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Against the Grain

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  • Artist: Acoustic Alchemy
  • Rating: StarStar
  • Release Date: 1994
  • Type: Instrumental
  • Genre: Jazz

Review

By the time of Against the Grain, Acoustic Alchemy's albums had become rather indistinguishable from each other. All of the records contained fine moments, but their gentle, lilting music began sounding a little formulaic. Nevertheless, that doesn't make Against the Grain a bad album -- just not a particularly noteworthy one. ~ Sara Sytsma, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Against the Grain Acoustic Alchemy (5:38)
Lazeez Nick Webb, Greg Carmichael Acoustic Alchemy (4:54)
Different Kind of Freedom Acoustic Alchemy (6:20)
Lady Lynda John Parsons Acoustic Alchemy (5:22)
Road Dogs Acoustic Alchemy (4:19)
Shoot the Loop Acoustic Alchemy (5:19)
Across the Golden Gate Acoustic Alchemy (5:12)
Papillon Rolf Lovland Acoustic Alchemy (6:39)
Silent Partner Myron Grombacher Acoustic Alchemy (4:30)
Nouveau Tango Acoustic Alchemy (5:05)

Credits

John Parsons (Guitar (Electric)), Joseph Moore (Assistant Coordinator), John Parsons (Dobro), Klaus Genuit (Producer), Philip Todd (Sax (Tenor)), Sonny Mediana (Art Direction), Nick Webb (Guitar (12 String)), John Parsons (Guitar (Steel)), Joseph Moore (?), Richard Battaglia (Engineer), Denny Purcell (Mastering), Randy LeRoy (Digital Editing), Nick Webb (Executive Producer), Greg Carmichael (Guitar), Mike Herting (Keyboards), Lilian Barbuti (Assistant Director), Philip Todd (Sax (Soprano)), Joseph Doughney (Post Production), Luis Jardim (Percussion), Andy Baltimore (?), Greg Carmichael (Executive Producer), Paul Harriman (Bass), Steve Jones (Engineer), Klaus Genuit (Mixing), Jerry Douglas (Dobro), Philip Todd (Flute), Klaus Genuit (Engineer), Rainer Bruninghaus (Keyboards), Laurie Goldman (Art Direction), Steve Jones (Mixing), Terry Disley (Keyboards), Rainer Bruninghaus (Piano), Bert Smaak (Drums), Chet Snedden (Photography), Steve Jones (Producer), Nick Webb (Guitar (Steel)), Cara Bridgins (?), Michael Landy (Post Production)
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Against The Grain
Studio album by Acoustic Alchemy
Released 1994
Recorded 1994 at:
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
Professional reviews
Acoustic Alchemy chronology
7th
The New Edge
(1993)		 8th
Against The Grain
(1994)		 9th
Arcanum
(1996)

Against The Grain, Acoustic Alchemy's 7th album, was released in 1994 under the GRP label.

Despite having only ten tracks, "Against The Grain" still manages to notch up a total play time of 53 minutes, notably because of the band's experimentation with some longer, more drawn out tracks.

The most successful effort from this release was "Lazeez", a popular live favourite, and is 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
1 "Against The Grain" Webb/Carmichael/McArthur/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" Webb/Carmichael/McArthur 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

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