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Released | February 19, 2008 | |||
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Length | 44:19 | |||
Label | Glassnote Records (US) Avex Group (JP) | |||
Producer | Danny Lohner, John Vesely | |||
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AbsolutePunk | 75% link |
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A Twist in My Story is the second studio album from Secondhand Serenade. It was released on February 19,2008,on Glassnote. The album features the songs "Maybe" and "Your Call",which are new versions of the songs from Awake produced with a band. The first single,"Fall for You" was released on January 21,2008. The video premiered on TRL one week later.
The album debuted at number 44 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart,selling about 16,000 copies in its first week. [2]
The albums released in Australia contained a spelling error in the tracklisting,with 'A Twist In My Story' misspelled as 'A Twist In My Sotry'.
The first single from the album "Fall for You",was certified 2×Platinum by RIAA. [3] This was released in Japan on Avex Group on October 21,2009. [4]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Like a Knife" | John Vesely | 4:26 |
2. | "Fall for You" | John Vesely | 3:04 |
3. | "Maybe" | John Vesely | 3:31 |
4. | "Stranger" | John Vesely | 4:46 |
5. | "Your Call" | John Vesely | 3:54 |
6. | "Suppose" | John Vesely | 3:47 |
7. | "A Twist in My Story" | John Vesely | 4:08 |
8. | "Why?" | John Vesely | 4:13 |
9. | "Stay Close, Don't Go" | John Vesely | 3:34 |
10. | "Pretend" | John Vesely | 3:30 |
11. | "Goodbye" | John Vesely | 5:27 |
Total length: | 44:19 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Tested and True" | John Vesely | 3:23 |
13. | "The Making of A Twist in My Story" (Video) | John Vesely | 4:56 |
14. | "Last Time" (Available if pre-ordered on iTunes) | John Vesely | 4:45 |
Total length: | 55:54 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Your Call" (Radio version) | John Vesely | 3:54 |
13. | "Fall for You" (Acoustic version) | John Vesely | 3:09 |
14. | "Like a Knife" (Acoustic version) | John Vesely | 4:26 |
15. | "Last Time" | John Vesely | 4:45 |
16. | "Fix You" (Coldplay cover) (featuring Juliet Simms of Automatic Loveletter) | Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin | 5:00 |
Total length: | 64:04 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "Secondhand Serenade: A Firsthand Look" | |
13. | "Vulnerable" (Music video) | |
14. | "Fall for You" (Music video) | |
15. | "The Making of the "Fall for You" video" | |
16. | "Your Call" (Music video) | |
17. | ""The Making of the "Your Call" video" |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Fall for You" (Acoustic version) | John Vesely | 3:09 |
13. | "Like a Knife" (Acoustic version) | John Vesely | 4:26 |
14. | "Last Time" | John Vesely | 4:45 |
15. | "Fix You" (Coldplay cover) (feauting Juliet Simms of Automatic Loveletter) | Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin | 5:00 |
16. | "Only Hope" (Demo) | John Vesely | 3:33 |
Total length: | 64:23 |
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