The Norwegian website abcnyheter.no reviewed "Twist The Truth" back in March with a longer analysis.

On the right track

(Published by abcnyheter, March 31, 2009)

Lene Marlin is onto something, but does fall slightly short on her fourth album.

There is always a great interest surrounding Lene Marlin when she's in the current interest with a new album.

Ten years after the crash debut with "Playing My Game" following the single "Unforgivable Sinner", she is back with her fourth album; "Twist The Truth".

Lene chooses "You Could Have" as new single

(Notice by Tef Johs, June 29/July 3, 2009)

Lene chooses the second single from "Twist The Truth" to be "You Could Have".

As noted by the recent message by Lene on her personal MySpace site, she has chosen the song first revealed at the 2007 Døgnvill concert as her new single from the latest album.

This is Lene's latest message in full:

Lene received well at Rådhusplassen 2009

(Notice by Tef Johs, June 19, 2009)

Just before 22:00 hours Friday evening of June 19, Lene entered the stage of the fully packed Rådhusplassen in Oslo.

Lene was very well received as the host Marte Stokstad shouted out her name, introducing Lene as the girl from Tromsø having just released her new album, "Twist The Truth".

The crowd at Rådhusplassen gave Lene a great reception with a huge cheer when she entered the stage, performing "Here We Are" with a full band. Among the players of her band were her guitar player from the latest album, Tommy Kristiansen, and her violin/backing vocal Renate Engevold.

For the first time since their top score review of "Playing My Game" in 1999, the Norwegian music site Puls has reviewed a Lene Marlin album!

Lene Marlin - "Twist The Truth"

(Published by Puls, June 12, 2009)

Lene Marlin is for the most part keeping to the melancholic corner.

Her fourth album definitely has some wonderful moments, but why should she open with one of the weaker songs?

There are 10 years since the Tromsø girl took Norway by storm with her impressing debut album "Playing My Game". Several of the songs there had refrains that hit you like a shot, with "Unforgivable Sinner" as the most outstanding.

The Tromsø paper Nordlys gave Lene's "Twist The Truth" a very nice review back in late March.

Best outside the tracks

(Published by Nordlys, March 28, 2009)

Lene Marlin is best when she really dares to be different. When the men's choir is singing with their stomachs, and is trampling with weight.

When the trumpet and the trombone is blowing above an acoustic guitar. Then Lene Marlin is tough, playful, and totally off-piste in the otherwise safe Kroken hills. Because "Twist The Truth" isn't just a "new and different" Lene as we had been promised. Still parts of the song material is very conformal in the Lene Marlin mould.

Still, the Tromsø girl's fourth album is marked by new thoughts and a more grown-up artist. With Even "Magnet" Johansen and Børge Fjordheim in the producer's chairs, the listeners are introduced into a sound world with both brass and strings.