Vai's first album is a few years old now but never loses it's raw, even bullish, attractiveness.
The lead is Steve Vai, a guitar virtuoso who was apprentice t the great Frank Zappa and has even served time with bands like Whitesnake and 'sessioned' for Dave Lee Roth.
This album is a mix ... Read review
Advantages: No holds barred indulgence Disadvantages: indulged a little too much in places
Vai's first album is a few years old now but never loses it's raw, even bullish, attractiveness.
The lead is Steve Vai, a guitar virtuoso who was apprentice t the great Frank Zappa and has even served time with bands like Whitesnake and 'sessioned' for Dave Lee Roth.
This album is a mix match of varying paces, themes and indulgent finger-play. Vai's ability as a song-writer but moreover musician is vivid in his selfish ... ...main extremely good but sometimes you do feel he's gone just a little too far.
The highlight of the album, I feel, is Rescue Me Or Bury Me (I could describe each track butI'd rather let you make up your own mind) this track, however eptimosises Vai's talent and the vocal talents of the lead singer (Devin Townsend), who's vocal range is glaring evident throughout.
Vai and Townsend together really work well and I feel ... more
Vai's first album is a few years old now but never loses it's raw, even bullish, attractiveness.
The lead is Steve Vai, a guitar virtuoso who was apprentice t the great Frank Zappa and has even served time with bands like Whitesnake and 'sessioned' for Dave Lee Roth.
This album is a mix match of varying paces, themes and indulgent finger-play. Vai's ability as a song-writer but moreover musician is vivid in his selfish extravagance. His solo's which litter the album are in the main extremely good but sometimes you do feel he's gone just a little too far.
The highlight of the album, I feel, is Rescue Me Or Bury Me (I could describe each track butI'd rather let you make up your own mind) this track, however eptimosises Vai's talent and the vocal talents of the lead singer (Devin Townsend), who's vocal range is glaring evident throughout.
Vai and Townsend together really work well and I feel really drive this whole creation well.
Compared to Passion & Warefare (Vai's previous solo album) this is definately a step in the right direction.
I've got to admit - it's been in my car for over 3 years now and I never get tired of it.
Advantages: a good mix of ballads and hard rock tunes Disadvantages: not everyones cup of tea
David Coverdale's Whitesnake brings us a fantastic mix of blues and rock. Great ballads like Sailing ships and Deaper The Love, heavy rock tunes like Slide it in, Slip of the tongue, kittens got claws to name just a few.
On this album David asked SteveVai to play lead guitars, the latin american instrumental seven string axe wizzard sertainly does play some mean guitar solos and melodies. SteveVai and Adrian Vandenburg sertainly made this a very enjoyable album. Look out for SteveVaiSex And Religion album, which has the Whitesnake lads as guests.
Whitesnake is not everyones cup of tea but I would put this album as one of the best Whitesnake albums to date.
Although david does have a good voice, a few times he screams especialy on the song slip of the tongue.
A great variety of very good songs and guitar solos.
A must buy ...
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Product details
Title
Sex And Religion
Performer
Steve Vai
Genre
Instrumental
Sub Genre
Guitar Rock Instruml
Release Date
17/08/1998
Original Release Year
1993
Label / Distributor
Relativity / Sony Music/Arvato Services
Engineer
Steve Vai; Liz Sroka
Producer
Steve Vai
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
5099747394720
Catalogue Number
4739472
Additional notes
Album Notes
Personnel: Steve Vai (acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards, synthesizers); Devon Townsend (vocals); T.M. Stevens (electric bass, background vocals); Terry Bozzio (drums, percussion); Johnny "Cash" Sombrotto, Ahmet Zappa, Martin Schwartz, Jerome, Liz Sroka, Tracy Turner, Kane Roberts (background vocals).
Album Reviews
Musician (8/93, p.54) - "...the guitarist does indeed seem capable of summoning light without heat...a churning, propulsive, unpredictable kind of highbrow hardcore, with a crafty pop overlay and a liquid-cherry center of post-adolescent angst and rebellion...[vocalist Devon Townsend] makes Axl Rose sound like Johnny Mathis... Audio Magazine (11/93, p.105) - "...Vai's legendary axe dexterity is kept more within song contexts than expected, though `accessibility' doesn't diminish the soloing or intellect...."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Earth Dweller's Return
2.
Here And Now
3.
In My Dreams With You
4.
Still My Bleeding Heart
5.
Sex And Religion
6.
Dirty Black Hole
7.
Touching Tongues
8.
State Of Grace
9.
Survive
10.
Pig
11.
Road To Mt Calvary
12.
Deep Down Into The Pain
13.
Rescue Me Or Bury Me
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