The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock

The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock is a double compilation album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released on 17 May 2005 through Universal Music (Japan), Alternity Records (US) and JMS–Cream Records (Europe). The second disc contains predominantly SynthAxe-based compositions, which formed the basis of much of Holdsworth's recordings in the late 1980s and 1990s.

The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock
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Released17 May 2005 (2005-05-17)[1]
Recorded1983–2001 at various locations
GenreJazz fusion
Length128:55
LabelUniversal Music
ProducerAllan Holdsworth, Chad Wackerman, Derek Wilson, Christopher Hoard
Allan Holdsworth chronology
Then!
(2003)
The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock
(2005)
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AllMusic[1]

Track listing

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Disc one

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No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Tokyo Dream" (Japanese version)Allan HoldsworthWardenclyffe Tower5:04
2."Sphere of Innocence"HoldsworthWardenclyffe Tower5:58
3."Ruhkukah"HoldsworthHard Hat Area5:32
4."Low Levels, High Stakes"HoldsworthHard Hat Area9:02
5."How Deep Is the Ocean?"Irving BerlinNone Too Soon5:28
6."Nuages"Django ReinhardtNone Too Soon5:37
7."Devil Take the Hindmost"HoldsworthMetal Fatigue5:34
8."Home"HoldsworthMetal Fatigue5:26
9."Peril Premonition"Chad WackermanSecrets4:43
10."The Sixteen Men of Tain"HoldsworthThe Sixteen Men of Tain6:23
11."Mr. Berwell"HoldsworthAtavachron6:09
12."Looking Glass"HoldsworthAtavachron4:25
13."Pud Wud"HoldsworthSand6:40
Total length:76:01

Disc two

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No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Spokes"HoldsworthSecrets3:44
2."Distance vs. Desire"HoldsworthSand5:31
3."Mac Man"HoldsworthSand5:24
4."Against the Clock" (lyrics by Naomi Star)HoldsworthWardenclyffe Tower4:31
5."Eeny Meeny"HoldsworthFlat Tire: Music for a Non-Existent Movie3:54
6."Secrets" (lyrics by Rowanne Mark)HoldsworthSecrets3:28
7."Bo Peep"HoldsworthFlat Tire: Music for a Non-Existent Movie3:15
8."Postlude"Holdsworth, Steve Hunt, Skúli Sverrisson, Gary HusbandHard Hat Area4:20
9."All Our Yesterdays" (lyrics by Mark)HoldsworthAtavachron4:39
10."Eidolon"HoldsworthThe Sixteen Men of Tain3:30
11."Sundays"HoldsworthWith a Heart in My Song3:55
12."Let's Throw Shrimp" (bonus track)Holdsworth, Wackerman, Jimmy Johnson 3:28
13."Shenandoah" (bonus track)(traditional) 3:15
Total length:52:54

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