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This album features Allan, Chad and Jimmy, as well as keyboardist Jim Cox. Around half the tunes are Chad compositions, and they are for the most part energetic fusion, as exemplified by the groovy opener “Holiday Insane” and “Tell Me”, which Allan would perform with his own band. The other half are studio group improvisations, with a freer dreamlike quality. Allan sounds great, but was apparently not pleased with the signal processing added to his tone in the mix. | [[File:Fortyreasons.jpg|200px|right]]"Forty Reasons" is a 1991 album by Chad Wackerman. This album features Allan, Chad and Jimmy Johnson, as well as keyboardist Jim Cox. Around half the tunes are Chad compositions, and they are for the most part energetic fusion, as exemplified by the groovy opener “Holiday Insane” and “Tell Me”, which Allan would perform with his own band. The other half are studio group improvisations, with a freer dreamlike quality. Allan sounds great, but was apparently not pleased with the signal processing added to his tone in the mix. | ||
==Track listing== | |||
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|+Chad Wackerman: Forty Reasons ([[Allan Holdsworth Discography|D]]) | |||
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!style="text-align:left;"|Composer | |||
!style="text-align:left;"|Length | |||
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| 1 | |||
| "Holiday Insane" | |||
| Chad Wackerman | |||
| 7:21 | |||
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| 2 | |||
| "You Came Along" | |||
| Wackerman | |||
| 4:10 | |||
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| 3 | |||
| "Forty Reasons" | |||
| Wackerman, Carl Verheyen | |||
| 7:47 | |||
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| 4 | |||
| "Fearless" | |||
| Wackerman, Holdsworth, Cox, Johnson | |||
| 1:32 | |||
|- | |||
| 5 | |||
| "Quiet Life" | |||
| Wackerman | |||
| 6:00 | |||
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| 6 | |||
| "Waltzing on Jupiter" | |||
| Wackerman, Cox, Johnson | |||
| 1:49 | |||
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| 7 | |||
| "Tell Me" | |||
| Wackerman | |||
| 5:16 | |||
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| 8 | |||
| "House on Fire" | |||
| Wackerman, Holdsworth, Cox, Johnson | |||
| 1:14 | |||
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| 9 | |||
| "Hidden Places" | |||
| Wackerman | |||
| 4:02 | |||
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| 10 | |||
| "Go" | |||
| Wackerman, Holdsworth | |||
| 1:40 | |||
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| 11 | |||
| "Schemes" | |||
| Wackerman, Holdsworth, Cox, Johnson | |||
| 3:19 | |||
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=CHAD ON FORTY REASONS= | =CHAD ON FORTY REASONS= | ||
[[File:Cwmd0292.jpg| | ==Modern Drummer 1992== | ||
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==Caravan with a drum solo: the chad wackerman interview== | |||
Q: What did the musicians think of doing free improvisations? | Q: What did the musicians think of doing free improvisations? | ||
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AH: Yeah, I think so, but that was a record company thing. I don’t think we should get into that... well, I know what you mean. That’s how I felt, yeah. | AH: Yeah, I think so, but that was a record company thing. I don’t think we should get into that... well, I know what you mean. That’s how I felt, yeah. | ||
=Links= | |||
YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXYysjBGMMg&list=OLAK5uy_kHYYBECpmRBmBYi5jbcOr6tLKKvO6PWYk | |||
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/master/650449-Chad-Wackerman-Forty-Reasons | |||
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Reasons | |||
[[Category:Discography]] | [[Category:Discography]] | ||
