Heaven or Las Vegas (Single)
- October 1990
- Capitol Records
- DPRO-79291A
- 11 min, 34 sec
Track listing
- Heaven or Las Vegas (edit)
- Dials
- Heaven or Las Vegas (album version)
Formats
- Vinyl
- CD
- Digital (limited)
Performers
Release notes
- Written, recorded, and produced by Cocteau Twins at September Sound, London.
- Peaked at #9 on the US alternative singles chart.
- The “edit” version of “Heaven or Las Vegas” was featured in the promotional video.
- “Dials” was used as the prelude music for live performances during 1990/1991, and was included on the bonus disc of the 1991 EPs and Singles Box Set.
- The album version of “Heaven or Las Vegas” is featured on the 2000 collection Stars and Topsoil.
Listen and buy online
Video
“Heaven or Las Vegas” © 1990 4AD.
Press
- Marc Jacobs ‘Heaven Or Las Vegas’ Capsule Collection Is Inspired By Cocteau Twins
- 4AD.com | 11-Nov 2022
- Cocteau Twins win inaugural ‘modern Scots classic’ album award
- The Herald Scotland | 6-Oct 2022
- Cocteau Twins featured on Spotify’s ‘Bandsplain’ podcast
- NEWS | 16-Sep 2021
- Miley Cyrus Performs Cover of “Heaven or Las Vegas” … in Las Vegas
- NEWS | 06-Jul 2021
- “Six Definitive Songs: The ultimate beginner’s guide to Cocteau Twins”
- Far Out | Jul 2021
- BBC Radio 6 Inducts Heaven or Las Vegas Into Music Album Club
- BBC Radio 6 | 30-Jun 2021
- Re-creating the Sound of Cocteau Twins: Guitars, Synth Keys, and Drum Machine Beats
- YouTube | 10-Apr 2021
- The Genius of… ‘Heaven or Las Vegas’ by Cocteau Twins
- Guitar.com | 30 Dec 2020
- Heaven or Las Vegas among Rolling Stone’s ‘500 Greatest Albums of All Time’
- Rolling Stone | 22-Sep 2020
- “‘Heaven or Las Vegas,’ the Troubled Paradise of Cocteau Twins”
- Addict-Culture | 17-Sep 2020
- “30 Years in Heaven or Las Vegas”
- OpusZine | 17-Sep 2020
- Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde on ‘Heaven or Las Vegas’ (which just turned 30)
- Brooklyn Vegan | 17-Sep 2020
- “The Infallible Legacy of ‘Heaven or Las Vegas’ 30 Years On”
- Pop Dust | 17-Sep 2020
- “30th Anniversary of Cocteau Twins’ Heaven or Las Vegas Album”
- Reviewsphere | Sep-15 2020
- Cocteau Twins’ ‘Heaven or Las Vegas’ Turns 30 - Anniversary Retrospective
- Albumism | 14-Sep 2020
- “Indie Basement: Top Albums of 1990”
- Brooklyn Vegan | 8-Sep 2020
- Cocteau Twins’ Heaven or Las Vegas still offers sweet salvation 30 years on
- ABC Double J (Australia) | Aug-24 2020
- “The 25 Best Dream Pop Albums of All Time”
- Paste Magazine | 24-Aug 2020
- “A Buyer’s Guide to Cocteau Twins”
- Sun-13 | 6-Aug 2020
- Tim Burgess and Simon Raymonde co-host Twitter ‘Listening Party’ for Heaven or Las Vegas
- NEWS | 3-Apr 2020
- “An Introduction to Cocteau Twins in Five Songs”
- KTSW 89.9 Blog | 30-Sep 2019
- “The 30 Best Dream Pop Albums”
- Pitchfork | 16-Apr 2018
- “Heaven or Las Vegas is 26 today”
- Form Design Blog | 16-Sep 2017
- The Cocteau Twins’ 1990 Release “Heaven Or Last Vegas” Remains Beyond Blissful
- No Recess! | 16-May 2017
- The dreamy pop refinement of Cocteau Twins’ ‘Heaven or Las Vegas’
- NOOGA Today | 25-Feb 2017
- Review Blue Bell Knoll and Heaven or Las Vegas
- The Quietus | 1-Aug 2014
- Reviews of Blue Bell Knoll and Heaven or Las Vegas
- Pitchfork | 16-Jul 2014
- “Twin Peaks”
- Q | Aug 2014
- “Divine Rapture: Simon Raymonde revisits Cocteau Twins’ purple patch”
- The Skinny | 1-Jul 2014
- “Cocteau Twins: The Complete Guide”
- Clash | 14-Jul 2014
- Review of Heaven or Las Vegas
- Sputnik Music | 16-Jan 2005
- “Ether Madness”
- Uncut | Apr 2003
- “Top 100 Albums of the 1990s”
- Pitchfork | 17-Nov 2003
- Profile: Robin Guthrie
- Guitar Player | Feb 1991
- Untitled
- Q | Feb 1991
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- Melody Maker | 12-Jan 1991
- “Cocteau Twins”
- Thrust | 08-Jan 1991
- “This is a tale of great expectations”
- Details | Jan 1991
- “Atlanta’s Epiphany”
- Footnotes | 6-Nov 1990
- “No Kidding”
- Vox | Nov 1990
- “The ‘Teau Nailed”
- International Musician & Recording World | Nov 1990
- “Nappy Hour”
- 1990
- Cocteau Twins: Heaven or Las Vegas
- Q | Oct 1990
- “Polished Plebians”
- Alternative Press | 01-Oct 1990
- “Heavenly Bodies”
- Select | Oct 1990
- “Viva Las Vegas”
- Select | Oct 1990
- “The Dareable Twins”
- Making Music | Oct 1990
- “Crash! Bang! Wallop! The Cocteau Twins are back!”
- NME/New Musical Express | 22-Sep 1990
- Review of Heaven or Las Vegas
- NME/New Musical Express | 15-Sep 1990
- “Thank Heaven for Little Girls”
- Sounds | 15-Sep 1990
- Heaven Scent: A review of Heaven or Las Vegas
- Sounds | 15-Sep 1990
- “Missing Blink”
- Record Mirror | 08-Sep 1990
- “What’s the meaning of life?”
- Record Mirror | 08-Sep 1990
- “Bringing Up Baby”
- Melody Maker | 25-Aug 1990