| Imaginary Roads | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Genre | New-age | |||
| Length | 51:18 | |||
| Label | Windham Hill Records [1] | |||
| Producer | William Ackerman Dawn Atkinson | |||
| William Ackerman chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  
[2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | 
[1] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |
[3] |
Imaginary Roads is an album by the new-age guitarist William Ackerman, released in 1988. [3]
Critical reception
The Kingston Whig-Standard wrote that the album "consists mainly of [Ackerman] simply strumming his acoustic guitar ever-so-slowly ... five years ago this stuff sounded revolutionary and filled a need for baby-boomers who couldn't relate to the current musical marketplace." [4]
Track listing
- "The Moment in Which You Must Finally Let Go of the Tether Which Has Held Your Hope Airborne" – 5:42
- "A Region of Clouds" – 4:42
- "If You Look" – 5:39
- "Floyd's Ghost" – 6:18
- "Wondering Again What's Behind the Eyes" – 5:50
- "Dawn Treader" – 4:21
- "The Prospect of Darrow's Barn and the Blossoms of an Apple Spring on Imaginary Road" – 3:03
- "Brother A Teaches 7" – 2:57
- "Innocent Moon" – 3:37
- "The Moment – Reprise" – 0:37
- "If You Look - Version II" - 5:30 [*]
- "Darrow's Barn - Version II" - 3:05 [*]
Production
- Recorded at Studio D, Sausalito, California, and Different Fur Recording, San Francisco, California.
Other contributors
- Allaudin Mathieu – piano on "The Moment in Which You Must Finally Let Go of the Tether Which Has Held Your Hope Airborne"
- Chuck Greenberg – Lyricon, Yamaha WX-7 wind synthesizer and Yamaha DX7 keyboard synthesizer on "If You Look"
- Michael Manring – fretless bass guitar on "If You Look" and "Brother A Teaches 7"
- Philip Aaberg – piano on "Floyd's Ghost"
- Kifu Mitsuhashi – shakuhachi flute on "Wondering Again What's Behind the Eyes"
- Jill Haley – oboe on "The Prospect of Darrow's Barn and the Blossoms of an Apple Spring on Imaginary Road"
- Charles Bisharat – violin on "Brother A Teaches 7"
Reissue
The album was reissued in 2009 by Valley Entertainment. [5]
References
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 35.
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 5.
- ^ Burliuk, Greg (November 19, 1988). "REMEMBERING TO FORGET". The Kingston Whig-Standard: 1.
- ^ "Imaginary Roads". Valley Entertainment-Windham Hill Records. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
| Imaginary Roads | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Genre | New-age | |||
| Length | 51:18 | |||
| Label | Windham Hill Records [1] | |||
| Producer | William Ackerman Dawn Atkinson | |||
| William Ackerman chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |
[2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |
[1] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |
[3] |
Imaginary Roads is an album by the new-age guitarist William Ackerman, released in 1988. [3]
Critical reception
The Kingston Whig-Standard wrote that the album "consists mainly of [Ackerman] simply strumming his acoustic guitar ever-so-slowly ... five years ago this stuff sounded revolutionary and filled a need for baby-boomers who couldn't relate to the current musical marketplace." [4]
Track listing
- "The Moment in Which You Must Finally Let Go of the Tether Which Has Held Your Hope Airborne" – 5:42
- "A Region of Clouds" – 4:42
- "If You Look" – 5:39
- "Floyd's Ghost" – 6:18
- "Wondering Again What's Behind the Eyes" – 5:50
- "Dawn Treader" – 4:21
- "The Prospect of Darrow's Barn and the Blossoms of an Apple Spring on Imaginary Road" – 3:03
- "Brother A Teaches 7" – 2:57
- "Innocent Moon" – 3:37
- "The Moment – Reprise" – 0:37
- "If You Look - Version II" - 5:30 [*]
- "Darrow's Barn - Version II" - 3:05 [*]
Production
- Recorded at Studio D, Sausalito, California, and Different Fur Recording, San Francisco, California.
Other contributors
- Allaudin Mathieu – piano on "The Moment in Which You Must Finally Let Go of the Tether Which Has Held Your Hope Airborne"
- Chuck Greenberg – Lyricon, Yamaha WX-7 wind synthesizer and Yamaha DX7 keyboard synthesizer on "If You Look"
- Michael Manring – fretless bass guitar on "If You Look" and "Brother A Teaches 7"
- Philip Aaberg – piano on "Floyd's Ghost"
- Kifu Mitsuhashi – shakuhachi flute on "Wondering Again What's Behind the Eyes"
- Jill Haley – oboe on "The Prospect of Darrow's Barn and the Blossoms of an Apple Spring on Imaginary Road"
- Charles Bisharat – violin on "Brother A Teaches 7"
Reissue
The album was reissued in 2009 by Valley Entertainment. [5]
References
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 35.
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 5.
- ^ Burliuk, Greg (November 19, 1988). "REMEMBERING TO FORGET". The Kingston Whig-Standard: 1.
- ^ "Imaginary Roads". Valley Entertainment-Windham Hill Records. Retrieved 28 June 2010.