The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock

The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock
Greatest hits album by Allan Holdsworth
Released	17 May 2005 (2005-05-17)[1]
Recorded	1983–2001 at various locations
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	128:55
Label	Alternity
Producer	Allan Holdsworth, Chad Wackerman, Derek Wilson, Christopher Hoard
Allan Holdsworth chronology
Then! (2003) The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock (2005)

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AllMusic	[1]

The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock is a double compilation album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released on 17 May 2005 through Alternity Records (Japan) and JMS–Cream Records (Europe). Notably, the second disc contains predominantly SynthAxe-based compositions, which formed the basis of much of Holdsworth's recordings in the late 1980s and 1990s.

Track listing

Disc one

Disc two

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

External links

• In Review: Allan Holdsworth "Against The Clock" at Guitar Nine Records