Straight Up with a Twist

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Straight Up with a Twist
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2010
Genre Jazz (Disc 1), dance (Disc 2)
Label Fly Again Music
Kristine W chronology
The Power of Music
(2009)
Straight Up with a Twist
(2010)

Straight Up with a Twist is the fifth full-length album and the first jazz album from Kristine W, [1] [2] released on September 14, 2010. [3] The first single sent to radio, "Feel What You Want", was released to jazz stations on August 6, 2010 and was ranked number 1 on Billboard 's Dance/Club Play Songs since 1994. [4]

Contents

Track listing

Disc One: Live Studio Sessions

  1. Feel What You Want
  2. Stairway To Heaven
  3. On The Radio
  4. Save My Soul
  5. What I Like About You
  6. Some Lovin
  7. Window To Your World
  8. Stronger
  9. Wonder Of It All
  10. Dream On
  11. Take It To The Limit
  12. River Divides
  13. Who Knows
  14. We Well Meet Again
  15. Feel What You Want (Instrumental)

Disc Two: Electro-Lounge Remixes

  1. River Divides
  2. Feel What You Want
  3. Stairway To Heaven
  4. Some Lovin
  5. The Boss
  6. Save My Soul
  7. Stronger
  8. On The Radio
  9. Window To Your World
  10. Dream On
  11. What I Like About You
  12. Wonder Of It All
  13. Who Knows
  14. Meet Again
  15. First Time I Ever Saw Your Face
  16. Feel What You Want Electro Jazz Radio
  17. Feel What You Want Live Sessions Radio

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