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| Released | September 1986 | |||
| Recorded | March 1986 | |||
| Studio | Flexible Response (Bradford) | |||
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| Length | 48:32 | |||
| Label | Sweatbox | |||
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Twins is the debut studio album by English neoclassical dark wave and martial industrial band In the Nursery, released in September 1986 by Sweatbox Records.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Ned Raggett wrote of the album, "the Humberstones take a notable step forward from rock aesthetics to a much more elaborate, involved kind of music", concluding that "Twins remains an underrated, fascinating album." [1]
All tracks are written by Klive Humberstone and Nigel Humberstone
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Timbre" | 1:35 |
| 2. | "Twins" | 4:55 |
| 3. | "Workcorps" | 4:49 |
| 4. | "Profile 63" | 3:27 |
| 5. | "Huntdown" | 4:27 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 6. | "The Outsider" | 3:50 |
| 7. | "Judgement of Paris" | 4:35 |
| 8. | "Joaquin" | 3:23 |
| 9. | "+" | 2:32 |
| 10. | "Intertwine" | 2:18 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Breach Birth" | 6:34 |
| 12. | "Arm Me Audacity" | 3:38 |
| 13. | "Butyrki" | 2:29 |
Credits are adapted from the Twins liner notes. [2]
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