Snow (single)

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title: "Snow (single)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1993-singles", "cocteau-twins-songs"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_(single)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Snow
type	single
artist	Cocteau Twins
cover	Snow (EP) cover.jpg
released	December 1993
studio	September Sound, London
genre	Dream pop
length	5:45
label	Fontana
producer	Cocteau Twins
prev_title	Evangeline
prev_year	1993
next_title	Bluebeard
next_year	1994
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| name = Snow | type = single | artist = Cocteau Twins | cover = Snow (EP) cover.jpg | alt = | released = December 1993 | recorded = | studio = September Sound, London | genre = Dream pop | length = 5:45 | label = Fontana | producer = Cocteau Twins | prev_title = Evangeline | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = Bluebeard | next_year = 1994

Snow is a 1993 single released by Scottish band Cocteau Twins, released in December 1993 on Fontana Records. It contains cover versions of the Christmas standards "Frosty the Snowman" and "Winter Wonderland". It is out of print, though its tracks appear on the compilation Lullabies to Violaine.

Background

Snow was released in extremely limited quantities; one expert suggested that fewer than 5,000 copies were made. One of the songs, "Frosty the Snowman," was recorded more than a year before *Snow'''s release, for an album to accompany a year-end issue of *Volume''. Robin Guthrie was reluctant to record Christmas songs, so the group opted to record non-specific winter songs instead.

Critical reception

| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = Snow received fairly positive reviews from contemporary music critics despite its limited release. AllMusic's Ned Raggett called the EP "perfectly enjoyable," noted its calmness and praised Elizabeth Fraser's vocal performance. Hybrid Magazine'''s Tom Topkoff noted that the songs sounded similar to the group's non-holiday songs and declared that the album was "sure to bring you joy during each holiday season." Everett True from Melody Maker wrote, "What's truly magical is the second track, "Frosty the Snowman", done in the style of the old Cocteaus (ie: you can't work out what the f** Liz is singing about, and furthermore you don't care)." *Pitchfork'' named Cocteau Twins’ "Frosty the Snowman" the 36th best holiday song of all time.

Track listing

Adapted from Discogs and AllMusic.

1. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Dick Smith) – 2:50
2. "Frosty the Snowman" (Steve Nelson, Jack Rollins) – 2:55

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.

• Elizabeth Fraser – vocals
• Robin Guthrie – guitar
• Simon Raymonde – bass guitar
• Lifeboat Matey – image processing
• Lincoln Fong – additional engineering
• Andy Earl – photography
• Cocteau Twins – producer

Charts

::data[format=table title="Chart performance for "Winter Wonderland/Frosty the Snowman""] | Chart (1993) | Peak position | |---|---| ::

References

References

1. "Cocteau Twins: Discography".
2. "Lullabies to Violaine". RhythmOne.
3. "Hybrid Music Reviews: Cocteau Twins Snow EP". MacHighway.
4. [{{AllMusic
5. True, Everett. (11 December 1993). "Singles".
6. (21 November 2016). "The 50 Best Holiday Songs of All Time (pg. 2)". Condé Nast.
7. (December 1993). "Cocteau Twins – Snow (overview)".
8. "Credits". RhytmnOne.

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