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
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 14, 1985 (1985-10-14)[1]
Recorded6 March - 1 June 1985 (Kingdom Sound)
6 June - 25 July 1985 (The Hit Factory)
StudioKingdom Sound and The Hit Factory, New York
Genre
Length39:39
LabelPortrait
ProducerAldo Nova, Lennie Petze
Aldo Nova chronology
Subject...Aldo Nova
(1983)
Twitch
(1985)
Blood on the Bricks
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal2/10[3]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album liner notes.[4]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tonight (Lift Me Up)"Aldo Nova, Tom De Luca4:15
2."Rumours of You"Nova4:55
3."Surrender Your Heart"Nova, De Luca4:26
4."If Looks Could Kill"Nova, Nicky Prigino, Rod McManus3:49
5."Heartless"Myles Hunter3:19
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Long Hot Summer"Mark Radice4:12
7."Fallen Angel"Nova, Jesse Bradman4:24
8."Stay"Nova, De Luca3:49
9."Lay Your Love on Me"Nova, Paul Kayen3:59
10."Twitch"Nova, Michael Rudetsky2:29

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

  1. "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. 11 October 1985. p. 38. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  2. Adams, Bret. "Twitch - Aldo Nova". AllMusic. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. Aldo Nova (1985). Twitch (LP sleeve). Portrait Records. FR 40001.
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