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 Universal Music
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 Universal Music (Japan), Alternity Records (US) 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

No. TitleWriter(s)Original album Length
1. "Tokyo Dream" (Japanese version)Allan HoldsworthWardenclyffe Tower 5:04
2. "Sphere of Innocence"  HoldsworthWardenclyffe Tower 5:58
3. "Ruhkukah"  HoldsworthHard Hat Area 5:32
4. "Low Levels, High Stakes"  HoldsworthHard Hat Area 9:02
5. "How Deep Is the Ocean?"  Irving BerlinNone Too Soon 5:28
6. "Nuages"  Django ReinhardtNone Too Soon 5:37
7. "Devil Take the Hindmost"  HoldsworthMetal Fatigue 5:34
8. "Home"  HoldsworthMetal Fatigue 5:26
9. "Peril Premonition"  Chad WackermanSecrets 4:43
10. "The Sixteen Men of Tain"  HoldsworthThe Sixteen Men of Tain 6:23
11. "Mr. Berwell"  HoldsworthAtavachron 6:09
12. "Looking Glass"  HoldsworthAtavachron 4:25
13. "Pud Wud"  HoldsworthSand 6:40
Total length:
76:01

Disc two

No. TitleWriter(s)Original album Length
1. "Spokes"  HoldsworthSecrets 3:44
2. "Distance vs. Desire"  HoldsworthSand 5:31
3. "Mac Man"  HoldsworthSand 5:24
4. "Against the Clock" (lyrics by Naomi Star)HoldsworthWardenclyffe Tower 4:31
5. "Eeny Meeny"  HoldsworthFlat Tire: Music for a Non-Existent Movie 3:54
6. "Secrets" (lyrics by Rowanne Mark)HoldsworthSecrets 3:28
7. "Bo Peep"  HoldsworthFlat Tire: Music for a Non-Existent Movie 3:15
8. "Postlude"  Holdsworth, Steve Hunt, Skúli Sverrisson, Gary HusbandHard Hat Area 4:20
9. "All Our Yesterdays" (lyrics by Mark)HoldsworthAtavachron 4:39
10. "Eidolon"  HoldsworthThe Sixteen Men of Tain 3:30
11. "Sundays"  HoldsworthWith 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

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