Album Notes: Ely Band: Joe Ely (vocals, acoustic guitar); Teye (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Jesse Taylor (guitar); Lloyd Maines (steel guitar, background vocals); Joel Guzman (accordion); Gary Herman (bass, background vocals); Rafael O'Malley Gayol (drums, percussion).
Album Reviews: No Depression (5-6/00, pp.124-5) - \"...[A] charismatic live performer....[the album] offers a generous helping of songs...including [some] never released before....also including the hometown Austin crowd...which inspires him to new heights...\"
Advantages: Nice selection of tracks. Great for inspiring guitarists. Disadvantages: Relatively small market niche.
...Along with the globally massive “surfing with the alien” this has to be one of Joe's more well known albums. It was also one of the first ones that I got my hands on.
On his official website “www.satriani.com” there are links to where you can hear audio clips of his album. You can also hear clips from all his other albums including his live releases. I very much suggest listening to these to hear some of his other amazing work to, and to find out if you would like to purchase a certain CD or not.
The Extremist was his 5th studio album released in 1992, so lets see how it shapes up....
ALL SONGS WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY
JOE SATRIANI
PRODUCED AND MIXED BY
ANDY JOHNS AND JOE SATRIANI
ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION BY
JOHN CUNIBERTI
The track listings.
01 = Friends (3min28sec) - The opening of the album with a big drum...
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Advantages: Some nice relaxing tracks. Disadvantages: Too many drawn out blues tracks
...Joe Satriani - Joe Satriani Released in 1995, and follows the trend of an album being released every two years roughly in that decade.
First off, those of you who have read any of my previous reviews know I enjoy this type of music very much, listening to it and performing it. For those of you who haven't heard much on Joe, his thing is "Guitar + Rock = Guitar instrumental Rock" which appeals to a larger audience than one might think.
I have to say in advance that although I am a fan of his work, this album for me sticks out as the weak link in the chain of all his work, I feel like the albums songs don't complement his other tunes like previous albums. But each to his own, and so ill try to be as fair as possible when writing this review.
1 - Cool #9
This is a smooth groove classic, which often doubles as his opener to get...
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