Despite the title, this release is more subdued than its predecessors, more tightly controlled, and more conventional in instrumentation.
Jean-Luc Ponty temporarily pulls back on electronic display for its own sake, even permitting some acoustic instruments to take the fore, and the recorded sound is drier and less lustrous.
Nevertheless, Ponty's urbane Euro-sensibility can still be felt strongly in these carefully conceived and "orchestrated" jazz-rock compositions for his six-piece group.
"Beach Girl," with its locomotive-driven chorus surrounded by folk-like passages, is the most memorable tune of the lot.
If you can overlook the dated timbres of the Atlantic label's synthesizers and the flat acoustics that place this music squarely within its decade, this music can still give pleasure to fans.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay with MeJean-Luc Ponty | Jean-Luc Ponty | Play | 05:38 | 12 MB | 29 MB |
| 2 | Sunset DriveJean-Luc Ponty | Jean-Luc Ponty | Play | 05:44 | 13 MB | 33 MB |
| 3 | Dreamy EyesJean-Luc Ponty | Jean-Luc Ponty | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 17 MB |
| 4 | Beach GirlJean-Luc Ponty | Jean-Luc Ponty | Play | 04:56 | 11 MB | 23 MB |
| 5 | A Taste for PassionJean-Luc Ponty | Jean-Luc Ponty | Play | 05:25 | 12 MB | 30 MB |
| 6 | Life CyclesJean-Luc Ponty | Jean-Luc Ponty | Play | 05:46 | 13 MB | 33 MB |
| 7 | ReminiscenceJean-Luc Ponty | Jean-Luc Ponty | Play | 01:27 | 3 MB | 5 MB |
| 8 | Give Us a ChanceJean-Luc Ponty | Jean-Luc Ponty | Play | 03:21 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 9 | ObsessionJean-Luc Ponty | Jean-Luc Ponty | Play | 00:41 | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| 10 | FarewellJean-Luc Ponty | Jean-Luc Ponty | Play | 03:01 | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| 40 mins | 92 MB | |||||
| 40 mins | 211 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ralphe Armstrong | Fretless Bass |
| 2 | Lenise Bent | Assistant Engineer, Engineer |
| 3 | Greg Calbi | Engineer, Mastering |
| 4 | Cheech d'Amico | Assistant Engineer, Engineer |
| 5 | Jamie Glaser | Guitar (Electric) |
| 6 | Gary Heery | Photography |
| 7 | Joaquin Lievano | Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Synthesizer) |
| 8 | Tim Messer | Production Coordination |
| 9 | Jean-Luc Ponty | Composer, Keyboards, Orchestration, Organ, Piano, Piano (Electric), Primary Artist, Producer, Violin, Vocals |
| 10 | Casey Schelierell | Drums, Percussion |
| 11 | Zal Schreiber | Mastering |
| 12 | Ed Thacker | Engineer |
| 13 | Allan Zavod | Keyboards, Synthesizer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |