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Handwritten Notes

{{Infobox album

| name = Handwritten Notes

| type = Album

| artist = Preston Reed

| cover = Preston Reed - Handwritten Notes.jpg

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| released = Sep 19, 2000

| recorded = Bobby Schmitzer Studios, Edina, MN, June and July, 2000

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| length = 54:44

| label = Outer Bridge Records, (OB1001)

| producer = Preston Reed

| prev_title = Ladies Night

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = History of Now

| next_year = 2005

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Handwritten Notes is an album by guitarist Preston Reed. It was the first release on Reed's own label.[http://www.prestonreed.com/recordings.html Preston Reed discography at his website.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108233948/http://www.prestonreed.com/recordings.html |date=2008-01-08 }} Accessed on December 24, 2007.

Reception

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| rev1 = Minor 7th

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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."Dilberto, John. Critics Choice. Billboard Magazine. 14 October 2000. 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"Dirty Linen. June/July 2001. 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."Mead, Dave. Genre-defining Expertise from One-man Acoustic Army. Guitarist. 2004

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."

Track listing

All songs by Preston Reed.

  1. "Night Ride" – 4:58
  2. "Gianaina" – 3:42
  3. "First Summer Without You" – 4:31
  4. "Tractor Pull" – 3:50
  5. "Crossing Open Water" – 4:45
  6. "The Groove is Real" – 3:01
  7. "What You Don't See" – 5:02
  8. "Accelerator" – 3:22
  9. "Love in the Old Country" – 3:59
  10. "Along the Perimeter" – 3:28
  11. "Lost Time" – 4:33
  12. "Quintana Roo" – 3:35
  13. "After a Rain" – 3:58
  14. "Shinkansen" – 3:00

Personnel

  • Preston Reed – acoustic guitar

References

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Category:2000 albums

Category:Preston Reed albums