Japanese edition of the 1999 & third album by this side-project group of New Order's Bernard Sumner and guitarist Johnny Marr of The Smiths & The The fame. 12 tracks, including t he single 'Vivid', a cover of the ... more »Blind Faith classic 'Can't Find My Way Home' and the unmarked bonus track 'King For A Day'.« less
Japanese edition of the 1999 & third album by this side-project group of New Order's Bernard Sumner and guitarist Johnny Marr of The Smiths & The The fame. 12 tracks, including t he single 'Vivid', a cover of the Blind Faith classic 'Can't Find My Way Home' and the unmarked bonus track 'King For A Day'.
"The previous reviewers got it right. Twisted Tenderness is a guitar-driven departure for Electronic, it's what you knew they could do if they set their minds to it, and it's definitely their best work so far. The cover credits Bernard Sumner with vocals and guitar, and Johnny Marr with guitars, harmonica and vocals. The keyboards weren't even worth mentioning! (Don't worry, they're still in there.) One of the highlights of this disc is "Can't Find My Way Home", written by Steve Winwood for Blind Faith's sole 1971 album. Sumner and Marr give it a gentle hip hop rhythm and moaning synth-orchestra background. As far as I know, this is the first time that either one of them has ever covered another artist's song. An excellent choice.The fact that two fellows of my generation can kick out music this raw and propulsive just delights me to no end. Worth the price of admission? Absolutely."
Two Good Tracks MAYBE
Michael K. Hestness | Sammamish, WA United States | 07/09/2000
(3 out of 5 stars)
"As a diehard fan of New Order and Electronic, I am somewhat disappointed with there latest effort. I sit here waiting for new material and then comes along Twisted Tenderness, which by the way is the best track on the CD. I am used to the pulsing dance tracks that made Raise the Pressure so awesome. I hope in the future Barnie and Co. come up with some more hip tracks!It is an album that portrays some different material that they probably could not publish under the Warner contract, so for that I applaud their efforts, but give the fans what they desperately need - "Stop if you got Love"!"
Good Album, Great Title Track
Denmark Jensen | Carson City, NV USA | 01/05/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This album is strong throughout, though I don't much care for the music or the profanity in track 4 "Breakdown". However, no other tracks come close to the pure greatness of the title track. This alone is worth the import price many times over. My other favorite tracks are "Vivid", "Haze", and "When She's Gone". I do like this album, but I miss the more electronic sounds of their first two albums. I can't wait to hear some new music from Bernard with New Order."
Oh yeah baby! a 62-minute endorphin rush
stephanie yee | casselberry, FL USA | 06/19/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"as a longtime ardent fan of both the smiths and new order, the formation of electronic (johnny marr of the smiths & bernard sumner of new order) is a dream come true. their first release, 'electronic', was in 1991 an impressive combination of computer-programmed dance beats seductively laced with synth-pop effects & rhythm guitar riffs -- a stunning debut, in my opinion, but not unlike the latest new order release at around that time, 'republic'. in 1996, 'raise the pressure' was a bit more polished-sounding, but ultimately was more of a dance record. now, in 1999, 'twisted tenderness' -- well, it just ROCKS. the main thing setting it apart from the previous two releases is the amount of guitar work (pure wizardry from marr) present, and the surprising lack of synthesisers (although they are still present in some form or another). sure, you can still dance to it, particularly to tracks such as 'when she's gone' & the title track, 'twisted tenderness'. but my favorites are the opening track, 'make it happen', 'haze', 'can't find my way home', & 'flicker'. during an online interview to promote the release this past april, marr stated that during production all the songs were written first on guitar, with the other parts layered on top of the basic guitar riff, whereas for the previous records the songs were written first on synthesiser/computer then guitar added later. the result is a raving beauty that shows what a truly talented guitar sensation marr really is -- and sumner, for all his contributions to this record, is simply left in marr's shadow."
Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
