Which is the best album by Cocteau Twins?

Definitely Treasure.

Why is this not a poll?? Heaven or Las Vegas for me.

TREASURE, of course.

"Pandora" is one of the most perfect songs ever.

But my favorite Cocteau Twins song is "Hitherto," which was on an early EP and then the compilation, THE PINK OPAQUE.

I first heard Cocteau Twins in May 1985 on the campus radio station KANM at Texas A&M University.

"Ivo" hooked me immediately!

In the 80's I heard "Sugar Hiccup" on an alternative radio show around the time it came out and liked it. I later saw the ep Sunburst and Snowblind in a record store. I thought all the titles were clever, and the cover art was great. I bought it and liked all the songs. They seemed like an interesting band.

I still thought there were two female vocalists at that point, based on their name because I had no idea what they looked like. Later I saw some interviews in NME and stuff like that and realized it was one female vocalist and they played on stage with a reel-to-reel tape machine for drums. Their whole aesthetic seemed unusual to me. Like new age music for punks.

A year or so later Treasure came out and I saw it in the same record store. I didn't hear it at all, I just bought it based on the cover art and being intrigued. I took it home and put headphones on and played it and it blew me away.

The singer LOVED heroin for decades!

Milk & Kisses for me.

I always liked The Pink Opaque, which is an old anthology from 1986 with tracks from eps and other projects. You should also get the double collection of their eps.

Blue Bell Knoll

I found this on Youtube, never saw it before, from an old Dutch tv broadcast, the audio isn't quite synched, but it's one of my favorite songs.