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, released on 27 February 1995. It reached number three in the

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and was listed by ''

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'' as one of the top 10 best albums of 1995. 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

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, 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

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. 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

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). *Mixed live for radio broadcast.

2014 expanded edition

;Disc 1 *''as per the original album'' ;Notes *Track 8 features additional vocals by singer and songwriter Jerry Burns. *Track 16 recorded live at

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; produced for Radio 1FM; first broadcast 17 September 1994.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album liner notes. ;Del Amitri *

Justin Currie Justin Robert Currie (born 11 December 1964) is a Scottish singer and songwriter best known as a founding member of the band Del Amitri. Career Del Amitri Justin Currie was born in Glasgow and established the band Del Amitri in the early 1980s ...

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Iain Harvie Iain Wallace Harvie (born 19 May 1962 in Glasgow, Scotland) is the guitarist with the Scottish rock band Del Amitri Del Amitri are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Glasgow in 1980. Between 1985 and 2002, the band released six s ...

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* David Cummings – guitar *Andy Alston – keyboards ;Additional musicians *

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*Frazer Spiers –

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on "Food for Songs" *David Crichton –

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on "One Thing Left to Do" * David McCluskey –

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– percussion ;Technical *Al Clay – producer, engineer *

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– mixing *

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– photography *Michael Nash Associates – design

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

External links

Official Del Amitri homepage

Notes

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Twisted Twisted may refer to: Film and television * ''Twisted'' (1986 film), a horror film by Adam Holender starring Christian Slater * ''Twisted'' (1996 film), a modern retelling of ''Oliver Twist'' * ''Twisted'', a 2011 Singapore Chinese film directed ...

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