Advantages: Amust have for guitar aficionados Disadvantages: Maybe for a certain audience
Instrumental guitar albums played by guitar virtuosos are not to everyones taste. Indeed only guitar players tend to show an interest, but Joe Satriani has stradled the line between cult and mainstream more than most of his contempories. Self taught and teacher to other notable names in the field Satriani has released 15 albums highlighting his brand of distorted riffs and catchy leads. This anthology brings his best work under one package, encompassing ... ...abiltiy to deliver a song where the guitar sounds like a lead vocal by use of beautifully composed melodic licks is the secret to his succsess. Still his best works, his 1987 album "Surfing with the Alien" gets decent representation here. "Always with Me, Always with You" is an exceptional love song with a wonderful palm muted intro and haunting melody is the trump card, but is backed up by exquisite fret work on more rocking songs such as the 80s ...
Lukejones1 08.05.2008
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Advantages: A great range of sound and swithing through different genres of music Disadvantages: the only possible down fall is theres not enough tracks on the album.
Superb sound quality, excellent variation and an all round great album for anybody who enjoys listening to guitar based music; in this case rock is the dominating genre.
A great mixture of chord progressions and exciting, interesting guitar riffs using a range of different effects from acoustic to a full-on, gain turned up to full, rock sound. Joe truly is a great musician and this album is a must for any guitar loving music.
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pete_482 17.04.2005
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