Twisted Angel is the seventh album

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 by American country pop

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 singer LeAnn Rimes

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, released in the United States on October 1, 2002 (see 2002 in music

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) by Curb Records

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. The album was critically panned.

LeAnn performed the track "Love Is an Army" at the 2003 Country Music Awards.

The track "You Made Me Find Myself" is a cover. It was originally performed and written by international recording artist Tina Arena

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 on her album Just Me.

The track "Review My Kisses" was covered by international recording artist Lara Fabian

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 on her A Wonderful Life

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album.

Background

After resigning her contract with Curb Records

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, Rimes began work recording songs for Twisted Angel for three years. It is the first album she would do under her new management. It is also the first album that Rimes's father, Wilbur C. Rimes, did not produce but instead Rimes would be the executive producer of the album herself.

Singles

Two singles were released from the album. "Life Goes On

Life Goes On (LeAnn Rimes song)

"Life Goes On" is the first single from the album Twisted Angel, recorded and released by country singer LeAnn Rimes. The song didn't make it into the Hot 100 in the US, but it did make #9 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, and was a bigger hit outside America...

" was released as the lead single from the album on August 26, 2002. Holly George-Warren of Entertainment Weekly claimed the song would "probably go on to number one on the pop chart." The second single and final single, "Suddenly", was released internationally on February 24, 2003.

Critical Reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave a mixed review about the album. Though praising Rimes for her conversion to pop by stating that it "isn't isn't a bad career move at all, since there's a void there with the absence of Whitney Houston

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, the breakdown of Mariah Carey

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, and Christina Aguilera's

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 bizarre insistence to strip instead of sing", Erlewine noted that Rimes "may not be an audience for it: even though this is well done, it is so pop it will alienate her older fans, and she needs to win over an older audience that may not be taken with her newly sexualized image." He also stated that the song-writing in on the album was "a little uneven; often, it's very good workmanlike mainstream pop, but there are a couple of duds (namely, the irritating chorus on the "sassy" "Trouble With Goodbye"), and even the best material is melodic without being hooky or memorable." Erlewine's biggest problem was the production and attitude of the album which he stated is "kind of fall through the cracks in 2002, when teen pop is dead and mainstream pop is veering away from divas and toward quirkier, friendlier singers like Vanessa Carlton, Avril Lavigne, and Michelle Branch." Erlewine concluded with stating that even though Rimes didn't do a bad job trying to get into mainstream pop he did state that the album is a bit "dated" and stated that Rimes would be better off using a different production team then Desmond Child

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. Jon Caramanica of Entertainment Weekly

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on the other hand completely disliked the album stating that Rimes "desperately wants to play with the bad girls" and concluded by writing "Someone unbreak her heart, please." Dave Gil de Rubio of Barnes & Noble.com

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 stated that Rimes is "moving farther from her country music roots with a set of songs closer in spirit to junior divas Britney and Christina."

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Credits for Twisted Angel were adapted from liner notes.

