Twitch (Aldo Nova album)
Twitch is the third studio album by Canadian hard rock musician Aldo Nova, released on October 14, 1985 by Portrait Records.
| Twitch | ||||
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| Released | October 14, 1985[1] | |||
| Recorded | 6 March - 1 June 1985 (Kingdom Sound) 6 June - 25 July 1985 (The Hit Factory) | |||
| Studio | Kingdom Sound and The Hit Factory, New York | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 39:39 | |||
| Label | Portrait | |||
| Producer | Aldo Nova, Lennie Petze | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 2/10[3] |
Track listing
Credits adapted from the album liner notes.[4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tonight (Lift Me Up)" | Aldo Nova, Tom De Luca | 4:15 |
| 2. | "Rumours of You" | Nova | 4:55 |
| 3. | "Surrender Your Heart" | Nova, De Luca | 4:26 |
| 4. | "If Looks Could Kill" | Nova, Nicky Prigino, Rod McManus | 3:49 |
| 5. | "Heartless" | Myles Hunter | 3:19 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Long Hot Summer" | Mark Radice | 4:12 |
| 7. | "Fallen Angel" | Nova, Jesse Bradman | 4:24 |
| 8. | "Stay" | Nova, De Luca | 3:49 |
| 9. | "Lay Your Love on Me" | Nova, Paul Kayen | 3:59 |
| 10. | "Twitch" | Nova, Michael Rudetsky | 2:29 |
Personnel
- Aldo Nova – guitar, vocals, synthesizer and linn drum programming, producer, arranger
- Paul Kayen – guitars
- Neil Jason – bass
- Anton Fig – drums on "Heartless"
- Billy Carmassi – drums on "Lay Your Love on Me"
- Allan Schwartzberg – drums on "Fallen Angel"
- Lennie Petze – special effects guitar on "Long Hot Summer", castanets on "Surrender Your Heart", co-producer
- Michael Rudetsky played and programmed the fairlight on "Long Hot Summer" and "Twitch"
- Robbie Kilgore – additional synthesizers on "Long Hot Summer"
- David LeBolt – additional keyboards on "Surrender Your Heart", "Fallen Angel" and "Stay"
- Peppy Castro – background vocals
- Michael Bolton – background vocals
- Bob Christianson – background vocals
- Angela Clemmons – background vocals on "Rumours of You", "Surrender Your Heart" and "If Looks Could Kill"
- Fiona – background vocals on "Rumours of You", "Surrender Your Heart" and "Lay Your Love on Me"
- Production
- Brian McGee – engineer, mixing
- Joe Chiofalo – assistant engineer
- Michael Abbott – assistant engineer
- Dwight Druick – vocal coordination
- Tom Santorelli – head technician
- Robert Cohen – photography
- Marl Larson – design
References
- "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. 11 October 1985. p. 38. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- Adams, Bret. "Twitch - Aldo Nova". AllMusic. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 978-1894959315.
- Aldo Nova (1985). Twitch (LP sleeve). Portrait Records. FR 40001.
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