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SATCH! Where it all started!!

Advantages: Amazingly good and different for the era guitar playing
Disadvantages: no vocals, hard to relate to for non musicians

...Track List 1. Surfing With The Alien- 4:25- This iconic opening track features wah-wah riffs far removed from anything else of its time and a almost legendary pull of solo, The Riff of this track makes it one of the most memorable songs on the album as well as one of the most technically brilliant 2. Ice-9 -3.59- This song is an example of how joe can build complex and beatiful melody lines out of otherwise simple chord patterns, This song gives ...
...up to solos. instead of diving right in there! as many do these days! 3. Crushing Day - 5:14- My favourite song on the album, This song is satriani at his best, a memorable melody line and a strong prominent chord sequence, this song builds up magnificently into one of my favourite solo sections, shows great use of the whammy bar skills and legato sections which he is famous for, a must try for any guitarist. 4. Always With Me, Always With You- ...

thomasegan 21.01.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Surfing With The Alien [Remastered] - Joe Satriani

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A good album but near his best?

Advantages: Funky, Catchy and it is Satch
Disadvantages: Lack of Experimentation

I bought this album from my local store and i have got to say that i wasn't overly impressed by this offering from Joe but the more you listen to it, the more you get a sense of the musical genius of Satch. Overall its a very mysterious album with some funky songs. But it seems like Joe is content with continuing to do what he is good at and not branching out like most other contemporary artist e.g Vai, Johnson and Gilbert which is fine by me but ...
...Good points include catchy tunes like 'I Just Wanna Rock' and 'Diddle-Y-A-Doo-Dat' that make this album exciting whereas ballads such as 'Andulusia' give the album a bit of drama and sadness. Mysterious tunes include 'Musterion' give the album a bit of edge. Bad points include a lack of experimentation and the fact that Joe seems content with this. Never the less this is a good album that Joe Satriani fans like myself will be content with. Overall ...

sjohnb1989 22.05.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Professor Satchafunkilus And The Musterion Of Rock - Joe Satriani

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Is your music sense excellent? Whos Steve Vai?

Advantages: An experience on its own! amazing guitarist ever! u gotta listen!
Disadvantages: none!

...his greatest albums ever " Alien Love Secrets " so i'll get to that now. ALIEN LOVE SECRETS Steve Vai released this album in 1995. Rock guitar fans will not be disappointed with the seven mostly instrumental escapades--many are altogether hummable, each bearing Vai's unmistakable personality and living up to his reputation for fantastic expression. Even though its short with only 7 songs, this album is a must for any guitar player or music lover ...
...album was named after Steve Vai's music / philosophy / advice column in a popular guitar magazine. PERFORMERS Steve Vai => guitar, bass, programming also all songs written by him. Julian Vai => vocals Tommy Mars => organ Deen Castronovo => drums CATEGORY => Rock, Instrumental, Rock/Pop, Guitar LABEL => Epic USA PRICE => $9.98 on various websites with upto 2$ off in various offers. SONG LIST Bad Horsie - 5:51 Juice - 3:44 Die to Live - 3:53 ...

reviewme 24.09.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Alien Love Secrets - Steve Vai

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Satriani - Still a musical genius

Advantages: Classic satch styles, New styles
Disadvantages: None

This album is definately not Satriani at his best - However thats not to say that this is a poor album. The album still contains classic satch attributes with its many hard hitting riffs and it's techniqual and melodic solos although he also experiments with new characteristics such as funk and electronic styles. Joe demonstrates on this album his versatility in style . He presents a wide range of styles going from the more gentle sounds of "Love ...
...like "Lights Of Heaven" and "Crystal Planet". For me, the tracks which stood out where "Crystal Planet", "Love Thing", "Train Of Angels" "Lights Of Heaven" and "Ceremony" which are all great examples of Satriani's outstanding work and would certainly enter the favourites of many Satriani fans . For any Satch Fan this is a must have. ...

Naturally-Artificial 16.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Crystal Planet - Joe Satriani

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Holy Moly!

Advantages: Ethereal Guitar; Experimentation With Genres; He Tries Singing
Disadvantages: He Tries Singing

...that holy day. Flying In A Blue Dream has a whopping 18 tracks on it, and runs well over an hour of playing time. I sat in my bedroom and listened to it straight through twice. The first time I think my mouth hung open the whole time. The second time it only hung open part-way through it. There is some incredible guitar-playing contained in this album...but that's true for all of Joe Satriani's releases. It's what he does. In the second track, "The ...
...a lot of ground with Flying in a Blue Dream. He tries out vocals, different styles and different instruments, as well as including several tracks of his signature power-guitar-playing. It's also a more produced album than Surfing With the Alien. It incorporates more filling in each song than just the basic guitar/bass/drums of Surfing... and correspondingly, sounds more full in the ear. Just like a microbrewed Stout or Porter has more "mouthfeel" ...

dawnog9 25.10.2006 · Read full review
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