Editing Seven Worlds

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Seven Worlds
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Eric Johnson (guitarist, born 1954)|Eric Johnson]]
| cover      = Ericjohnson-sevenworlds.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = November 6, 1998
| recorded   = 1976 – 1978 at Odyssey Sound and Pecan Street, Austin, Texas
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Rock music|Rock]]<br />[[Instrumental rock]]
| length     = 38:07
| label      = [[Ark 21]]
| producer   = [[Jay Aaron Podolnick]]
| prev_title = [[G3: Live in Concert]]
| prev_year  = 1997
| next_title = [[Souvenir (Eric Johnson album)|Souvenir]]
| next_year  = 2002
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r375301|pure_url=yes}} link]
| noprose = yes
}}

'''''Seven Worlds''''' is a 1998 solo album by [[Eric Johnson (guitarist, born 1954)|Eric Johnson]]. It contains songs recorded between 1976 and 1978 – after disbanding with his previous band The Electromagnets – that were intended to be Johnson's first solo album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1998-10-30/520543/|title = Texas Platters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ericjohnson.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35&Itemid=9 |title=Seven Worlds |website=ericjohnson.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121214422/http://ericjohnson.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35&Itemid=9 |archive-date=21 November 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Due to various disputes, general release was held up until Johnson gave permission to Ark 21 to finally release the master recordings, more than twenty years after the album was recorded. The rights to the ''Seven Worlds'' recordings are owned by a previous manager.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.primaltwang.com/players/johnson.html|title = Players - Eric Johnson &#124; Primal Twang}}</ref> Johnson subsequently re-recorded the tracks "Zap" and "Emerald Eyes" for his first general release album, 1986's ''[[Tones (album)|Tones]]''.

==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Eric Johnson (guitarist, born 1954)|Eric Johnson]], except where noted.
#"Zap" – 3:22
#"Emerald Eyes" <small>(Johnson, Jay Aaron Podolnick)</small> – 3:18
#"Showdown" <small>(Johnson, Jay Aaron Podolnick)</small> – 3:59
#"Missing Key" – 3:43
#"Alone with You" – 6:13
#"I Promise I Will Try" – 2:41
#"Winter Came" – 4:56
#"Turn the Page" – 3:49
#"A Song for Life" – 2:29
#"By Your Side" – 3:37

==Personnel==
* [[Eric Johnson (guitarist, born 1954)|Eric Johnson]] – [[guitar]], [[lead vocals]], [[Fender Rhodes]] electric piano, [[piano]], [[lap steel guitar]]
* Jay Aaron – vocals
* [[Christopher Cross]] – vocals
* Liza Farrow – vocals
* Kim Wilson – [[harmonica]]
* Nick Phelps – [[trumpet]]
* Jimmy Martin – guitar
* Steve Barber – [[synthesizers]]
* [[Roscoe Beck]] – bass guitar
* Kyle Brock – [[bass guitar]]
* David Dennard – bass
* Bill Maddox – [[Drum kit|drums]]
* Mark Singer – drums
* Linda Wetherby – [[Viol|viola da gamba]]

==References==
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