Twisted Angel

After re-signing her contract with Curb Records, Rimes began work recording songs for Twisted Angel for three years.CMT Inside Fame: LeAnn Rimes CMT (2004-4-12) Retrieved 2011-11-09 It is the first album she would do under her new management, and the first where she assumed a direct role as producer.{{cite AV media notes|title=Twisted Angel|others=LeAnn Rimes|year=2002|type=CD|publisher=Curb Records|id=D2-78747}} Before the album came out, Rimes said about the title: "The 'Angel' is that little girl with the big voice who grew up with everyone watching her. The 'Twisted' part is me growing into my own as a strong woman."{{Cite magazine |last=Kipnis |first=Jill |date=August 24, 2002 |title=Retailers' Holiday Buying Guide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CQwEAAAAMBAJ |magazine=Billboard |page=64 |volume=114 |issue=34}} When it was released, Twisted Angel's sales were donated to the Amie Karen Cancer Fund for Children, based at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.{{Cite news |date=October 20, 2002 |title=Instruments of Change: Take Note of their Causes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6stFAAAAIBAJ&dq=Twisted+Angel&pg=PA24&article_id=5306,5621821 |access-date=June 13, 2024 |work=The Robesonian |page=6}} The song "You Made Me Find Myself" was originally written and recorded by Australian artist Tina Arena on her fifth studio album Just Me (2001). "Review My Kisses" was later covered by Belgian/Italian artist Lara Fabian on her second English-language studio album A Wonderful Life (2004).

Three singles were released from the album. "Life Goes On" was released as the lead single from the album on August 26, 2002.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00006JOBN|title=Life Goes on: Leann Rimes: Music|website=Amazon |access-date=2011-11-09}} Holly George-Warren of Entertainment Weekly claimed the song would "probably go on to number one on the pop chart."{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,335151,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224203152/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,335151,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 24, 2014|title=Music Review: 'Life Goes On'|first=Holly |last=George-Warren|date=2002-08-16|publisher=EW.com|access-date=2011-11-09}} The song peaked at number nine on the Adult Contemporary chart, thirty-five on the Pop Songs chart, twenty-eight on the Adult Pop Songs and sixty on the Country Songs chart in the US.{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=leann rimes|chart=all}}|title=Life Goes On - LeAnn Rimes|magazine=Billboard.com|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=2012-06-02}}

The second single, "Tic Toc", was released to US pop radio on November 11, 2002.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2002/RR-2002-11-08.pdf |title=R&R Going for Adds |publisher=Radio & Records |date=2002-11-08 |access-date=2023-10-13}} The song peaked at number ten on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart.{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=leann rimes|chart=all}}|title=Tic Toc - LeAnn Rimes|magazine=Billboard.com|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=2023-10-13}}

The third and final single, "Suddenly", was released internationally on February 18, 2003.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/suddenly-remixes/78694445 |title=iTunes - Music - Suddenly (Remixes) by LeAnn Rimes |publisher=Itunes.apple.com |date=2003-02-18 |access-date=2012-05-31}} The song peaked at forty-three on the Country song chart in the US.{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=leann rimes|chart=all}}|title=Suddenly - LeAnn Rimes|magazine=Billboard.com|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=2012-05-31}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = (51/100)

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Thomas |first=Stephen |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=twisted-angel-r606362|tab=review|pure_url=yes}} |title=Twisted Angel - LeAnn Rimes |website=Allmusic |date=2002-10-01 |access-date=2011-11-09}}

| rev2 = Billboard

| rev2Score = (positive){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/billboard/reviews/review_displayprint.jsp?vnu_content_id=1733983|title=LeAnn Rimes: Twisted Angel|magazine=Billboard|date=October 12, 2002|access-date=2012-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021005103206/http://www.billboard.com/billboard/reviews/review_displayprint.jsp?vnu_content_id=1733983|archive-date=2002-10-05|url-status=dead}}

