Wane" was included on the 1985 compilation The Pink Opaque. Garlands was remastered and re-released by 4AD in 2003. The first pressing incorrectly labelled the track "Blood Bitch" as "Blood Bath", but this was subsequently corrected. Garlands was re-released on vinyl as part of a box set in 2010 and as an LP with the original sleeve artwork in 2020. Reception and legacy Though it was their first record, by 2 August 1982 the album had reached number 14 on the UK Indie Albums chart. Sounds critic Helen Fitzgerald called the album "bloody good. A fluid frieze of wispy images made all the more haunting by Elizabeth's distilled vocal maturity, fluctuating from a brittle fragility to a voluble dexterity with full range and power". However, Cocteau Twins' roadie Collin Wallace recalled that "Garlands was written off in the UK as another Siouxsie copy band, and Elisabeth [Fraser] was a huge Siouxsie fan." Spin wrote that the album "[sounds] like Siouxsie and the Banshees with echo and smeared mascara". In its review of the album, AllMusic was generally critical, writing that "Garlands falters due to something the band generally avoided in the future – overt repetition. [...] As a debut effort, though, Garlands makes its own curious mark, preparing the band for greater heights". In a positive 2020 review, Dom Gourley of Under the Radar stated that the album "represented a year zero for alternative guitar music," adding that "songs like 'Wax and Wane' and 'But I’m Not' undoubtedly influenced a generation of effects pedalled guitar slingers decades on." In 2021, Mark Clifford of Seefeel praised the album's production and use of drum machine backing: "I don’t think they get credited enough for that. Garlands, it’s basically electronic beats with noise on top." Track listing Personnel Cocteau Twins Elizabeth Fraser – vocals, production Robin Guthrie – guitar, drum machine, production Will Heggie – bass guitar, production with: Cindy Sharp - backing vocals on "Dear Heart", "Hearsay Please" and "Hazel" Technical Ivo Watts-Russell – production Eric Radcliffe – engineering at Blackwing Studios John Fryer – engineering at Blackwing Studios 23 Envelope – sleeve design, photography and art direction References External links 1982 debut albums Cocteau Twins albums 4AD albums Post-punk albums by Scottish artists