''Tilt'' is a collaborative studio album by guitarists

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and Richie Kotzen, released in 1995 through

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. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas
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. Retrieved 2014-03-06. The collaboration was organized by Shrapnel founder

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due to his enthusiasm for both guitarists' stylistic similarities, and as a result of good sales a second album, ''

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Guitar Nine Records. Retrieved 2014-03-06.

Critical reception

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gave ''Tilt'' two stars out of five, describing it as being "filled with fretboard heroics in the vein of

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and

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", but that it was "nearly half-a-decade behind the times". He criticized the album for lacking any memorable songs and being composed of "nothing but hot-shot guitar playing", while also being critical of the interplay between Howe and Kotzen: "The two guitarists sound like they're fighting each other, not playing."

Track listing

Personnel

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

(left

stereo channel Stereophonic sound, or more commonly stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that recreates a multi-directional, 3-dimensional audible perspective. This is usually achieved by using two independent audio channels through a configuration ...

keyboard Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

(tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9),

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, mixing,

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* Richie Kotzen – guitar (right stereo channel),

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

clavinet The Clavinet is an electrically amplified clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds by a rubber pad striking a point on a tension ...

, bass (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8), engineering, mixing, production *Jon Doman –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

(tracks 1, 3, 5, 9) *Atma Anur – drums (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8) *Kevin Soffera – drums (track 7) *Kenneth K. Lee, Jr. – mastering

References

External links

In Review: Kotzen/Howe "Tilt"
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