The Great Explorers

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The Great Explorers
Frank Gambale - 1990 - The Great Explorers.jpg
Studio album by
Released1993 (1993) [1]
RecordedMilagro Sound Recorders in Glendale, California; Silverlake Sound Studios in Los Angeles
Genre Instrumental rock, [1] [2] [3] jazz fusion
Length51:41
Label Victor
Producer Frank Gambale, Takashi Misu
Frank Gambale chronology
Note Worker
(1991)
The Great Explorers
(1993)
Passages
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Great Explorers is the fifth studio album by guitarist Frank Gambale, released in 1993 through Victor Entertainment and reissued on 24 April 2001 through Samson Records. [4] [5]

Contents

Track listing

All music is composed by Frank Gambale, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Frankly Speaking"5:33
2."The Final Frontier"4:53
3."The Jaguar" (Gambale, Gary Hoey)4:13
4."The Great Explorers"5:48
5."Duet Tuet"0:44
6."She Knows Me Well" (Gambale, Gary Hoey)4:34
7."Thunder Current"6:11
8."Pathfinder"4:19
9."Dawn Over the Nullarbor"4:43
10."Cruising Altitude"4:45
11."Naughty Business"5:58
Total length:51:41

Personnel

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