Premonition (Tony MacAlpine album)

Premonition
Studio album by Tony MacAlpine
Released	1994 (1994)[1]
Recorded	Prairie Sun Recording Studios (Cotati, California)
Genre	Instrumental rock
Length	53:28[2]
Label	Shrapnel
Producer	Tony MacAlpine, Mike Varney
Tony MacAlpine chronology
Madness (1993) Premonition (1994) Evolution (1995)

Premonition is the fifth studio album by guitarist Tony MacAlpine, released in 1994 through Shrapnel Records.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Robert Taylor at AllMusic calls Premonition "very monotonous with less than memorable melodies and little variety in [MacAlpine's] guitar sound" and "A slightly better than average release in a tired genre." He nonetheless praised MacAlpine's fast guitar work and the "excellent" contributions of drummer Deen Castronovo, but remarked that "the predictable song structures limit the possibilities of the music."^[1]

Track listing

All music is composed by Tony MacAlpine, except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Opus 28 #18" (Frédéric Chopin)	0:49
2.	"The Violin Song"	6:00
3.	"Ghost of Versailles"	4:30
4.	"Tower of London"	4:15
5.	"Rusalka"	7:15
6.	"Rondeau Partita #2" (Johann Sebastian Bach)	1:22
7.	"Gila Monster"	3:37
8.	"The Czar"	5:22
9.	"Maestro di Cappella"	4:30
10.	"Inflection"	5:13
11.	"Opus 28 #3" (Chopin)	0:53
12.	"Animation"	5:05
13.	"Winter in Osaka"	4:37
Total length:		53:28

Personnel

• Tony MacAlpine – guitar, keyboard (except tracks 2, 10), production
• Jens Johansson – keyboard (tracks 2, 10)
• Deen Castronovo – drums
• Tony Franklin – bass
• Steve Fontano – engineering
• Shawn Morris – engineering
• Joe Marquez – engineering
• Arjan MacNamara – engineering, mastering
• Mark "Mooka" Rennick – overdubbing, mixing, mastering
• Mike Varney – executive production

References

1. Taylor, Robert. "Premonition - Tony MacAlpine". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-12-15.
2. Premonition (CD release "SH-1068-2").

External links

• In Review: Tony MacAlpine "Premonition" at Guitar Nine Records