Twist and Shout

User Reviews of Twist and Shout

Yelp.com Review - by Vi B.

4.0 of 5 stars. I wandered into this place after discovering that it was one of the only record stores open at that time on that day (mind you, it wasn't 2 in the morning on a Wednesday, it was a Saturday night). It...
yelp.com - user review - 09/22/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Alden C.

5.0 of 5 stars. I think this place is awesome! They have an impressive CD and DVD selection and kudos to a large vinyl selection too! Cool T-shirts and hoodies for guys and girls. Fun action figures and other weird...
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Michael S.

5.0 of 5 stars. I'm not supposed to go into Twist and Shout any more. My sponsor says it isn't good for my addiction to be around all of that deliciously intoxicating used vinyl. Because if do spend time in Twist...
yelp.com - user review - 08/20/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by tex f.

4.0 of 5 stars. This is what a cool "record shop" used to be like. Digital downloads are taking over and even some of the independent shops I've been in recently have more of a warehouse feel, but not Twist & Shout....
yelp.com - user review - 08/16/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Alannah B.

4.0 of 5 stars. I've been shopping here since the late 90s. I tend to go here only about 2-3 times a year (I live in Broomfield), so when I go I usually have a long list of things I'm looking for. My husband and I...
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Cliff T.

5.0 of 5 stars. Probably the best record store I've ever been to. I think they do a great job of stocking everything from brand new records to local stuff to imports. And their vinyl selection has always been...
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Skyler S.

5.0 of 5 stars. I used to shop at Twist & Shout all the time when it was at the Alameda and Logan location. There was a time in high school when I had a T&S hoodie that I wore every single day, until I lost it...
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by John H.

5.0 of 5 stars. Twist and Shout is the kind of store that makes me wish I could write 45 rpm (that's forty-five reviews per month). When it comes to local record shops, it's simply unbeatable. Why has it cultivated...
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Anita I.

5.0 of 5 stars. LOVE IT! I've not been to Twist and Shout in a long time. Took my little one there few days ago to pick up the new Depeche Mode CD. T'was my first trip to the "new" buildling. Fabulous. Friendly...
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Larren M.

5.0 of 5 stars. Local, a little more pricey than the corporate places, friendly, did I say local or best selection of music in Denver? Worth it!!!! What more can I say.....
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Allen N.

5.0 of 5 stars. Please support this place. If stores like this die out, Denver will become even more boring than it is.
yelp.com - user review - 04/20/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Holly C.

5.0 of 5 stars. Good 'ole Twist & Shout has been a staple in my life for so many years. Though, I still miss their old location, this one is still quite special. Great selection of both new & used, along with dvds....
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Carrie C.

4.0 of 5 stars. "I go there for the hot wings." Coolest place to get media in Denver. If i cared to purchase anything like that stuff but i really go there for the cool toys and clothing they have. I would spend...
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jonathan K.

4.0 of 5 stars. VINYL LOVERS: This review is for people who listen to and/or collect vinyl. Twist & Shout has by far has the largest collection of new vinyl in the city (more rock albums than anything else). They...
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Nadine G.

3.0 of 5 stars. They do have a huge selection of local bands and musicians from Colorado but they only drawback is that if you want that same CD a month later..they don't carry it anymore. I don't really get all the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Maha K.

5.0 of 5 stars. If I made up an artist on the spot, they'd have the CD. If I tried to pass off my 3-year old niece's aspiring singing career as a legit album, they'd have the CD. They operate in the past, present and...
yelp.com - user review - 02/04/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Sam B.

4.0 of 5 stars. i just moved to Colorado and chose twist and shout to be my first record store in town. Upon entering, I immediately noticed the severe lacking of twisting and shouting. I think this is perhaps...
yelp.com - user review - 01/23/2009
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Twist and Shout by Michael D. at InsiderPages

I love going to twist and shout. I always get my old school music from there. Music like: Temptations, Smokey Robison, Jackson 5, Earth,Wind,and Fire, and etc. I even got a cd by BB KIng. I am glad to go to a...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/21/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jason A.

5.0 of 5 stars. Great store, knowledgeable and friendly staff, huge supporters of independent music (always keep an eye out for their in-store performances), and one of my favorite local merchants.There's not much...
yelp.com - user review - 01/21/2009
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Great music source! by karen u. at InsiderPages

I go here for all of my music purchases. The service is great, with new and used cds and records! They also sell new and dvds along with t-shirts, blind boxes and neat stuffed animals. Love it!!
citysearch.com - user review - 01/03/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Tara B.

4.0 of 5 stars. Sigh, I miss the old store, but I suppose there's nothing wrong with the new store, per se. They still have the same great selection of new and used movies, music, toys and other great novelty items....
yelp.com - user review - 01/02/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jes H.

5.0 of 5 stars. I loved this back before it moved to Colfax, and everytime I come home this is one place I have to stop at. Not only do they have an amazing selection of cds and vinyl, but they have kickass toys (ala...
yelp.com - user review - 12/08/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Dan S.

