Milk & Kisses

Milk & Kisses
Studio album by Cocteau Twins
Released	13 March 1996
Studio	Pors Poulhan, Bretagne and September Sound, London, England
Genre	Dream pop, alternative rock
Length	42:40
Label	Fontana
Producer	Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins chronology
Four-Calendar Café (1993) Milk & Kisses (1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Boston Globe	(favourable)[2]
CMJ New Music Monthly	(favourable)[3]
Magic	[4]
Martin C. Strong	(7/10)[5]
Pitchfork Media	(5.0/10)[6]

Milk & Kisses is the eighth and final studio album by Cocteau Twins, issued in 1996. It proved to be their last; a meeting two years later to record a new album ended with the breakup of the band.^[7][8]

The song "Rilkean Heart" was a homage to Jeff Buckley, who was a lifelong lover of the work of poet Rainer Maria Rilke.^[9]

The Japanese edition of Milk and Kisses contained two bonus tracks ("Flock Of Soul" and "Primitive Heart").^[10] The Hong Kong edition contained a duet version of "Serpentskirt" sung by Elizabeth Fraser with C-pop artist Faye Wong. Wong later recorded an acoustic version of "Rilkean Heart" for her 1997 album Faye Wong, on which Guthrie and Raymonde also wrote a new song, "Yu Le Chang" ("Amusement Park"), for her. In 2013, Sarah Brightman covered their song "Eperdu" on her album Dreamchaser.

Track listing

All songs written by Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde.

1. "Violaine" – 3:45
2. "Serpentskirt" – 3:57
3. "Tishbite" – 3:50
4. "Half-Gifts" – 4:18
5. "Calfskin Smack" – 4:58
6. "Rilkean Heart" – 4:02
7. "Ups" – 3:34
8. "Eperdu" – 4:38
9. "Treasure Hiding" – 4:55
10. "Seekers Who Are Lovers" – 4:45

Personnel

• Production – Cocteau Twins
• Engineering – Cocteau Twins, Des Ward, Lincoln Fong, and Mitsuo Tate
• Photography – Spiros Politis

References

1. Phares, Heather. "Milk & Kisses - Cocteau Twins". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
2. Sullivan, Jim (25 January 1996). "Cocteau Twins Milk and Kisses Capitol". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
3. Housman, Danny (May 1996). "Cocteau Twins: Milk and Kisses". CMJ New Music Monthly. p. 30. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
4. Morrison, Philip (January 1996). "Cocteau Twins Chronique de l'album Milk And Kisses". Magic. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
5. The Essential Rock Discography - Volume 1: 222. 2006. Missing or empty |title= (help)
6. Josephes, Jason. "Cocteau Twins: Milk and Kisses: Pitchfork Record Review". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on August 12, 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
7. McInnis, Aubrey (8 March 2007). "Stars still shining brightly for The Lotus Galaxy: Brit-poppers reunite after decade-long hiatus". Fast Forward Weekly. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
8. Ankeny, Jason. "Cocteau Twins Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
9. Brooks, Daphne (2005). Grace. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 107. ISBN 9780826416353. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
10. "Cocteau Twins - Milk & Kisses (CD, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved 5 December 2011.