Artist: Greg Howe, Tetsuo Sakurai, Dennis Chambers
Album: Gentle Hearts
Year: 2001
Genre: Fusion, Progressive Fusion, Instrumental
Format: 320 kbps mp3
Tracklist:
1. Samurai Faith (4:54)
2. Brain Storm (6:08)
3. Punk Jazz (5:57)
4. Gentle Hearts (4:00)
5. The Invisible Way (6:17)
6. Maximum (5:18)
7. Wonderland In The Sky (7:39)
8. Dandelion (4:38)
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Artist: Steve Vai
Album: Passion And Warfare
Year: 1990
Genre: Guitar Rock, Guitar Virtuoso
Tracklist:
1. Liberty (2:03)
2. Erotic Nightmares (4:15)
3. The Animal (4:01)
4. Answers (2:56)
5. The Riddle (6:25)
6. Ballerina 12/24 (1:43)
7. For The Love Of God (6:04)
8. The Audience Is Listening (5:30)
9. I Would Love To (3:41)
10. Blu Powder (4:45)
11. Greasy Kid's Stuff (2:58)
12. Alien Water Kiss (1:10)
13. Sister (4:08)
14. Love Secrets (3:38)
The second solo album from Steve Vai shows the guitarist coming into his own as a composer, matching his prodigious talent as a performer. The result is an entertaining mix. The hilarious "Audience is Listening" complements more reflective pieces such as "For the Love of God." The high-powered "Animal" and "Greasy Kid's Stuff" are balanced by "Blue Powder" and "Alien Water Kiss." Unlike most guitar-god solo recordings, Passion & Warfare avoids the sort of technical noodling that is uninteresting to everyone except other guitarists, opting instead for a collection of high-quality music that is full of compositional experimentation without ever getting out of control. --Genevieve Williams
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Artist: Uli Jon Roth
Album: Metamorphosis
Year: 2003
Genre: Guitar Legend, Rock
Format: 320 kbps mp3
Password: http://guitar-maniacs.blogspot.com/
Tracklist:
1. Prelude To The Seasons (1:44)
2. Venga La Primavera (3:27)
3. April Rain (2:24)
4. The Triumph Of Spring (3:59)
5. Tales Of The Summer Wind (4:58)
6. Thunder In July (1:33)
7. Tuona e Fulmina (3:20)
8. Cheiron And Selenos (4:41)
9. Teardrops In October (2:01)
10. Artemis (3:13)
11. Ice, Wind and Fire (3:14)
12. Sleighbells At Yasnaya (2:10)
13. War Of The Winds (2:55)
14. Thunder Cadenza (1:25)
15. Cry Of The Night (2:28)
16. Summer's Breath (0:42)
17. Rodeo From Hell (0:57)
18. Les Adieux (1:26)
19. Springtime Euphoria (2:11)
20. The Heart Of Chopin (2:17)
21. Dance Of The Water Spirits (0:45)
22. Transfiguration (1:18)
23. Venga La Vita (2:08)
24. The Morning Of Forever (2:54)
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Artist: Uli Jon Roth
Album: Under a Dark Sky
Year: 2008
Genre: Guitar Legend, Rock
Format: 320 kbps mp3
Password: http://guitar-maniacs.blogspot.com/
Tracklist:
1. S.O.S. (4:09)
2. Tempus Fugit (2:32)
3. Land Of Dawn:Techno Man (2:26)
4. Land Of Dawn (3:35)
5. Land Of Dawn:Lion Wings (5:06)
6. The Magic Word (6:11)
7. Inquisition (1:08)
8. Letter Of The Law (3:03)
9. Stay In The Light (6:30)
10. Benediction (3:45)
11. Light And Shadows (6:13)
12. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Destination Twilight (1:52)
13. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Morgenrot (0:48)
14. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Searchlights From Hell (1:14)
15. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Seelenschmerz (1:47)
16. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Inside The Titanic (1:13)
17. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Fama Errat (1:40)
18. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Requiem For The Nations (1:52)
19. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Morituri (2:06)
20. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Rex Tremendae (2:28)
21. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Star Peace (2:18)
22. Tanz In Die Dammerung (1:34)
23. Tanz In Die Dammerung:Silence
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Artist: Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, John Petrucci
Album: G3 - Live In Tokyo
Year: 2005
