Balance (Leo Kottke album)

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Balance
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Studio album by
Released1978
Genre Folk, Americana, new acoustic, American primitive guitar
Length32:44
Label Chrysalis (CHR 1234)
Producer Kenny Buttrey
Leo Kottke chronology
Burnt Lips
(1978)
Balance
(1978)
Live in Europe
(1980)

Balance is an album by American guitarist Leo Kottke, released in 1978.

Contents

It was re-issued on CD by BGO Records (263) in 1996.

On this album, only Whine and Dolores are Kottke's familiar acoustic guitar solos. 1/2-Acre of Garlic is a unique blend of acoustic guitar wizardry and Kottke's vocal, with electric guitar and bass supporting. Learning the Game is a straight ballad rendition of the Buddy Holly classic. The remaining tracks are essentially rock songs. [1] Even Embryonic Journey is given more of a rock band style of treatment than in Jefferson Airplane's original version. [2]

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Track listing

All songs by Leo Kottke except as noted.

Side one

  1. "Tell Mary" – 2:59
  2. "I Don't Know Why" – 2:30
  3. "Embryonic Journey" (Jorma Kaukonen) – 3:15
  4. "Disguise – 3:09
  5. "Whine" – 3:28

Side two

  1. "Losing Everything" – 2:32
  2. "Drowning" – 3:16
  3. "Dolores" – 4:09
  4. "1/2-Acre of Garlic" – 2:43
  5. "Learning the Game" (Buddy Holly) – 4:06

Personnel

Production notes: [4]

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References

  1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/balance-mw0000201241 - accessed 28 May 2017
  2. Jefferson Airplane, Surrealistic Pillow, RCA Victor, #LSP-3766, 1967
  3. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r96556
  4. LP Chrysalis CHR 1234