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  • Audio CD (May 24, 2005)
  • Original Release Date: May 17, 2005
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Alternity Records
  • ASIN: B0007S680Q
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Great music mastered too loud!!!, June 13, 2007
By El Marco (SF Bay Area USA) - See all my reviews
I like the selection of tracks on this collection. However the sound quality is impaired compared to some of the originally released versions of these tracks. The mastering engineer used too much compression/limiting when assembling this collection. The sound lacks subtlety and texture as a result. (Try comparing the "Spokes" track with its original version on the Secrets CD)

Don't get me wrong - this is great music by a great musician. It's just that it could have been sonically better. Non audiophiles are unlikely to notice.
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4.0 out of 5 stars the loneliness of the long distance guitarist, August 16, 2005
By Peter Baklava (Charles City, Iowa) - See all my reviews
I will have to admit up front that I am not, and never have been a fan of fusion music. The only fusion album that I ever listened to and enjoyed thoroughly was Jeff Beck's "Blow by Blow".

Still, I find Allan Holdsworth to be an intriguing guitarist. As this compilation demonstrates, he consistently plays with great beauty and precision. On the face of it, Holdsworth's music seems deeply introverted and meditative. Evidently he's a bicyclist--one composition is titled "Spokes", and another titled "Sunday" features the sounds of a derailleur shifting. Bikers are often loners, and that is the suggestion I get from these compositions.

My favorite tracks are "How Deep is the Ocean" which is fairly 'boppish', and "Sphere of Innocence", a really gorgeous tune that is similar in feel to the music on Joni Mitchell's "Hejira" album.

Holdsworth really seems to be more concerned with being a musician than with just being a great guitarist. The plangency of his playing at times reminds me of the work of Toots Thielemans, the great jazz harmonica player. Strange to say that of an electric guitarist, but Holdsworth really does come at things from a different angle than most.

This collection is probably best taken in small doses. A little of it goes a long way.
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15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Maybe The Best, December 29, 2005
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You just might be able to get me to say that Allan Holdsworth is the best there is. Yesterday, today and probably tomorrow too. Yes, I know about Jimi and Stevie Ray, B.B. and Duane. I don't know, I've just never heard anything quite like Allan. Why isn't he better known? It seems like it's just other guitarists who know him and they're frustrated because they try to reproduce the same sounds and can't. I'm sure being regarded as a "jazz fusion" player doesn't help either. Maybe if we called it "instrumental rock", it would draw a bigger crowd? Probably not. Allan may be doomed to be revered by other musicians and guitarheads like me while the rest of the world gets it's fill of the teenaged sensation of the week or the flavor of the month rap star. Record comapnies really don't have a clue as to why sales are down, do they? Could it be the crap they try to force down the throat of the general public?
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4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good compilation of Allan.
This double-album is a pretty good compilation of Allan's stuff, but I felt like some of the songs could've been switched. I missed e.g. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Jan Thore Ramsvik Frostad

3.0 out of 5 stars What is this all about?
Allan Holdsworth is an extraordinary guitarist who plays extraordinarily boring music. The only composition on this compilation that make any sense
is "How deep is the... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Yevgeny Kotlyar

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best All On One CD !!!!
It's funny because on each Holdsworth album, there are certain songs that appeal to me more than others. Coincidentally, this CD is a compilation of those songs. Read more
Published on December 15, 2006 by Michael Balazki

5.0 out of 5 stars In the top handful of guitarists
I suppose the secret's now finally out: Holdsworth is really one of the top guitarists in the world, ever. Read more
Published on November 18, 2005 by Dan McKenzie

4.0 out of 5 stars The Most Influential Studio Collection?....
"Against the clock", the last studio collection with some of the best songs of Allan Holdsworth. Choosen by himself, the songs of this 2CD pack were divided in GUITAR side and... Read more
Published on June 8, 2005 by Jeff T. Jesmorh

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