Individual Choice

Individual Choice
Studio album by Jean-Luc Ponty
Released	August 1, 1983 (1983-08-01)
Recorded	March–May 1983
Studio	Music Grinder and Cherokee (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Jazz fusion, electronic
Length	37:05
Label	Atlantic 80098
Producer	Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty chronology
Mystical Adventures (1982) Individual Choice (1983) Open Mind (1984)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Individual Choice is an album by French jazz fusion violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1983.

A music video for the title track was produced by Louis Schwarzberg in 1984, consisting of time-lapsed footage of New York City, Chicago, and Seattle. In 1996, the song “Computer Incantations for World Peace” became the basis of the house-music track “Love, Love, Love” by Those Guys.

2009 Bootleg CD

In 2009, a bootleg version of the album was released on CD by a private distributor. The bootleg track listing swaps the placement of tracks 2 and 4. The CD also changed the name of the track "Individual Choice" to "The Inclement Weather Song".^{[ citation needed ]}

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jean-Luc Ponty.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Computer Incantations for World Peace"	5:41
2.	"Far from the Beaten Paths"	5:59
3.	"In Spiritual Love"	7:01
4.	"Eulogy to Oscar Romero"	2:32
5.	"Nostalgia"	5:02
6.	"Individual Choice"	4:56
7.	"In Spite of All"	5:55

Personnel

• Jean-Luc Ponty – violin (all), synthesizers (1-6), keyboard bass (3, 5, 6), rhythm computer (3), organ (5)
• George Duke – Minimoog solo (3)
• Allan Holdsworth – guitar (5, 7)
• Randy Jackson – bass (2, 7)
• Rayford Griffin – drums (2, 7), percussion (6)

Production notes

• Jean-Luc Ponty – producer
• Gary Skardina – drum recordings
• Peter R. Kelsey – engineer, mixing
• Stuart Graham – engineer, assistant engineer
• Steve Hall – engineer, mastering
• Mark Hanauer – photography
• Bob Defrin – art direction

Charts

Chart (1983)	Position
US Billboard Traditional Jazz Albums [3]	2
US Billboard Top Current Album Sales [4]	134
US Billboard 200 [5]	85

References

1. Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Jean-Luc Ponty - Individual Choice (1983) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
3. "Jean Luc Ponty Chart History (Traditional Jazz Albums)". Billboard .
4. "Jean Luc Ponty Chart History (Top Current Album Sales)". Billboard .
5. "Jean Luc Ponty 2 Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.

External links

• Jean-Luc Ponty - Individual Choice (1983) album releases & credits at Discogs
• Jean-Luc Ponty - Individual Choice (1983) album credits & user reviews at ProgArchives.com
• Jean-Luc Ponty - Individual Choice (1983) album to be listened as stream on Spotify