Genre: Guitar Virtuoso, Guitar Instrumental
Tracklist:
1. Glasgow Kiss (9:18)
2. Damage Control (10:31)
3. The Audience is Listening (8:59)
4. Building the Church (6:09)
5. Km-Pee-Du-Wee (6:44)
6. Up in Flames (8:56)
7. Searching (8:44)
8. War (6:37)
9. Foxey Lady (10:43)
10. La Grange (9:18)
11. Smoke on the Water (10:01)
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Artist: Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen
Album: G3 - Live In Concert
Year: 2004
Genre: Guitar Virtuoso, Guitar Instrumental
Tracklist:
CD1:
Joe Satriani
1. The Extremist (3:51)
2. Crystal Planet (4:41)
3. Always With Me, Always With You (4:16)
4. Midnight (3:05)
5. The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing (5:32)
Steve Vai
6. You Are Here (3:33)
7. Reaping (7:05)
8. Whispering A Prayer (9:27)
Yngwie Malmsteen
9. Blitzkrieg (2:48)
10. Trilogy Suite (8:07)
11. Red House (4:25)
12. Fugue (3:37)
13. Finale (2:54)
CD2 (G3 Jam):
1. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (10:46)
2. Little Wing (6:08)
3. Rockin' In The Free World (12:31)
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Artist: Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson
Album: G3 - Live In Concert
Year: 1997
Genre: Guitar Virtuoso, Guitar Instrumental
Format: 256 kbps mp3
Tracklist:
1. Joe Satriani - Cool #9 (6:46)
2. Joe Satriani - Flying In A Blue Dream (5:59)
3. Joe Satriani - Summer Song (6:30)
4. Eric Johnson - Zap (6:06)
5. Eric Johnson - Manhattan (5:16)
6. Eric Johnson - Camel's Night Out (5:57)
7. Steve Vai - Answers (6:58)
8. Steve Vai - For The Love Of God (7:47)
9. Steve Vai - The Attitude Song (5:16)
10. Going Down (5:47)
11. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (5:21)
12. Red House (9:12)
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Artist: Steve Vai
Album: Live At The Astoria London
Year: 2004
Genre: Guitar Virtuoso, Instrumental Rock, Guitar Instrumental
Format: 320 kbps mp3
Tracklist (2 CD):
01 - Shyboy (5:12)
02 - Giant Balls Of Gold (8:41)
03 - Erotic Nightmares (4:22)
04 - Blood And Glory (4:58)
05 - Dave's Party Piece (1:40)
06 - Blue Powder (7:10)
07 - The Crying Machine (4:36)
08 - The Animal (7:26)
09 - Bangkok (3:41)
10 - Tony's Solo (6:18)
11 - Bad Horsie (8:25)
12 - Chameleon (4:21)
13 - Down Deep Into The Pain (4:36)
01 - Fire (6:04)
02 - Little Wing (4:59)
03 - Whispering A Prayer (9:03)
04 - Incantation (with drum so (10:58)
05 - Jibboom (10:55)
06 - For The Love Of God (12:21)
07 - Liberty (2:08)
08 - The Attitude Song (11:31)
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Artist: Steve Vai
Album: Fire Garden
Year: 1999
Genre: Guitar Virtuoso, Guitar Instrumental
Format: vbr 320 kbps mp3
Tracklist:
1. There's A Fire In The House (5:27)
2. The Crying Machine (4:51)
3. Dyin' Day (4:30)
4. Whookam (0:36)
5. Blowfish (4:04)
6. The Mysterious Murder Of Christian Tiera's Lover (1:02)
7. Hand On Heart (5:25)
8. Bangkok (2:46)
9. Fire Garden Suite: Bull Whip, Pusa Road, Angel Food, Taurus Bulba (9:56)
10. Deepness (0:48)
11. Little Alligator (6:13)
12. All About Eve (4:38)
13. Aching Hunger (4:45)
14. Brother (5:04)
15. Damn You (4:31)
16. When I Was A Little Boy (1:18)
17. Genocide (4:12)
18. Warm Regards (4:07)
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Artist: Steve Vai
Album: Flexable Leftovers
Year: 1998 (re-release)
Genre: Guitar Virtuoso, Experimental Rock, Rock
Format: vbr 320 kbps mp3
Tracklist:
1. #?@! Yourself (8:30)
2. So Happy (2:46)
3. Bledsoe Bluvd (4:24)
4. Natural Born Boy (3:36)
5. Details At 10 (6:00)
6. Massacre (3:27)
7. Burnin' Down The Mountain (4:23)
8. Little Pieces Of Seaweed (5:14)
9. San Sebastian (1:10)
10. The Beast Of Love (3:32)
11. You Didn't Break It (4:21)
12. The X-Equalibrium Dance (5:14)
13. Chronic Insomnia (2:03)
It's a real shame that so many people don't appreciate GOOD music
