Milk & Kisses is an album by 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...

 issued in 1996. It proved their last; a meeting two years later to record a new album ended with the breakup of the band.

The song "Rilkean Heart" is a homage to Jeff Buckley

Jeff Buckley

Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley , raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician...

, who was a lifelong lover of the work of poet Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke

René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke , better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was a Bohemian–Austrian poet. He is considered one of the most significant poets in the German language...

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The Asian edition of Milk and Kisses contains two bonus tracks ("Flock Of Soul" and "Primitive Heart") and a version of "Serpentskirt" sung by Elizabeth Fraser with C-pop

C-pop

C-pop is an abbreviation for Chinese popular music , a loosely defined musical genre by artists originating from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Others come from countries where the Chinese language is used by a large number of the population, such as Singapore and Malaysia...

 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...

 as a duet. Wong later recorded an acoustic version of "Rilkean Heart" in her 1997 album Faye Wong

Faye Wong (1997 album)

Faye Wong is a self-titled album by C-pop singer Faye Wong. Her first recording with EMI, it was recorded in Beijing and released in 1997, around the time that she relocated to Beijing after several years of success in Hong Kong....

, 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

Elizabeth Fraser

Elizabeth Davidson Fraser is a Scottish singer best known as the vocalist for the pioneer alternative rock group Cocteau Twins...

, Robin Guthrie

Robin Guthrie

Robin 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...

 and Simon Raymonde

Simon Raymonde

Simon Philip Raymonde is an English musician and record producer. He is the son of the late arranger and composer, Ivor Raymonde.-Career:...

1. "Violaine
   Violaine
   "Violaine" is a single by the Cocteau Twins. It was released by Fontana Records in July 1996. It was the second single to be released from the Milk and Kisses album, and their last ever single to be released from a non-compilation album....
   
   " – 3:45
2. "Serpentskirt" – 3:57
3. "Tishbite
   Tishbite (song)
   "Tishbite" is a single by three-piece Scottish band Cocteau Twins. It was released by Fontana Records in March 1996. It was the first single to be released from the Milk and Kisses album.Five tracks were released across two CDs...
   
   " – 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