Heaven or Las Vegas (1990)

Robin Guthrie's shimmering, chorus-soaked guitars and Simon Raymonde's melodic bass lines frame Elizabeth Fraser's soaring voice, here singing words you can mostly make out, unlike on earlier Cocteau Twins records. The songs, written around the birth of her daughter, glow with warmth. Iceblink Luck is the brightest way in to the sound so much dream pop later borrowed.