Guitar Monsters
Studio album by
Chet Atkins and Les Paul
Released1978
GenreCountry, jazz
Length31:16
LabelRCA Victor APL1-2786
ProducerBob Ferguson
Chet Atkins chronology
Chet Floyd & Danny
(1977) 		Guitar Monsters
(1978) 		First Nashville Guitar Quartet
(1979)

Guitar Monsters is an album by Chet Atkins and Les Paul, released by RCA Records in 1978. It is their second collaboration, after their Grammy Award-winning release Chester & Lester.

At the Grammy Awards of 1978, Guitar Monsters was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Performance.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard S. Ginell recalled the success of the duo's first collaboration and wrote of this album "the results are just about as marvelous."[1]

Reissues

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber) - 2:50
  2. "I Want to Be Happy" (Caesar, Youmans) - 3:41
  3. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg) - 2:41
  4. "Meditation" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) - 2:32
  5. "Lazy River" (Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin ) - 3:01
  6. "I'm Your Greatest Fan" - 3:49

Side two

  1. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 2:58
  2. "I Surrender Dear" (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford) - 4:04
  3. "Brazil" (Ary Barroso, Russell) - 2:41
  4. "Give My Love to Nell" (Traditional) - 2:53
  5. "Hot Toddy" (Ralph Flanagan) - 3:00

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Ginell, Richard S. "Guitar Monsters > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  2. ^ Allmusic review of Masters of the Guitar.
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