Twisted (Del Amitri album)

Twisted
Studio album by
Del Amitri
Released27 February 1995 (1995-02-27)[1]
Studio
GenreAlternative rock
Length54:12
LabelA&M
ProducerAl 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[2]
  2. "Driving with the Brakes On"
    Released: 17 April 1995[3]
  3. "Roll to Me"
    Released: 26 June 1995[4]
  4. "Tell Her This"
    Released: October 1995[5]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[7]
The Great Rock Discography6/10[8]
Q[9]

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.[10]

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.

  1. ^ "New Releases: Albums". Music Week. 25 February 1995. p. 42.
  2. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 4 February 1995. p. 35.
  3. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 15 April 1995. p. 31.
  4. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 24 June 1995. p. 43.
  5. ^ "Discography". delamitri.info. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  6. ^ AllMusic review
  7. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Del Amitri". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  8. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2002). The Great Rock Discography (6th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 275. ISBN 1-84195-312-1.
  9. ^ Album reviews at CD Universe
  10. ^ Q – End of Year Lists