ASSEMBLER

Bill Connors

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Jazz Rock/Fusion

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3.97 | 7 ratings | 2 reviews | 14% 5 stars

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Studio Album, released in 1987

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Crunchy (3:24)
2. Sea Coy (5:27)
3. Get It To Go (5:27)
4. Assembler (5:01)
5. Add Eleven (6:03)
6. Tell It To The Boss (6:57)
7. It Be FM (5:35)

Total Time 38:14

Line-up / Musicians

- Bill Connors / guitar, producer

With:
- Tom Kennedy / 6-string electric bass
- Kim Plainfield / drums

Releases information

Artwork: Mark Babushkin (photo)

LP Pathfinder Records ‎- PTF 8707 (1987, US)

CD Pathfinder Records ‎- PTF 8707-CD (1987, US)

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BILL CONNORS Assembler ratings distribution

3.97
(7 ratings)

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(14%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(57%)
Good, but non-essential (29%)
Collectors/fans only (0%)
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Review by Evolver
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This sure is a talented band. Not that I know much about bassist Tom Kennedy (I haven't heard any Planet X albums yet) and drummer Kim Plainfield, other than the other Bill Connors albums I own. But Connors and his band seem to be channelling Allan Holdsworth and his groups on this album. From the compositions, to the guitar tones and phrasing, just about everything sounds like it could be a Holdsworth album.

The Holdsworth references aside, this is a pretty good album. The bass and drum playing is sharp all the way through, and the music has lots of twists and turns, keeping it interesting throughout.

My only complaint is that all of the songs are mostly jamming. There seems to be very little of the band playing written parts, just solos over the complex chord progressions.

Still, 4 stars.

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4 stars Jazz fusion guitar fans will recognize Connors as that blazingly explosive and technically precise legato guitarist in Return to Forever who left after one release to pursue a quieter acoustic guitar path. Connors has always been ranked in the upper echelons of fine fusion axe-men. Yet the guitar re ... (read more)

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