Wardenclyffe Tower (album)

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Wardenclyffe Tower

Released

1992^[1]

Recorded

Front Page Recorders in Costa Mesa, California; Music Grinder Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California; Track Record Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California; Mad Hatter Studios in Los Angeles, California; The Brewery in North County, San Diego, California

Genre

Jazz fusion

Length

43:12

Label

Restless

Producer

Allan Holdsworth

Allan Holdsworth chronology

Truth in Shredding
(1990)

Wardenclyffe Tower
(1992)

Hard Hat Area
(1993)

Alternative cover

Japanese edition

2007 remastered edition

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Wardenclyffe Tower is the seventh studio album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released in 1992 through Restless Records (United States) and in 1993 through Polydor Records (Japan); a remastered edition was reissued in 2007 through Eidolon Efformation,^[2] containing three bonus tracks (alternative versions of "Tokyo Dream" from 1983's Road Games and "The-Unmerry-Go-Round" from 1985's Metal Fatigue) which were previously only available on the Japanese release.^[3]^[4] The album's title is a reference to the real life Wardenclyffe Tower or Tesla Tower, designed by inventor Nikola Tesla in 1901. The fifth track, "Zarabeth", is named after a character in the Star Trek episode, "All Our Yesterdays".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Allan Holdsworth, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"5 to 10"	5:36
2.	"Sphere of Innocence"	5:58
3.	"Wardenclyffe Tower"	8:44
4.	"Dodgy Boat" (Steve Hunt)	5:37
5.	"Zarabeth"	6:31
6.	"Against the Clock" (lyrics by Naomi Star)	4:58
7.	"Questions" (Chad Wackerman)	4:07
8.	"Oneiric Moor"	1:41
Total length:		43:12

Japanese/2007 remastered edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
9.	"Tokyo Dream"	5:05
10.	"The-Unmerry-Go-Round: Part 4"	3:01
11.	"The-Unmerry-Go-Round: Part 5"	1:58

Personnel

Allan Holdsworth – guitar, SynthAxe, mixing, production
Naomi Star – vocals
Steve Hunt – keyboard (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5)
Gordon Beck – keyboard (tracks 9–11)
Chad Wackerman – drums (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9–11), keyboard (track 7)
Gary Husband – drums (tracks 2, 4), keyboard (track 3)
Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (track 6)
Jimmy Johnson – bass
Joel Schnebelt – spoken vocals
Robert Feist – engineering
Gordon Davis – mixing

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Gioffre, Daniel. "Wardenclyffe Tower - Allan Holdsworth". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-12-11.
↑ "Wardenclyffe Tower by Allan Holdsworth". CD Baby. Retrieved 2012-12-11.
↑ "Allan Holdsworth – Wardenclyffe Tower +3". Discogs. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
↑ Prasad, Anil (2008). "Allan Holdsworth - Harnessing momentum". Innerviews. Retrieved 2012-12-11.

External links

In Review: Allan Holdsworth "Wardenclyffe Tower" at Guitar Nine Records

v t e Allan Holdsworth

Studio albums	Velvet Darkness I.O.U. Road Games Metal Fatigue Atavachron Sand Secrets Wardenclyffe Tower Hard Hat Area None Too Soon The Sixteen Men of Tain Flat Tire: Music for a Non-Existent Movie

Live albums	I.O.U. Live All Night Wrong Then!

Compilations	The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock

Collaborations	The Things You See With a Heart in My Song Truth in Shredding Heavy Machinery Blues for Tony

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