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Here is a list of song titles associated with Allan Holdsworth. For his early band and session recordings, only titles where he contributed as a composer are listed. For his solo albums, all titles are listed, also the ones written by other band members. See also [[Allan Holdsworth Compositions]].
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|Holdsworth
|Wardenclyffe Tower
|Meaning
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|[[54 Duncan Terrace]]
|Allan Holdsworth
|Holdsworth
|Secrets
|The address of pianist [[Pat Smythe]].
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|54 Duncan Terrace
|Holdsworth
|All Night Wrong
|Meaning
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|[[Above and Below]]
|Allan Holdsworth
|Holdsworth
|The Sixteen Men of Tain
|Meaning
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|Above and Below (Reprise)
|Holdsworth
|The Sixteen Men of Tain
|Meaning
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|[[Against the The Clock(song)|Against The Clock]]
|Allan Holdsworth
|Holdsworth, Naomi Star
|Wardenclyffe Tower
|Meaning
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|[[All Our Yesterdays ]]
|Allan Holdsworth
|Holdsworth, Rowanne Mark
|Holdsworth
|All Night Wrong
|Meaning
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|[[At the Edge]]
|Holdsworth/Beck
|Holdsworth
|The Things You See
|Meaning
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|[[Atavachron(song)|Atavachron]]
|Allan Holdsworth
|Holdsworth
|The Atavachron was a time travel device in “Star Trek”.
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|[[Bo Peep(song)|Bo Peep]]
|Allan Holdsworth
|Holdsworth
|Flat Tire
|Meaning
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|Brothers
|Hiseman, Holdsworth
|Tempest
|Meaning
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|Checking Out
|Holdsworth
|I.O.U.
|Meaning
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|City Nights
|Gary Husband
|Secrets
|Meaning
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|Clown
|Holdsworth
|Sand
|Meaning
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|Curves
|Holdsworth
|Flat Tire
|Meaning
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|Dark House
|Hiseman, Clarke, Holdsworth
|Tempest
|Meaning
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|Devil Take the Hindmost
|The title is a pun on the use of diminished scales in the theme of the song.
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|[[Distance vs. Desire]]
|Allan Holdsworth
|Holdsworth
|Sand
|Meaning
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|Dodgy Boat
|Holdsworth
|Flat Tire
|Meaning
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|Downside Up
|Chad Wackerman
|The Sixteen Men of Tain
|Meaning
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|Eeny Meeny
|Holdsworth
|Flat Tire
|Meaning
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|Eidolon
|Holdsworth
|The Sixteen Men of Tain
|Meaning
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|Endomorph
|Secrets
|”Something that is encapsulated in something else”, referring to Allan’s expression of love for his parents.
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|Every Little Breeze
|Allan Holdsworth
|Holdsworth
|BBC session
|Allan played this number, consisting of several ideas that would later emerge in other songs, as a tribute to "the recent arrival of his baby daughter" Louise.
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|Floppy Hat
|Hiseman, Clarke, Holdsworth
|Tempest
|Meaning
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|Fred
|Holdsworth
|All Night Wrong
|Meaning
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|Gas Lamp Blues
|Holdsworth
|Velvet Darkness
|Meaning
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|Golden Lakes
|Holdsworth
|Igginbottom's Wrench
|Meaning
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|Golden Lakes
|Holdsworth
|The Things You See
|Meaning
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|Gone Sailing
|Holdsworth
|Bundles
|Meaning
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|Good Clean Filth
|Holdsworth
|Velvet Darkness
|Meaning
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|Gorgon
|Hiseman, Clarke, Holdsworth
|Tempest
|Meaning
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|Hard Hat Area
|Allan Holdsworth
|Holdsworth
|Hard Hat Area
|Meaning
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|Home
|House of Mirrors
|Allan Holdsworth
|Holdsworth
|Hard Hat Area
|Meaning
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|In the Mystery
|Holdsworth, Paul Korda
|Metal Fatigue
|Meaning
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|Is She Just a Dream?
|Holdsworth, Mick Skelly
|Igginbottom's Wrench
|Meaning
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|Joshua
|Holdsworth
|Velvet Darkness
|Meaning"...a karzie is an English slang word for a toilet which is believed to have origins from the British Army in India ... When Sam and Elsie lived in Hollingwood Lane, Bradford, Yorkshire their toilet was outside 20 yards from the house. the toilet door had a lock on it and the key was needed to gain entry. After a family visit, Allan inadvertently took the key back with him to the United States, hence the tune's title. (Graham Hepworth)
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|Kinder
|Holdsworth
|Velvet Darkness
|The title refers to a childlike quality in the use of the German word meaning “children”.
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|Land of the Bag Snake
|Holdsworth
|Bundles
|Meaning
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|Lanyard Loop
|Allan Holdsworth
|Holdsworth
|MeaningAll Night Wrong|
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|Last May
|Holdsworth
|Velvet Darkness
|Meaning
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|Let's Throw Shrimp
|Holdsworth, Chad Wackerman, Jimmy Johnson
|Against The Clock
|MeaningAccording to Eddie Coralnick: Allan had some drum tracks from Chad Wackerman, unused material....he needed a bonus track for Against the Clock....Allan wrote track around Chad's drum tracks....Allan needed a name for the track, Chad residing in Australia......Allan said let's throw another shrimp on the bar-b, which was part of an Australian promo for travel to Australia......I said how bout....Let's Throw Shrimp.....
