title: Forty Reasons
text: # Forty Reasons
  
  Forty Reasons is the first studio album by drummer Chad Wackerman, released in 1991 through CMP Records; it was later reissued together with Wackerman's 1993 album The View as a limited edition double-disc compilation.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  
  AllMusic gave Forty Reasons three stars out of five, calling it "a tidy thesis of lessons well learned, a snazzy musical diary of 20 years of modern fusion surfeited with complex drumming, a multitude of elastic-time changes, and attractive, high-tech melodies." Praise was also given to each supporting musician—guitarist Allan Holdsworth, keyboardist Jim Cox and bassist Jimmy Johnson—for their "top-notch performances".
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Chad Wackerman – drums, production
  * Allan Holdsworth – guitar
  * Jim Cox – keyboard, piano, organ
  * Jimmy Johnson – bass
  * Walter Quintus – engineering, production
  * Kurt Renker – production
  