• Abe Laboriel, Jr. — drums
• Abe Laboriel, Sr. — bass
• Alan Sanderson — assistant engineer
• Alex Gibson — assistant engineer
• Anatoly Rosinski — violin
• Ana Landauer — violin
• Andreas Carlsson — background vocals
• Bernie Grundman — mastering
• Bill Malina — additional engineering
• Bob Peterson — violin
• Brad Dutz — timpani
• Brian Coleman — production manager
• Brian Humphrey — assistant engineer
• Chandler Bridges — additional engineering
• Charlie Bisharat — violin
• Charlie Everett — violin
• Charlie Paakkari — assistant engineer
• Chris Brooke — recording
• Chris Clark — assistant engineer, assistant mix engineer
• Conrad Golding — additional engineering, assistant engineer
• Corky James — guitar
• Craig Lozowick — additional engineering
• Dan Smith — celli
• Darrin McCann — viola
• David Campbell — french horn, strings, string quintet arrangement, timpani arrangement & conductor
• Denyse Buffum — viola (principle)
• Desmond Child — producer
• Dino Herrmann — additional engineering
• DJ Mega Man — scratches
• Ed Stein — violin
• Eric Jackson — acoustic guitar
• Eve Butler — violin
• Gareth Bowser — assistant engineer
• Gavyn Writer — violin (principle)
• Gerry Hilera — violin
• Greg Landon — assistant engineer
• Gregg Paganni — arrangement, keyboard, producer, programming, recording
• Gyan Evans — background vocals*
• Humberto Gatica — recording
• Jeanette Olsson — background vocals
• Jennifer Young — assistant engineer
• Joe Meyer — French Horn
• Joel Derouin — violin (concert master)
• John Morrical — assistant engineer
• John Wittenberg — violin
• Jon Clarke — alto flute, oboe
• Jonathan Schwarts — acoustic bass
• Jules Gondar — recording
• Kazi Pitelka — viola
• Larry Corbett — celli (principle)
• LeAnn Rimes — background vocals, executive producer
• Leland Sklar — bass
• Luis Conte — percussion
• Manny Marroquin — mixing
• Margaret Wooten — violin
• Mary Scully — bass
• Matt Funes — viola
• Matt Gruber — recording
• Matt Lavalla — recording, assistant engineer
• Michael Landau — guitar
• Michael Thompson — guitar
• Michelle Forbes — assistant mix engineer
• Michelle Richards — violin
• Nathan Malki — additional engineering
• Nora Payne — background vocals
• Pat Kiernan — violin
• Pete Novak — assistant mix engineer
• Peter Amato — arrangement, keyboard, producer, programming, recording
• Peter Cobbin — mixing, piano, programming, recording
• Peter Kent — violin
• Phill Dukes — viola
• Rebeka Tuinei — assistant mix engineer
• Robbie Nevil — guitar
• Rob Chairelli — mix, recording
• Ruby Stein — celli
• Sara Parkins — violin
• Sherree Ford — background vocals, background vocal arrangements
• Sid Page — violin
• Simon Oswell — viola
• Stephanie Bennett — harp
• Steve Churchyard — recording
• Steve Ferrone — drums
• Steve Richards — celli
• Sueann Carwell — background vocals, background vocal arrangements
• Susan Chatman — violin
• Suzi Katayama — orchestra manager
• Tony Pleeth — cello
• Zev Katz — acoustic bass

*Note: Gary Evans appears courtesy of Deston Entertainment

Charts

Twisted Angel debuted at #12 on Billboard 200 with 61,398 copies sold in its 1st week, it fell by 47% with 32,619 copies sold in its 2nd week. and a 14% decrease in its 3rd with 28,176 copies sold.

Peak positions

Chart (2002/03)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart	21
Austrian Albums Chart	64
Canadian Albums Chart	12
Danish Albums Chart	35
Dutch Albums Chart	39
German Albums Chart	33
Finnish Albums Chart	39
Irish Albums Chart	57
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart	92
New Zealand Albums Chart	5
Norwegian Albums Chart	22
Swedish Albums Chart	29
Swiss Albums Chart	18
UK Albums Chart	14
US Billboard 200	12
US Billboard Top Country Albums	3

Year-end chart

Chart (2002)	Position
US Billboard Top Country Albums	45
Chart (2003)	Position
New Zealand Albums Chart	37
US Billboard Top Country Albums	44

Sales

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	2002-10-01	Curb Records Curb Records Curb Records is a record label started by Mike Curb originally as Sidewalk Records in 1963...	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...	78747
Brazil		Warlock Records Warlock Records Warlock Records is an independent record label based in New York City that was founded by Adam Levy in the late 1980s. Artists that once recorded for Warlock Records included C-Bo, the Jungle Brothers, and Todd Terry. In 1992, the label acquired the catalog of Sleeping Bag Records and its sub-label...		5050466093127
United Kingdom	2002-10-14	Curb Records Curb Records Curb Records is a record label started by Mike Curb originally as Sidewalk Records in 1963...		5046611562
Australia	2002-10-28			5098059000