The Instrumentals: The Best of the Chrysalis Years

The Instrumentals: The Best of the Chrysalis Years
Compilation album by Leo Kottke
Released Feb 11, 2003
Recorded 1976-1983
Genre Folk, New Acoustic, American Primitive Guitar
Label Blue Note (42313)
Producer Denny Bruce, T-Bone Burnett, Kenny Buttrey, Leo Kottke
Leo Kottke chronology
The Instrumentals: The Best of the Capitol Years
(2003)
The Instrumentals: The Best of the Chrysalis Years
(2003)
Try and Stop Me
(2004)

The 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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

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

References

  1. 1 2 Lankford, Jr., Ronnie D. "The Instrumentals: The Best of the Chrysalis Years > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
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