| rev3 = Blender

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4Score = C+

| rev5 = Q

| rev5Score = {{Rating|2|5}}

| rev6 = Rolling Stone

| rev6Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine|url=http://rollingstone.com/artists/leannrimes/albums/album/121150/review/5943137/twisted_angel|title=LeAnn Rimes: Twisted Angel|last=Hoard|first=Christian|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=2002-10-22|access-date=2012-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016054438/http://rollingstone.com/artists/leannrimes/albums/album/121150/review/5943137/twisted_angel|archive-date=2007-10-16|url-status=dead}}

| rev7 = New Straits Times

| rev7score = {{Rating|2|5|}}

}}

The album was met with mixed reviews by music critics,being rated by Metacritic a score of 51 out of 100.{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/twisted-angel/leann-rimes/critic-reviews|title=Critic Reviews for Twisted Angel|website=Metacritic|access-date=2012-10-18}} 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 a bad career move at all", Erlewine noted that Rimes might not be able to find a audience. "It is so pop it will alienate her older fans...an older audience that may not be taken with her newly sexualized image." He also noted the songwriting was "a little uneven". Erlewine's biggest criticism was the production and attitude of the album. 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 than Desmond Child. Jon Caramanica of Entertainment Weekly on the other hand gave the album a C+, stating that Rimes "desperately wants to play with the bad girls" and concluded by writing "Someone unbreak her heart, please."{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2002/10/04/twisted-angel/|title=Twisted Angel Review|first=Jon |last=Caramanica|date=2002-10-04|page=154|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=2011-11-09}} Dave Gil de Rubio of Barnes & Noble.com 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."{{cite web|url=http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Twisted-Angel/LeAnn-Rimes/e/715187874725|title=Twisted Angel, LeAnn Rimes, Music CD - Barnes & Noble|publisher=Music.barnesandnoble.com|date=2002-10-01|access-date=2011-11-09}} In a review for Rolling Stone, Caramanica gave the album two out of five stars and stated, "Rimes, who got her start aping Patsy Cline, slaps her throaty drawl over hip-hop lite beats Jessica Simpson wouldn't touch, and a succession of mushy love songs don't help. With golden pipes and white-bread good looks, she could succeed Celine Dion as North America's ranking pop balladeer; in the meantime let's hope Nashville will take her back, and quick." The Lakeland Ledger gave a mostly favorable review, saying that Rimes' "balladeering backgrounds and impassioned vocals are intact, just slicker – like Kelly Clarkson with a twang." They ended their review off by saying, "'Angel' may not be Rimes' "Nashville Skyline." But it could be her "Blonde on Blonde." Maybe."{{Cite news |date=November 9, 2002 |title=Street Releases Innovative |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7L4wAAAAIBAJ&dq=Twisted+Angel&pg=PA20&article_id=6264,7695455 |access-date=June 13, 2024 |work=The Lakeland Ledger |page=D7}} R.S. Murthl of New Straits Times gave a mostly unfavorable review, ending it by saying "the by-the-numbers approach to song selection and production diminishes whatever pleasure you may derive from these tunes."{{Cite news |last=Murthl |first=R.S. |date=November 26, 2002 |title=Unity in Marsalis' fusion |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a8YtAAAAIBAJ&dq=Twisted+Angel&pg=PA73&article_id=1368,4019477 |access-date=June 13, 2024 |work=New Straits Times}}

