This album rules. There are hence many swell guitar players on it. It's besides cool because whoever was on it had total creative freedom, hence they could play nonetheless they wanted to. This album genuinely has everything from metallic to funk to blues.
Former Winger, electrical flow Dokken guitar thespian Reb Beach opens the album amongst Black Magic. This vocal is pure metal, together with Reb's smokin'. This is my favorite vocal on the album. Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi is adjacent performing Mr. Sambo. It besides features Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres together with bass thespian Hugh McDonald. It is simply about other metallic song. It genuinely shows Richie's talent. Next upwards is Yngwie Malmsteen. Every serious guitar thespian knows he's amazing hence there's no involve for me to elaborate on this song. Let me simply tell that you lot won't travel disappointed. Next upwards is Paul Gilbert of Racer X together with Mr. Big. His playing is amazing. The vocal I Understand Completely is a primarily acoustic but is filled amongst audio effects together with electrical overtones. At the destination of the vocal he comes inward total electric. Paul Gilbert's swell because he plays amongst amazing speed together with precision. Zakk Wylde does something totally unexpected for his song, Farm Fiddlin'. Being Ozzy's one-time guitar thespian together with fromntman for the ultra heavy Black Label Society you lot await a province intro for his vocal on this album but that's precisely what you lot get. He starts off amongst a lightning speed province slice earlier kicking into the metallic manner that he's known for. He similar pretty much everyone else on the album plays amongst amazing speed. This vocal is besides swell because it shows all of his influences. In the middle of the vocal it goes into this whole blues slice earlier kicking dorsum into metallic which ends the song. Next upwards is Nuno Bettancourt one-time Extreme guitar player. His vocal Bumble Bee (Crash Landing) is excellent. He is an amazing guitar player. His playing on this vocal is no exception. It is nonetheless really short. Alex Skolnick is upwards next. He is the one-time guitar thespian inward Testament together with Savatage. He is besides a really underrated guitar player. On Filet of Soul he serves upwards a really funky type song. It besides features Les Claypool of Primus on bass. He is amazing every bit usual. The middle of the vocal slows downwardly to display Alex's style. It besides shows what a swell guitarist he genuinely is. Next upwards is one-time Poison electrical flow Mr. Big guitarist Richie Kotzen. His vocal Chype Fluxx shows his talent every bit a participant because he played all of the instruments on it. The vocal is successful inward showing his guitar playing science every bit good every bit his bass playing which sounds pretty decent. Next upwards is bluesman Albert Collins. His vocal "Blues for Stevie" is a tribute to the belatedly main Stevie Ray Vaughan. It features amazing blues playing inward the manner of Stevie. Next upwards is one-time Allman Brothers Band guitar thespian electrical flow Gov't Mule frontman Warren Haynes together with Allman Brothers guitar thespian Dickey Betts. The vocal Willie together with Poor Bob is really different, if I had to depict it I'd tell it was province blues. It features impressive slide together with harmonica work. Next upwards is David Bowie's sidekick Reeves Gabrels. His vocal "Why Do I Feel Like I'm Bleeding" is an fantabulous song. It shows that he tin orbit the axe play fast every bit good every bit slow. The vocal is really difficult to describe. There is a drum motorcar that starts it off together with hence simply about tedious guitar. It doesn't boot inward to the fast playing until nearly the midlle of the song. This album is great, but I alone recommend this to guitar players or serious fans of guitar playing. If you lot similar this album I besides conduct keep a few suggestions such every bit Joe Satriani-Crystal Planet, Dokken-Erase the Slate, Back for the Attack, Extreme-Pornograffiti, Yngwie Malmsteen-Rising Force,Trilogy, Ozzy-No Rest for the Wicked, Racer X-Street Lethal, together with Steve Vai-Passion together with Warfare, Fire Garden, The Ultra Zone, Alien Love Secrets.
Well, everyone is right past times proverb this album is AMAZING, but I simply wanted to brand a picayune side comment. I saw the issue engagement hither at Amazon, together with it says 1998... well, that's the "commercial" issue date, because this album was recorded together with "released" genuinely inward 1993 or 1994, together with it was sent every bit a gift to suscribers of a guitar magazine, I forgot which one. I outset heard this album inward 1994 together with was blown away past times it. By the way, on the outset song, Reb Beach plays all instruments if I'm non mistaken.
Unbelievable! This is 1 of my cds that I'm surprised isn't worn out. If I had the cassette, it would conduct keep been inward a week. I beloved all the songs on this cd, but Zakk Wylde's "Farm Fiddlin'," inward my opinion, is 1 of the best songs always written past times anyone inward the history of life on this planet! It is absolutely perfect. As a whole, hence is this cd. If you're into guitar music, together with hence you lot volition boot yourself until the 24-hour interval you lot overstep if you lot don't purchase this. Then later on you're dead, your friends volition boot your body. I small-scale you lot not.
iii words - BUY THIS CD. Its quite perhaps the greatest guitar album of all time..well, its upwards at that topographic point amongst Rising Force, IMO. It has something inward at that topographic point for every amateur guitarist out there. If you're simply picking upwards the guitar, that intro on the outset vocal volition haunt you lot till you lot main it. You won't notice these tracks anywhere else, fifty-fifty the Leviathan rail is a "special edit" simply for this CD. Anyways, I experience stupid I'm writing a review for this...bottomline - every guitar thespian should ain this.
This is a fun guitar album which features a lot of big names playing solo cloth together with experimenting amongst novel ideas. Most of the songs conduct keep all the instrumentation done past times the 1 guitarist, including a drum machine, but a few of the tracks conduct keep other players. Some cool tracks are "Black Magic" past times Reb Beach, Leviathan past times "Yngwie Malmsteen", together with Zakk Wylde's chicken pickin' "Farm Fiddlin'". Nothing genuinely breathtaking here, simply a lot of skilled players showing their chops.
Track Listings
1. Black Magic - Reb Beach
2. Mr. Sambo - Richie Sambora
3. Leviathan - Yngwie Malmsteen
4. I Understand Completely - Paul Gilbert
5. Walk On Walden - Elliot Easton
6. Farm Fiddlin' - Zakk Wylde
7. Bumble Bee (Crash Landing) - Nuno Bettencourt
8. Fielt Of SOul - Alex Skolnick
9. Chype Fluxx - Richie Kotzen
10. Blues For Stevie - Albert Collins
11. Wille And Poor Bob - Dickey Betts & Warren Hayes
12. Why Do I Feel LIke I'm Bleeding? - Reeves Gabrels
13. Surfer Junkie Dude - Earl Slick
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