Bitter Sweet & Twisted

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Bitter Sweet & Twisted
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Studio album by
the Quireboys
Released15 March 1993 [1]
Genre Rock, hard rock
Label EMI
Producer Bob Rock
Chris Kimsey
The Quireboys chronology
A Bit of What You Fancy
(1990)		Bitter Sweet & Twisted
(1993)		 This Is Rock'N'Roll
(2001)

Bitter Sweet & Twisted is rock band the Quireboys's second studio album, released in 1993. The album was released on EMI and went into the UK Albums Chart at #31.

Contents

Three of the tracks from this album ("Tramps & Thieves", "Brother Louie" and "Last Time") were released as singles, the latter of which was only released in Japan. "Brother Louie" was the highest charting from this album, as it reached #32 on the UK Singles Chart.

The album was produced mostly by Bob Rock, some of the tracks were produced by the Rolling Stones producer Chris Kimsey. After this album, the Quireboys would split up and didn't release another studio album until 2001.

Track listing

Original release

  1. "Tramps and Thieves"
  2. "White Trash Blues"
  3. "Can't Park Here"
  4. "King of New York"
  5. "Don't Bite the Hand"
  6. "Last Time"
  7. "Debbie"
  8. "Brother Louie"
  9. "Ode to You (Baby Just Walk)"
  10. "Hates to Please"
  11. "My Saint Jude"
  12. "Take No Revenge"
  13. "Wild, Wild, Wild"
  14. "Ain't Love Blind"

Japanese bonus

  1. "Hey you (Live)"
  2. "Sweet Mary Ann (Live)"
  3. "Tramps & thieves (Live)"


Mispressed Italian First release

The initial Italian release of Bitter Sweet & Twisted used an incorrect master recording, with a different running order, omitting the single "Brother Louie" and the tracks "Don't Bite The Hand" and "Ain't Love Blind", while "My Saint Jude" is replaced by a demo version entitled "My Sweet Little Girl". "Can't Get Through" (issued as B-side of the "Brother Louie" single) was added as last track. The tracklist printed on the back cover, booklet and CD is as in the official releases [2] .

  1. "Tramps and Thieves"
  2. "White Trash Blues"
  3. "Can't Park Here"
  4. "King of New York"
  5. "Wild, Wild, Wild"
  6. "Last Time"
  7. "Debbie"
  8. "Ode to You (Baby Just Walk)"
  9. "Hates to Please"
  10. "My Sweet Little Girl (Demo)"
  11. "Take No Revenge"
  12. "Can't Get Through"


Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Japanese Albums ( Oricon ) [3] 49
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [4] 25
UK Albums (OCC) [5] 31

Personnel

Additional personnel

Singles

References

  1. ↑ "New Releases: Albums". Music Week. 20 March 1993. p. 10.
  2. ↑ "The Quireboys – Bitter Sweet & Twisted". Discogs. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Quireboys– Ranking". gosetcharts.com. 24 August 1974. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – The Quireboys – Bitter Sweet & Twisted". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Quireboys | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 4 May 2022.


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