Twice Removed

Twice Removed
Studio album by Sloan
Released	August 30, 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Indie rock
Length	44:48
Label	Geffen Records (DGC)
Producer	Jim Rondinelli, Sloan
Sloan chronology
Smeared (1992) Twice Removed (1994) One Chord to Another (1996)
Singles from Twice Removed
"Coax Me" Released: 1994 "People of the Sky" Released: 1994

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	(B+)[2]

Twice Removed is the second album by Canadian rock band Sloan. It was released on Geffen Records in 1994, and is considered to be one of their best albums. It was more melodic and catchy than their previous album, Smeared, and as a result Geffen did not promote it very well because it didn't fit the commercially dominant grunge rock style of the time. The band was dropped from Geffen after Twice Removed was released.^[3] Although it was the record that made them famous in Canada, Sloan took time off from touring and writing after the troubles with Geffen, and they were rumoured to have broken up. The album was certified Gold in Canada on October 20, 1998.^[4]

Lyrics for the first track on the album, "Penpals", are taken from broken English fan letters to Kurt Cobain, which the band rummaged through when they were signed to Geffen in the early ’90s.^[3][5]

Jennifer Pierce from Jale appears once again as a backup singer on "I Can Feel It".

Artwork

Inside are hand-drawn pictures of a drum kit and two men. Other images include a lady talking on the phone, a motorbike, and two dogs.

On the back of the liner notes are drawings of cars and a binder with the title "Sloan" on it. On the back of the case, a snare drum with all the tracks' names on Twice Removed engraved into its side is displayed.

Legacy

In 1996, the music magazine Chart conducted a reader poll to determine the best Canadian albums of all time. Twice Removed topped that poll.^[6] When the magazine conducted a follow up poll in 2000, Twice Removed lost the top spot to Joni Mitchell's Blue, but still placed third. In the third poll, in 2005, Twice Removed reclaimed the top spot.^[7]

It was also ranked fourteenth in Bob Mersereau's 2007 book The Top 100 Canadian Albums.

In 2012, the album received a deluxe reissue on vinyl. This edition includes another three discs: one containing demo versions of the Twice Removed songs; another containing B-sides that were originally intended for the album but left off; and a 7-inch, 45 RPM disc containing songs that, in the words of guitarist Jay Ferguson, "didn't really fit anywhere else in the package". The release also includes a 12x12,32-page color booklet containing photos, interviews and other stories from the band's members. The reissue was made available exclusively via the band's website.^[3]

Track listing

Japanese Bonus Tracks

B-Sides

• "Coax Me (Icks Nay On The Evie Stay Micks)" (Coax Me 7")
• "One Professional Care" (Coax Me 7")
• "I Can Feel It (demo)" (promo 7")

Trivia

• "Penpals" is referenced in the book Lost At Sea by Bryan Lee O'Malley when one character sings the lyrics from it

References

1. ↑ Allmusic review
2. ↑ Robert Christgau review
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kamin, Adam (22 November 2012). "Sloan's Jay Ferguson talks re-issue of Twice Removed". blogTO (Fresh Daily). Retrieved 5 January 2013. 
4. ↑ "Gold Platinum Database: Sloan - Twice Removed". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved September 05, 2012. 
5. ↑ "Entertainment Weekly Popwatch Blog". Retrieved 2007-03-19. 
6. ↑ Number 1 Canadian Album
7. ↑ "Sloan's Twice Removed Named Top Canadian Album Of All Time". Chart. Retrieved 2011-03-27.