Victorialand / Cocteau Twins // Official website

Artwork for CD edition.

Artwork for the digital remaster re-release (2005).

Artwork from the inner sleeve.

4AD promotional postcard.

Promotional poster by 23 Envelope.

Cover of Melody Maker from 3 May 1986.

4AD promotional photo.

Elizabeth Fraser.

Robin Guthrie and Elizabeth Fraser.

“Me and Liz decided we were just going to do some tracks with just acoustics and voice as our limitations.” Robin Guthrie

Victorialand

Victorialand reached #10 on the UK albums chart.
An instrumental version of “Oomingmak” was released with the 1991 EPs and Singles Box Set.
“Lazy Calm” and “Whales Tails” have been performed live since their release.
“Oomingmak” was performed live with a new arrangement by Elizabeth Fraser during her Meltdown Festival solo performances in 2012.
An ambient remix of “Feet-Like Fins,” by Mark Clifford, appears on the 1995 EP Otherness.
“Lazy Calm” and “The Thinner the Air” appear on the 2000 compilation Stars and Topsoil.
Victorialand was digitally remastered and re-released by 4AD in 2003.
In 2020, 4AD re-released Victorialand with remastered audio pressed to 140 gram vinyl and the original 23 Envelope artwork and photography.
The title takes its name from a land mass in Antarctica.

Untitled. Jamming.
“Cocteau Cabinet”. Chris Roberts. Sounds. 4-Jan 1986.
“Christmas with the Cocteaus”. Barney Hoskyns. Jan 1986.
“Ooh, Baby”. Mat Snow. NME/New Musical Express. 12-Apr 1986.
“Waking Dreamers”. Ted Mico. Melody Maker. 3-May 1986.
“Review of Victorialand”. Ted Mico. Melody Maker. 16-Aug 1986.
“A British Trio Creates Haunting Melodies”. Dave Rimmer. Detour. 1986.
“That Which Cannot Be Spoken: Divining the Heavenly Sound of Cocteau Twins”. Stephen Dark. Option: Music Alternatives. May/Jun 1987.
“Ether Madness”. David Stubbs. Uncut. Apr 2003.
“Cocteau Twins: Victorialand”. Sputnik Music. 22-May 2016.
“Cocteau Twins Announce Garlands and Victorialand Reissues”. Noah Yoo. Pitchfork. 30-Jan 2020.