1994 studio album by Acoustic Alchemy
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| Studio album by Acoustic Alchemy | ||||
| Released | 11 October 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1994 | |||
| Studio | Mayfair Studios, London, UK Hansa Haus Studios, Bonn, Germany Winsford Studios, London, UK | |||
| Genre | Smooth jazz | |||
| Length | 53:19 | |||
| Label | GRP 97832 | |||
| Producer | Steven Jones Klaus Genuit | |||
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Against The Grain, Acoustic Alchemy's 8th album, was released on 11 October 1994 under the GRP label.
Despite having only ten tracks, Against the Grain manages to notch up a total play time of 53 minutes because of the band's experimentation with some longer, more drawn out tracks.
The most successful effort from this release was "Lazeez", one of two tracks from this album to appear on the compilation album, "The Very Best Of Acoustic Alchemy" (2002).
Track listing
| # | Title | Writers | Duration |
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| 1 | "Against The Grain" | Iain McArthur/Nick Webb/Greg Carmichael/John Parsons | 5:39 |
| 2 | "Lazeez" | Webb/Carmichael/Parsons | 4:54 |
| 3 | "A Different Kind of Freedom" | Webb/Carmichael/Parsons | 6:20 |
| 4 | "Lady Lynda" | Webb/Carmichael/Parsons | 5:22 |
| 5 | "Road Dogs" | Webb/Carmichael/Parsons | 4:19 |
| 6 | "Shoot The Loop" | McArthur/Webb/Carmichael | 5:19 |
| 7 | "Across The Golden Gate" | Webb/Carmichael/Parsons | 5:12 |
| 8 | "Papillon" | Webb/Carmichael | 6:39 |
| 9 | "Silent Partner" | Webb/Carmichael | 4:30 |
| 10 | "Nouveau Tango" | Webb/Carmichael/Parsons | 5:05 |
Personnel
- Nick Webb - Steel String Guitar, 12 String
- Greg Carmichael - Nylon String Guitar
- Iain McArthur - Programming, Keys (Tracks 1 & 6)
- Rainer Bruninghaus - Piano, Keys (Track 3)
- John Parsons - Dobro (Track 1,7), Electric Guitar
- Paul Harriman - Bass
- Bert Smaak - Drums
- Luis Jardim - Percussion
- Phil Todd - Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute
- Terry Disley - Keys (Track 4,9)
- Jerry Douglas - Dobro (Track 5)
- Mike Herting - Keys (Track 7)
References
- Sytsma, S. (2011). "Against the Grain - Acoustic Alchemy | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
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