▁three . ▁There ▁was ▁a ▁mag ical ▁energy ▁between ▁us ▁which ▁resulted ▁in ▁some ▁great ▁music ." ▁ ▁Re ception ▁According ▁to ▁SP IN , ▁Tw ist ▁of ▁Sh adows ▁sign ified ▁the ▁most ▁s oph istic ated ▁stage ▁in ▁the ▁band ' s ▁grad ual ▁evolution ▁from ▁ar ty ▁obsc urity ▁into ▁pop ▁access ibility . ▁Billboard ▁claimed ▁the ▁album , ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁follow up ▁Phoenix ▁( 1 9 9 1 ), ▁had ▁lifted ▁the ▁band ▁to ▁cult ▁status ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁The ▁album ▁had ▁mixed ▁reviews . ▁While ▁SP IN ▁pra ised ▁the ▁album ▁and ▁called ▁it ▁" st ill ▁eth ere al , ▁big ▁and ▁for eb oding ", ▁Tr ou ser ▁Press ▁found ▁the ▁album ▁" e as ily ▁end urable " ▁but ▁l abeled ▁the ▁band ▁" just ▁another ▁light weight ▁electronic ▁dance ▁band ▁of ▁the ▁post - rom antic ▁era ". ▁Although ▁Tw ist ▁of ▁Sh adows ▁wasn ' t ▁exactly ▁considered ▁industrial ▁in ▁its ▁sound , ▁the ▁b pm ' s ▁run ▁mid - tem po ▁and ▁sound ▁made ▁it ▁totally ▁dance able ▁in ▁a ▁New ▁Order - ish ▁way . ▁The ▁Great ▁Ind ie ▁Disc ography ▁found ▁the ▁album ▁" dec ided ly ▁dated ... st uck ▁in ▁a ▁mid - 8 0 s ▁gro ove ", ▁while ▁the ▁St . ▁Petersburg ▁Times ▁looked ▁back ▁at ▁Tw ist ▁of ▁Sh adows '' ▁as ▁" br illiant ... [ w ] ith ▁a ▁dense , ▁almost ▁Goth ic ▁sound ▁that ▁borrow ed ▁as