_Blue Bell Knoll_

[Kari Haug <haug%si.uninett%NORUNIX.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>]

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Well, I just got a new CD last night, _Blue Bell Knoll_ by the
Cocteau Twins.  Sincere thanks to Nancy Everson for reccomending
it to me.  I picked it up at a used CD store, which was real
nice.

The album reminds me of sort of a cross between Danielle Dax and
Throwing Muses, and 10000 Maniacs.  I don't understand most of the
lyrics, and I'm not sure whether most of them are even in English,
or even a real language (as opposed to make-believe words or real
language reversed or sampled into weirdness), but I don't mind.  I
have one gripe about it, and that is the packaging.  Just one tiny
folded sheet, rather than a proper booklet.  No lyrics (even if it
is make-believe, it would be nice to sing along), and hardly any
credits.  But when the biggest complaint about an album is lack of
a lyric sheet in the pack, that's pretty good stuff.

Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and happy New Year!

    --Steve