Bitter Sweet & Twisted

Bitter Sweet & Twisted
Studio album by the Quireboys
Released	1993
Genre	Rock, hard rock
Label	EMI
Producer	Bob Rock Chris Kimsey
The Quireboys chronology
A Bit of What You Fancy (1990) Bitter Sweet & Twisted (1993) This Is Rock'N'Roll (2001)

Bitter Sweet & Twisted is rock band the Quireboys's second studio album, released in 1993. The album was released on EMI and went into the UK Albums Chart at #31.

Three of the tracks from this album ("Tramps & Thieves", "Brother Louie" and "Last Time") were released as singles, the latter of which was only released in Japan. "Brother Louie" was the highest charting from this album, as it reached #32 on the UK Singles Chart.

The album was produced mostly by Bob Rock, some of the tracks were produced by the Rolling Stones producer Chris Kimsey. After this album, the Quireboys would split up and didn't release another studio album until 2001.

Track listing

1. "Tramps and Thieves"
2. "White Trash Blues"
3. "Can't Park Here"
4. "King of New York"
5. "Don't Bite the Hand"
6. "Last Time"
7. "Debbie"
8. "Brother Louie"
9. "Ode to You (Baby Just Walk)"
10. "Hates to Please"
11. "My Saint Jude"
12. "Take No Revenge"
13. "Wild, Wild, Wild"
14. "Ain't Love Blind"

Japanese bonus

1. "Hey you (Live)"
2. "Sweet Mary Ann (Live)"
3. "Tramps & thieves (Live)"

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)	25
UK Albums (OCC)	31

Band

• Spike - vocals, harp and guitar
• Guy Bailey - guitar, mandolin and vocals
• Guy Griffin - guitar, sitar and vocals
• Nigel Mogg - bass and vocals
• Rudy Richman - drums and percussion
• Chris Johnstone - piano, Hammond B3 and clavinet

Additional musician

• Bob Buckley - string arrangement

Singles

• Tramps and Thieves (1992) UK #41
• Brother Louie (1993) UK #32
• Last Time (1993) Japan only release