The Instrumentals: The Best of the Chrysalis Years

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Instrumentals: The Best of the Chrysalis Years
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Compilation album by
Leo Kottke
ReleasedFeb 11, 2003
Recorded1976–1983
Genre Folk, new acoustic, American primitive guitar
Label Blue Note (42313)
Producer Denny Bruce, T-Bone Burnett, Kenny Buttrey, Leo Kottke
Leo Kottke chronology
Instrumentals: The Best of the Capitol Years
(2003)		Instrumentals: The Best of the Chrysalis Years
(2003)		 Try and Stop Me
(2004)

Instrumentals: The Best of the Chrysalis Years is a 2003 compilation of American guitarist Leo Kottke's releases on the Chrysalis label. It includes previously unreleased tracks. The Chrysalis release Essential covers the same time period, presenting a different line up of tracks.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Writing for Allmusic, music critic Ronnie D. Lankford Jr. wrote of the album "The tracks flow in chronological order, allowing the listener to follow the guitarist's evolution over his eight years with Chrysalis; and while the albums he recorded during this time may lack the edginess of his earlier material, the pieces on Instrumentals are consistently fresh and invigorating. Guitar hero wannabes, of course, will buy the album for the extra tracks; everyone else will find it a rewarding introduction to mid-period Kottke." [1]

Track listing

  1. "Airproofing" – 2:18
  2. "Waltz" – 2:25
  3. "Death by Reputation" – 4:10
  4. "The Fisherman" – 2:48
  5. "Up Tempo" – 1:53
  6. "A Low Thud" – 3:07
  7. "Orange Room" – 3:32
  8. "Whine" – 3:32
  9. "Dolores" – 4:11
  10. "The Train and the Gate" – 2:42
  11. "Open Country Joy: Theme and Adhesions" (Leo Kottke, John McLaughlin) – 7:00
  12. "Wheels" (Norman Petty) – 2:20
  13. "Palms Blvd." – 2:48
  14. "Strange" – 2:34
  15. "Jib’s Hat" – 2:24
  16. "All I Have to Do is Dream" (Boudleaux Bryant, Felice Bryant) – 1:43
  17. "Memories Are Made of This" (Frank Miller, Richard Dehr, Terry Gilkyson) – 2:37
  18. "Little Martha" (Duane Allman) – 1:28

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Lankford Jr., Ronnie D. "Instrumentals: The Best of the Chrysalis Years > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
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