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Milk and Kisses is an album by Cocteau Twins issued in 1996. It proved their last; a meeting two years later to record a new album ended with the breakup of the band.
Milk and Kisses is seen by many listeners as a return to the band's roots after the previous album Four-Calendar Café. More complex sound textures and the "wall of sound" guitar effect which was the band's trademark reappear here. Also the vocals of Elizabeth Fraser reverted to unintelligibility; the first track, "Violaine" even features backwards vocals to make recognition of her lyrics more difficult.
The song "Rilkean Heart" is an homage to Jeff Buckley, who was a lifelong lover of Rilke's work.
[edit] Track listing
- "Violaine" – 3:45
- "Serpentskirt" – 3:57
- "Tishbite" – 3:50
- "Half-Gifts" – 4:18
- "Calfskin Smack" – 4:58
- "Rilkean Heart" – 4:02
- "Ups" – 3:34
- "Eperdu" – 4:38
- "Treasure Hiding" – 4:55
- "Seekers Who Are Lovers" – 4:45
[edit] Miscellanea
- The Asian edition of Milk and Kisses contains a version of "Serpentskirt" sung by Elizabeth Fraser with C-pop artist Faye Wong on the back vocal, who later covered the acoustic version of "Rilkean Heart" in her 1997 album Faye Wong, in which Guthrie and Raymonde also wrote a new song "Yu Le Chang" ("Amusement Park") for her.