3.0 of 5 stars. I hate to be the 'I was into them back when...' guy, but whatevs. T&S, in my opinion, was much better when it was down on Alameda. Having a separate vinyl shop was fantastic. Since that's what I shop...
yelp.com - user review - 12/03/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Robin P.

5.0 of 5 stars. I walk in and BAM, I immediately see something that I want to buy. And immediately, I am in love with a record store (I know, I have many Yelp loves).Twist and Shout is a marvelous place that, as you...
yelp.com - user review - 11/26/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by McKenna J.

5.0 of 5 stars. Not many people will remember this - but Twist and Shout used to be in an old house on South Pearl Street!! I loved it then (for the vinyl) and and still love it. Everything is laid out in easy to...
yelp.com - user review - 11/25/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Chad G.

4.0 of 5 stars. I put aside $$ every month so I can go on a spree every once in a while. My co-worker got me hooked; you'll find us spending hours there on the weekends.
yelp.com - user review - 10/09/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Lauren D.

4.0 of 5 stars. Amazing store, HUGE selection of lots of everything, lots to listen to before you buy. Kind of feels like you walked into John Cusack's music store in "High Fidelity" so I was a little scared to be...
yelp.com - user review - 10/08/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Hilary P.

4.0 of 5 stars. So there I was... an LA girl about to travel to Denver entirely for a concert. Ok, to visit a friend too, but mostly for a concert. To say I'm a music-minded girl would be an understatement. The day...
yelp.com - user review - 09/10/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by John M.

4.0 of 5 stars. What a great place to hang out and listen to CD's. They'll pop anything you want into a player so you can listen if you don't find a cool new album at a listening station. The staff knows their...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Em E.

5.0 of 5 stars. Great place to peruse...great selection of music, t-shirts, hats, and other random objects 'n stuff...
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Julene O.

4.0 of 5 stars. Why do people always praise second-rate, high-priced record stores? I just don't get it. Between the music snobs in the isles and behind the registers, the shopping experience here tends to be very...
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Tiffany C.

5.0 of 5 stars. I love the music selection at Twist & Shout just like everyone else on Yelp. But, I love that Twist & Shout is more that just a music store. Sure they carry new and used CDs and plenty of vinyl to...
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Dave W.

5.0 of 5 stars. No need to really review this place, it's superb. Bored? Hit up the Twist & Shout/Tattered Cover combo and your day is complete..... up to date listening stations, new releases always greet you,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2008
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great selection, but not my fave...

first things first - this store really does have a great selection. however, it does come at a price. new CD's are pretty expensive, but you will find some decent prices on used discs. personally, i'm a vinyl...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/06/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Kimberly B.

4.0 of 5 stars. What an eclectic variety of goods that they sell in this store. I loved the toys, shirts, bags, and hats that they had at the front of the store as well as the special edition goodies that they had on...
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Kat A.

4.0 of 5 stars. Great selection, but that's already been said a bunch of times. Case in point: Somehow, my husband managed to stumble upon a used Django Reinhardt CD for $7. Score! However, it took us forever to make...
yelp.com - user review - 12/30/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Jason L.

5.0 of 5 stars. This is one of those joints that has it's own character. There is memoribilia everywhere, awesome rock t-shirts to show off how cool you are, a bevy of incese sticks like nag champa that cake the...
yelp.com - user review - 11/27/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by mark k.

4.0 of 5 stars. Twist and shout has some of the best selection I have seen at a CD store and the used selection is by far the best. I was hopeful when they opened the new location they would perhaps de-clutter it a...
yelp.com - user review - 11/02/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Erin S.

5.0 of 5 stars. Best Buy will seem like the Wal-Mart of music after you've visited Twist & Shout. Yes, the majority of people in the world have progressed to ipods and MP3's, but not me. I lose things like ipods so I...
yelp.com - user review - 10/07/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Claude F.

5.0 of 5 stars. If you still go to record/cd stores (and I occasionally do) this is THE place to buy music in Denver.They have a good staff, not the standard uppity record store clerks. Prices are fine and if you...
yelp.com - user review - 10/06/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Guy M.

5.0 of 5 stars. The #1 Retail Music Destination in Denver. Call me old fashioned, but I like my CD's. I still enjoy listening to an artist's work for 45 minutes straight. T&S has it all: New CD's, used CD's,...
yelp.com - user review - 09/16/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Jelena W.

4.0 of 5 stars. I'm tone deaf, and I pretty much just listen to the radio and a large collection of really obnoxious techno and more obnoxious death metal that is less obnoxious to me because I'm tone deaf- so why...
yelp.com - user review - 08/29/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Daniel A.

5.0 of 5 stars. Awhile ago, I moved from Chicago to Denver and was quickly in search of a new and up to high Chicago standards store. Twist and Shout exceeds the bill. Albiet, the vinyl part of the store was a little...
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Rachael W.

5.0 of 5 stars. Riddle:Q: What do you call an awesome music store with a fantastic selection and a creative, fun name?A. Twist and Shout
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Travis R.

