Four-Calendar Café

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Four-Calendar Café
Studio album by Cocteau Twins
Released	November 1993
Recorded	September Sound, London 1993
Genre	Rock
Length	41:23
Label	Fontana Records
Producer(s)	Cocteau Twins
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Cocteau Twins chronology
Heaven or Las Vegas (1990)	Four-Calendar Café (1993)	Milk and Kisses (1996)

Four-Calendar Café is the eighth and penultimate album by Cocteau Twins. It was originally released in 1993 on Fontana.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Cocteau Twins

1. "Know Who You Are at Every Age" – 3:42
2. "Evangeline" – 4:31
3. "Bluebeard" – 3:56
4. "Theft, and Wandering Around Lost" – 4:30
5. "Oil of Angels" – 4:38
6. "Squeeze-Wax" – 3:49
7. "My Truth" – 4:34
8. "Essence" – 3:02
9. "Summerhead" – 3:39
10. "Pur" – 5:02

[edit] Personnel

• Elizabeth Fraser - vocals, songwriting & production
• Robin Guthrie - guitar, songwriting & production
• Simon Raymonde - bass, songwriting & production
• Ben Blakeman - additional guitar
• Mitsuo Tate - additional guitar
• Benny DiMassa - drums, percussion
• David Palfreeman - drums, percussion
• Lincoln Fong - additional engineering

[edit] Miscellanea

• The songs "Bluebeard" and "Know Who You Are at Every Age" were covered by Cantopop artist Faye Wong for her 1994 album "Wu Si Lyun Seung" or "Random Thoughts". "Bluebeard" was renamed to become the album's title track, and "Know Who You Are at Every Age" became "Ji Gei Ji Bei" or "Know Yourself and Know the Others."

In his travelogue 'Blue Highways', William Least-Heat Moon describes his theory regarding how to find the best diner in small town America. The more local business calendars that are on display, the better. A four-calendar café is at the top of the scale!