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.

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]

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]

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.