Metal Fatigue (Remastered) Allan Holdsworth

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Album Veröffentlichung:
1985

HRA-Veröffentlichung:
02.08.2018

Label: Allan Holdsworth

Genre: Jazz

Subgenre: Fusion

Interpret: Allan Holdsworth

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  • 1Metal Fatigue (Remastered)04:56
  • 2Home (Remastered)05:33
  • 3Devil Take the Hindmost (Remastered)05:36
  • 4Panic Station (Remastered)03:36
  • 5The Un-Merry Go Round (In Loving Memory of My Father) (Remastered)14:08
  • 6In the Mystery (Remastered)03:48
  • Total Runtime37:37

Info zu Metal Fatigue (Remastered)

Metal Fatigue is the third studio album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released in 1985: Allan Holdsworth is among the most elusive and enigmatic of guitar heroes: as important to rockers such as Eddie Van Halen and Steve Vai as he is to renegade electric jazzmen like Frank Zappa and Dave Fiuczynski. Yet for all his overwhelming technical command, his albums have been wildly uneven. On Metal Fatigue's title track and "In the Mystery," Holdsworth's sensual chordal backdrops and bold, expansive rhythmic changes are mitigated by sappy "If I Were King of the Forest," vocals, a pointless nod to the faux song-form posturings of progressive rock bands, which are meant to justify all the "musicianship" but serve only to steer listeners away from some rip-roaring solos. Still, if you can filter out the odd bits, Metal Fatigue offers a bite-sized freeze-frame of Holdsworth's essential artistry. Holdsworth's digitally delayed chordal raindrops on "Home" serve as a churchy backdrop for some simple, expressive acoustic guitar. But for devout pilgrims, Holdsworth's anthemic solo on "Devil" is the full monty. Holdsworth's canny use of whang-bar vibrato and rapid hammer-on effects give his fleet, soaring lines a horn-like aura that transcends the instrument itself, bordering on the realm of pure speech and song.

"Criminally unknown and underappreciated, Allan Holdsworth is one of the greatest musicians ever to pick up the electric guitar. Here, on 1985's Metal Fatigue, everything finally comes together for him. For the majority of this record, Holdsworth is joined by bassist Jimmy Johnson and drummer Chad Wackerman, and these two musicians, virtuosos in their own right, complement Holdsworth beautifully (check out Johnson's wonderful part in "Home" and lovely solo on "Panic Station"). The leader is known for his extremely legato phrasing and rich harmonic vocabulary, both of which are on display in the solo and frantic fills of "Metal Fatigue." Anchored by Paul Williams' vocals, the song is marvelously constructed, with a strong verse melody supported by Holdsworth's upper-register guitar chords. The guitarist's much-vaunted whammy bar work is also on full display here. Certain fills in "Metal Fatigue" are almost queasy sounding, as Holdsworth bends and slurs in impossible ways. His use of the tremolo bar comes out not only during his melodic playing, but also during his rhythm playing, where he allows his chords just a trace of shimmer, enough to lend body to his playing but not enough to blur the harmonies. The influence of Holdsworth's unique style is evident in the work of such rock guitarists as Eddie Van Halen and Alex Lifeson (listen to VH's "Drop Dead Legs" or Rush's "YYZ" for a taste of this connection), but the watered-down and otherwise assimilated adaptations of his style pale compared to the unadulterated stuff. One of the most important fusion records of the '80s is also Holdsworth's best work. Absolutely essential for those who like their rock with a healthy dose of jazz." (Daniel Gioffre, AMG)

Allan Holdsworth, guitar
Paul Williams, vocals (tracks 1, 4)
Paul Korda, vocals (track 6)
Alan Pasqua, keyboards
Chad Wackerman, drums (except tracks 5, 6)
Gary Husband, drums (track 5)
"Mac Hine", drum machine (track 6)
Jimmy Johnson, bass (except track 5)
Gary Willis, bass (track 5)

Digitally remastered

Please Note: We offer this album in its native sampling rate of 48 kHz, 24-bit. The provided 96 kHz version was up-sampled and offers no audible value!




Allan Holdsworth
is well known to contemporary musicians as an uncompromising virtuoso who redefined and re-invented the voice and scope of the electric guitar. To the mainstream of rock and jazz audiences, he remains a little known, unsung hero. To the initiated, Holdsworth looms as both musical legend and commercial enigma. In the early 70s, he began as a sideman to the protean forces who merged rock's electric instrumentation and driving pulse with the improvisational mastery associated with jazz. Holdsworth provided the searing, flamboyant edge that galvanized that era's most celebrated recordings by the likes of Soft Machine, Tony William's New Lifetime, and Jean-Luc Ponty. The sounds of Django Reinhardt, Charlie Christian, and later John Coltrane were among the primary inspirations that led Holdsworth away from his passion of bicycle racing, and into dance hall gigs, playing the Mecca circuit in Northern England. Born in Bradford, in 1946, Holdsworth had been tutored in many aspects of musical theory and jazz appreciation by his father, Sam, an accomplished amateur musician.

