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Fans of mid-'70s King Crimson or early-'70s John Mclaughlin could do a lot worse than land Gary Boyle's second solo album in their CD player or on their turntable. The ex-Isotope guitarist shows a thorough familiarity with the scales, and he (and the rest of the instrumentalists here) show a great affinity for 16th and 32nd notes, but the playing is always interesting enough and the shifting textures sufficiently diverse to hold one's interest across just over a half-hour -- the presence of guitarist Gary Moore, among others, doesn't hurt in that regard either. Electric Glide is very much of its era, steeped in mid-'70s jazz-rock, and there are a few moments that come perilously close to recalling the Mahavishnu Orchestra's Birds of Fire album -- luckily, he surrounds those intensely challenging moments with some more gently lyrical material, most notably the title track, which might have had a shot at some radio success, had it been a single.

1 Snap Crackle
2 Hayabusa
3 Electric Glide
4 Morning Father Joys
5 Gaz
6 It's Almost Light Again
7 Grumble
8 Brat No. 2


Credits
Bass Guitar - John Giblin (tracks: 3 to 5, 8) , Phil Chen (tracks: 1, 2) 
Drums - Richard Bailey (tracks: 1, 2) , Simon Phillips (tracks: 3, 4, 8) 
Guitar - Gary Boyle , Gary Moore (tracks: 3, 4) , Kenny Shaw* (tracks: 6, 7) , Robert Awhai* (tracks: 1, 2) 
Keyboards - Pete Jacobsen (tracks: 1, 2) 
Percussion - Simon Morton (tracks: 1, 2, 8) 
Producer - Martin Levan 
Remastered By - Yoshiro Kuzumaki