Sharp / Twist is Songwriting partnership within The Alarm. Prior to 1986 songs written by Dave Sharp show as a solo credit on record sleeves and labels, from 1986 onwards both have writer credits.
Alarm songs credited to Sharp / Twist, listed in date order of when the song was first released:
1987 : One Step Closer To Home, My Land Your Land
1989 : Change II
1990 : Up for Murder 1990
1991 : God Save Somebody, Save Your Crying, Wonderful World
Songs prior to 1986 credited solely to Dave Sharp are:
1981 : Up For Murder
1982 : Across The Border
1983 : Reason 41
1984 : Tell Me
1985 : Reason 36
1998 : Black Side Of Fortune
In 1986 Dave Sharp and Nigel Twist laid down some demo tracks to put forward to the record company for the next release. Some of these songs have never been releases, others were reworked to be record by Dave for his solo albums. There is a bootleg tape of these demos that exist.
1986 : Julia, Homeless Child, I’m Going On Foot From London To Paris (in French), Ain’t Nobody’s Fault But Mine, Preacher Casey Blues, Northwinds : A Seafarers Tale plus a couple of unnamed instrumental jams.
(Page updated 10/09/2024)