Garlands
by Cocteau Twins
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Cocteau Twins bestography
Garlands is ranked 6th 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 9,341.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Garlands track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Garlands 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 | Skerns | Top 85 Music Albums of 1982 | 60/85 | 2 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 41 Music Albums of 1982 | 10/41 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 20/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 86 Music Albums of 1982 | 37/86 | 3 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 55 Music Albums of 1982 | 53/55 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 99 Music Albums of 1982 | 47/99 | 3 |
| 2026 | ExTeaSea | Top 82 Music Albums of 1982 | 4/82 | 5 |
| 2026 | ExTeaSea | Top 101 - 200 Greatest Music Albums | 83/100 | - |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 72 Music Albums of 1982 | 67/72 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 128 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 420 | |||
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Garlands ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 18 hours ago | emiro | 15 | 90/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2026 23:19 |  serpico | 909 | 85/100 |
| ! | 05/28/2026 17:11 | matterhornrider | 5,162 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.1/100, a mean average of 71.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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Garlands forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5428): By ExTeaSeaGarlands comments
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Jboy56 03/20/2024 14:04 | #302603
New Age sound, is quite airy and compelling at times.. (Edited)
ExTeaSea TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/10/2018 11:56 | #219477
Magical lovely dark sound. Truly a great band.
Nobodyisemo 07/16/2017 22:09 | #194432 | TOP COMMENT
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The songwriting improves rapidly with succeeding releases. Thabkfully, they realized they didn't need to be so minor. 'Blind Dumb Deaf' is fine. The sound is so compact here; what they needed was somewhere to echo.
At this stage the Siouxsie & The Banshees influence is coming through too strong to be the truly unique band that they would go on to become.
The lush Cocteau Twins sound had yet to mature. This one's reedy and forgettable.
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