Twisted by Design

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{{Infobox album

| name = Twisted by Design

| type = Album

| artist = Strung Out

| cover = StrungOutTwistedbyDesign.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 5, 1998

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| genre = Hardcore punk{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/an-american-paradox-mw0000659103|title=An American Paradox - Strung Out {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|publisher=AllMusic|author=Greene, Jo-Ann|accessdate=November 3, 2021}}

| length = 36:31

| label = Fat Wreck Chords

| producer = Ulrich Wild

| prev_title = Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = An American Paradox

| next_year = 2002

}}

Twisted by Design is Strung Out's third album with Fat Wreck Chords. The album was released on May 5, 1998.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Strung-Out-Twisted-By-Design/master/304522|title=Strung Out - Twisted By Design|website=Discogs}} The album was the last with former bassist Jim Cherry, who left the group one year later, replaced by current bassist Chris Aiken, and died of a heart problem in 2002. It was re-mixed, re-mastered and re-released on April 15, 2014 as part of the first volume of Strung Out's 20th anniversary box set. The album received positive reviews by critics and fans alike.{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/43169/Strung-Out-Twisted-By-Design/|title=Strung Out Twisted by Design|publisher=Sputnik Music|accessdate=October 25, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Twisted-Design-Reissue-Strung-Out/dp/B00ID96M2A|title=Twisted By Design|date=15 April 2014|publisher=|via=Amazon}}