Against the Grain (Acoustic Alchemy album)

Against The Grain
Studio album by Acoustic Alchemy
Released	11 October 1994
Recorded	1994
Studio	Mayfair Studios, London, UK Hansa Haus Studios, Bonn, Germany Winsford Studios, London, UK
Genre	Smooth jazz
Length	53:19
Label	GRP 97832
Producer	Steven Jones Klaus Genuit
Acoustic Alchemy chronology
The New Edge (1993) Against The Grain (1994) Arcanum (1996)

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Against The Grain, Acoustic Alchemy's 8th album, was released on 11 October 1994 under the GRP label.

Despite having only ten tracks, Against the Grain manages to notch up a total play time of 53 minutes because of the band's experimentation with some longer, more drawn out tracks.

The most successful effort from this release was "Lazeez", one of two tracks from this album to appear on the compilation album, "The Very Best Of Acoustic Alchemy" (2002).

Track listing

#	Title	Writers	Duration
1	"Against The Grain"	Iain McArthur/Nick Webb/Greg Carmichael/John Parsons	5:39
2	"Lazeez"	Webb/Carmichael/Parsons	4:54
3	"A Different Kind of Freedom"	Webb/Carmichael/Parsons	6:20
4	"Lady Lynda"	Webb/Carmichael/Parsons	5:22
5	"Road Dogs"	Webb/Carmichael/Parsons	4:19
6	"Shoot The Loop"	McArthur/Webb/Carmichael	5:19
7	"Across The Golden Gate"	Webb/Carmichael/Parsons	5:12
8	"Papillon"	Webb/Carmichael	6:39
9	"Silent Partner"	Webb/Carmichael	4:30
10	"Nouveau Tango"	Webb/Carmichael/Parsons	5:05

Personnel

• Nick Webb - Steel String Guitar, 12 String
• Greg Carmichael - Nylon String Guitar
• Iain McArthur - Programming, Keys (Tracks 1 & 6)
• Rainer Bruninghaus - Piano, Keys (Track 3)
• John Parsons - Dobro (Track 1,7), Electric Guitar
• Paul Harriman - Bass
• Bert Smaak - Drums
• Luis Jardim - Percussion
• Phil Todd - Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute
• Terry Disley - Keys (Track 4,9)
• Jerry Douglas - Dobro (Track 5)
• Mike Herting - Keys (Track 7)