Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd The Moon and the Melodies 2LP Orange Vinyl It’s about the dark side

It’s about the dark side of love: jealousy

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Tracks 1 Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 2 Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum 3 Peace Train - Cat Stevens 4 Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam 5 Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) - the Hollies 6 I Want to Take You Higher - Ike and Tina Turner 7 Up Around the Bend - Creedence Clearwater Revival 8 Spill the Wine - Eric Burdon & War 9 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Leon Russell 10 Act Naturally - Buck Owens 11 Express Yourself - Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band 12 Titans Spirit (Score) Format: Vinyl

Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd The Moon and the Melodies 2LP Orange Vinyl It’s about the dark sideThe Moon and the Melodies is a singular record within the Cocteau Twins catalogue unusually ethereal, even by their standards, and largely instrumental, guided by the free form improvisations of Harold Budd, an ambient pioneer who had drifted into their orbit as if by divine intervention. Building on the atmospheric bliss of Victorialand, released earlier the same year, it signaled a possible future for the trio, yet it was a path theyd never take