3.0 of 5 stars. Best music selection around! This is the INDYvidual best place to buy indy music!.
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Amanda D.

4.0 of 5 stars. This place is just what Denver needs. The best place for indy music around!
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Davis J.

5.0 of 5 stars. even though their name sounds like an indian burn, this place rocks (literally)!
yelp.com - user review - 07/26/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Justin C.

5.0 of 5 stars. Indy music! You know you love it! And if you don't, you better pretend to, or else no one will think that you are "with it" or "hip." This new location is respectable, you gotta check it out,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Miles I.

5.0 of 5 stars. I've been a devotee of T&S going back to their original venue on South Pearl. I'm largely a jazz fan and T&S has never let me down. I'm also a "non-download" music guy [in other words, an anachronism]...
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by amye a.

3.0 of 5 stars. Twist 'n' Shout may have moved from their previous kick ass location but, that doesn't mean the place isn't still a destination. It just means you may have to drive a little farther and parking may...
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Seth J.

5.0 of 5 stars. Since I have been out here from L.A. this store has got the best techno selection in Colorado. Their prices are very competitve. They have other great genres of music to choose from as well. Last time...
yelp.com - user review - 05/14/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Dustin G.

3.0 of 5 stars. Time to be the downer again:Twist and Shout is what you think it would be: image driven cd and record store that appeals to the indie-rock sort of culture. They have lots of random sorts of gifts and...
yelp.com - user review - 05/09/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Vince D.

5.0 of 5 stars. As a product of the indie record store culture, I know the appeal of spending an entire afternoon--and an entire paycheck--at a local record shop. Got some free time and a paycheck to burn? Twist and...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Claudia B.

5.0 of 5 stars. i'm really glad that Twist & Shout moved to the 'Fax. it suits them so much better than the old crunky locations (with separated vinyl and non-vinyl stores).that being said, Twist & Shout is the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Brook B.

5.0 of 5 stars. Probably my favorite place ever to shop for used records. Record shopping in Denver is super-cheap everywhere, but the selection at Twist and Shout is tops. I always find a million and a half things...
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Penelope W.

5.0 of 5 stars. "It's warehouse-esque."This is a new (NEW) Twist and Shout. So then, you might be weary--you may not feel trusting of the cleanliness and impeccable organization atypical to record store etiquette....
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Allison J.

5.0 of 5 stars. I've lived in Denver for over 10 years. This is my record store. Do not go anywhere else; this is the best of the best. Knowledgable, friendly staff, giant selection, and a sweet place for gifts,...
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Megan H.

5.0 of 5 stars. If you even 'like' music on a marginal level and you haven't been to Twist and Shout, SHAME ON YOU. (The owners recently closed both stores on Alameda and opened a 12.000 sq.-foot store on Colfax,...
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Dave H.

5.0 of 5 stars. If I ever moved to Denver (now known as Allentown), T&S would be my new best friend on ze weekends. Coming from Killa Kali, I've been accustomed to hangin' with good ol' Arnold-sized Amoeba to fuel my...
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Jordan R.

5.0 of 5 stars. While locally-owned music stores are a dying breed, Denver's own Twist & Shout remains an institution among the musically-apt locals. The store recently moved from its Alameda location to a new,...
yelp.com - user review - 12/26/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Perry E.

5.0 of 5 stars. Mecca! [[UPDATE: The NEW Location comments at end]]This is the best of Denver - no one comes close. If you love music and have not been, well shame on you - get your ass down there and drain away...
yelp.com - user review - 10/02/2006
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greatest place on earth

Got to go there to experience it. Best vinyl album selection I have seen!!!!
citysearch.com - user review - 04/01/2006
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MUSIC HEAVEN!!

Twist and Shout is the best record store I have ever been to. They have a great selection of everything. Their memorobilia and selection of apparel is un-matched!! They carry a great selection of Jamband cd's,...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/19/2002
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Great Place

I recently paid my first visit to Twist & Shout, and I have to say it was a very cool experience. There are so many different types of people in there to match the different music genres housed within the...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/26/2002
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Twist it up!

I love Twist & Shout! Excellent selection of dance vinyl.
citysearch.com - user review - 08/23/2002
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Mecca for Music Junkies

If you're serious about music, this is your place. Forget about downloading it off the Net or buying it from some mega-conglomerate like Walmart which reduces art to a commodity. T&S is staffed with people who...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/13/2002
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Knowledgable Vinyl Staff

Every visit I have made to Twist & Shout Underground has been a pleasant one. Their staff is knowledgable and willing to dispense advice, as needed. :)
citysearch.com - user review - 07/30/2002
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they have it all

You can find almost anything including used CD's. The store help is as eclectic as the store itself. On any given day you'll see a hippie, punk rocker, and a skinhead ready to find your selection. If they...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/26/2002
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Good Digs

Sure the price might be a little high, but T & S has everything there. Coming from Chicago, I didn't think there was one good record store in town until I found Twist and Shout. I always know I'll be able to...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/29/2002
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