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The Seventh Song
''The 7th Song, Enchanting Guitar Melodies (Archives Vol. 1)'' is a 2000 album by guitarist Steve Vai. It is his first compilation album, but unlike a standard "greatest hits" or "best of" album, all of the songs on it (save for the three new tracks and the hidden track) can be found on one of Vai's previous albums as the 7th track. The 7th track on each of his albums is meant to be the most emotional and well articulated piece on the album. "Christmas Time is Here", while not previously released on a Vai album, can nonetheless be found as the 7th track on the 1996 Christmas compilation, Merry Axemas. The new songs on this album are "Melissa's Garden" (which does occupy the 7th track), "The Wall of Light", and "Boston Rain Melody". The track for "Boston Rain Melody" continues on to contain the unlisted song "Warm Regards", the instrumental finale to Vai's 1996 album, ''Fire Garden.'' It is believed that Vai originally planned for the song to be the seventh track of the second d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compilation Album
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several Performing arts#Performers, performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology. Content and scope Songs included on a compilation album may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passion And Warfare
''Passion and Warfare'' is the second studio album by guitarist Steve Vai, released on May 22, 1990 through Relativity and Epic Records. It has been certified Gold by the RIAA. Background ''Passion and Warfare'' was written based on a series of dream sequences that Vai had when he was younger, and in the guitar music book of the album, Vai sums it up as "Jimi Hendrix meets Jesus Christ at a party that Ben Hur threw for Mel Blanc". It was all recorded in The Mothership studio at his home in the Hollywood Hills, a building in which his guitar parts for Whitesnake's 1989 album ''Slip of the Tongue'' were also recorded. As such, Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale has small spoken parts on the album; Coverdale, Adrian Vandenberg and Rudy Sarzo are credited with backing vocals. Vai states that planning the album started as early as 1982, but was shelved after joining the David Lee Roth band and not picked up again until parting ways with Roth in 1989. Recording methods Vai utilized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Vai Albums
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A Guitar Christmas
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Time Is Here
"Christmas Time Is Here" is a popular Christmas standard written by Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson for the 1965 television special ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'', one of the first animated Christmas specials produced for network television in the United States. Two versions were included on the album ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'': an instrumental version by the Vince Guaraldi Trio and a vocal version by choristers from St. Paul's Episcopal Church in San Rafael, California, who had previously performed with Guaraldi on '' At Grace Cathedral'' (1965). Background "Christmas Time Is Here" was composed by jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi to accompany the opening of the 1965 television special ''A Charlie Brown Christmas''. It was originally written as an instrumental, but producer Lee Mendelson decided that the song needed lyrics. Mendelson recalled, "When we looked at the show about a month before it was to go on the air, I said, 'That's such a pretty melody; maybe we should try and find ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flex-Able
''Flex-Able'' is the debut studio album by American virtuoso guitarist Steve Vai. This was his first as a solo artist, and was created in Stucco Blue, a shed converted into a studio in Vai's old back garden. It is very different from many of his other albums, and is largely influenced by Frank Zappa. ''Flex-Able'' does not rely as much on massive guitar arrangements and shred guitar, shred moments as the rest of his output from the 1990s onwards, with the exception of ''Leftovers'' which is a compilation of bonus tracks and remasters from his sessions at 'Stucco Blue'. The cover of the May 2009 issue of ''Guitar World'' features a photograph of Vai in a pose similar to the album's cover, including the bending guitar neck. Track listing (Original LP release) The album was originally released on vinyl in 1984. All songs written by Steve Vai. Side one #"Little Green Men" – 5:39 #"Viv Woman" – 3:09 #"Lovers Are Crazy" – 5:39 #"Salamanders in the Sun" – 2:26 #"The Boy/Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien Love Secrets
