Handwritten Notes
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| Handwritten Notes | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | Sep 19, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | Bobby Schmitzer Studios, Edina, MN, June and July, 2000 | |||
| Length | 54:44 | |||
| Label | Outer Bridge Records, (OB1001) | |||
| Producer | Preston Reed | |||
| Preston Reed chronology | ||||
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Handwritten Notes is an album by guitarist Preston Reed. It was the first release on Reed's own label.[1]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Minor 7th | (not rated)[2] |
Handwritten Notes received positive reviews. John Dilberto wrote in Billboard "...should be a bible for anyone looking at the extended possibilities of the acoustic guitar."[3] Dirty Linen magazine stated in its review: "Blending and bending textures and influences, Reed offers thoughtful and thought-provoking musical vignettes that offer more with each listening"[4] and Dave Mead of Guitarist magazine stated: "Preston Reed is certainly one of the genre's frontrunners... This is an example of true, spellbinding guitar mastery."[5]
Minor 7th praised the album, writing that Reed "skillfully intertwines his trademark raucous slam-bang percussives with reflective and melodious ballads in a way which will heretofore define him as a living guitar legend in his own right."[2]
Track listing[edit]
All songs by Preston Reed.
- "Night Ride" – 4:58
- "Gianaina" – 3:42
- "First Summer Without You" – 4:31
- "Tractor Pull" – 3:50
- "Crossing Open Water" – 4:45
- "The Groove is Real" – 3:01
- "What You Don't See" – 5:02
- "Accelerator" – 3:22
- "Love in the Old Country" – 3:59
- "Along the Perimeter" – 3:28
- "Lost Time" – 4:33
- "Quintana Roo" – 3:35
- "After a Rain" – 3:58
- "Shinkansen" – 3:00
Personnel[edit]
- Preston Reed – acoustic guitar
References[edit]
- ^ Preston Reed discography at his website. Archived 2008-01-08 at the Wayback Machine Accessed on December 24, 2007.
- ^ a b "Handwritten Notes > Review". Minor 7th. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
- ^ Dilberto, John. Critics Choice. Billboard Magazine. 14 October 2000.
- ^ Dirty Linen. June/July 2001.
- ^ Mead, Dave. Genre-defining Expertise from One-man Acoustic Army. Guitarist. 2004
