Milk and Kisses

Milk & Kisses is an album by Cocteau Twins issued in 1996. It proved their last; a meeting two years later to record a new album ended with the breakup of the band.^[6][7]

The song "Rilkean Heart" is a homage to Jeff Buckley, who was a lifelong lover of the work of poet Rainer Maria Rilke.^[8]

The Asian edition of Milk and Kisses contains two bonus tracks ("Flock Of Soul" and "Primitive Heart")^[9] and a version of "Serpentskirt" sung by Elizabeth Fraser with C-pop artist Faye Wong as a duet. Wong later recorded an acoustic version of "Rilkean Heart" in her 1997 album Faye Wong, in which Guthrie and Raymonde also wrote a new song "Yu Le Chang" ("Amusement Park") for her.

Track listing

All tracks written by Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde

1. "Violaine" – 3:45
2. "Serpentskirt" – 3:57
3. "Tishbite" – 3:50
4. "Half-Gifts" – 4:18
5. "Calfskin Smack" – 4:58
6. "Rilkean Heart" – 4:02
7. "Ups" – 3:34
8. "Eperdu" – 4:38
9. "Treasure Hiding" – 4:55
10. "Seekers Who Are Lovers" – 4:45

Personnel

• Production – Cocteau Twins
• Engineering – Cocteau Twins, Des Ward, Lincoln Fong, and Mitsuo Tate
• Photography – Spiros Politis

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