Twist of Shadows by Released 1989 Length 46: 28 Polygram Greg Walsh Peter Walsh chronology (1986) 1986 Twist of Shadows (1989) (1991) 1991 Twist of Shadows is 's third full-length album, released in 1989 on and produced by (acclaimed producer of 's album). Download Probit Analysis Software Free there. The album captured Billboard's 'Hot Shot Debut' honor and charted in the United States at #165 on the.

Twist of Shadows launched several charting singles in the United States. In March 1989 'Obsession' shot up to #16 on Billboard's chart. By June 1989 it had also reached #12 on Billboard's (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Club Play). The second single, 'Blind Hearts', reached #9 on the Dance Music/Club Play chart.

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The third single taken from the album, 'Imagination' (with Anka Wolbert on lead vocals) reached #85 on and remains Xymox's biggest commercial success to date. Contents • • • • • • • Songwriting credits [ ] Contrary to official songwriting credits (see Track listing below), lead singer and frontman Ronny Moorings told Premonition in a 2003 interview that he allegedly 'always wrote the music and the words [him]self since the beginning of Clan Of Xymox in 1984'. Pieter Nooten, who last contributed to Xymox with the next album, said differently in 2010 that the members of the band had from the start collaborated in songwriting, with Moorings contributing guitar, keyboards and lyrics; Nooten specifically claimed credit for composing Twist's 'Clementina'.

Furthermore, the song bears striking resemblance to one of Nooten's other pieces, specifically a B-side 'Promises' also released from this album. Also in 2010, Bert Barten claimed to have shared authorship for songs on Twist of Shadows, asserting 'It was always a big grey area who wrote what and who inspired who. All the members even the manager at that time used to fight a lot about things like this.' Anka Wolbert reflected in an interview in 2005: 'The ‘old’ Xymox was always a combination and working together of three individuals: Ronny, Pieter Nooten, and myself. To me, Xymox was never one of them by themselves, and I consistently believed in the strength of the artistic combination of us three. There was a magical energy between us which resulted in some great music.'

Reception [ ] According to, Twist of Shadows signified the most sophisticated stage in the band's gradual evolution from arty obscurity into pop accessibility. Billboard claimed the album, along with the followup (1991), had lifted the band to cult status in the United States. The album had mixed reviews.

While praised the album and called it 'still ethereal, big and foreboding', found the album 'easily endurable' but labeled the band 'just another lightweight electronic dance band of the post-romantic era'. Although Twist of Shadows wasn't exactly considered industrial in its sound, the bpm's run mid-tempo and sound made it totally danceable in a New Order-ish way. The Great Indie Discography found the album 'decidedly dated.stuck in a mid-80s groove', while the looked back at Twist of Shadows as 'brilliant.[w]ith a dense, almost Gothic sound that borrowed as heavily from Pink Floyd as it did modern techno-popsters'. Track listing [ ] No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. Wolbert 4:02 2. August Underground Collection.

'Obsession' R. Wolbert 5:49 3. Wolbert 5:41 4. 'Blind Hearts' B. Wolbert 3:47 5. 'The River' R. Wolbert 2:49 6.