Sorry, Liz.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 22 May 2009 05:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Easy... Kristin all the way..
― Jack Battery-Pack, Friday, 22 May 2009 06:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Who do I choose?
Well, I'm as puzzled as the oyster, me.
― Mark G, Friday, 22 May 2009 07:08 (fourteen years ago) link
here i stan, i can no other: voted kristin.
― joe, Friday, 22 May 2009 10:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Liz.
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 22 May 2009 10:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Kristin, no doubt.
― I don't care if you're blah, quite purple... (kingkongvsgodzilla), Friday, 22 May 2009 12:15 (fourteen years ago) link
LIZ!
― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 22 May 2009 14:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 1 June 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
No tears from me!
― Born Again Atheist (Bimble), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 23:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Appropriate, really, that this polling series ended with such a relative whisper. Suits the style of both ladies.
― "alt-black" (Pillbox), Thursday, 4 June 2009 21:10 (fourteen years ago) link
i guess this means i have to listen to some Elizabeth Fraser?
― Surmounter, Friday, 5 June 2009 00:02 (fourteen years ago) link
You mean you haven't heard the Cocteau Twins yet?
― Born Again Atheist (Bimble), Friday, 5 June 2009 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link
OH RIGHT
that's something i need to dive into more, i think i might be at the proper stage
so this was like a Cocteau vs. Hersh poll?
― Surmounter, Friday, 5 June 2009 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Well I don't think it's quite fair to say that, but Liz hasn't done very much outside of the Cocteaus, just guesting here and there on other people's records, basically.
― Born Again Atheist (Bimble), Friday, 5 June 2009 02:43 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4VJAyu4KNI
― Born Again Atheist (Bimble), Friday, 5 June 2009 02:47 (fourteen years ago) link
liz did some work outside of cocteau twins but the only things of real note are the two tracks on the first This Mortal Coil album (which hardly counts) and 'teardrop' on the massive attack album (which is probably her only 'hit')
― akm, Friday, 5 June 2009 03:54 (fourteen years ago) link
AND the song "Downside Up" that Peter Gabriel wrote but that she sang as a duet with the singer of the Blue Nile. But I've already talked about that one too much here, I think.
― Born Again Atheist (Bimble), Friday, 5 June 2009 04:18 (fourteen years ago) link
And how about those backing vocals on Felt's "Primitive Painters", let's not forget that one!
I don't know how you can say the This Mortal Coil tracks don't count, though - it seems to me more folks are enamored with "Song To The Siren" than they are the Cocteaus and the vocals are all hers on those tracks as well.
Which brings me to wonder - what DID actually happen to that first Liz solo album that was rumored for so long anyway?
― Born Again Atheist (Bimble), Friday, 5 June 2009 04:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Ah well someone will point me to wiki, so it may as well be me...
In December 2006 New Music Express magazine reported that her solo album was due for release in early 2007. The album would have contained eight tracks, one of which is to be a cover version. No titles were announced and the album was never released. Its current status is unknown.
― Born Again Atheist (Bimble), Friday, 5 June 2009 04:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Hey now, let's not forget that one Medicine remix..
― "alt-black" (Pillbox), Friday, 5 June 2009 04:36 (fourteen years ago) link
the only actual solo thing she's properly released is the track on that rough trade 'stop me if you've heard this one before' comp
― the ring toun (electricsound), Friday, 5 June 2009 04:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Call yourselves fans! What about her appearances on Dif Juz's "Love Insane," Moose's "Play God," or the Future Sound of London's "Lifeforms"?
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 5 June 2009 11:48 (fourteen years ago) link
and that crappy BOM 7"
― the ring toun (electricsound), Friday, 5 June 2009 11:59 (fourteen years ago) link
http://proxy19.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/elizabeth-fraser-collaborations-solo-works/
― the ring toun (electricsound), Friday, 5 June 2009 12:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Ah look! A proper list, then, just what we needed. Yeah I thought about that Dif Juz track later, but to be honest I never liked it much.
― Born Again Atheist (Bimble), Friday, 5 June 2009 16:01 (fourteen years ago) link
'downside up' is crappy despite it's pedigree, like everything else on that OVO record (except for "father son")
― akm, Friday, 5 June 2009 21:07 (fourteen years ago) link
i meant it barely counted because it's basically cocteau twins, to me.
― akm, Friday, 5 June 2009 21:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh, I see what you mean.
Yeah I did a poll that included that song, but her cover version came in last in the results, which doesn't really surprise me.
― Crispy Ambulance Douchebag (Bimble), Friday, 5 June 2009 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link
"I Am the Crime" by The Wolfgang Press:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GABq2_DvGjM
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 5 June 2009 22:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Damn, that's a good old one! *whew* Haven't heard that one in ages, thanks.
― Crispy Ambulance Douchebag (Bimble), Saturday, 6 June 2009 04:45 (fourteen years ago) link