Tightly Unwound

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Tightly Unwound | type = studio | artist = The Pineapple Thief | cover = Tpt-tightly-unwound.jpg | alt = | released = 19 May 2008 | recorded = 2007–2008 | venue = | studio = | genre = Progressive rock | length = 59:30 | label = Kscope | producer = | prev_title = What We Have Sown | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = Someone Here Is Missing | next_year = 2010 }}

{{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1387844|first=Jonathan|last=Widran|title=Review of ''Tightly Unwound''|accessdate=23 September 2016}}</ref> | rev2 = Blogcritics | rev2score = (favourable)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogcritics.org/music-review-the-pineapple-thief-tightly/ |title=Music Review: The Pineapple Thief – Tightly Unwound |first=Jeff |last=Perkins |date=13 September 2008 |accessdate=23 September 2016|publisher=Blogcritics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029054746/http://blogcritics.org:80/music-review-the-pineapple-thief-tightly|archive-date=2016-10-29|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Classic Rock'' | rev3score = {{rating|7|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kscopemusic.com/2008/05/30/the-pineapple-thief-reviewed-in-classic-rock/ |title=The Pineapple Thief reviewed in Classic Rock |publisher=Kscope |accessdate=23 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116023853/http://www.kscopemusic.com:80/2008/05/30/the-pineapple-thief-reviewed-in-classic-rock|archive-date=2018-01-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> }}

'''''Tightly Unwound''''' (2008) is the seventh studio album by The Pineapple Thief, and their first album released by Kscope.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kscope {{!}} The Pineapple Thief – Tightly Unwound |url=http://www.kscopemusic.com/2008/02/18/9/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815204922/http://www.kscopemusic.com/2008/02/18/9/ |archive-date=2016-08-15 |access-date=2016-06-23}}</ref> 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.

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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-10-05 |title=Kscope » Blog Archive » Anathema & The Pineapple Thief digital releases |url=http://www.kscopemusic.com:80/?p=89 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005145652/http://www.kscopemusic.com:80/?p=89 |archive-date=2008-10-05 |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=kscopemusic.com}}</ref>

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== {{Track listing |title1 = My Debt to You |length1 = 5:19 |title2 = Shoot First |length2 = 4:12 |title3 = Sinners |length3 = 4:52 |title4 = Tightly Wound |length4 = 6:35 |title5 = The Sorry State |length5 = 4:11 |title6 = My Bleeding Hand |length6 = 4:20 |title7 = Different World |length7 = 10:44 |title8 = And So Say All of You |length8 = 4:05 |title9 = Too Much to Lose |length9 = 15:12 }}

Early promo versions of the album had the tracks "Tightly Wound" and "The Sorry State" switched in order.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-04-14 |title=Discography {{!}} The Pineapple Thief |url=http://www.pineapplethief.com/discography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414214757/http://www.pineapplethief.com/discography |archive-date=2012-04-14 |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=pineapplethief.com}}</ref>

==External links== *[http://www.pineapplethief.com The Pineapple Thief's Official Website]

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Category:2008 albums Category:The Pineapple Thief albums Category:Kscope albums