Four-Calendar Cafe
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| Studio album by Cocteau Twins | ||||
| Released | 18 October 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||
| Studio | September Sound, London | |||
| Genre | Dream pop | |||
| Length | 41:23 | |||
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Fontana - 518 259-2 Capitol (US) |
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| Producer | Cocteau Twins | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| NME | (8/10) |
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| Rolling Stone | (favourable) |
| Spin | (favourable) |
Four-Calendar Café is the seventh album by Scottish band Cocteau Twins. It was originally released on 18 October 1993 on Fontana. The album distinguished itself from the rest of the Twins' catalogue in two major areas: The sound was much more pop-oriented and less ambient than previous works, and vocalist Elizabeth Fraser's lyrics were much more intelligible than usual.
The album took its title from William Least Heat-Moon's book Blue Highways, in which the author considers the quality of a restaurant by how many calendars it has hanging on its wall.NME named the album the 46th best record of 1993.
All songs written by Cocteau Twins.
The songs "Bluebeard" and "Know Who You Are at Every Age" were covered by Cantopop artist Faye Wong for her 1994 album Wu Si Lyun Seung or Random Thoughts. "Bluebeard" was renamed to become the album's title track, and "Know Who You Are at Every Age" became "Ji Gei Ji Bei" (or "Know Yourself and Each Other"). Wong's cover version of "Bluebeard" was featured in the film Chungking Express, in which she also starred.
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