[ape+cue] Acoustic Alchemy - Positive Thinking (1998)

Product Details



Audio CD (May 19, 1998)

Original Release Date: May 19, 1998

Number of Discs: 1

Label: Grp Records

ASIN: B000006NGP



Songs Title



1. Passionelle 4:42

2. Rainwatching W.I. 4:43

3. Cadaques 5:51

4. The Five Card Trick 5:12

5. Positive Thinking 4:21

6. The Better Shoes 5:29

7. Vapour Trails 4:32

8. Augustrasse 18 6:47

9. Time Gentlemen Please 4:40

10. Limited Excess 6:11





About ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY



Greg Carmichael and Nick Webb made a lot of great music

during the years they worked together.

Positive Thinking was slated to be their 10th collaboration.

Unfortunately, as many of us know, Nick Webb died as this

album was being put together, so it was left to John Parsons

to fill Webb's very big shoes. Though Webb was not around to

play on the CD, he was able to share in the compositions and

arrangements. Long-time Acoustic Alchemy fans will be able to

feel his touch as they listen through, and that makes this a

very bittersweet release indeed. What's not to like here?

The band is tight and inspired, seemingly coming together

flawlessly in Webb's memory. For my taste, favorites include

the languid Rainwatching W.I.; the Spanish-tinged Cadaques;

The Five Card Trick, Auguststrasse 18;

and the laid-back jazzy Time Gentlemen Please.

It is unfortunate but inevitable that the band went off in a

new direction following the issue of Positive Thinking.

Yet its a miracle under the circumstances that this project

did not fall through. This is one Acoustic Alchemy CD that

should be on every fan's shelf, both for the quality of the

music and as a tribute to the power of Nick Webb's positive

thinking and determination to see it through.