Imaginary Roads

Imaginary Roads
Studio album by William Ackerman
Released	1988
Genre	New-age
Length	51:18
Label	Windham Hill Records
Producer	William Ackerman Dawn Atkinson
William Ackerman chronology
Conferring with the Moon: Pieces for Guitar (1986) Imaginary Roads (1988) The Opening of Doors (2002)

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Imaginary Roads is the seventh album by new-age guitarist William Ackerman.

Track listing

1. "The Moment in Which You Must Finally Let Go of the Tether Which Has Held Your Hope Airborne" – 5:42
2. "A Region of Clouds" – 4:42
3. "If You Look" – 5:39
4. "Floyd's Ghost" – 6:18
5. "Wondering Again What's Behind the Eyes" – 5:50
6. "Dawn Treader" – 4:21
7. "The Prospect of Darrow's Barn and the Blossoms of an Apple Spring on Imaginary Road" – 3:03
8. "Brother A Teaches 7" – 2:57
9. "Innocent Moon" – 3:37
10. "The Moment – Reprise" – 0:37
11. "If You Look - Version II" - 5:30 [*]
12. "Darrow's Barn - Version II" - 3:05 [*]

Production

• Recorded at: Studio D, Sausalito, California and Different Fur Recording, San Francisco, California.

Other contributors

• Allaudin Mathieu – Piano on "The Moment in Which You Must Finally Let Go of the Tether Which Has Held Your Hope Airborne"
• Chuck Greenberg – Lyricon, Yamaha WX-7 wind synthesizer, and Yamaha DX7 keyboard synthesizer on "If You Look"
• Michael Manring – Fretless Bass on "If You Look" and "Brother A Teaches 7"
• Philip Aaberg – Piano on "Floyd's Ghost"
• Kifu Mitsuhashi – Shakuhachi Flute on "Wondering Again What's Behind the Eyes"
• Jill Haley – Oboe on "The Prospect of Darrow's Barn and the Blossoms of an Apple Spring on Imaginary Road"
• Charles Bisharat – Violin on "Brother A Teaches 7"

Reissue

The album was reissued in 2009 by Valley Entertainment.