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|Letsby
|Holdsworth
|Believe It
|Meaning
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|[[Letters of Marque]]
|Allan Holdsworth
|Holdsworth
|Holdsworth
|Atavachron
|Meaning
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|Low Levels, High Stakes
|Allan Holdsworth
|Hard Hat Area
|MeaningHoldsworth|
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|Mac Man
|Allan Holdsworth
|Sand
|MeaningHoldsworth|
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|Madame Vintage
|Holdsworth
|Abracadabra
|Meaning
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|Maid Marion
|Hunt
|Secrets
|Meaning
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|Material Real
|Holdsworth
|Road Games
|Meaning
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|Material unreal
|Holdsworth
|The Sixteen Men of Tain
|Meaning
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|Mental Medication
|Holdsworth, Bruford, Jobson
|U.K.
|Meaning
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|Metal Fatigue
|Holdsworth, Paul Williams
|Metal Fatigue
|Meaning
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|Mr. Spock
|Holdsworth, Jobson, Wetton
|U.K.
|Meaning
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|Night Illusion
|Holdsworth
|Gazeuse!
|Meaning
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|Non Brewed Condiment
|Holdsworth
|Igginbottom's Wrench
|Meaning
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|Oneiric Moor
|Holdsworth
|Wardenclyffe Tower
|Meaning
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|Out from Under
|Steven Robinson, Holdsworth
|I.O.U.
|Meaning
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|Out of Confusion
|Dave Freeman, Steven Robinson, Holdsworth, Mick Skelly
|Igginbottom's Wrench
|Meaning
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|Panic Station
|Holdsworth, Paul Williams
|Metal Fatigue
|Meaning
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|Peril Premonition
|Chad Wackerman
|Secrets
|Meaning
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|Please Hold On
|Holdsworth
|Flat Tire
|Meaning
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|Poochini
|Holdsworth, Hunt, Skúli Sverrisson, Gary Husband
|Hard Hat Area
|Meaning
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|Prelude
|Holdsworth, Steve Hunt
|Hard Hat Area
|Meaning
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|Pud Wud
|Chad Wackerman)
|Wardenclyffe Tower
|Meaning
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|Road Games
|Holdsworth
|Road Games
|Meaning
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|Ruhkukah
|Allan Holdsworth
|Hard Hat Area
| Holdsworth
|According to Eddie Coralnick, “Is a term a Great Friend R.I.P. came up with as he was a Studly woman's man.....and was seemingly in the bedroom with the Ladies...per Allan....imagine a headboard of a bed hitting the wall as Barry was engaged with a Lady friend in The bedroom......RUHKUKAH , RUHKUKAH, RUHKUKAH......Sort of a Manly expression Barry Blood ......seemed to use bragging at the PUB, That is what that track is about.....Allan would just say RUHKUK....for short !”
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|Holdsworth
|The Sixteen Men of Tain
|Meaning
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|Sand
|Holdsworth
|Sand
|Meaning
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|Secrets
|Holdsworth, Rowanne Mark
|Secrets
|Meaning
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|Shadows Of
|Holdsworth
|Gazeuse!
|Meaning
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|Shallow Sea
|Holdsworth
|I.O.U.
|Meaning
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|Snow Moon
|Holdsworth
|Flat Tire
|Meaning
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|So Long
|Holdsworth
|Flat Tire
|Meaning
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|Sphere of Innocence
|Holdsworth
|Wardenclyffe Tower
|Meaning
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|Spokes
|Holdsworth
|Secrets
|Meaning
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|Sundays
|Holdsworth
|With A Heart In My Song
|Meaning
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|Sweet Dry Biscuits
|Holdsworth
|Igginbottom's Wrench
|Meaning
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|Temporary Fault
|Holdsworth
|I.O.U.
|Meaning
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|Texas
|Holdsworth
|The Sixteen Men of Tain
|Meaning
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|The 4.15 Bradford Executive
|Holdsworth
|Igginbottom's Wrench
|Meaning
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|The Dominant Plague
|Holdsworth
|Atavachron
|Meaning
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|The Drums Were Yellow
|Holdsworth
|Flat Tire
|Meaning
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|The Duplicate Man (Intro)
|Holdsworth
|Flat Tire
|Meaning
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|The Sixteen Men of Tain
|Holdsworth
|All Night Wrong
|Meaning
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|The Things You See (When You Haven't Got Your Gun)
|Holdsworth
|The Things You See
|Meaning
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|The Things You See (When You Haven't Got Your Gun)
|Holdsworth
|I.O.U.
|Meaning
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|[[The Un-Merry-Go-Round]]
|Allan Holdsworth
|Holdsworth
|Metal Fatigue
|Meaning
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|The Witch
|Holdsworth
|Igginbottom's Wrench
|Meaning
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|[[Three Sheets to the Wind]]
|Allan Holdsworth
|Holdsworth
|According to Allan’s second wife Claire, the term simply means “drunk”.
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|[[Tokyo Dream]]
|Allan Holdsworth
|Holdsworth
|Road Games
|Meaning
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|Tullio
|Allan Holdsworth
|Holdsworth
|Hard Hat Area
|The song is a tribute to cyclist and inventor Tullio Camagnolo.
|John Edwards, Holdsworth
|Tempest
|Meaning
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|Velvet Darkness
|Holdsworth
|Velvet Darkness
|Meaning
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|Wardenclyffe Tower
|Holdsworth
|Road Games
|Meaning
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|Water on the Brain Pt. II
|Holdsworth
|Road Games
|Meaning
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|Water on the Brain Pt.II
|Holdsworth
|All Night Wrong
|Meaning
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|Where Is One
|Holdsworth
|I.O.U.
|Meaning
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|[[White Line]]
|Allan Holdsworth
|Holdsworth, Pete Brown
|I.O.U.
|Meaning
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|Wish
|Holdsworth
|Velvet Darkness
|Meaning
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|Zarabeth
|Holdsworth, Steve Hunt, Gary Husband, Jimmy Johnson
|All Night Wrong
|Meaning
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