It'll End in (Bimble's) Tears: Kristin vs. Liz 4AD Grudge Match to the DEATH

Liz!

Ohhhhh no. No no no. Arrrrgh.

Mommy daddy dont make me choose.

Sorry, Liz.

Easy... Kristin all the way..

Who do I choose?

Well, I'm as puzzled as the oyster, me.

here i stan, i can no other: voted kristin.

Liz.

Kristin, no doubt.

LIZ!

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

No tears from me!

Appropriate, really, that this polling series ended with such a relative whisper. Suits the style of both ladies.

i guess this means i have to listen to some Elizabeth Fraser?

You mean you haven't heard the Cocteau Twins yet?

OH RIGHT

that's something i need to dive into more, i think i might be at the proper stage

so this was like a Cocteau vs. Hersh poll?

Well I don't think it's quite fair to say that, but Liz hasn't done very much outside of the Cocteaus, just guesting here and there on other people's records, basically.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4VJAyu4KNI

liz did some work outside of cocteau twins but the only things of real note are the two tracks on the first This Mortal Coil album (which hardly counts) and 'teardrop' on the massive attack album (which is probably her only 'hit')

AND the song "Downside Up" that Peter Gabriel wrote but that she sang as a duet with the singer of the Blue Nile. But I've already talked about that one too much here, I think.

And how about those backing vocals on Felt's "Primitive Painters", let's not forget that one!

I don't know how you can say the This Mortal Coil tracks don't count, though - it seems to me more folks are enamored with "Song To The Siren" than they are the Cocteaus and the vocals are all hers on those tracks as well.

Which brings me to wonder - what DID actually happen to that first Liz solo album that was rumored for so long anyway?

Ah well someone will point me to wiki, so it may as well be me...

In December 2006 New Music Express magazine reported that her solo album was due for release in early 2007. The album would have contained eight tracks, one of which is to be a cover version. No titles were announced and the album was never released. Its current status is unknown.

Hey now, let's not forget that one Medicine remix..

the only actual solo thing she's properly released is the track on that rough trade 'stop me if you've heard this one before' comp

Call yourselves fans! What about her appearances on Dif Juz's "Love Insane," Moose's "Play God," or the Future Sound of London's "Lifeforms"?

and that crappy BOM 7"

http://proxy19.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/elizabeth-fraser-collaborations-solo-works/

Ah look! A proper list, then, just what we needed. Yeah I thought about that Dif Juz track later, but to be honest I never liked it much.

'downside up' is crappy despite it's pedigree, like everything else on that OVO record (except for "father son")

I don't know how you can say the This Mortal Coil tracks don't count, though - it seems to me more folks are enamored with "Song To The Siren" than they are the Cocteaus and the vocals are all hers on those tracks as well.

i meant it barely counted because it's basically cocteau twins, to me.

Oh, I see what you mean.

the only actual solo thing she's properly released is the track on that rough trade 'stop me if you've heard this one before' comp

Yeah I did a poll that included that song, but her cover version came in last in the results, which doesn't really surprise me.

"I Am the Crime" by The Wolfgang Press:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GABq2_DvGjM

Damn, that's a good old one! *whew* Haven't heard that one in ages, thanks.