Four-Calendar Café
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Four-Calendar Café is the eighth and penultimate album
by three-piece Scottish band Cocteau Twins
. It was originally released in 1993 on Fontana
. The album distinguishes itself from the rest of the Twins' catalogue in two major areas: the sound is much more pop oriented and less ambient than previous works, and Liz Fraser's lyrics are much more intelligible than usual.
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 Each Other". Her cover version of "Bluebeard" was featured in the film Chungking Express
, in which Wong also starred.
: A Journey Into America, William Least Heat-Moon
outlines an "Infallible way to find honest food at just prices" in the United States, based upon the number of calendars on a café wall. A four-calendar café is not at the top of the scale, but is one away.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by three-piece Scottish band Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins were a Scottish alternative rock band active from 1979 to 1997, known for innovative instrumentation and atmospheric, non-lyrical vocals...
. It was originally released in 1993 on Fontana
Fontana Records
Fontana Records is a record label which was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records; when Philips restructured its music operations it dropped Fontana in favor of Vertigo Records. In the seventies PolyGram acquired the dormant label....
. The album distinguishes itself from the rest of the Twins' catalogue in two major areas: the sound is much more pop oriented and less ambient than previous works, and Liz Fraser's lyrics are much more intelligible than usual.
Track listing
All tracks were written by the Cocteau Twins.- "Know Who You Are at Every Age" – 3:42
- "Evangeline" – 4:31
- "BluebeardBluebeard (song)Bluebeard is a single by the Cocteau Twins. It was released by Fontana Records in February 1994. It was the second single to be released from the Four-Calendar Café album....
" – 3:56 - "Theft, and Wandering Around Lost" – 4:30
- "Oil of Angels" – 4:38
- "Squeeze-Wax" – 3:49
- "My Truth" – 4:34
- "Essence" – 3:02
- "Summerhead" – 3:39
- "Pur" – 5:02
Personnel
- Elizabeth FraserElizabeth FraserElizabeth Davidson Fraser is a Scottish singer best known as the vocalist for the pioneer alternative rock group Cocteau Twins...
- vocals, songwriting & production - Robin GuthrieRobin GuthrieRobin Guthrie is a musician best known as co-founder of the Cocteau Twins. During his career Guthrie has played guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums and other musical instruments, in addition to programming, sampling and sound processing...
- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, songwriting & production - Simon RaymondeSimon RaymondeSimon Philip Raymonde is an English musician and record producer. He is the son of the late arranger and composer, Ivor Raymonde.-Career:...
- bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, songwriting & production - Lincoln Fong - additional engineering
Cover versions
The songs "Bluebeard" and "Know Who You Are at Every Age" were covered by CantopopCantopop
Cantopop is a colloquialism for "Cantonese popular music". It is sometimes referred to as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong popular music". It is categorized as a subgenre of Chinese popular music within C-pop...
artist Faye Wong
Faye Wong
Faye Wong is a highly successful and influential Chinese singer-songwriter and actress who is usually referred to as a diva . Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong . Born in Beijing, she moved to Hong Kong in 1987 and rose to stardom in the early 1990s by singing...
for her 1994 album Wu Si Lyun Seung
Random Thoughts (Faye Wong album)
Random Thoughts is a 1994 album recorded by Chinese Cantopop singer Faye Wong when she was based in Hong Kong. It confirmed her move into alternative music and covers songs by the Cocteau Twins, whose influence she readily acknowledged....
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 Each Other". Her cover version of "Bluebeard" was featured in the film Chungking Express
Chungking Express
Chungking Express is a 1994 Hong Kong film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai. The film consists of two stories told in sequence, each about a lovesick Hong Kong policeman mulling over his relationship with a woman...
, in which Wong also starred.
Title
In his travelogue Blue HighwaysBlue Highways
Blue Highways is an autobiographical book by William Least Heat-Moon, born William Trogdon.In 1978, after separating from his wife and losing his job as a teacher, Moon, 38 at the time, decided to take an extended road trip around the United States, sticking to only the "Blue Highways." Heat-Moon...
: A Journey Into America, William Least Heat-Moon
William Least Heat-Moon
William Least Heat-Moon, the byname of William Lewis Trogdon is an American travel writer of English, Irish and Osage Nation ancestry. He is the author of a bestselling trilogy of topographical U.S. travel writing.-Biography:...
outlines an "Infallible way to find honest food at just prices" in the United States, based upon the number of calendars on a café wall. A four-calendar café is not at the top of the scale, but is one away.