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Acoustic Alchemy, The Beautiful Game
Audio CD
Disk ID: 190232
Disk length: 1h 2m 56s (13 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 2000
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Angel of the South | 6:40 |
| 2. The Panama Cat | 5:02 |
| 3. Trail Blazer | 5:02 |
| 4. The Beautiful Game | 5:16 |
| 5. Hats of Magic | 5:02 |
| 6. Tete a Tete | 4:43 |
| 7. The Last Flamenco | 4:20 |
| 8. Kidstuff | 4:20 |
| 9. Big Sky Country | 4:33 |
| 10. Hold On to Your Heart | 4:12 |
| 11. Jubilation | 4:39 |
| 12. Big Sky Country (Nashville version) | 4:17 |
| 13. Trail Blazer (Nashville Version) | 4:42 |
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Review
Without question, this is the finest Acoustic Alchemy outing since their 1987 smooth-jazz classic, Red Dust and Spanish Lace. Back then, the current leader, Greg Carmicheal, co-led the group as a duet with his partner, Nick Webb, who died from cancer in early 1998. With a new, expanded version of Acoustic Alchemy, Carmichael has significantly retooled the sound of the group, with the help of San Francisco keyboardist Terry Disley and Incognito member Richard Bull. The stamp of Bull's acid-jazz leanings is evident on "The Panama Cat" and "Trailblazer," while "Hats of Magic" and "Hold on to Your Heart" are two of Carmichael's prettiest guitar ballads ever. Loyal fans shouldn't fear Alchemy's change of direction; while the band seems headed more toward London, Carmichael still remembers that his first American records came from MCA's Nashville office. He does enough serious pickin' on "Kidstuff," "Tete à Tete," and the Dobro-enhanced "Big Sky Country" to help bolster the claim that jazz and bluegrass are cousins. --Mark Ruffin
Other Versions
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Tracks: 13, Disk length: 1h 2m 55s (-1m 59s)
Tracks: 13, Disk length: 1h 4m 6s (+1m 10s)
Tracks: 13, Disk length: 60m 39s (-3m 43s)
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