Madness (Tony MacAlpine album)
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Madness is the fifth studio album
Studio album
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 by guitarist
Guitarist
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 Tony MacAlpine
Tony MacAlpine
Tony Jeff MacAlpine is an American guitarist and keyboardist. Having released ten studio albums over a career spanning more than two decades, he is best known as an instrumental solo guitarist, although he has worked with many different bands and musicians in the form of guest appearances and...

, released in 1993 through Shrapnel Records
Shrapnel Records
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Track listing

Personnel

  • Tony MacAlpine
    Tony MacAlpine
    Tony Jeff MacAlpine is an American guitarist and keyboardist. Having released ten studio albums over a career spanning more than two decades, he is best known as an instrumental solo guitarist, although he has worked with many different bands and musicians in the form of guest appearances and...

     – guitar
    Guitar
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    , keyboard
    Keyboard instrument
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    , production
    Record producer
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  • Gina Demos – electric guitar (track 4)
  • Glen Sobel – drums
    Drum kit
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    , production
  • Larry Dennison – bass
    Bassline
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    , production
  • Branford Marsalis
    Branford Marsalis
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     – saxophone
    Saxophone
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  • Matt Finders
    Matt Finders
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     – trombone
    Trombone
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  • Lee Thornburg
    Lee Thornburg
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     – trumpet
    Trumpet
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  • Brian Levi – engineering
    Audio engineering
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    , mixing
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    , production
  • Colin Mitchell – engineering
  • Bernie Grundman
    Bernie Grundman
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     – mastering
    Audio mastering
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