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- Lifetime: The Collection
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Tony Williams
Released 1992

Fred
06:44
613 plays

Red Alert
04:36
593 plays

Snake Oil
06:26
481 plays

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- 1
- Snake Oil
- 06:26
- 481 plays

- 2
- Fred
- 06:44
- 613 plays

- 3
- Proto-Cosmos
- 04:00
- 452 plays

- 4
- Red Alert
- 04:36
- 593 plays

- 5
- Wildlife
- 05:19
- 400 plays

- 6
- Mr. Spock
- 06:14
- 437 plays

- 7
- Sweet Revenge
- 06:01
- 308 plays

- 8
- You Did It To Me Baby
- 03:49
- 231 plays

- 9
- Million Dollar Legs
- 06:35
- 252 plays

- 10
- Joy Filled Summer
- 05:50
- 225 plays

- 11
- Lady Jane
- 03:57
- 244 plays

- 12
- What You Do To Me
- 07:05
- 274 plays

- 13
- Inspirations Of Love
- 09:47
- 191 plays

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album review

This CD has all of the music from drummer Tony Williams' Believe It and Million Dollar Legs LPs. The best-known version of Williams' Lifetime is the trio he led during 1969-1970 with guitarist John McLaughlin and organist Larry Young. There are times (particularly on the first half of this reissue) that this later edition of Lifetime approaches the power and creativity of the original group. Key among the sidemen is guitarist Allan Holdsworth, a very underrated and creative musician whose style falls between rock and jazz and who often improvises more like a keyboardist than a guitarist. Alan Pasqua on electric piano and bassist Tony Newton (who also takes a few forgettable vocals) complete the group; background brass and strings are added to some of the songs in the later date. Although not flawless (some of the music has dated), these long-overlooked performances are worth exploring by fusion collectors, especially for Holdsworth's fiery yet thoughtful solos. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide