Joe Satriani - Guitars > Reviews > Satch - Engines of creation.

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Definitely a cut above the rest
Lyrics	Standard
Quality and consistency of tracks	Flawless
How does it compare to the artist's other releases	Outstanding
Value for Money

Advantages:	Guitar Wizard
Disadvantages:	None

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Joe Satriani - also known as SATCH. Joe Satriani was born in Westbury, New York, and began playing guitar at age 14. Joe has 10 CD's so far (not counting the bootlegs). He started off with 'Not of this Earth' and his latest work is 'Engines of creation'.
I rate this guitarist very highly. I had the pleasure of watching him at a Concert in London some years ago. It was around the time he was about to release the extremist. Anyway this guitar hero can really hammer out amazing riffs. He does some really weird sounds (not sure how), he seems to be tapping the frets.
His albums collections are very varied ranging from Blues, rock and love songs. My favourite is when Joe Satriani teamed up with Eric Johnson and Steve Vai in G3 Live. What guitar work.
His latest CD Engines of Creation has a track
"Until We Say Goodbye" which has been nominated for a Grammy
in the "Best Rock Instrumental Performance" category (category #19).I hope it does well for Joe. Full track listing.
1. Devil's Slide
2. Flavor Crystal 7
3. Borg Sex
4. Until We Say Goodbye
5. Attack
6. Champagne?
7. Clouds Race Across The Sky
8. The Power Cosmic 2000 - Part I
9. The Power Cosmic 2000 - Part II
10. Slow And Easy
11. Engines Of Creation

Some of the tracks seem to include techno beat which may put off some of the core rock fans but I think this is actually played by musicians and not computer generated. I like Borg Sex ... this really is a cool track.
Overall this CD is not his best but worth a listen.

Overall I think Joe is a wizard at the guitar and should be up there with the guitar heroes.