Radio Free Albemuth is the debut solo album by virtuoso bassist Stuart Hamm

Stuart Hamm

Stuart "Stu" Hamm is an American bass guitar player, known for his session and live work with numerous artists as well for his unconventional playing style and solo recordings.-Beginning career:...

, released in 1988 on Relativity Records. Hamm demonstrates his ability on the bass guitar

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

 and is backed up by famous guitarists Allan Holdsworth

Allan Holdsworth

Allan Holdsworth is an English guitarist and composer. He has released twelve studio albums as a solo artist and played many different styles of music over a period of four decades, but first drew attention for his work in jazz fusion...

 and Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani

Joseph "Joe" Satriani is an American instrumental rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, with multiple Grammy Award nominations...

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The title of the album and many of the songs were inspired by the novels of Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick

Philip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist whose published work is almost entirely in the science fiction genre. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments and altered...

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Track listing

All songs written by Stuart Hamm, except where noted.

1. "Radio Free Albemuth" – 5:10
2. "Flow My Tears" – 8:23
3. "Dr. Gradus Ad Parnasum" (C. Debussy
   Claude Debussy
   Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
   
   ) – 3:05
4. "Sexually Active" – 7:51
5. "Simple Dreams" – 4:05
6. "Country Music (A Night in Hell)" – 3:45
7. "Moonlight Sonata" (Beethoven
   Ludwig van Beethoven
   Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
   
   ) – 4:54

Personnel

• Stuart Hamm
  Stuart Hamm
  Stuart "Stu" Hamm is an American bass guitar player, known for his session and live work with numerous artists as well for his unconventional playing style and solo recordings.-Beginning career:...
  
   - Bass guitar
• Allan Holdsworth
  Allan Holdsworth
  Allan Holdsworth is an English guitarist and composer. He has released twelve studio albums as a solo artist and played many different styles of music over a period of four decades, but first drew attention for his work in jazz fusion...
  
   - Electric Guitar on "Radio Free Albemuth"
• Joe Satriani
  Joe Satriani
  Joseph "Joe" Satriani is an American instrumental rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, with multiple Grammy Award nominations...
  
   - Electric Guitar on "Radio Free Albemuth", "Flow My Tears" and "Sexually Active"
• Mike Barsimanto - Drums
• Amy Knoles - Percussion on "Radio Free Albemuth"
• Scott Collard - Keyboards
• Glen Freundl - Keyboards on "Radio Free Albemuth", "Sexually Active" and "Country Music"
• Tommy Mars
  Tommy Mars
  Tommy Mars is a keyboard player, best known for his work with Frank Zappa.Born in Connecticut, U.S.A., 26 October 1951 Mars began piano lessons at age eight, and later his instrument range expanded to various keyboards and synthesizers. Mars graduated in 1972 from the Hartt College of Music in...
  
   - Keyboards on "Radio Free Albemuth"
• Charles Hamm - Front Cover Photo
• Mark Effords - Back Cover Photo
• David Bett - Design
• Stuart Hamm
  Stuart Hamm
  Stuart "Stu" Hamm is an American bass guitar player, known for his session and live work with numerous artists as well for his unconventional playing style and solo recordings.-Beginning career:...
  
  - Producer