Twisted (Del Amitri album)

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Twisted
Del Amitri - Twisted Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released27 February 1995 (1995-02-27) [1]
RecordedMarch–June 1994 [2]
Studio
Genre Alternative rock
Length54:12
Label A&M
Producer Al Clay
Del Amitri chronology
Change Everything
(1992)
Twisted
(1995)
Some Other Sucker's Parade
(1997)
Singles from Twisted
  1. "Here and Now"
    Released: 6 February 1995 [3]
  2. "Driving with the Brakes On"
    Released: 17 April 1995 [4]
  3. "Roll to Me"
    Released: 26 June 1995 [5]
  4. "Tell Her This"
    Released: October 1995 [6]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Great Rock Discography 6/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Twisted is the fourth studio album by Del Amitri, released on 27 February 1995. It reached number three in the UK Albums Chart and was listed by Q Magazine as one of the top 10 best albums of 1995. [11]

Contents

It was the last album to feature guitarist David Cummings, who left to begin a successful career in TV scriptwriting, and the only to feature drummer Chris Sharrock, who agreed to play on Twisted but declined to join the band as a permanent member. With a firmer emphasis on electric guitars than the band's last outing, 1992's Change Everything , the album represented a moderate change of direction for Del Amitri, whilst retaining their trademark melodic sensibilities.

The album included Del Amitri's most successful single, "Roll to Me", which reached the top ten in the US Hot 100. The band are known not to consider the song one of their best, however, and have often seemed irked by the fact that what they see as a throwaway pop song gave them their biggest hit. Also included was "Tell Her This", one of the group's most well-known songs.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Justin Currie, except as noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Food for Songs" 3:38
2."Start with Me"Currie, Iain Harvie 4:27
3."Here and Now"Currie, Harvie5:30
4."One Thing Left to Do"Currie, Harvie3:59
5."Tell Her This" 3:11
6."Being Somebody Else"Currie, Harvie6:26
7."Roll to Me" 2:12
8."Crashing Down"Currie, Harvie4:51
9."It Might as Well Be You" 4:34
10."Never Enough"Currie, Harvie5:28
11."It's Never Too Late to Be Alone" 5:05
12."Driving with the Brakes On" 4:44

Initial copies of the UK release of the album included a second live disc (catalog number 588 399-2, which was not made available separately).

Live CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hatful of Rain" (live) 4:52
2."When I Want You" (live)Currie, Harvie, Mick Slaven 4:39
3."Crashing Down" (live)Currie, Harvie5:30
4."Move Away Jimmy Blue" (live)Currie, Harvie3:38
5."The Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere" (live) 3:28
6."Stone Cold Sober" (live) 5:00

2014 expanded edition

Disc 1
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Long Way Down" (B-side to "Here and Now") 3:32
2."Life By Mistake" (B-side to "Driving with the Brakes On") 
  • Clay
  • The Groovey Tubes
3:40
3."In the Meantime" (B-side to "Driving with the Brakes On") 
  • Clay
  • The Groovey Tubes
5:47
4."A Little Luck" (B-side to "Driving with the Brakes On") 
  • Clay
  • The Groovey Tubes
3:54
5."In the Frame" (B-side to "Roll to Me") 
  • The Groovey Tubes
  • mixed by Clay
3:50
6."Queen of False Alarms" (B-side to "Here and Now") 
  • Clay
  • The Groovey Tubes
6:26
7."The Last Love Song" (B-side to "Tell Her This") 
  • The Groovey Tubes
  • engineered by Kenny Patterson
3:43
8."A Better Man" (B-side to "Tell Her This")Currie, Harvie, Andy Alston
  • The Groovey Tubes
  • engineered by Patterson
6:07
9."One Thing Left to Do" (acoustic version) (B-side to "Roll to Me")Currie, Harvie
  • The Groovey Tubes
  • engineered by Roy Spong
4:00
10."Food for Songs" (acoustic version) (B-side to "Roll to Me") 
  • The Groovey Tubes
  • engineered by Spong
3:30
11."Move Away Jimmy Blue" (remix) (B-side to "Roll to Me")Currie, Harvie3:49
12."Stone Cold Sober" (remix) (B-side to "Roll to Me") 
4:41
13."When You Were Young" (alternate version) (B-side to "Tell Her This") Don Smith4:20
14."Crashing Down" (live) (from Twisted bonus live disc)Currie, Harvienone credited5:29
15."Move Away Jimmy Blue" (live) (from Twisted bonus live disc)Currie, Harvienone credited3:42
16."Stone Cold Sober" (live) (B-side to "Hear and Now") 
  • Stewart Cruickshank
  • mixed by Clay
4:49
Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album liner notes. [14]

Del Amitri
Additional musicians
Technical

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [23] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. "New Releases: Albums". Music Week . 25 February 1995. p. 42.
  2. Rawlings-Way, Charles (2018). These Are Such Perfect Days: The Del Amitri Story. Urbane Publications. pp. 201–208. ISBN   978-1911331414.
  3. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 4 February 1995. p. 35.
  4. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 15 April 1995. p. 31.
  5. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 24 June 1995. p. 43.
  6. "Discography". delamitri.info. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  7. AllMusic review
  8. Larkin, Colin (2011). "Del Amitri". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-0-85712-595-8.
  9. Strong, Martin C. (2002). The Great Rock Discography (6th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 275. ISBN   1-84195-312-1.
  10. Album reviews at CD Universe
  11. Q – End of Year Lists
  12. "Interview With Andy Alston". delamitri.blogspot.com. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  13. Sohail, Mahnoor (7 September 2021). "Singer songwriter Jerry Burns talks about her career and life after lockdown". glasgowworld.com. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  14. Twisted (Media notes). Del Amitri. A&M. 1995.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  15. "Australiancharts.com – Del Amitri – Twisted". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  16. "Offiziellecharts.de – Del Amitri – Twisted" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  17. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  18. "Swedishcharts.com – Del Amitri – Twisted". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  19. "Swisscharts.com – Del Amitri – Twisted". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  20. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  21. "Del Amitri, TLP" . Billboard . Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  22. "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1995". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  23. "British album certifications – Del Amitri – Twisted". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 23 January 2021.

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