''Alien Love Secrets'' is an EP by guitarist Steve Vai, released on March 21, 1995, through Relativity Records. The EP reached No. 125 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200"Alien Love Secrets - Steve Vai , Awards" ''''. . Retrieved 2014-12-10. and remained on that chart for two weeks, "Steve Vai - Chart history" '' |
Flex-Able Leftovers (1998 Album)
The ''Flex-Able Leftovers'' album, released on 10 November 1998, on Sony Records, contains five bonus tracks and is quite different from the original ''Flex-Able Leftovers'' EP. Unlike Steve Vai's other albums, which are mostly instrumental, almost all copies of ''Flex-Able Leftovers'' feature a Parental Advisory label, as a result of the song "Fuck Yourself" containing multiple profanities and sexual references. Other differences from the original version include the recording of live drums on "You Didn't Break It!" (The original used a drum machine) and the complete re-editing and mixing of the songs. Track listing All songs written by Steve Vai, except where noted. #"Fuck Yourself" (Listed as #?@! Yourself) ''(Bonus Ed. 1998)'' – 8:27 #"So Happy" (Vai, Laurel Fishman) – 2:43 #"Bledsoe Bluvd" – 4:22 #"Natural Born Boy" ''(Bonus Ed. 1998)'' – 3:34 #"Details at 10" – 5:58 #"Massacre" ''(Bonus Ed. 1998)'' – 3:25 #"Burnin' Down the Mountain" – 4:22 #"Little Pieces o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ultra Zone
''The Ultra Zone'' is the sixth studio album by guitarist Steve Vai, released on September 7, 1999 through Epic Records. ''The Ultra Zone'' is structurally similar to Vai's previous album, ''Fire Garden'', in that the first half of the album consists mainly of instrumentals, and the second half mainly of vocal songs; however, unlike ''Fire Garden'', ''The Ultra Zone'' is not formally divided into two "phases". Background ''The Ultra Zone'' is notable for its tributes to two legendary guitarists: Frank Zappa (on the track "Frank"), and Stevie Ray Vaughan (on the track "Jibboom"). Also notable is the fact that this was Vai's last studio album of original material until 2005's '' Real Illusions: Reflections''; in the years in between, he released several compilations of his material, as well as a live album. This album includes the participations of Koshi Inaba and Tak Matsumoto from the Japanese band B'z on "Asian Sky". Track listing All songs written by Steve Vai. # "The Blood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex And Religion (album)
''Sex & Religion'' is the third studio album by American guitarist Steve Vai, released under the band name "Vai" on July 23, 1993 through Relativity Records. It is known as the first major appearance of future Devin Townsend Project and Strapping Young Lad singer and guitarist Devin Townsend, who performed vocals for the album. Townsend also co-wrote the tracks "Pig" and "Just Cartilage", the latter of which was only released as a bonus track in Japan. Vai also co-wrote "In My Dreams with You" with Desmond Child and Roger Greenawalt. ''Sex & Religion'' reached No. 48 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200, No. 17 in the UK albums chart and also charted within the top 60 in four other countries."Steve Vai - Sex & Religion (album)" ''finnishcharts.com''. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For The Love Of God (instrumental)
"For the Love of God" is an instrumental guitar piece by Steve Vai. It is the seventh song on Vai's 1990 album, ''Passion and Warfare''. The piece runs for six minutes and features a number of techniques including pitch bends, legato, and sweep picking. Vai recorded the track on the fourth day of a ten-day fast. During an interview, he explained, "I do try to push myself into relatively altered states of consciousness. Because in those states you can come up with things that are unique even for yourself". David Coverdale of Whitesnake provides a spoken word at the end of the song. He speaks the phrase, "Walking the fine line between Pagan and Christian." Vai recorded the song on an early prototype of the Ibanez Universe 7-string guitar. He eventually gave the guitar to Prince in 1996. Steve Vai debuted the song in Seville, Spain, during the "Leyendas de la Guitarra" (Guitar Legends) festival in 1991. One of its most acclaimed performances was with the Metropole Orchestra in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