With the 1990 release of Secrets Holdsworth further revealed his rich musical vision, where contemporary forms of music are crafted in an improvisational context in defiance of conventional boundaries - a full range of emotions and textures. The Wardenclyffe Tower opens a stunning new chapter in a solo career that blossomed during the 80s. As a producer and composer, he continues to explore and expanding galaxy of guitar synths with a balance of his famed legato-lead stylings and an ever evolving array of chordal colorings. This 1992 album is stocked with further electric guitar innovations, including two tracks featuring his newly designed family of mutant, baritone guitars. Wardenclyffe Tower, like Secrets features contributions from world-class musical collaborators, including long-time bandmates like drummer Chad Wackerman bassist Jimmy Johnson drummer/keyboardist Gary Husband and keyboardist Steve Hunt and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta. The sum of Holdsworth's production realizes an enchanting rhythmic and harmonic chemistry - or alchemy - potent with unexpected melodic twists and turns. The spontaneous, fiery dialogue of group live performance is framed in Holdsworth's meticulous, state-of-the-art production techniques. The Wardenclyffe Tower, Holdsworth's seventh solo project, was dedicated to the technological visionary and great inventor, Nikola Tesla; its title is taken from one of Tesla's greatest dreams.

Many rock fans first became aware of Holdsworth's inventiveness when his musical presence dominated two of the definitive "progressive rock" albums of the late 70's, U.K., and Bill Bruford's One of A Kind. The successful 1978 debut release by U.K. was a band originally slated to be a reunion of King Crimson until Robert Fripp backed out of the project - Bruford suggested the remaining trio try working with Holdsworth - known then as a promising English "jazz/rock" guitarist due to his work with Tony Williams, Gong, and Jean-Luc Ponty. The personal chemistry of U.K. soon proved too volatile to contain four musical leaders in one group setting. Holdsworth and Bruford left the band, and continued their earlier, more jazz oriented venture in Bruford, but Holdsworth still felt trapped in the confines of slick studio mega-productions. He longed for a more immediate, live-oriented recording method, and the less rigid ensemble dynamics he found so vital during his work with Tony Williams. Like few guitarists before him, Holdsworth realized a style, tone, and technique in a league of its own - one he still strives to perfect. Many musicians who heard him never again looked at the guitar in quite the same way. In the 80s, growing recognition followed a series of successful solo recordings and extensive U.S. touring. An increasingly supportive international audience embraced Holdsworth in Japan, and more recently in Europe and Australia. He received a Grammy nomination in 1984, and later won five consecutive awards from Guitar Player Magazine's readers' Poll as "Best Guitar Synthesist", which inducted him into the Guitar Player Hall of Fame. His fascination with the innovative guitar-like synty controller, the Synthaxe, began during the mid-80's, and soon found him eventually attaching a breath controller to it - perhaps continuing a subconscious pursuit of the instrument he was first attracted to - the saxophone.

Today Holdsworth is widely revered as a virtuoso stylist - and perhaps the world's pre-eminent guitar synthesist. As for the legacy of his accelerated, legato lead guitar phrasing, Guitar Player's editor, Tom Mulhern credited him as that rare sort of guitarist who "originated his own school" of guitar playing. By 1979, Holdsworth found his London-based career at a standstill. Just as rock's new wave found its way to the pop forefront by the onset of the 80s, Holdsworth left Bruford, and immediately found difficulty in launching a new rock project with friend rock legends Jack Bruce and John Hiseman. Bruce would later appear as a guest on Holdsworth's 1984 solo release Road Games (Warner Bros.), along with Bruford alumnus Jeff Berlin & drummer Chad Wackerman. Holdsworth began his solo career after meeting Gary Husband - a brilliant musician, and eventually produced his first "official" solo project, I.O.U., with Gary Husband and Paul Carmichael. It was recorded in 1979 (re-released on Restless), and independently released two years later in the U.S.

Having nearly given up on music, friends prompted him to move to Southern California where an eager and devoted core following awaited him. Eddie Van Halen, who had met Holdsworth when U.K. opened for Van Halen during a 1978 U.S. tour, helped secure a contract with Warner Bros., but the relationship with Warner Bros. soured when record company executives dabbled with creative control during the Road Games sessions. He soon struck up a partnership with the fledging label Enigma (later bought out by Capitol), which later became his current label, Restless. His production work became more refined, and he broadened a roster of guest vocalist appearances through the course of Metal Fatigue, Atavachron, Sand, Secrets, Wardenclyffe Tower, Hard Hat Area, None Too Soon and the new release The 16 Men of Tain.

Allan Holdsworth continues to tour in Japan, Europe, and the U.S. A review by L.A. Times jazz critic Don Heckman raved about Holdsworth's new touring band, saying that Holdsworth was "an unlikely guitar hero whose phrasing has much in common with the expressions of saxophonist John Coltrane". Holdsworth still pursues a daily passion as an avid cyclist (when touring and recording permit) and currently resides in North San Diego County. Like a true Englishman, he relishes sampling and serving fine ales of the world during the brief respites from his music.



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