The Sixteen Men of Tain
Download links and information about The Sixteen Men of Tain by Allan Holdsworth. This album was released in 2000 and it belongs to Jazz, Rock, Folk Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic genres. It contains 8 tracks with total duration of 44:49 minutes.
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| Artist: | Allan Holdsworth |
| Release date: | 2000 |
| Genre: | Jazz, Rock, Folk Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic |
| Tracks: | 8 |
| Duration: | 44:49 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | 0274 | 7:45 |
| 2. | The Sixteen Men of Tain | 6:26 |
| 3. | Above and Below | 3:08 |
| 4. | The Drums Were Yellow | 5:57 |
| 5. | Texas | 5:44 |
| 6. | Downside Up | 7:06 |
| 7. | Eidolon | 4:37 |
| 8. | Above and Below (Reprise) | 4:06 |
Details
[Edit]Coming on the heels of some rather mediocre efforts, The Sixteen Men of Tain is startlingly superb. Holdsworth has stripped away the distracting banks of keyboards and allowed his soaring, gliding guitar to shine through in a way it hasn't since the 1980s. Even the Synthaxe, Holdsworth's signature guitar synthesizer, sounds organic and immediate, not to mention far less prevalent than on previous albums. Dave Carpenter's acoustic bass is a radical departure (check out his solo on the title track), as are Walt Fowler's two guest appearances on trumpet. "The Drums Were Yellow," a burning guitar/drum duet tribute to the late Tony Williams, is also a first. Gary Novak's drumming is appropriately complex and riveting on this and six other tracks. (Holdsworth's old compatriot Chad Wackerman sits in for "Downside Up.") In short, this album is full of fresh ideas and unadulterated improvisational brilliance — just when it was beginning to seem that Holdsworth's best work was behind him. ~ David R. Adler, Rovi