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Working as a good primer to the Cocteau Twins stellar catalogue, Stars and Topsoil – A Collection (1982–1990) brings together tracks released during the group's time on 4AD.

Label founder Ivo Watts-Russell candidly revealed that this album wasn’t just his favourite Cocteaus album but also his favourite all-time 4AD album.

Freed to now make music how they wanted and with no clock to beat, they rose to the challenge of producing it themselves with real aplomb, introducing a new pop sensibility to their sound.

Marshallreturned to Memphis, TN, where she recorded What Would the Community Think nearly a decade earlier, to make an homage to the Southern soul and pop she listened to as a young girl.

Eight years is a long time in almost any artist's career, but in Cat Power's case, it's an even more sizable gulf, as Chan Marshall's collections of other people's songs reflect.

180g heavyweight vinyl with download codes. The band returned to being a trio in 1984 with guitarist Simon Raymonde joining their ranks in time for third album, Treasure.