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Cynics might roll their eyes at the album's title -- there is nothing at all edgy about this duo's buffed-to-a-high-gloss music -- but The New Edge is actually one of Acoustic Alchemy's most entertaining releases. There's a playfulness to these tunes, like the puckish electronic drums on the flamenco-tinged and downright catchy "Notting Hill Two-Step" and the tongue-in-cheek boulevardier pretensions of the closing "Rive Gauche," that suggests a pair of sharp wits behind the well-packaged sheen of this music. The songs are a consistently memorable lot this time out, with a much higher than usual ratio of interesting melodies to snoozy new age mush, and the production, for once, is not so Velveeta-smooth that the record actually becomes hard to listen to. Indeed, songs like the genuinely lovely "Arc-En-Ciel" and "London Skyline" are among the duo's best ever. If you're only going to get one Acoustic Alchemy album, this is the one to get.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Nick Webb, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons-Morris, ComposerLyricist - Steven Jones, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nicholas Charles William Webb, ComposerLyricist - Greg Carmichael, ComposerLyricist - John Morris Parsons, Composer - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Webb, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons-Morris, ComposerLyricist - Steven Jones, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nicholas Charles William Webb, ComposerLyricist - Greg Carmichael, ComposerLyricist - John Morris Parsons, Composer - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Webb, ComposerLyricist - DAVE SINKO, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steven Jones, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nicholas Charles William Webb, ComposerLyricist - Greg Carmichael, ComposerLyricist - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Webb, ComposerLyricist - Steven Jones, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Carmichael, ComposerLyricist - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Webb, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons-Morris, ComposerLyricist - Steven Jones, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nicholas Charles William Webb, ComposerLyricist - Greg Carmichael, ComposerLyricist - John Morris Parsons, Composer - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Webb, ComposerLyricist - Steven Jones, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nicholas Charles William Webb, ComposerLyricist - Greg Carmichael, ComposerLyricist - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barrington Pheloung, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Webb, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons-Morris, ComposerLyricist - Steven Jones, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nicholas Charles William Webb, ComposerLyricist - Greg Carmichael, ComposerLyricist - John Morris Parsons, Composer - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Webb, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons-Morris, ComposerLyricist - Steven Jones, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nicholas Charles William Webb, ComposerLyricist - Greg Carmichael, ComposerLyricist - John Morris Parsons, Composer - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Parsons-Morris, ComposerLyricist - Steven Jones, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Morris Parsons, Composer - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Webb, ComposerLyricist - Steven Jones, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nicholas Charles William Webb, ComposerLyricist - Greg Carmichael, ComposerLyricist - Acoustic Alchemy, MainArtist - Klaus Genuit, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Cynics might roll their eyes at the album's title -- there is nothing at all edgy about this duo's buffed-to-a-high-gloss music -- but The New Edge is actually one of Acoustic Alchemy's most entertaining releases. There's a playfulness to these tunes, like the puckish electronic drums on the flamenco-tinged and downright catchy "Notting Hill Two-Step" and the tongue-in-cheek boulevardier pretensions of the closing "Rive Gauche," that suggests a pair of sharp wits behind the well-packaged sheen of this music. The songs are a consistently memorable lot this time out, with a much higher than usual ratio of interesting melodies to snoozy new age mush, and the production, for once, is not so Velveeta-smooth that the record actually becomes hard to listen to. Indeed, songs like the genuinely lovely "Arc-En-Ciel" and "London Skyline" are among the duo's best ever. If you're only going to get one Acoustic Alchemy album, this is the one to get.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:41
- Main artists: Acoustic Alchemy
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: GRP
- Genre: Jazz
© 1993 GRP Records Inc. ℗ 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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