{{track listing

| headline =

| title1 = Life Goes On

| writer1 = {{hlist|Andreas Carlsson|Desmond Child|LeAnn Rimes}}

| length1 = 3:33

| title2 = Wound Up

| writer2 = {{hlist|Gary Burr|Greg Pagani|Rimes}}

| length2 = 4:15

| title3 = The Safest Place

| writer3 = {{hlist|Eric Bazilian|Child|Mark Hudson|Victoria Shaw}}

| length3 = 3:52

| title4 = Trouble with Goodbye

| writer4 = {{hlist|Pete Amato|Randy Cantor|Shelly Peiken}}

| length4 = 3:22

| title5 = Damn

| writer5 = {{hlist|Ty Lacy|Holly Lamar|Dennis Matkosky}}

| length5 = 3:29

| title6 = Suddenly

| writer6 = {{hlist|Carlsson|Child}}

| length6 = 3:58

| title7 = Tic Toc

| writer7 = {{hlist|Amato|Pagani|Christina Rumbley}}

| length7 = 3:40

| title8 = Sign of Life

| writer8 = {{hlist|Burr|Child|Pagani}}

| length8 = 4:28

| title9 = Review My Kisses

| writer9 = {{hlist|Child|Marie Wilson}}

| length9 = 5:31

| title10 = No Way Out

| writer10 = {{hlist|Austin Deptula|Gary Leach|Rimes}}

| length10 = 3:55

| title11 = Love Is an Army

| writer11 = {{hlist|Child|Gyan Evans}}

| length11 = 4:01

| title12 = You Made Me Find Myself

| writer12 = {{hlist|Tina Arena|Child|Lacy}}

| length12 = 3:39

| title13 = Twisted Angel

| writer13 = {{hlist|Leach|Rimes}}

| total_length = 50:54

| length13 = 3:21

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Australian limited edition bonus disc{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00015U1GW |title=Twisted Angel: Leann Rimes: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=2011-10-25}}

| title1 = Can't Fight the Moonlight

| note1 =

| writer1 = Diane Warren

| length1 = 3:35

| title2 = Life Goes On

| note2 = Amato/Pagani Country Mix

| writer2 = {{hlist|Carlsson|Child|Rimes}}

| length2 = 3:38

| title3 = Life Goes On

| note3 = Almighty Mix

| writer3 = {{hlist|Carlsson|Child|Rimes}}

| length3 = 3:46

| title4 = Life Goes On

| note4 = Peter Amato Mix

| writer4 = {{hlist|Carlsson|Child|Rimes}}

| length4 = 3:21

| title5 = Life Goes On

| note5 = M*A*S*H Mix

| writer5 = {{hlist|Carlsson|Child|Rimes}}

| length5 = 8:07

| title6 = Life Goes On

| note6 = 29 Palms Transgressive Mix

| writer6 = {{hlist|Carlsson|Child|Rimes}}

| length6 = 8:58

}}

Credits for Twisted Angel were adapted from liner notes.

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• Peter Amato – arrangement, keyboards, producer, programming, recording
• Stephanie Bennett – harp
• Charlie Bisharat – violin
• Gareth Bowser – assistant engineer
• Chandler Bridges – additional engineering
• Chris Brooke – recording
• Denyse Buffum – viola
• Eve Butler – violin
• David Campbell – French horn, string quintet arrangement, timpani arrangement, conductor
• Andreas Carlsson – background vocals
• Sue Ann Carwell – background vocals
• Rob Chairelli – mix, recording
• Susan Chatman – violin
• Desmond Child – producer
• Steve Churchyard – recording
• Chris Clark – assistant engineer, assistant mix engineer
• Jon Clarke – alto flute, oboe
• Peter Cobbin – mixing, piano, programming, recording
• Brian Coleman – production manager
• Luis Conte – percussion
• Larry Corbett – cello
• Joel Derouin – violin
• Brad Dutz – timpani
• Gyan Evans – background vocals*
• Charlie Everett – violin
• DJ Mega Man – scratches
• Phill Dukes – viola
• Steve Ferrone – drums
• Michelle Forbes – assistant mix engineer
• Sherree Ford – background vocals
• Matt Funes – viola
• Humberto Gatica – recording
• Alex Gibson – assistant engineer
• Conrad Golding – additional engineering, assistant engineer
• Jules Gondar – recording
• Matt Gruber – recording
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Dino Herrmann – additional engineering
• Gerry Hilera – violin
• Brian Humphrey – assistant engineer
• Eric Jackson – acoustic guitar
• Corky James – electric guitar
• Suzi Katayama – orchestra manager
• Zev Katz – acoustic bass
• Peter Kent – violin
• Pat Kiernan – violin

