The group's debut album for Fontana, Four-Calendar Cafe, was released in October 1993. Its gossamer melodies and largely upbeat pop bely the turmoil the group were going through. Barney Hoskyns, writing in Mojo, said that Four-Calendar Café was "the most poignant, heartrending Cocteaus record of all, an album of naked confession and raw beauty . . . Sadness never sounded so luscious." Simon Raymonde agreed: "I think in time people will realise what a great album Four-Calendar Café is. Because I think it's beautiful." Led by the single Evangeline, the reached No 13 in the UK album chart and is much-loved by fans.
Tracklist:
A1 Know Who You Are At Every Age
A2 Evangeline
A3 Bluebeard
A4 Theft, And Wandering Around Lost
A5 Oil Of Angels B1Squeeze-Wax
B2 My Truth
B3 Essence
B4 Summerhead
B5 Pur
