The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock
The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock is a double compilation album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released on 17 May 2005 through Universal Music (Japan), Alternity Records (US) and JMS–Cream Records (Europe). The second disc contains predominantly SynthAxe-based compositions, which formed the basis of much of Holdsworth's recordings in the late 1980s and 1990s.
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| Released | 17 May 2005[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1983–2001 at various locations | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 128:55 | |||
| Label | Universal Music | |||
| Producer | Allan Holdsworth, Chad Wackerman, Derek Wilson, Christopher Hoard | |||
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Track listing
Disc one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "Tokyo Dream" (Japanese version) | Allan Holdsworth | Wardenclyffe Tower | 5:04 |
| 2. | "Sphere of Innocence" | Holdsworth | Wardenclyffe Tower | 5:58 |
| 3. | "Ruhkukah" | Holdsworth | Hard Hat Area | 5:32 |
| 4. | "Low Levels, High Stakes" | Holdsworth | Hard Hat Area | 9:02 |
| 5. | "How Deep Is the Ocean?" | Irving Berlin | None Too Soon | 5:28 |
| 6. | "Nuages" | Django Reinhardt | None Too Soon | 5:37 |
| 7. | "Devil Take the Hindmost" | Holdsworth | Metal Fatigue | 5:34 |
| 8. | "Home" | Holdsworth | Metal Fatigue | 5:26 |
| 9. | "Peril Premonition" | Chad Wackerman | Secrets | 4:43 |
| 10. | "The Sixteen Men of Tain" | Holdsworth | The Sixteen Men of Tain | 6:23 |
| 11. | "Mr. Berwell" | Holdsworth | Atavachron | 6:09 |
| 12. | "Looking Glass" | Holdsworth | Atavachron | 4:25 |
| 13. | "Pud Wud" | Holdsworth | Sand | 6:40 |
| Total length: | 76:01 | |||
Disc two
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "Spokes" | Holdsworth | Secrets | 3:44 |
| 2. | "Distance vs. Desire" | Holdsworth | Sand | 5:31 |
| 3. | "Mac Man" | Holdsworth | Sand | 5:24 |
| 4. | "Against the Clock" (lyrics by Naomi Star) | Holdsworth | Wardenclyffe Tower | 4:31 |
| 5. | "Eeny Meeny" | Holdsworth | Flat Tire: Music for a Non-Existent Movie | 3:54 |
| 6. | "Secrets" (lyrics by Rowanne Mark) | Holdsworth | Secrets | 3:28 |
| 7. | "Bo Peep" | Holdsworth | Flat Tire: Music for a Non-Existent Movie | 3:15 |
| 8. | "Postlude" | Holdsworth, Steve Hunt, Skúli Sverrisson, Gary Husband | Hard Hat Area | 4:20 |
| 9. | "All Our Yesterdays" (lyrics by Mark) | Holdsworth | Atavachron | 4:39 |
| 10. | "Eidolon" | Holdsworth | The Sixteen Men of Tain | 3:30 |
| 11. | "Sundays" | Holdsworth | With a Heart in My Song | 3:55 |
| 12. | "Let's Throw Shrimp" (bonus track) | Holdsworth, Wackerman, Jimmy Johnson | 3:28 | |
| 13. | "Shenandoah" (bonus track) | (traditional) | 3:15 | |
| Total length: | 52:54 | |||
Personnel
- Allan Holdsworth – guitar, SynthAxe, spoken vocals (track 9), production
- Naomi Star – vocals (track 17)
- Rowanne Mark – vocals (tracks 19, 22)
- Steve Hunt – keyboard (tracks 2–4, 21)
- Chad Wackerman – keyboard (track 9), drums (tracks 1, 7–9, 16, 22, 25), production
- Alan Pasqua – keyboard (tracks 11, 13)
- William Edward Childs – keyboard (track 12)
- Gordon Beck – digital piano (tracks 5, 6)
- Gary Husband – drums (tracks 2–4, 11, 13, 21
- Kirk Covington – drums (tracks 5, 6)
- Gary Novak – drums (tracks 10, 23)
- Tony Williams – drums (track 12)
- Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (tracks 14, 17, 19)
- Jimmy Johnson – bass (tracks 1, 2, 7, 8, 11–14, 17, 19, 22, 25)
- Skúli Sverrisson – bass (tracks 3, 4, 21)
- Gary Willis – bass (tracks 5, 6)
- Bob Wackerman – bass (track 9)
- Dave Carpenter – bass (tracks 10, 18, 20, 23)
- Biff Vincent – Roland Octapad (track 16)
- Claire Holdsworth – spoken vocals (track 9)
- Jeffrey Ocheltree – sound effects (track 9)
- John England – sound effects (track 16)
- Derek Wilson – executive production
- Christopher Hoard – executive production
References
- Westergaard, Sean. "Against the Clock: The Best of Allan Holdsworth – Allan Holdsworth". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
External links
- In Review: Allan Holdsworth "Against The Clock" at Guitar Nine Records
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