Cynics might roll their eyes at the album's title -- there is nothing at all edgy about this duo's buffed-to-a-high-gloss music -- but The New Edge is actually one of Acoustic Alchemy's most entertaining releases. There's a playfulness to these tunes, like the puckish electronic drums on the flamenco-tinged and downright catchy "Notting Hill Two-Step" and the tongue-in-cheek boulevardier pretensions of the closing "Rive Gauche," that suggests a pair of sharp wits behind the well-packaged sheen of this music. The songs are a consistently memorable lot this time out, with a much higher than usual ratio of interesting melodies to snoozy new age mush, and the production, for once, is not so Velveeta-smooth that the record actually becomes hard to listen to. Indeed, songs like the genuinely lovely "Arc-En-Ciel" and "London Skyline" are among the duo's best ever. If you're only going to get one Acoustic Alchemy album, this is the one to get. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
Dan Tomlinson (Drums), Barrington Pheloung (String Arrangements), Anthony Pleeth (Cello), Levine Andrade (Violin), Gunnar Plumer (Double Bass), Nick Webb (Executive Producer), Andrew Brown (Viola), Sharon Franklin (?), Dan Serrano (Design), Dave Sinko (Engineer), Diane Dragonette (Producer), Cathy Thompson (Violin), Glen Keiles (Programming), Jim McCleod (Violin), Nick Webb (Guitar), Andy Baltimore (?), Alba Acevedo (Design), Greg Carmichael (Guitar (Nylon String)), Randy LeRoy (Sequencing), Sonny Mediana (?), Greg Carmichael (Producer), Pauline Lowbury (Violin), Barrington Pheloung (Arranger), Michael Pollard (Producer), Joseph Doughney (Post Production), Diane Dragonette (Assistant Coordinator), Sonny Mediana (Production Director), Mario Argandona (Percussion), Patrick Bettison (Guitar (Bass)), Greg Carmichael (Executive Producer), Garfield Jackson (Viola), Michael Landy (Post Production), Michael Pollard (?), Alba Acebedo (Illustrations), Nick Webb (Liner Notes), Terry Disley (Keyboards), Scott Johnson (Design), Steve Jones (Producer), Nick Webb (Producer), Steve Jones (Producer), Terry Disley (Photography), Denny Purcell (?), John Anderson (Oboe), Jackie Salway (Design), Levine Andrade (Viola), Nick Webb (Guitar (Steel)), Maciej Rakowski (Violin), Denny Purcell (Mastering), Barrington Pheloung (Orchestra), Nick Webb (?), Konstantin Toinaov (Violin), Sara Loewenthal (Double Bass), Nick Webb (Sitar), Tony Pleeth (Cello), Nick Webb (Guitar (Nylon String)), Andy Baltimore (Creative Director), Sharon Franklin (Assistant Director), John Anderson (Cor Anglais), Steve Jones (Mixing), Greg Carmichael (Guitar (Steel)), Derrick James (Saxophone), The Dingo Brothers (Guitar (Rhythm)), Barrington Pheloung (Orchestration), Terry Disley (Accordion), Adam Zelinka (Post Production), Dave Pomeroy (Guitar (Bass)), Klaus Genuit (Mixing), Craig Oddy (Cover Design), Steve Jones (Engineer), Glen Kelles (Producer), Dan Serrano (Graphic Design), John Anderson (Horn (English)), Rainer Bruninghaus (Keyboards), Caroline Dale (Cello), Barrington Pheloung (Conductor), Jackie Salway (Graphic Design), Sam Baccho (Percussion), Craig Oddy (Photography), Caroline Dearney (Cello), Scott Johnson (Graphic Design), Mario Argandona (Vocals), Rita Manning (Violin), Diane Dragonette (?), Greg Carmichael (?), Nick Webb (Guitar (12 String)), Greg Carmichael (Guitar), Steve Jones (Engineer), Mario Argandona (Drums), Jerry Douglas (Dobro), Klaus Genuit (Engineer), Mario Argandona (Handclapping), Chris Laurence (Double Bass)
The album is critically regarded as one of Acoustic Alchemy's better albums, despite only having one track, "Cool As A Rule" on their standard set-list.
There are two different versions of this album. Some have an eleventh track, "Act Of Innocence", written in three time. This extends the total length of the disc to 47 minutes.
Track listing
#
Title
Writers
Duration
1
"Oceans Apart"
Webb/Carmichael/Parsons
5:36
2
"The Notting Hill Two-Step"
Webb/Carmichael/Parsons
3:49
3
"Slow Ride Home"
Webb/Carmichael
4:10
4
"Cool As A Rule"
Webb/Carmichael
3:47
5
"Santa Café"
Webb/Carmichael/Parsons
4:24
6
"Arc En Ciel"
Webb/Carmichael
3:19
7
"London Skyline"
Webb/Carmichael/Parsons
6:01
8
"The Liaison"
Webb/Carmichael/Parsons
5:14
9
"Until Always"
Parsons
4:52
10
"Rive Gauche"
Webb/Carmichael
3:06
11
"Act Of Innocence"
Webb/Carmichael
3:09 (EXTRA TRACK)
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