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*Note: Gary Evans appears courtesy of Deston Entertainment

;L thru Z

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• Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums
• Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar
• Michael Landau – electric guitar
• Ana Landauer – violin
• Greg Landon – assistant engineer
• Matt Lavalla – recording, assistant engineer
• Craig Lozowick – additional engineering
• Darrin McCann – viola
• Bill Malina – additional engineering
• Nathan Malki – additional engineering
• Manny Marroquin – mixing
• Joe Meyer – French Horn
• John Morrical – assistant engineer
• Robbie Nevil – electric guitar
• Pete Novak – assistant mix engineer
• Jeanette Olsson – background vocals
• Simon Oswell – viola
• Charlie Paakkari – assistant engineer
• Gregg Paganni – arrangement, keyboard, producer, programming, recording
• Sid Page – violin
• Sara Parkins – violin
• Nora Payne – background vocals
• Bob Peterson – violin
• Kazi Pitelka – viola
• Tony Pleeth – cello
• Michelle Richards – violin
• Steve Richards – cello
• LeAnn Rimes – lead vocals, background vocals, executive producer
• Anatoly Rosinski – violin
• Alan Sanderson – assistant engineer
• Jonathan Schwarts – acoustic bass
• Mary Scully – bass guitar
• Leland Sklar – bass guitar
• Dan Smith – cello
• Ed Stein – violin
• Ruby Stein – cello
• Michael Thompson – electric guitar
• Rebeka Tuinei – assistant mix engineer
• John Wittenberg – violin
• Margaret Wooten – violin
• Gavyn Writer – violin
• Jennifer Young – assistant engineer

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Twisted Angel debuted at #12 on Billboard 200 with 61,398 copies sold in its 1st week,{{cite web |url=http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/archcht.cgi?cht814 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909035612/http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/archcht.cgi?cht814 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-09 |title=Previous Album Sales Chart |publisher=HITS Daily Double |access-date=2011-10-07 }} it fell by 47% with 32,619 copies sold in its 2nd week.{{cite web |url=http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/archcht.cgi?cht815 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125113526/http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/archcht.cgi?cht815 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-25 |title=Previous Album Sales Chart |publisher=HITS Daily Double |date=2002-10-14 |access-date=2011-10-07 }} and a 14% decrease in its 3rd with 28,176 copies sold.{{cite web |url=http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/archcht.cgi?cht816 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125094958/http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/archcht.cgi?cht816 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-25 |title=Previous Album Sales Chart |publisher=HITS Daily Double |date=2002-10-21 |access-date=2011-10-07 }}

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{{Certification Table Top

|caption=Certifications and sales for Twisted Angel}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|title=Twisted Angel|artist=LeAnn Rimes|type=album|award=Gold|certyear=2002}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|title=Twisted Angel|artist=LeAnn Rimes|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=2002|certyear=2002|certmonth=10}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Korea|salesamount=20,610|salesref={{cite web |url= http://fanofmusic.free.fr/Site-Charts-KoreaDatabaseUK.htm |title=Fan Of Music - South Korea Database |work=fanofmusic.free.fr |access-date=13 May 2011}}|nocert=yes}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|title=Twisted Angel|artist=LeAnn Rimes|type=album|id=2005-12-02|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|award=Gold}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Twisted Angel|artist=LeAnn Rimes|type=album|award=Silver|id=7830-3325-2}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Twisted Angel|artist=LeAnn Rimes|type=album|award=Gold|salesamount=436,000|salesref={{cite web |url= http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58342/ask-billboard |title=Ask Billboard | Billboard.com |work=billboard.com |access-date=13 May 2011}}}}

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