Heaven or Las Vegas is the sixth album by Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, their last for the music label 4AD. In terms of chart positions, it is the most successful Cocteau Twins album, reaching number seven in the UK. Despite 4AD president Ivo Watts-Russell proclaiming it one of the best-ever releases on his label, he released the group from their contract at the end of 1990 because his relationship with the band had soured. Heaven or Las Vegas is the sixth album by Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, their last for the music label 4AD. In terms of chart positions, it is the most successful Cocteau Twins album, reaching number seven in the UK. Despite 4AD president Ivo Watts-Russell proclaiming it one of the best-ever releases on his label, he released the group from their contract at the end of 1990 because his relationship with the band had soured. false 2025-11-12 06:42:02 Heaven or Las Vegas 1990 0001-01-01 0001-01-01 49 Downtempo Dream Pop 119342 2160329 ba1d227e-49b2-31e6-b3b9-9d7d44516c3a 000fc734-b7e1-4a01-92d1-f544261b43f5 12fab6b9-4eaf-33b0-963e-cae03ac332fe /media/data/media5/Music/Cocteau Twins/Heaven or Las Vegas/folder.jpg Cocteau Twins Cocteau Twins 1 1 Cherry-Coloured Funk 03:12 1 1 Heaven or Las Vegas (edit) 03:59 1 2 Dials 02:41 1 2 Pitch the Baby 03:14 1 3 Heaven or Las Vegas 04:54 1 3 Iceblink Luck 03:18 1 4 Fifty-Fifty Clown 03:10 1 5 Heaven or Las Vegas 04:58 1 6 I Wear Your Ring 03:29 1 7 Fotzepolitic 03:30 1 8 Wolf in the Breast 03:31 1 9 Road, River and Rail 03:21 1 10 Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires 05:38 Cocteau Twins were a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997. They were formed in Grangemouth by Robin Guthrie (guitars, drum machine) and Will Heggie (bass), adding Elizabeth Fraser (vocals) in 1981 and replacing Heggie with multi-instrumentalist Simon Raymonde in 1983. The group earned critical praise for their ethereal, effects-laden sound and the soprano vocals of Fraser, whose lyrics often eschew any recognisable language. Fraser's vocals included unknown words she found in foreign language books, adding to the band's dreamy ambience. They pioneered the 1980s alternative subgenre of dream pop and helped define what would become shoegaze. They signed with the record label 4AD in 1982 and released their debut album Garlands. The addition of Raymonde in 1983 solidified their final lineup, which produced their biggest hit in the UK, "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops", peaking at No. 29 on the UK Singles Chart. In 1988 Cocteau Twins signed with Capitol Records in the United States, distributing their fifth album, Blue Bell Knoll, through a major label in the country. After the 1990 release of their most commercially successful album, Heaven or Las Vegas, the band left 4AD for Fontana Records, where they released their final two albums. After nearly 20 years together, the band disbanded in 1997 in part due to issues stemming from the disintegration of Fraser and Guthrie's romantic relationship. In 2005 the band announced that they would reunite to headline Coachella Festival and embark on a world tour but the reunion was cancelled a month later after Fraser "couldn’t bring herself to work with Guthrie". In a 2021 interview, Raymonde claimed that Cocteau Twins "will never reform".