This Mortal Coil is still the stuff of legend today, and few supergroups produced music quite as beautiful as theirs.

Initially written by Alex Chilton for what’s known as Third – the unfinished third album by Big Star – Kangaroo was resurrected by This Mortal Coil in 1984, covered by Jeff Buckley at live ...

This Mortal Coil's 1983 cover is arguably the definitive version of the song, an art-pop masterpiece carried by a tremendous vocal performance from Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins.