Jewellery Quarter (album)

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Jewellery Quarter
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Studio album by
The Twang
Released3 August 2009
Recorded2008–2009
Genre Indie rock
Length44:06
Label B-Unique Records
The Twang chronology
Love It When I Feel Like This
(2007)		Jewellery Quarter
(2009)		 10:20
(2012)
Singles from Jewellery Quarter
  1. "Barney Rubble"
    Released: 27 July 2009
  2. "Encouraging Sign"
    Released: 18 October 2009 (download only)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 42/100 [1]
Review scores
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Drowned in Sound 2/10 [3]
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NME 3/10 [7]
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Uncut 6/10 [9]

Jewellery Quarter is the second album by The Twang, released on 3 August 2009. The title was announced on 7 May, along with a free download of the final track on the album (CD version), namely "Another Bus". The album's first single was later announced as "Barney Rubble". [10]

Contents

The album features a bonus disc of six tracks, including an acoustic version of the album's first single, "Barney Rubble".

On 13 July 2009, the band released the opening track, "Took The Fun", from the album on their MySpace page, and announced that there would be more songs put up each Monday until the release of the album. [11] A week later, they put up "Twit Twoo". The whole album was streamed early on We7. The latest single to be released was "Encouraging Sign".

Track listing

CD 1

  1. "Took The Fun" – 3:47
  2. "Barney Rubble" – 3:32
  3. "Twit Twoo" – 3:00
  4. "Put It On The Dancefloor" – 3:12
  5. "May I Suggest" – 3:40
  6. "Encouraging Sign" – 3:55
  7. "Got No Interest" – 3:40
  8. "Back Where We Started" – 3:27
  9. "Answer My Call" – 4:29
  10. "Live The Life" – 3:32
  11. "Williamsburg" – 3:21
  12. "Another Bus" – 4:31
  13. "Every Part (iTunes bonus track)" - 3:23

CD 2

  1. "Rainy Morning"
  2. "Elusive Soul"
  3. "Anglesey"
  4. "Changing Me"
  5. "Twit To Waltz"
  6. "Barney Rubble (Acoustic)"

References

  1. ↑ "Reviews for Jewellery Quarter by The Twang". Metacritic . Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  2. ↑ O'Brien, Jon (3 August 2009). "Jewellery Quarter - The Twang". AllMusic . Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  3. ↑ Shaw, Natalie (4 August 2009). "The Twang - Jewellery Quarter". Drowned in Sound . Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  4. ↑ Simpson, Dave (31 July 2009). "The Twang: Jewellery Quarter". The Guardian . Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  5. ↑ There's nothing here to advance the small-scale acclaim gathered by their debut. [Aug 2009, p.95]
  6. ↑ Murphy, John (3 August 2009). "The Twang – Jewellery Quarter". musicOMH . Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  7. ↑ Wilkinson, Matt (4 August 2009). "Album review: The Twang - 'Jewellery Quarter'". NME . Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  8. ↑ Bruce, Gordon (8 July 2009). "The Twang - Jewellery Quarter". The Skinny . Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  9. ↑ The narcotic haze of early singles is missed, but their knack with a loping pop hook is still ever-present and their euphoric harmonies find new perches in "Back Where We Started" and "Twit Twoo." [Aug 2009, p.109]
  10. ↑ "Twang announce free download, name new album | News". Nme.Com. 7 May 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  11. ↑ "'Took The Fun' van The Twang op Myspace". Blogs.myspace.com. 13 July 2009. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
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