Twice Removed
Twice Removed | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 30, 1994 | |||
Recorded | January - March 1994, in Hoboken, New Jersey, and New York City[1] | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 44:48 | |||
Label | Geffen Records, murderecords | |||
Producer | Jim Rondinelli, Sloan | |||
Sloan chronology | ||||
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Singles from Twice Removed | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Village Voice | B+[4] |
Twice Removed is the second album by
Commercial performance
Twice Removed peaked at No. 25 on the RPM Canadian Albums Chart.[7] By February 1997, the album had sold 58,000 units in Canada.[5] The album was certified Gold in Canada on October 20, 1998.[8]
Legacy
In 1996, the music magazine
It was also ranked fourteenth in Bob Mersereau's 2007 book The Top 100 Canadian Albums.
In 2012, the album received a deluxe reissue on
In 2015, the album was named the winner in the 1990s category of the inaugural Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize, an annual Canadian music award for classic albums released prior to the creation of the Polaris Music Prize.[11]
Track listing
All songs credited to Sloan.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Penpals" | Chris Murphy | 3:08 |
2. | "I Hate My Generation" | Jay Ferguson | 2:26 |
3. | "People of the Sky" | Andrew Scott | 3:37 |
4. | "Coax Me" | Chris Murphy | 3:26 |
5. | "Bells On" | Chris Murphy | 3:55 |
6. | "Loosens" | Patrick Pentland | 5:26 |
7. | "Worried Now" | Patrick Pentland | 2:40 |
8. | "Shame Shame" | Chris Murphy | 3:04 |
9. | "Deeper Than Beauty" | Chris Murphy | 2:40 |
10. | "Snowsuit Sound" | Jay Ferguson | 3:47 |
11. | "Before I Do" | Andrew Scott | 7:04 |
12. | "I Can Feel It" | Patrick Pentland | 3:28 |
Japanese Bonus Tracks
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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13. | "D Is for Driver" | Chris Murphy | 2:24 |
B-Sides
- "Coax Me (Icks Nay on the Evie Stay Micks)" (Coax Me 7")
- "One Professional Care" (Coax Me 7")
- "I Can Feel It (demo)" (promo 7")
Trivia
- Jennifer Pierce from Jale appears once again as a backup singer on "I Can Feel It".
- Lyrics for the first track on the album, "Penpals", were taken from broken English fan letters to Kurt Cobain, which the band rummaged through when they were signed to Geffen in the early ’90s.[6][12]
- "Penpals" is referenced in the graphic novel Lost at Sea by Bryan Lee O'Malleywhen one character sings the lyrics from it.
References
- ^ "More _Twice_Removed_".
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Sloan – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ Mason, Stewart. "Twice Removed – Sloan". AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (October 18, 1994). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- ^ a b Sloan Reunites for Enclave Set. Billboard. 1997-02-01. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
- ^ a b c Kamin, Adam (22 November 2012). "Sloan's Jay Ferguson talks re-issue of Twice Removed". blogTO. Fresh Daily. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 60, No. 7, September 05 1994". RPM. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
- ^ "Gold Platinum Database: Sloan - Twice Removed". Music Canada. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
- ^ Number 1 Canadian Album[usurped]
- Chart. Archived from the original on 2009-01-12. Retrieved 2011-03-27.)
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link - ^ "Joni Mitchell, Cowboy Junkies, Sloan and Peaches Take Home Polaris Heritage Prizes". Exclaim!, October 9, 2015.
- ^ "Entertainment Weekly Popwatch Blog". Retrieved 2007-03-19.