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''Tangled'' is the third studio album by Jane Wiedlin, released in 1990 on EMI Records. It was also her third solo album after leaving new wave group The Go-Go's. ==Background== After the American Top 10 success of the 1988 single "Rush Hour" from the album ''Fur'', ''Tangled'' took two years to complete and upon release failed to gain any commercial success and sold poorly, which in turn eventually led to Wiedlin's departure from EMI Records.〔EMI executive at Go-Go's concert Universal Amphitheater 1990 who wished to remain anonymous〕 Wiedlin would later state that this was largely due to EMI who failed to promote it. The album was supported by a Summer tour in America, with plans for the tour being announced as early as May 1990. Two singles were released from the album. The leading and main single "World on Fire," was released with a semi-controversial music video. The single was issued in America, Japan and Italy. The second single was the promotional-only American single "Guardian Angel", which aimed solely at radio airplay. It was issued as a one-track promo picture CD with custom back insert and remains scarce today. ''Tangled'' was produced entirely by Peter Collins, except for the track "99 Ways" which was produced by Collins and Andy Hill. Hill co-wrote the song with Wiedlin and Chris Thompson. The title track "Tangled" would appear in the 1990 romantic comedy film ''Pretty Woman''.〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100405/soundtrack〕 It would be included on the film's soundtrack album release in January 1990. Despite the album's limited success, EMI would release the 1993 compilation ''The Very Best of Jane Wiedlin'' which would include "Tangled", "Flowers on the Battlefield", "Paper Heart", "Guardian Angel", "Big Rock Candy Mountain", "99 Ways" and "World on Fire". In the August 1990 issue of the Orange Coast Magazine, an article based on Wiedlin under the title "Jane Wiedlin Untangles Her Past" was written by author Keith Tuber. The article wrote ''"The diminutive singer/songwriter and former Go-Go's band member is seated in the cluttered conference room of her record company's Hollywood offices. She's excited about "Tangled", her second solo album for EMI and third overall. She has every right to be excited. "Tangled" is easily her best individual project to date. The title track appears in the blockbuster film "Pretty Woman", and Wiedlin has just completed the video for her current single, "World on Fire".'' The song "Paper Hearts" was written by Wiedlin, Cyndi Lauper and Richard Orange. In the Orange Coast Magazine article, Tuber stated ''"The best track, however, is "Paper Hearts," a tune she inadvertently co-wrote with Cyndi Lauper. Inadvertent because she's yet to meet the pop artist whose vocal style is not unlike her own."'' The article quoted Wiedlin, who stated ''"It was sort of a song written by mail, more or less. I'd gotten a demo of the song in the mail and felt that it was real strong. She'd written it with another writer, but I wasn't that happy with the lyrics. I usually don't feel very comfortable singing other people's lyrics anyway. It's difficult to bring the right emotion into it. So, I asked them how they'd feel about me rewriting the lyrics, and they said, 'Go ahead and try, and we'll let you know what we think.' So I did, and they seemed to think the lyrics were OK. I recorded it, and I think the song came out great. You can't tell that it wasn't written at the same time."'' Tuber continued ''"Wiedlin, sniffling from the effects of a cold, pauses to sneeze. She might just as well be sniffling from her memory of the incident that served as her inspiration for the lyrics to "Paper Hearts." She wrote the words when she learned from a mutual friend that her former best friend, with whome she lost contact years before, had become a heroin addict. The news touched her emotionally, and she's yet to decided whether to tell him he's the subject of the song."''〔 Later in a September 12, 1996 article in the Los Angeles Times, writer Jon Matsumoto, under the title "Playing rough", the writer stated ''"Since the Go-Go's broke up in 1984, Wiedlin, who plays Friday at the Coach House, has released three solo albums. "Fur," in 1988, yielded a top-10 single in the infectious pop ditty "Rush Hour." But her last album, 1990's "Tangled," left her bitter about the record industry. It took two years to finish, and even after shooting what she termed an "extravagant" music video, EMI Records, Wiedlin said, never put its promotional muscle behind the album. It subsequently suffered a quick commercial death."'' Wiedlin was quoted, ''"It left such a bad taste in my mouth. It was, 'I can't handle this anymore.' I know (label support ) happens to people all the time and there's nothing you can really do about it. Luckily, I had the () luxury where I didn't really have to do anything. Then after a couple of years of floating around, I started thinking about doing music again and started writing songs."'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tangled (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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