Aikea-Guinea

Aikea-Guinea
EP by Cocteau Twins
Released 4 March 1985
Genre Ethereal
Length 14:34
Label 4AD – BAD501
Producer Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins chronology

Treasure
(1984)		 Aikea-Guinea
(1985)		 Tiny Dynamine
(1985)
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Aikea-Guinea is a March 1985 7-inch single and EP by the Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, released on 4AD. The 7-inch format features two non-album tracks, the EP also features a further two. Aikea-Guinea was included as a bonus with some Canadian pressings of Treasure. The title track also appears on the compilation disc The Pink Opaque (1985), and a remastered version appears on Stars and Topsoil (2000). On the 7-inch format the song "Kookaburra" has a short percussive introduction that is not present on the EP.

The EP was reissued in 1991 as part of The Box Set and again in 2005 as part of the Lullabies to Violaine compilation, this time with a remixed "alternate" version of the title track.

According to Robin Guthrie, "Aikea-Guinea" is a Scottish colloquialism for a seashell.[2]

Track listing

All songs written and produced by Cocteau Twins.

  1. "Aikea-Guinea" – 3:57
  2. "Kookaburra" – 3:19
  3. "Quisquose" – 4:10 (EP only)
  4. "Rococo" – 3:08 (EP only)

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
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