Spin This

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Spin This
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Studio album by
Released28 April 1998
RecordedSeptember 1997-January 1998
Genre Pop rock, jangle pop, alternative rock
Length38:58
Label Elektra [1]
Producer Gavin MacKillop, Danny Wilde
Danny Wilde + The Rembrandts chronology
LP
(1995)
Spin This
(1998)
Lost Together
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Spin This is a solo album by The Rembrandts's Danny Wilde, released by Elektra Records in April 1998. [4] The album is credited to "Danny Wilde + The Rembrandts." [5] [3] As a result, the album is still technically a full Rembrandts album, despite being recorded and released during the band's first split.

Contents

Van Dyke Parks contributed arrangements to a couple of songs. [3]

Critical reception

AllMusic called the album "another collection of finely crafted pop songs." [2]

Track listing

All songs written by Danny Wilde except as indicated.

  1. "Shakespeare's Tragedy" (Wilde, Graham Edwards)
  2. "Long Walk Back" (Wilde, Jesse Valenzuela)
  3. "Out of Time" (Wilde, Edwards, Nick Trevisick, Charlie Midnight)
  4. "Wishin' Well" (Wilde, Edwards)
  5. "Summertime"
  6. "Tomorrow's Mine"
  7. "Get it Right"
  8. "Eloise" (Wilde, Edwards)
  9. "This Close to Heaven"
  10. "Beautiful Thing"

Personnel

per liner notes [6]

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References

  1. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (28 March 1998). "Danny Wilde's Life After 'Friends'". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. via Google Books.{{cite magazine}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. 1 2 "Spin This! - Danny Wilde & the Rembrandts | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  3. 1 2 3 Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958 via Google Books.
  4. SCULLEY, ALAN. "DANNY WILDE TAKES REMBRANDTS FOR SPIN MINUS ONE OF HIS FRIENDS". mcall.com.
  5. Conner, Thomas; Watts, James D. Jr. "Danny Wilde and the Rembrandts - Spin This - EastWest". Tulsa World.
  6. Spin This (liner notes). Danny Wilde + The Rembrandts. EastWest Records America. 1998. 7559-62059-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)