Secrets

by Allan Holdsworth

Secrets cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Intima
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 37:23
  • Community rating: 3.59/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The legendary guitar virtuoso heavily features the SynthAxe MIDI controller on this stunningly fluid exploration of modern jazz fusion. 'Secrets' boasts impossibly complex chord voicings and legato soloing, grounded by the phenomenal drumming of Vinnie Colaiuta. It is a lush, highly technical display of progressive musicianship that remains revered among guitar aficionados.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion, uncommon-time-signatures, improvisation, technical

Tracklist

  1. City Nights (2:33)
  2. Secrets (4:22)
  3. 54 Duncan Terrace (Dedicated to Pat Smythe) (4:34)
  4. Joshua (5:59)
  5. Spokes (3:32)
  6. Maid Marion (7:17)
  7. Peril Premonition (4:45)
  8. Endomorph (Dedicated to My Parents) (4:18)

Credits

  • Alan Pasqua - guest [special guest], piano [acoustic piano]
  • Bob Wackerman - guest [special guest], bass
  • Chad Wackerman - guest [special guest], drums, keyboards, written-by
  • Craig Copeland - guest [special guest], vocals
  • Gary Husband - guest [special guest], written-by
  • Rowanne Mark - guest [special guest], lyrics by, vocals
  • Jimmy Johnson - musician, bass
  • Steve Hunt - musician, keyboards, written-by
  • Allan Holdsworth - Primary Artist, Guitar, Music By, SynthAxe, Written-By
  • Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums
  • Jeffrey Ocheltree - Percussion [Hammer]
  • Clair Holdsworth - Voice

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