The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock
# The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock

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The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock is a double compilation album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released on 17 May 2005 through Universal Music (Japan), Alternity Records (US) and JMS–Cream Records (Europe). The second disc contains predominantly SynthAxe-based compositions, which formed the basis of much of Holdsworth's recordings in the late 1980s and 1990s.

## Personnel

* Allan Holdsworth – guitar, SynthAxe, spoken vocals (track 9), production
* Naomi Star – vocals (track 17)
* Rowanne Mark – vocals (tracks 19, 22)
* Steve Hunt – keyboard (tracks 2–4, 21)
* Chad Wackerman – keyboard (track 9), drums (tracks 1, 7–9, 16, 22, 25), production
* Alan Pasqua – keyboard (tracks 11, 13)
* William Edward Childs – keyboard (track 12)
* Gordon Beck – digital piano (tracks 5, 6)
* Gary Husband – drums (tracks 2–4, 11, 13, 21
* Kirk Covington – drums (tracks 5, 6)
* Gary Novak – drums (tracks 10, 23)
* Tony Williams – drums (track 12)
* Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (tracks 14, 17, 19)
* Jimmy Johnson – bass (tracks 1, 2, 7, 8, 11–14, 17, 19, 22, 25)
* Skúli Sverrisson – bass (tracks 3, 4, 21)
* Gary Willis – bass (tracks 5, 6)
* Bob Wackerman – bass (track 9)
* Dave Carpenter – bass (tracks 10, 18, 20, 23)
* Biff Vincent – Roland Octapad (track 16)
* Claire Holdsworth – spoken vocals (track 9)
* Jeffrey Ocheltree – sound effects (track 9)
* John England – sound effects (track 16)
* Derek Wilson – executive production
* Christopher Hoard – executive production
