True Obsessions
{{Infobox album
| name = True Obsessions
| type = studio
| artist = Marty Friedman
| cover = Trueobsessions.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1996|4|17}}
| recorded = November 6, 1995 – February 14, 1996
| venue =
| studio = {{flatlist|
- Far Planet Studios, Van Nuys, Los Angeles
- Jai Winding Studios, Santa Monica, California
- Vintage Recorders, Phoenix, Arizona
- Wilkinson Productions
- Sun Valley, Los Angeles
}}
| genre = Instrumental rock, hard rock
| length = {{Duration|m=49|s=40}}
| label = Toshiba EMI
| producer = Marty Friedman, Steve Fontano
| prev_title = Introduction
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Music for Speeding
| next_year = 2003
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}Taylor, Robert. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/true-obsessions-shrapnel-mw0000072948 "True Obsessions - Marty Friedman"]. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
}}
True Obsessions is the fourth studio album by guitarist Marty Friedman, released on April 17, 1996 through Toshiba EMI (Japan) and October 8, 1996 through Shrapnel Records (United States).[http://www.martyfriedman.com/media_discograph_soloalbum.php "Discography"]. martyfriedman.com. Retrieved 2013-12-18. It was also the last to feature Nick Menza on drums.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Marty Friedman except where noted
| title1 = Rock Box
| length1 = 2:38
| title2 = Espionage
| length2 = 4:30
| title3 = Last September
| note3 = Steve Fontano, Friedman, Stanley Rose
| length3 = 4:22
| title4 = Intoxicated
| length4 = 5:56
| title5 = Shine on Me
| length5 = 3:53
| title6 = Hands of Time
| length6 = 4:13
| title7 = Rio
| length7 = 4:32
| title8 = Live and Learn
| note8 = Fontano, Friedman, Rose
| length8 = 4:03
| title9 = Glowing Path
| length9 = 6:21
| title10 = The Yearning
| length10 = 3:46
| title11 = Farewell
| length11 = 5:26
| total_length = 49:40
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = United States edition
| title1 = Rio
| length1 = 4:32
| title2 = Espionage
| length2 = 4:30
| title3 = Last September
| length3 = 4:22
| title4 = Rock Box
| length4 = 2:38
| title5 = The Yearning
| length5 = 3:46
| title6 = Live and Learn
| length6 = 4:03
| title7 = Glowing Path
| length7 = 6:21
| title8 = Intoxicated
| length8 = 5:56
| title9 = Farewell
| length9 = 5:26
| title10 = Thunder March
| note10 = demo
| length10 = 3:52
| total_length = 45:26
}}
Personnel
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- Marty Friedman – guitar, synthesizer, production
- Stanley Rose – vocals
- Brian BecVar – keyboard, piano
- Nick Menza – drums
- Greg Bissonette – drums ("Last September", "Intoxicated", "Hands of Time")
- Carmine Appice – drums ("Shine on Me", "Live and Learn)"
- Tony Franklin – bass
- Jimmy Haslip – bass ("Intoxicated")
- Alex Wilkinson – orchestral instrumentation, percussion
- Tom Gattis – background vocals
- Steve Fontano – engineering, mixing, production
- Zach Blackstone – mixing
- Mike Tacci – mixing
- Ryan Dorn – engineering
- Brian Kinkel – engineering
- Billy Moss – engineering
- Larry Jacobson – engineering
- Wally Traugott – mastering
{{Div col end}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.martyfriedman.com/info_archive_detail.php?id=13&det=82 Story Behind The Song - True Obsessions] at martyfriedman.com
- [http://www.guitar9.com/trueobsessions.html In Review: Marty Friedman "True Obsessions"] at Guitar Nine Records
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