Bite Your Tongue

Bite Your Tongue is the debut solo album by Australian singer-songwriter Tiffani Wood. It was released in Australia on 14 October 2006 through Wood's own independent record label Mudhoney Records.

Album information

The album was recorded over two years during 2005 and 2006, excluding "The Mirror" which was originally released in 2004 as a b-side to Wood's debut solo single on Warner Music, "What R U Waiting 4". All songs on the album are co-written by Wood, excluding the Divinyls cover of "I Touch Myself". The record takes an uptempo pop rock approach, covering a number of themes such as relationships ("Spin the Bottle", "I Told You", "Ain't Dun Nothing To U"), falling asleep behind the wheel ("Wake Up"), body image ("The Mirror") and the entertainment industry ("Devil in Your Soul", "Free Your Mind"). The imagery for the booklet and artwork was inspired by Wood's love for the 1940s burlesque look.

Herald Sun music reporter Cameron Adams gave the album three stars, stating, "Wood hasn't got the budget for hot overseas hitmakers, but has a powerful voice and never sounds out of depth amid heavy guitars...In a word: sassy".

Bite Your Tongue (song)

"Bite Your Tongue" was released as a single on February 2, 1999 and is found on Duncan Sheik's second studio album, Humming. The song was called "a driving hard-pop number" by Rolling Stone's Neva Chonin, "self-deprecating" by Allmusic's Roxanne Blanford and Elysa Gardner from the Los Angeles Times said: "The single “Bite Your Tongue” rocks harder and more buoyantly than his previous hits.". The song would also appear as a bonus track on the 2004 Daylight (Limited Tour Edition) CD and on the 2006 double disk album Brighter/Later: A Duncan Sheik Anthology, released by Rhino Records (Also released in 2007 as Greatest Hits – Brighter: A Duncan Sheik Collection, a single CD version.)

Beverly Hills, 90210

In 1998 Duncan Sheik appeared on the season premiere of the show Beverly Hills, 90210, In an episode entitled "The Morning After" Sheik performed "Bite Your Tongue" as well as "Barely Breathing".

Track listing