Head Over Heels
by Cocteau Twins

Head Over Heels by Cocteau Twins
Year: 1983
Release date: 1983-10-24
Overall rank: 1,507th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 278 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (26th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (234th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,507th)

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Cocteau Twins bestography

Head Over Heels is ranked 3rd 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 9,720.

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Head Over Heels rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,507th | 1980s rank: 234th | 1983 rank: 26th
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2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 198319/1004
2026UntitledTop 25 Music Albums of 198313/253
2026 RhynerTop 19 Music Albums of 19839/193
2026mianfeiTop 100 Greatest Music Albums49/10051
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 198325/1004
2026SkernsTop 76 Music Albums of 198369/761
2026saltysurpriseTop 53 Music Albums of 198329/532
2026Exist-en-cielTop 20 Music Albums of 19839/203
2026 HaydenTop 50 Music Albums of 198315/504
2026 arthurbittencourtTop 99 Music Albums of the 1980s42/9912
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 19839/1005
2026bonnequestionTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s80/1004
2026Cheboygan74Top 17 Music Albums of 198310/172
2026bobnickmadTop 57 Music Albums of the 1980s28/5711
2026JohnnyoTop 69 Music Albums of 198343/692
2026matterhornriderTop 53 Music Albums of 198322/533
2026Cheboygan74Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s99/1000
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 198374/1001
2025 MadhattanJackTop 100 Music Albums of 19833/1005
2025 LadyGodivaTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s8/10019
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 228
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 1,133
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Head Over Heels ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 278 votes)
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5 days ago luiz  Ratings distribution  4775/100
 
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01/16/2026 10:56 Pluto11  Ratings distribution  12,06472/100
 
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11/16/2025 21:02 LukasAntoine00s  Ratings distribution  38380/100
 
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11/12/2025 23:17 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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11/10/2025 13:27 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,70370/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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90/100
From 08/10/2018 11:54 | #219476
It's wonderful! Listened to it for the first time on a late night walk and it gave me chills. I've been hooked on this lovely band ever since.
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From 01/11/2017 01:37 | #182208
Sugar Hiccup and In My Angelhood are possibly my two favourite Cocteau's songs
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From 11/19/2016 08:43 | #178701
Es lo más maravilloso que haya escuchado en mi vida. Digo, quizás no sea objetivamente el mejor álbum del mundo, pero la fuerza que tiene sobre mí es incontenible.
Qué lástima que el resto de la discrografía del grupo no esté a la altura de esta exquisitez.
También me parece desafortunado que teniendo otros trabajos casi tan espectaculares como este, "Heaven Or Las Vegas" se lleve siempre toda la atención.
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From 08/26/2016 01:18 | #173508
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From 09/01/2014 03:50 | #120905
this is my favorite CT album, with Heaven Or Las Vegas as a close second. one of the things i like about this one is that it serves as a transition point between their earlier goth influences (as on Garlands) and the shimmery dream-pop of their later work.
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From 03/03/2014 18:19 | #105295
A masterpiece in dream pop. The classic album to float away on.
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90/100
From 12/14/2012 00:45 | #57832
Musette & Drums and Sugar Hiccup are the highlights
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From 10/21/2012 20:37 | #53054
Sugar Hiccup.
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90/100
From 09/01/2011 01:39 | #26897
I really like this a lot for its darkness. However I can understand why more ppl prefer Treasure and Heaven or Las Vegas, me myself included. I can't really tell which one of the three I love more. It just depends on the everyday mood I'm in.

Treasure is more like a dark and gloomy dream with hopes for the sunlight. Heaven is sweet and consistently fluent like a water flow. But this one is a journey through the endless hell.

That being said, I probably wouldn't like this everyday while I could like Treasure and Heaven everyday, but it's really good, and not pretentious at all, unlike some other underground independent music.
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95/100
From 08/20/2011 19:11 | #26487
Come on people! This album needs more love here!
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