Tightly Unwound

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Tightly Unwound
Studio album by
Released19 May 2008
Recorded2007 - 2008
GenreProgressive rock
Length59:30
LabelKscope
The Pineapple Thief chronology
What We Have Sown
(2007)
Tightly Unwound
(2008)
Someone Here Is Missing
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blogcritics(favourable)[2]
Classic Rock[3]

Tightly Unwound (2008) is the seventh studio album by The Pineapple Thief, and their first album released by Kscope.[4] All previous Pineapple Thief releases were published by Cyclops Records. Kscope dedicated a microsite to the album before its release, containing a preview of the album in audio streaming, a picture gallery, desktop wallpapers and audio samples as a source for remixes.

Those who were signed to the mailing list could get the acoustic version of "Shoot First" as a free-download track. On 28 July 2008 the band released Shoot First as a download EP.

A video for the song, filmed by the acclaimed director Lasse Hoile (famous for his works with Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Dream Theater and Blackfield), premiered on the Tightly Unwound mini-site on 31 July 2008.[5]

Two tracks, "And So Say All of You" and "The Sorry State", were originally written for the band's first and second Fruit and Veg Selection podcasts, respectively.

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLength
1."My Debt to You"5:19
2."Shoot First"4:12
3."Sinners"4:52
4."Tightly Wound"6:35
5."The Sorry State"4:11
6."My Bleeding Hand"4:20
7."Different World"10:44
8."And So Say All of You"4:05
9."Too Much to Lose"15:12

Early promo versions of the album had the tracks "Tightly Wound" and "The Sorry State" switched in order.[6]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Widran, Jonathan. Review of Tightly Unwound at AllMusic. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  2. ^ Perkins, Jeff (13 September 2008). "Music Review: The Pineapple Thief – Tightly Unwound". Blogcritics. Archived from the original on 29 October 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  3. ^ "The Pineapple Thief reviewed in Classic Rock". Kscope. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Kscope | The Pineapple Thief – Tightly Unwound". Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Kscope » Blog Archive » Anathema & The Pineapple Thief digital releases". kscopemusic.com. 5 October 2008. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Discography | The Pineapple Thief". pineapplethief.com. 14 April 2012. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2023.