180 Gram Vinyl! One of the Richest and Best Hard Rock Guitar-Virtuoso Albums Ever!
While many musicians fit easily into a single category, Steve Vais unique musical vision remains unclassifiable. Vai creates a sound all his own by striking a balance between technical ability and poetic phrasing. I make music to push my own buttons, explains Vai. Ive always been driven by an addiction to create sounds that are unique not better than what other people do, just different. Vais indelible contribution to music came during his solo career, which includes combined sales of nearly six million albums. His debut Flex-Able (1984, self-released) set the stage for Vais most influential and best-selling album Passion and Warfare (1990, Relativity). The album expanded the lexicon of rock guitar and ushered in an era of guitar virtuosos in the early 90s. Ironically, two record labels dropped Vai while he recorded the breakthrough album.
I didnt know what people were going to think of that record, I just knew that I had to make it, recalls Vai. I locked myself in the studio, and the music that had been building up in my imagination for years all came rushing out. Honestly, I thought the record was going to sell about 10 copies. Instead it went gold in a week.
That obsession with running down the voodoo in his head remains the guiding force behind Vais ongoing musical evolution and what he loves most about being a musician.For me, the real gravy is when I hear a strange or beautiful sound in my head and then make it real in the world using the devices I have as a musician, says Vai. The things that have never been done before are what interest me most.
Steve Vai started his career working for the legendary Frank Zappa. Later on he recorded and toured with Public Image Ltd., Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth and Whitesnake. Passion And Warfare is his second solo album and was released in 1990. It is acclaimed as his best album, finding him coming into his own as a composer, as well as bypassing vocals almost entirely. Because Vai is a much more distinguished composer than most of his guitar- shredder colleagues, who most of the time are simply showing off their technique, Passion And Warfare is possibly one of the richest and best hard rock guitar-virtuoso albums ever.
This album was summed up pretty well in Guitar Player Magazine as "the mother load"!
Features:
Audiophile 180g Vinyl
Import
Selections:
Side 1:
1. Liberty
2. Erotic Nightmares
3. The Animal
4. Answers
5. The Riddle
6. Ballerina 12/24
7. For The Love Of God
Side 2:
1. The Audience Is Listening
2. I Would Love To
3. Blue Powder
4. Greasy Kid's Stuff
5. Alien Water Kiss
6. Sisters
7. Love Secrets
While many musicians fit easily into a single category, Steve Vais unique musical vision remains unclassifiable. Vai creates a sound all his own by striking a balance between technical ability and poetic phrasing. I make music to push my own buttons, explains Vai. Ive always been driven by an addiction to create sounds that are unique not better than what other people do, just different. Vais indelible contribution to music came during his solo career, which includes combined sales of nearly six million albums. His debut Flex-Able (1984, self-released) set the stage for Vais most influential and best-selling album Passion and Warfare (1990, Relativity). The album expanded the lexicon of rock guitar and ushered in an era of guitar virtuosos in the early 90s. Ironically, two record labels dropped Vai while he recorded the breakthrough album.
I didnt know what people were going to think of that record, I just knew that I had to make it, recalls Vai. I locked myself in the studio, and the music that had been building up in my imagination for years all came rushing out. Honestly, I thought the record was going to sell about 10 copies. Instead it went gold in a week.
That obsession with running down the voodoo in his head remains the guiding force behind Vais ongoing musical evolution and what he loves most about being a musician.For me, the real gravy is when I hear a strange or beautiful sound in my head and then make it real in the world using the devices I have as a musician, says Vai. The things that have never been done before are what interest me most.
Steve Vai started his career working for the legendary Frank Zappa. Later on he recorded and toured with Public Image Ltd., Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth and Whitesnake. Passion And Warfare is his second solo album and was released in 1990. It is acclaimed as his best album, finding him coming into his own as a composer, as well as bypassing vocals almost entirely. Because Vai is a much more distinguished composer than most of his guitar- shredder colleagues, who most of the time are simply showing off their technique, Passion And Warfare is possibly one of the richest and best hard rock guitar-virtuoso albums ever.
This album was summed up pretty well in Guitar Player Magazine as "the mother load"!
Features:
Audiophile 180g Vinyl
Import
Selections:
Side 1:
1. Liberty
2. Erotic Nightmares
3. The Animal
4. Answers
5. The Riddle
6. Ballerina 12/24
7. For The Love Of God
Side 2:
1. The Audience Is Listening
2. I Would Love To
3. Blue Powder
4. Greasy Kid's Stuff
5. Alien Water Kiss
6. Sisters
7. Love Secrets
