Tangled is the third album by Jane Wiedlin

Jane Wiedlin

Jane Marie Genevieve Wiedlin is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and actress. She is best known as the rhythm guitarist of the all-female New Wave band The Go-Go's.-Early life:...

, released in 1990 on EMI Records

EMI Records

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. It was also her third solo album

Solo album

A solo album, in popular music, is an album headlined by a current or former member of a band. A solo album may feature simply one person performing all instruments, but typically features the work of other collaborators; rather, it may be made with different collaborators than the artist is...

 after leaving New Wave

New Wave music

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 group The Go-Go's

The Go-Go's

The Go-Go’s are an all-female American rock band formed in 1978. They made history as the first all-female band that both wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to top the Billboard album charts....

.

It sold poorly, eventually leading to her departure from EMI Records.
A single, "World on Fire," was released from the album, featuring a semi-controversial music video.

Critical reception

The album received negative reviews from critics.

Alex Henderson of Allmusic said Wiedlin "did not have much of a voice", and compared the album as bad compared to Go-Gos or Belinda Carlisle

Belinda Carlisle

Belinda Jo Carlisle is an American singer who gained worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, one of the most successful all-female bands and the first such group whose members wrote their own songs and played their own instruments...

 solo releases. He concluded the review by saying: "Between Wiedlin's weak singing and the consistently poor material, Tangled is a disc to avoid."

Track listing

1. "Rain on Me" (Wiedlin)
2. "At the End of the Day"
3. "Guardian Angel" (Wiedlin, Scott Cutler, Dennis Morgan)
4. "Flowers on the Battlefield" (Wiedlin, Mark Goldenberg)
5. "Tangled" (Wiedlin, Scott Cutler)
6. "World on Fire" (Wiedlin, Valerie Block, Scott Cutler, Terry Hall
   Terry Hall (singer)
   Terry Hall is the lead singer of The Specials, and formerly of Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka and Vegas. He has released two solo albums and has also collaborated with many artists including David A...
   
   )
7. "Paper Heart" (Wiedlin, Cyndi Lauper
   Cyndi Lauper
   Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...
   
   ,Richard Orange)
8. "Big Rock Candy Mountain" (Wiedlin, Larry Tagg)
9. "99 Ways" (Wiedlin, Chris Thompson, Andy Hill)
10. "Euphoria" (Wiedlin)