Metal Fatigue

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Following his early-1980s releases <i>I.O.U.</i> and <i>Road Games</i>—the latter of which was the only product of his ill-fated Warner Bro. signing—Allan Holdsworth continued to set an entirely new standard of guitar virtuosity with 1985’s <i>Metal Fatigue</i>. There are many points of entry as a listener, but the most stunning achievements are the solos on “Home” and “Devil Take the Hindmost,” two of the finest guitar improvisations ever documented, featuring flawless acoustic on the former, and burn-it-all-down electric on the latter. In bassist Jimmy Johnson and drummer Chad Wackerman, Holdsworth had a rhythm section with an impeccable command of compositional detail, groove, and sonic richne. On keyboards was Alan Pasqua, a musical force in his own right, and a former bandmate of Holdsworth’s in The New Tony Williams Lifetime. Bassist Gary Willis and drummer Gary Husband, meanwhile, step in for “The Un-Merry Go Round,” an epic suite full of deep introspection and melodic color. (Two short alternate suite excerpts later appeared on the 2007 remaster of Holdsworth’s <i>Wardenclyffe Tower</i>.) .

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