Garlands
by Cocteau Twins
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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 9,415.
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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
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Garlands ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/15/2026 23:19 |  serpico | 875 | 86/100 |
| ! | 05/28/2026 17:11 | matterhornrider | 5,114 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/31/2026 02:40 |  AAL2014 | 4,134 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/18/2025 18:00 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,354 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/16/2025 19:59 |  LukasAntoine00s | 384 | 80/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.1/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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Jboy56 03/20/2024 14:04 | #302603
New Age sound, is quite airy and compelling at times..
ExTeaSea 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.
timtooky 04/02/2014 15:17 | #108311 | TOP COMMENT
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oblique and hypnotic songs which sound like simple minds on heavy drugs. the singer has a yodeling voice - in my ears it sounds unprofessional.
Their sound is unique. I quite like bands which allow the bass to have a big role.
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