# Elizabeth Fraser discography

This is a comprehensive discography listing of Scottish singer Elizabeth Fraser who first achieved success during the 1980s as the lead singer of the alternative rock band Cocteau Twins. 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. Commercially, their most successful studio album, Heaven or Las Vegas was released in 1990 and reached number seven in the United Kingdom and number ninety-nine in the United States. Heaven or Las Vegas was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry. It eventually sold 235,000 copies by 1996, according to Billboard. The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, and was voted number 218 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. In 2020, Rolling Stone listed it at No. 245 in its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The band have had four of their studio albums reach number one on the UK Indie Chart.
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. Cocteau Twins split in 1997 following the release of Milk & Kisses (1996). Following this, Fraser embarked on a relatively low–key solo career, release her debut single as a solo artist "Underwater" in 2000. This was followed by a second single, "Moses" in 2009, and by 2022, Fraser was a member of the duo Sun's Signature with her husband Damon Reece. Sun's Signature released a single, "Golden Air" in 2022, as well as a self–titled debut extended play album the same year.

## Discography
### As Elizabeth Fraser

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

### Cocteau Twins
#### 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: 1 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 | — | — | — | — | — | 109 | |
| Heaven or Las Vegas | Released: 17 September 1990 Format: Vinyl, cassette, CD Label: 4AD (00102) | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 99 | BPI: Silver |
| Four-Calendar Café | Released: 18 October 1993 Format: Vinyl, cassette, CD Label: Fontana (518 259-2) Capitol (US) | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | 78 | |
| Milk & Kisses | Released: 15 March 1996 Format: Vinyl, cassette, CD Label: Fontana (514 501-2) | 17 | 24 | — | 64 | 48 | 53 | — | — | 99 | |

#### 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 | Album |
| Title | Year | UK | SCO | UK Indie | POR | IRE | US Alt | Album |
| "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" | 1984 | 29 | — | 1 | — | — | — | The Spangle Maker |
| "Carolyn's Fingers" | 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 | — | — | 4 | — | — | Four-Calendar Café |
| "Bluebeard" | 1994 | 33 | 77 | — | — | — | — | Four-Calendar Café |
| "Tishbite" | 1996 | 34 | 29 | — | — | — | — | Milk & Kisses |
| "Violaine" | 1996 | 56 | 66 | — | — | — | — | Milk & Kisses |
Notes
* ↑ "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" has the same charting position as The Spangle Maker EP.

### Solo career
#### Singles

* 1983: "Song to the Siren" (with This Mortal Coil) – UK No. 66 – (4AD)
* 2000: "Underwater" (Blanco Y Negro)
* 2009: "Moses" (Rough Trade)

#### Guest appearances

| Artist | Album | Track(s) | Date | Label |
| Oneohtrix Point Never | Magic Oneohtrix Point Never (Blu-ray edition) | "Tales from the Trash Stratum" | 2021 | Warp |
| Jónsi | Shiver | "Cannibal" | 2020 | Krunk |
| Sam Lee | Old Wow | "The Moon Shines Bright" | 2020 | Cooking Vinyl Ltd |
| The Insects | The Living and the Dead Soundtrack | "She Moves Through the Fair" | 2016 | Self Released |
| Massive Attack | Collected | "Silent Spring" | 2006 | Virgin Records |
| Howard Shore | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Complete Recordings | "Caras Galadhon / Lament for Gandalf", "Lothlórien" | 2005 | Warner Brothers |
| Yann Tiersen | Les Retrouvailles | "Kala", "Mary" | 2005 | EMI |
| Various artists (compilation) | Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before... | "At Last I Am Free" (originally by Chic) | 2003 | Rough Trade |
| Howard Shore | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | "Isengard Unleashed" | 2002 | Warner Brothers |
| Peter Gabriel | OVO | "Downside Up", "Make Tomorrow" | 2000 | EMI |
| Elliot Goldenthal; Elizabeth Fraser | In Dreams | "Dream Baby" | 1999 | EMI |
| Massive Attack | Mezzanine | "Teardrop", "Black Milk" and "Group Four" | 1998 | Virgin Records |
| Michael Kamen | The Winter Guest | "Take Me With You" | 1998 | Universal |
| Craig Armstrong | The Space Between Us | "This Love" | 1998 | Melankolic |
| Simon Raymonde | Blame Someone Else | "Worship Me" | 1997 | Bella Union |
| The Bathers | Sunpowder | "Danger in Love", "The Dutch Venus", "Angel on Ruskin", "The Night is Young" | 1995 | Marina |
| Moose | Live a Little, Love a Lot | "Play God" | 1995 | Play It Again Sam Records |
| Fuel | Timeless EP | "Butterfly Knife" | 1994 | Diffusion Records |
| The Future Sound of London | Lifeforms [Remixes] EP | "Lifeforms 1–5 and 7" | 1994 | Astralwerks |
| Medicine | Sounds of Medicine | "Time Baby 3" | 1994 | Beggars Banquet |
| Peace Together feat. Peter Gabriel, Sinead O'Connor | Peace Together | "Be Still (remix)" | 1993 | Polygram |
| Ian McCulloch | Mysterio | "Heaven's Gate" | 1992 | Sire Records |
| Ian McCulloch | Candleland | "Candleland" | 1989 | Sire Records |
| The Wolfgang Press | Standing Up Straight | "I Am The Crime" | 1986 | 4AD |
| Felt | Ignite the Seven Cannons | "Primitive Painters" | 1985 | Cherry Red |
| Dif Juz | Extractions | "Love Insane" | 1985 | 4AD |
| This Mortal Coil | It'll End in Tears | "Song to the Siren", "Another Day" | 1984 | 4AD |
| The Wolfgang Press | Scarecrow | "Respect" | 1984 | 4AD |
| This Mortal Coil | Sixteen Days / Gathering Dust | "Song to the Siren", "Sixteen Days / Gathering Dust" | 1983 | 4AD |

### Sun's Signature
#### Singles

* 2022: "Golden Air" (Partisan Records)

#### EP

* Sun's Signature (Partisan Records)