Love's Easy Tears

Love's Easy Tears
EP by Cocteau Twins
Released	1 September 1986
Genre	Ethereal wave, dream pop
Length	13:32
Label	4AD - BAD 610
Producer	Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins chronology
Victorialand (1986) Love's Easy Tears (1986) The Moon and the Melodies (1986)

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Love's Easy Tears is an EP by the Scottish band Cocteau Twins. It was released by 4AD in September 1986 as a 12" single and later re-released with the 4th track Orange Appled included. It is the 8th EP released by the band.

Track listing

All songs written and produced by Cocteau Twins

7": 4AD / AD 610 (UK)

1. "Love's Easy Tears" - 3:36
2. "Those Eyes, That Mouth" - 3:37

12": 4AD / BAD 610 (UK)

1. "Love's Easy Tears" - 3:36
2. "Those Eyes, That Mouth" - 3:37
3. "Sigh's Smell of Farewell" - 3:33

CD: 4AD / BAD 610 CD (UK)

1. "Love's Easy Tears" - 3:36
2. "Those Eyes, That Mouth" - 3:37
3. "Sigh's Smell of Farewell" - 3:33
4. "Orange Appled" - 2:46
5. "Crushed" - 3:20

• CD released in 1991

Reception

It was critically well-received, with one reviewer describing the title track as "the closest thing in pop to a music for Gothic cathederals".^[1]

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