| Instrument Landing | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Preston Reed |
| Cover: | Preston Reed - Instrument Landing.jpg |
| Released: | 1989 |
| Recorded: | November/December 1988 |
| Studio: | Studio M, St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Genre: | Fingerstyle guitar |
| Label: | MCA |
| Producer: | Preston Reed |
| Prev Title: | The Road Less Travelled |
| Prev Year: | 1987 |
| Next Title: | Blue Vertigo |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
Instrument Landing is an album by the American guitarist Preston Reed, released in 1989 on MCA Records.[1] [2] It was his first album for a major label.[3] Reed considered it his first album to employ his melodic and harmonic two-handed flatpicking technique.[4]
The Washington Post wrote: "Each note is clearly articulated, the arpeggios ring out like bells and the new assortment of rhythmic accents are frequently offset by some haunting melodies."[5] The Buffalo News concluded that "by the time you realize that Reed's solo acoustic guitar playing is far too harmonically sophisticated for folk music, too contemplative for country music, too folksy for jazz and far too witty and substantial for New Age music, you might miss out on both the loveliness of what he does and the utterly phenomenal technique."[6]
All songs written by Preston Reed.