Head Over Heels
by Cocteau Twins
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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 9,413.
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Head Over Heels track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Head Over Heels rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 90 Music Albums of 1983 | 24/90 | 4 |
| 2026 | panapsal | Top 99 Music Albums of 1983 | 9/99 | 5 |
| 2026 |  btener11 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 39/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | JamesMowbray | Top 99 Music Albums of 1983 | 10/99 | 5 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 21 Music Albums of 1983 | 13/21 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 56/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 36 Music Albums of 1983 | 7/36 | 4 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 19 Music Albums of 1983 | 8/19 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 233 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,110 | |||
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Head Over Heels ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/22/2026 15:04 | emiro | 73 | 84/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2026 23:19 |  serpico | 912 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/27/2026 01:04 | smithc4jc | 87 | 74/100 |
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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 77.5/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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Head Over Heels forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5435): By flamingyesdept BestEverAlbums 09/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5428): By ExTeaSeaHead Over Heels comments
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ilovelctr 09/01/2011 01:39 | #26897 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
philbutrin 09/01/2014 03:50 | #120905 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
btener11 08/20/2011 19:11 | #26487 | TOP COMMENT
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Come on people! This album needs more love here!
This 'Dream Pop' masterpiece magically blends celestial singalonds, middle-eastern psalms, majestic spirituals, vibrant melismas, tinkling guitars and neo-classical keyboards to create an elegant and lush sound. The songs exhibit the levity and grace of madrigals but also the gloom and pomp of requiems. Liz Fraser's emotionaly powerful vocals act as an original instrument that appears to be a conscious appropriation of Joan LaBarbara's and Meredith Monk's experiments.
Secondsoul 12/14/2012 00:45 | #57832 | TOP COMMENT
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Musette & Drums and Sugar Hiccup are the highlights (Edited)
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