic version) – 4:14

### Disc four
#### Otherness

* "Feet-Like Fins" (Fraser, Guthrie) – 5:31
* "Seekers Who Are Lovers" – 5:40
* "Violaine" – 5:07
* "Cherry-Coloured Funk" – 5:46
** All tracks remixed by Mark Clifford

#### Tishbite

* "Tishbite" – 3:12
* "Primitive Heart" – 4:07
* "Flock of Soul" – 3:36
* "Round" – 3:36
* "An Elan" – 4:36

#### Violaine

* "Violaine" – 3:47
* "Smile" – 4:27
* "Tranquil Eye" – 3:53
* "Circling Girl" – 3:33
* "Alice" – 4:27