Sunburst and Snowblind

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{{Infobox album

| name = Sunburst and Snowblind

| type = EP

| artist = Cocteau Twins

| cover = Cocteautwins sunburst.png

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1983|11|18|df=y}}

| recorded = 1983 at Palladium Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Gothic rock|ethereal wave}}

| length = 14:33

| label = 4AD

| producer = Cocteau Twins, John Fryer

| chronology = Cocteau Twins

| prev_title = Head over Heels

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = The Spangle Maker

| next_year = 1984

}}{{album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/sunburst-and-snowblind-mw0000763470 |title=Sunburst and Snowblind – Cocteau Twins : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic |last=Raggett |first=Ned |work=AllMusic |accessdate=October 4, 2012}}

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Sunburst and Snowblind is an EP by Scottish alternative rock band Cocteau Twins. It was released on 18 November 1983 through the label 4AD.{{cite news |title=Independent Labels: Tracking... |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1983/Music-Week-1983-11-12-IDX-44.pdf |work=Music Week |publisher=Morgan-Grampian|page=32|location=London|editor-last=White|editor-first=Chris|date=12 November 1983}} The EP features "Sugar Hiccup" from the album Head over Heels, as well as three other tracks. The title is taken from the first line in the opening track of Head Over Heels, "When Mama Was Moth".

"From the Flagstones" and "Hitherto" were later included on the 1986 compilation album The Pink Opaque, and the entire EP was included on in 1991's The Box Set. All songs except "Because of Whirl-Jack" have been performed live. Unlike many Cocteau Twins songs, "Sugar Hiccup" and "From the Flagstones" have discernible English lyrics.

The EP was later reissued as an appendage to the CD version of Head Over Heels in the United Kingdom, Brazil and Canada.

Track listing

{{track listing

| all_writing = Elizabeth Fraser and Robin Guthrie

| title1 = Sugar Hiccup

| length1 = 3:41

| title2 = From the Flagstones

| length2 = 3:39

| title3 = Hitherto

| length3 = 3:56

| title4 = Because of Whirl-Jack

| length4 = 3:29

}}

Personnel

Production

Charts

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|+ Chart performance for Sunburst and Snowblind

! scope="col"| Chart (1983)

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{{single chart|UK|86|date=19831127|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2021}}

References

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Category:Cocteau Twins albums

Category:1983 EPs

Category:4AD EPs

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