Snow (EP)
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| EP by Cocteau Twins | ||||
| Released | December 1993 | |||
| Recorded | Recorded and mixed at September Sound, London | |||
| Genre | Dream pop | |||
| Length | 5:45 | |||
| Label | Fontana - COCCD 1 | |||
| Producer | Cocteau Twins | |||
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Snow is a 1993 EP by Cocteau Twins, released in December 1993 on Fontana Records. It contains cover versions of the Christmas standards "Frosty the Snowman" and "Winter Wonderland". It is out of print, though its tracks appear on the compilation Lullabies to Violaine.
Snow was released in extremely limited quantities; one expert suggested that fewer than 5,000 copies were made. One of the songs on the album, "Frosty the Snowman," was recorded more than a year before Snow's release, for an album to accompany a year-end issue of Volume.Robin Guthrie was reluctant to record secular holiday songs, so the group opted to record nondenominational songs instead.
Snow received fairly positive reviews from contemporary music critics despite its limited release. AllMusic's Ned Raggett called the EP "perfectly enjoyable", noted its calmness and praised Elizabeth Fraser' vocal performance.Hybrid Magazine's Tom Topkoff noted that the songs sounded similar to the group's non-holiday songs and declared that the album was "sure to bring you joy during each holiday season".Pitchfork named "Frosty the Snowman" the 36th best holiday song of all time.
Adapted from Discogs and Allmusic.
Adapted from AllMusic.
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