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Critical reception

John W. Patterson of

awarded ''Atavachron'' four stars out of five, describing it as "semi- progressive" with a "symphonic element" and praising it as "clear evidence of the genius Holdsworth was demonstrating release after release". He also highlighted the use of the SynthAxe, as well as praising the "beautiful female vocals" of Rowanne Mark, who makes her first of two appearances on a Holdsworth album; the other being '' Secrets'' (1989).

Track listing

Personnel

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guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

, SynthAxe,

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, mixing, production *Rowanne Mark – vocals (track 7) * William Edward Childs – keyboard (tracks 2, 5) * Alan Pasqua – keyboard (tracks 3, 4, 6) * Gary Husband –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

(tracks 1, 2, 4, 6) * Chad Wackerman – drums (tracks 3, 7) * Tony Williams – drums (track 5) * Jimmy Johnson – bass Technical *Robert Feist – engineering, mixing *Dan Humann – engineering, mixing * Bernie Grundman – mastering *Francois Bardol – cover art

References

External links

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