Great Divide (Twin Atlantic album)

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Great Divide
Twin Atlantic Great Divide album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released18 August 2014
Genre
Length42:44
Label Red Bull Records
Producer Gil Norton, Jacknife Lee
Twin Atlantic chronology
Free
(2011)
Great Divide
(2014)
GLA
(2016)

Great Divide is the third studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Twin Atlantic. [3]

Contents

On 31 March 2014 Zane Lowe premiered lead single "Heart and Soul" as the Hottest Record in the World on BBC Radio 1. It has peaked at #17 on the UK Singles Chart. On 24 August 2014, Great Divide became the band's highest charting album to date reaching #1 on the Scottish Album Charts and #6 on the UK charts.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
7BitArcade(Unfavourable) [6]
PunktasticPositive [7]

The album was included at number 23 on Kerrang!'s "The Top 50 Rock Albums Of 2014" list. [8]

Track listing

All songs are written and composed by Twin Atlantic.

No.TitleLength
1."The Ones That I Love (Intro)"3:02
2."Heart and Soul"3:37
3."Hold On"3:36
4."Fall Into The Party"3:26
5."Brothers and Sisters"3:42
6."Oceans"3:57
7."I Am An Animal"3:32
8."Be A Kid"4:14
9."Cell Mate"3:03
10."Rest In Pieces"4:04
11."Actions That Echo"3:18
12."Why Won't We Change?"3:17
Total length:42:44
Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Raise a Symphony" 
14."Globalisolation" 
15."It's Not Dead" 
16."Heart & Soul (Acoustic)" 

Weekly charts

ChartPeak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [9] 6
UK Rock1
Scotland Albums Chart1
Irish Albums Chart 77

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