Instrument Landing (album)

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Instrument Landing
Preston Reed - Instrument Landing.jpg
Studio album by
Preston Reed
Released1989
RecordedNovember/December 1988
StudioStudio M, St. Paul, Minnesota
Genre Fingerstyle guitar
Label MCA
Producer Preston Reed
Preston Reed chronology
The Road Less Travelled
(1987)		Instrument Landing
(1989)		 Blue Vertigo
(1990)

Instrument Landing is an album by the American guitarist Preston Reed, released in 1989 on MCA Records. [1] [2] It was his first album for a major label. [3] Reed considered it his first album to employ his melodic and harmonic two-handed flatpicking technique. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote: "Each note is clearly articulated, the arpeggios ring out like bells and the new assortment of rhythmic accents are frequently offset by some haunting melodies." [5] The Buffalo News concluded that "by the time you realize that Reed's solo acoustic guitar playing is far too harmonically sophisticated for folk music, too contemplative for country music, too folksy for jazz and far too witty and substantial for New Age music, you might miss out on both the loveliness of what he does and the utterly phenomenal technique." [6]

Track listing

All songs written by Preston Reed.

  1. "Torch Song"
  2. "Tiny Time Pills"
  3. "Frequent Flyer"
  4. "Inside a Face"
  5. "Flatonia"
  6. "White Espadrilles"
  7. "Life of Riley"
  8. "Fifteen Year Reunion"
  9. "Hammerhead"
  10. "Instrument Landing"
  11. "Bye Bye Boo Boo"

Personnel

Production notes

References

  1. ↑ Bream, Jon (June 16, 1989). "Well-traveled guitarist Reed will play only 2nd local concert". Star Tribune. p. 14E.
  2. ↑ Preston Reed discography at his website. Archived 2008-01-08 at the Wayback Machine Accessed on December 24, 2007.
  3. ↑ Gallo, Phil (April 28, 1989). "That's Entertainment". Weekend Guide. New Haven Register. p. 27.
  4. ↑ Wildsmith, Steve (March 1, 2002). "It's all in the hands: Guitar maestro brings unique style to Palace". The Daily Times. Maryville.
  5. ↑ Joyce, Mike (September 15, 1989). "Old Folk Acts, New Age Discs". The Washington Post. p. N26.
  6. ↑ Simon, Jeff (May 19, 1989). "Pop". The Buffalo News. p. KG39.
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