Concrete Gardens

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Concrete Gardens
Tony MacAlpine - 2015 - Concrete Gardens.jpg
Studio album by
Tony MacAlpine
ReleasedApril 21, 2015 (2015-04-21)
StudioTony MacAlpine's home studio (Pasadena, California)
Genre Instrumental rock, progressive metal
Length59:16
Label Sun Dog
Producer Tony MacAlpine, Michael Mesker
Tony MacAlpine chronology
Tony MacAlpine
(2011)		Concrete Gardens
(2015)		Death of Roses
(2017)

Concrete Gardens is the eleventh studio album by guitarist Tony MacAlpine, released on April 21, 2015, through Sun Dog Records. [1] The album was first announced by MacAlpine on his official website in October 2013, [2] with more details in February [3] and December 2014. [4] An official release date was announced in March 2015, along with the cover art, different editions of the album, and a U.S. tour schedule. [5] [6] To further promote Concrete Gardens, a series of live studio performances of several songs were filmed for EMGtv, [4] [7] [8] [9] [10] featuring guitarist Nili Brosh, drummer Aquiles Priester, and bassist Pete Griffin. Guitarist Jeff Loomis is featured as a guest soloist on "Square Circles".

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles 8.0 [11]

Aaron Small at Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles gave Concrete Gardens a rating of 8.0, praising MacAlpine's skill at creating instrumental melodies in place of lyrics, "thereby building unique songs full of colourful character." He listed "Exhibitionist Blvd", "Man in a Metal Cage", "Napoleon's Puppet" and "Confessions of a Medieval Monument" as highlights, but criticism was directed at the final track, the instrumental piano piece "Maiden's Wish", for sounding out of place on the album and more appropriate for the early 1900s silent film era. [11]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Exhibitionist Blvd"4:28
2."The King's Rhapsody"4:45
3."Man in a Metal Cage"4:20
4."Poison Cookies"5:06
5."Epic"5:00
6."Napoleon's Puppet"5:13
7."Sierra Morena"4:52
8."Square Circles"5:12
9."Red Giant"5:10
10."Confessions of a Medieval Monument"5:43
11."Concrete Gardens"5:03
12."Maiden's Wish"4:19
Total length:59:16

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ ""Concrete Gardens" - Out Now!" Archived 2020-04-12 at the Wayback Machine . tonymacalpine.com. 2015-02-21. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  2. ↑ MacAlpine, Tony (2013-10-05). "New Solo Album Update". tonymacalpine.com. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  3. ↑ "New Southern California Dates!". tonymacalpine.com. 2014-02-11. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  4. 1 2 MacAlpine, Tony (2014-12-31). "Happy New Year 2015: "Concrete Gardens" live at EMGtv". tonymacalpine.com. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  5. ↑ "New "Concrete Gardens" North American tour dates! [Updated"]. tonymacalpine.com. 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  6. ↑ MacAlpine, Tony (2015-03-17). "Pre-order "Concrete Gardens" Now!". tonymacalpine.com. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  7. ↑ ""Sierra Morena" live at EMGtv". tonymacalpine.com. 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  8. ↑ "Poison Cookies" live on EMGtv!". tonymacalpine.com. 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  9. ↑ ""The King's Rhapsody" live on EMGtv!". tonymacalpine.com. 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  10. ↑ ""Square Circles" live with special guest Jeff Loomis on EMGtv!". tonymacalpine.com. 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
  11. 1 2 Small, Aaron (2015-04-17). "Tony MacAlpine – Concrete Gardens". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles . Retrieved 2015-11-06.
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