Twitch (Aldo Nova album)

Twitch
Twitch
Studio album by Aldo Nova
Released	October 14, 1985
Recorded	6 March – 1 June 1985 (Kingdom Sound); 6 June – 25 July 1985 (The Hit Factory)
Studio	Kingdom Sound and The Hit Factory, New York
Genre	Hard rock; glam metal;
Length	39:39
Label	Portrait
Producer	Aldo Nova, Lennie Petze
Aldo Nova chronology

Twitch is the third studio album by Canadian hard rock musician Aldo Nova, released on October 14, 1985 by Portrait Records.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	2/10^[3]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album liner notes.^[4]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tonight (Lift Me Up)"	Aldo Nova, Tom De Luca	4:15
2.	"Rumours of You"	Nova	4:55
3.	"Surrender Your Heart"	Nova, De Luca	4:26
4.	"If Looks Could Kill"	Nova, Nicky Prigino, Rod McManus	3:49
5.	"Heartless"	Myles Hunter	3:19

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Long Hot Summer"	Mark Radice	4:12
7.	"Fallen Angel"	Nova, Jesse Bradman	4:24
8.	"Stay"	Nova, De Luca	3:49
9.	"Lay Your Love on Me"	Nova, Paul Kayen	3:59
10.	"Twitch"	Nova, Michael Rudetsky	2:29

Aldo Nova – guitar, vocals, synthesizer and linn drum programming, producer, arranger
Paul Kayen – guitars
Neil Jason – bass
Anton Fig – drums on "Heartless"
Billy Carmassi – drums on "Lay Your Love on Me"
Allan Schwartzberg – drums on "Fallen Angel"
Lennie Petze – special effects guitar on "Long Hot Summer", castanets on "Surrender Your Heart", co-producer
Michael Rudetsky played and programmed the fairlight on "Long Hot Summer" and "Twitch"
Robbie Kilgore – additional synthesizers on "Long Hot Summer"
David LeBolt – additional keyboards on "Surrender Your Heart", "Fallen Angel" and "Stay"
Peppy Castro – background vocals
Michael Bolton – background vocals
Bob Christianson – background vocals
Angela Clemmons – background vocals on "Rumours of You", "Surrender Your Heart" and "If Looks Could Kill"
Fiona – background vocals on "Rumours of You", "Surrender Your Heart" and "Lay Your Love on Me"

Chart (1985-1986)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[5]	60
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[6]	14

^ "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. 11 October 1985. p. 38. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
^ Adams, Bret. "Twitch - Aldo Nova". AllMusic. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 978-1894959315.
^ Aldo Nova (1985). Twitch (LP sleeve). Portrait Records. FR 40001.
^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0607". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Aldo Nova – Twitch". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2024.