Twiggy (album)

"Here I Go Again"
Twiggy
Studio album by Twiggy
Released	July 1976
Recorded	1976, Phonogram Studios London
Genre	country, pop
Label	Mercury
Producer	Tony Eyers
Twiggy chronology
Singles from Twiggy
	"Here I Go Again";

Twiggy is the self-titled debut album from British model & singer Twiggy. It was released in 1976 in England and mainland Europe.[1] The album featured the top-twenty single "Here I Go Again". The album peaked at #33 on the UK Albums Chart, receiving a silver certification.

Album information

After four years of modelling, Twiggy retired in 1970 and embarked on an acting and singing career. Twiggy spoke of her debut Album, "My first real album after my record deal with Phonogram - I'd always absolutely adored country music, I guess it was always my 'thing'. This album was slightly more country than 'Please Get My Name Right' which was more pop I suppose. The first album did rather well, earning me a silver disc, although they both did very well. This album was produced by Tony Eyers who was a hot record producer at the time.".[2]

The album included the UK top-20 hit, "Here I Go Again", which peaked at number 17.

Critical reception

The album was warmly received by Rolling Stone, with reviewer Billy Altman opining, "Her voice, which at alternate times recalls Olivia Newton-John and Melanie (but without the former's calculated submissiveness or the latter's hyperextended vulnerability) is strong and self-assured". Also commenting, "she has a fine sense of where the heart of a song lies (...) There is a delicateness and vitality in Twiggy's music that is well above the usual MOR fare and one wishes her good luck in a field that is, if anything, more volatile and fickle than the modeling and fashion world".[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)
1.	"Vanilla Olay"	Jackie DeShannon	Tony Eyers
2.	"Good for You Too"	Toni Brown	Tony Eyers
3.	"Just Bidin' My Time"	Gene MacLellan	Tony Eyers
4.	"Pieces of April"	Dave Loggins	Tony Eyers
5.	"Appalachian Boy"		Tony Eyers
6.	"Rain On The Roof"	John Sebastian	Tony Eyers
7.	"Here I Go Again"	Country Joe McDonald	Tony Eyers
8.	"Vaudeville Man"	Wendy Waldman	Tony Eyers
9.	"Caravan Tonight"	Steven Grossman	Tony Eyers
10.	"Done My Cryin' Time"	Toni Brown	Tony Eyers
11.	"Everything Comes In Time"	Toni Brown	Tony Eyers

Charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	33

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[4]	Silver	60,000^{^}
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Personnel

Twiggy: Vocal
Gerry Butler: Arrangement
Steve Brown: Engineer

References

"Twiggy". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
"Twiggy - Recordings". Twiggy Lawson Official Site. 2001–2012. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
"20 Rock Albums Rolling Stone Loved in the 1970s That You Never Heard". "Rolling Stone".
"British album certifications – Twiggy – Twiggy". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Twiggy in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

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[1] "Twiggy". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 March 2015.

[2] "Twiggy - Recordings". Twiggy Lawson Official Site. 2001–2012. Retrieved 14 March 2015.

[3] "20 Rock Albums Rolling Stone Loved in the 1970s That You Never Heard". "Rolling Stone".

[United_KingdomTwiggyTwiggyalbumCertRef-4] "British album certifications – Twiggy – Twiggy". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Twiggy in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.