Treasure
by Cocteau Twins
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Cocteau Twins bestography
Treasure is ranked 2nd best out of 16 albums by Cocteau Twins on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Cocteau Twins is Heaven Or Las Vegas which is ranked number 142 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,339.
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Treasure track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Treasure rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1984 | 15/71 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1984 by Ultimate Record Collection | 4/46 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 32/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 32/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | pinkfreud1981 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 49/100 | 51 |
| 2026 | Pavloss | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 39/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 31 Music Albums of 1984 | 15/31 | 3 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 27 Music Albums of 1984 | 16/27 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 19/100 | 16 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 5/100 | 19 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 576 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 4,029 | |||
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Treasure ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/04/2026 13:23 |  RasmV | 2,596 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2026 15:21 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2026 21:48 | xhitmanx | 1,602 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.6/100, a mean average of 80.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 5 days ago in Chart of the day (#5428): By ExTeaSea BestEverAlbums 07/20/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5379): By pinkfreud1981 BestEverAlbums 06/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movementsTreasure comments
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VictorVale 08/16/2026 22:32 | #315707
Pilar do Dream Pop e de grande poder imersivo. Um dos maiores álbuns de todos os tempos.
Brad1770 08/20/2023 10:59 | #298738
It has been said everyone has their year of sexual awakening, 1984 wasn’t mine but it sure was the year of my musical awakening and this album / band / label had a huge impact on forging my musical destiny.
I first heard “Cocteau Twins” as part of the This Mortal Coil ‘It Will End In Tears’ collaboration that came out earlier that year & in particular Frasers masterpiece cover of Tim Buckley’s “Song To The Siren”. Then towards the end of 84 ‘Treasure’ came out and pretty much blew my mind and that was it …there was no going back. There was something otherworldly about their sound, I didn’t know it at the time but really what I was hearing was ground zero for dream pop (their previous two albums were more post punk/ goth ‘Treasure’ set the dream pop template). And to top off the mystique the album didn’t feature dorky awkward band shots, no, it had an abstract and weird cover kinda like the music itself. The tracks had odd one word titles like “Lorelei” and “Persephone” and “Otterly” none of which made a scrap of sense nor did the lyrics which really couldn’t be deciphered or understood. All I knew is it wasn’t top 40, it wasn’t Bruce Springsteen, it wasn’t Kenny Logins , simply it was awesome and I needed to hear more more more
So yeah thats my ‘Treasure’ story
‘Treasure’ really is a treasure even if the band itself despise it (Edited)
A breath of fresh air in 1984, this is a mix of goth, new wave and 80s indie that will soon evolve into shoegaze and dream pop. This album is ethereal, mysterious nighttime experience and works really great as a whole. Each track is similar to another, but not to a degree when it becomes irritating.
Jboy56 01/31/2022 08:01 | #280327
Ethereal yes, but in my deep mind this is not my music, Beautiful and nonsensical :)
ethereal alluring alternative mystic dream
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