Sand is the fifth studio album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released in 1987 through Relativity Records (United States) and JMS–Cream Records (Europe).

Critical reception

Thom Jurek of AllMusic awarded Sand four stars out of five, calling it one of Holdsworth's "most innovative and texturally beautiful" albums to date and highlighting his extensive use of the SynthAxe.

Sand (album)

Track listing

Personnel

Allan Holdsworth – guitar, SynthAxe, engineering, mixing, production

Alan Pasqua – keyboard

Gary Husband – drums (tracks 1, 3) Chad Wackerman – drums (tracks 4, 5), percussion (track 6) Jimmy Johnson – bass (except track 6) Biff Vincent – Roland Octapad bass (track 6) John England – sound effects

Sand (album)

Technical

Dan Humann – engineering, mixing

Robert Feist – engineering, mixing

Bernie Grundman – mastering

Francois Bardol – cover art

References

External links

Sand at therealallanholdsworth.com (archived) Allan Holdsworth "Sand" at Guitar Nine

Sand (album)

Allan Holdsworth albums

1987 albums

Relativity Records albums