Twice (Hollie Cook album)

Twice
Studio album by Hollie Cook
Released	May 12, 2014
Recorded	The Ironworks, Brighton, 2013 [1]
Genre	Reggae
Length	43:28
Label	Mr Bongo [2]
Producer	Mike "Prince Fatty" Pelanconi [3]
Hollie Cook chronology
Holly Cook (2012) Twice (2014) Vessel of Love (2018)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100 [4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Exclaim!	8/10 [6]
The Irish Times	[7]
Mojo	[8]
NME	8/10 [9]
PopMatters	7/10 [10]
Q	[11]
Tom Hull – on the Web	B+ ( ) [12]
Uncut	7/10 [13]

Twice is a studio album by the singer Hollie Cook. ^[14] It was released on May 12, 2014, through Mr Bongo Records. ^[15]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that the album "follows in the same path as [Cook's] debut, featuring nine tracks dominated by Cook's smooth, slyly sexy voice and arrangements that keep the grooves light but dance-friendly at once." ^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Hollie Cook, Barthélémy Corbelet and Mike Pelanconi ^[16]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ari Up"		4:10
2.	"99"		6:24
3.	"Desdemona"		4:15
4.	"Tiger Balm"		4:06
5.	"Postman"		4:12
6.	"Looking for Real Love"	music: Dennis Bovell, George Dekker, Mike Pelanconi, Winston Francis	6:02
7.	"Superfast"		4:30
8.	"Twice"		4:52
9.	"Win Or Lose"		4:31

Personnel

According to the booklet. ^[16]

Musicians Adriano Adewale - percussion Alfred Bannerman - guitars Anselmo Netto - percussion Barthélémy Corbelet - synthesizer, Clavinet, string arrangements Black Steel - bass, guitars, organ, piano Bubblers - organ piano Catriona Cannon - Irish harp Cyrus "Monkites" Richard - organ, piano Dennis Bovell  - backing vocals Dub Judah - bass George Dekker - backing vocals Winston "Horseman" Williams - drums, percussion Jahmel Ellison - bass Kashta Tafari - guitars K.V. BALAKRISHNAN - tabla Lenny Edwards - percussion Leroy Horns - saxophone Marlon Roudette - steel pan Omar Lye Fook - synthesizer, Clavinet Prince Fatty - percussion Winston Francis - backing vocals Yohan - string arrangements

Recording Boban Apostolov - Protools engineer Evtim Ristov - stage manager Georgii Hristovski - sound engineer Oleg Kontradenko - conductor Riste Trajkovski - stage manager Yoann Le Dantec - arrangements; orchestration F.A.M.E.'S. Project - Macedonian Radio Symphonic Orchestra and Choir - Skopje, Macedonia

Charts

Twice peaked at position 6 on Billboard Reggae Albums chart and stayed on the chart for 11 weeks. ^[17]

References

1. "Pelaconi interview" Miloco, 'Mike Pelanconi interview', "Miloco", May 2010, accessed 27 May 2014.
2. "Hollie Cook – Artist". Mr Bongo USA.
3. "Hollie Cook: Twice". PopMatters. June 18, 2014.
4. "Twice Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved 2014-05-27.
5. "Twice - Hollie Cook | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
6. Bauer, Matt. "Hollie Cook Twice". Exclaim!. Ian Danzig. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
7. Carroll, Jim. "Hollie Cook: Twice". The Irish Times.
8. With songs about Slits frontierswoman Ari Up and their inspired use of carnivalesque steel pans and soaring Bollywood-styled strings, it also marches to its own beat. [Jun 2014, p.92]
9. "Hollie Cook - 'Twice' | NME". May 9, 2014.
10. Thomas, Gideon (18 June 2014). "Hollie Cook: Twice". PopMatters . Retrieved 9 October 2025.
11. With sympathetic production by reggae stalwart Mike "Prince Fatty" Pelanconi, the results combine Janet Kaye's lovers rock, the Wailers' pop years and the sound of Compass Point studios. [Jun 2014, p.107]
12. Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Hollie Cook". Tom Hull – on the Web . Retrieved October 9, 2025.
13. Her second proper LP is a full-on pop-reggae confection. [Jun 2014, p.75]
14. "Hollie Cook | Biography & History". AllMusic.
15. Murray, Robin (2014-03-20). "Track Of The Day 20/3 - Hollie Cook". Clash Magazine. Archived from the original on 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
16. "Booklet" CD booklet in pdf format from French promo company Accent Presse, accessed 27 May 2014.
17. "Twice Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-04-26.