when they hear it, and have the sort of attitude like, " (I) don't like it, so that means it (#$%@)". Well, whatever. I'm not gonna go off like other people, telling you that you SHOULD like this record. I mean, it's perfectly alright if don't you dig this, but it ISN'T alright if you start badmouthing the quality and musical merit of it. The material on this album is actually really good, and really CREATIVE. The reason i would more respect for than say, "Alien Love Secrets", is that it showcases Mr. Vai's talents in more areas than just on the guitar (although some of the more inspired guitar i have ever heard from shows up on a couple of tracks on this disc). Perhaps a track-by-track overview of the album would help give a better impression of what one can expect to hear:
1.#$%@ Yourself - funky, and freakin' hilarious. This is one of the album's vocal-led tracks, containing some very, very humourous lyrics. Personally, this is one of my least favourates on the album, because while the lyrics WILL have you on the ground in hysterics, the words just aren't backed up by all that great of music. But, if you hang on till the end, theres quite a nice extended gtr. solo that should fulfill those wanting to hear some grade A shredding. This track is the reason for the "explicit lyrics" labeling.
2. So Happy - This one also falls under the freakin' hilarious category. Here's roughly the story of what this track is all about: basically, Steve got this chick to go off on an improvised rant about how happy she is, and then transcribed the pitch of her voice and doubled it on guitar. This is the kind of thing that doesn't lend itself very well to repeated listening, but each time you listen, and suddenly hear that guitar come in, you can't help but marvel at how cool of an idea it was.
3. Bledsoe Bluvd. - instrumental. No, not a guitar instrumental, but this is a rather nice track, showcasing Steve's talents as an all around composer.
4.Natural Born Boy - Instrumental. Yes, a guitar instrumental, containing one of the coolest riffs ever. I KNOW you'll like at LEAST this one.
5.Details At 10 - a vocal-led track that would probably also fall under the freakin' hilarious category. You'll like it.
6. Massacre - Another one of the coolest riffs ever, over which Vai messes around with what sounds like a Digetec Whammy pedal. Underlined by technoy drum machine beat (don't let throw you off).
7. Burnin' Down the Mountain - acoustic instrumental. Apperently this was just improvised while sitting on the roof of the studio with a few other people who were there for the album sessions. It's got kind of a nice little melody, but it's a very personal track, for Steve, and the others who made it; it really should've been left off the album.
8. Little Pieces of Seaweed - Holy *&%#! Where to start... I personally love this track, cuz i'm just really into the weird and quirky, but it's understandable if you aren't able to fully understand this; it IS quite a bit to take in at once. Everyone HAS to hear this track at least ONCE. Thats all i'll say.
9. San Sebastian - Elevator music-y instrumental that again, showcases his Zappa-like compositional talents.
10. Beast of Love - vocal track. Rather mundane I think. it doesn't really go anywhere.
11. You Didn't Break It - cheesy pop song ( like the "Boy/Girl Song" on Flex-Able). You won't be blown away by anything, but it IS a pretty catchy tune.
12. The X-Equilibrium Dance - Instrumental that sorta goes all over the place. Doesn't really have what one would call a melody. Still kind of an interesting track, though.
13. Chronic Insomnia - Not a track your going to listen to more than once, it's just a recording of Steve doing a bunch crazy whammy bar dives that was put into reverse. Kinda cool to see what sounds it's possible to make on a guitar, but there isn't any kind of MELODY here for you to keep coming back to.
Whew! Now that you have read THAT, i'm sure you'll have a better idea of whether this record is right for YOU or not.
Thanks, the Duke of Dunbar
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