| Premonition | ||||
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| Released | 1994 [1] | |||
| Recorded | Prairie Sun Recording Studios (Cotati, California) | |||
| Genre | Instrumental rock | |||
| Length | 53:28 [2] | |||
| Label | Shrapnel | |||
| Producer | Tony MacAlpine, Mike Varney | |||
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Premonition is the fifth studio album by guitarist Tony MacAlpine, released in 1994 through Shrapnel Records.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
Robert Taylor at AllMusic calls Premonition "very monotonous with less than memorable melodies and little variety in [MacAlpine's] guitar sound" and "A slightly better than average release in a tired genre." He nonetheless praised MacAlpine's fast guitar work and the "excellent" contributions of drummer Deen Castronovo, but remarked that "the predictable song structures limit the possibilities of the music." [1]
All music is composed by Tony MacAlpine, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Opus 28 #18" (Frédéric Chopin) | 0:49 |
| 2. | "The Violin Song" | 6:00 |
| 3. | "Ghost of Versailles" | 4:30 |
| 4. | "Tower of London" | 4:15 |
| 5. | "Rusalka" | 7:15 |
| 6. | "Rondeau Partita #2" (Johann Sebastian Bach) | 1:22 |
| 7. | "Gila Monster" | 3:37 |
| 8. | "The Czar" | 5:22 |
| 9. | "Maestro di Cappella" | 4:30 |
| 10. | "Inflection" | 5:13 |
| 11. | "Opus 28 #3" (Chopin) | 0:53 |
| 12. | "Animation" | 5:05 |
| 13. | "Winter in Osaka" | 4:37 |
| Total length: | 53:28 | |
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