Description
DESCRIPTION
Two CD collection. It was Frank Zappa, who first hired a 21-year-old Vai as his new lead guitarist in 1981, who referred to Vai as his 'stunt guitarist', and nobody since has come up with a better description of his style. This is a great retrospective overview of the past, present and future of the progressive metal guitar. Vai spent much of his career as a hired gun, adding his technical expertise to the likes of Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, Public Image Ltd., David Lee Roth, and Whitesnake. The anthology contains great tracks from his first two solo releases, 1984's Flex-Able and 1990's Passion And Warfare, especially such ditties as "The Attitude Song," "The Animal," and the very Zappa-ish "Salamanders In The Sun." This 1984-2001 anthology sums up a killer career.
TracksCredits
- Disc 1 -
1 Liberty
2 Die to Live
3 The Attitude Song
4 Salamanders in the Sun
5 The Animal
6 The Riddle
7 For the Love of God
8 Bangkok
9 Fire Garden Suite: Bull Whip/Pusa Road/Angel Food/Taurus Bulba
10 Ya-Yo Gakk
11 Blue Powder
12 Bad Horsie
13 Tender Surrender
14 All About Eve
15 Dyin' Day
16 The Blood & Tears
17 The Silent Within
- Disc 2 -
1 Feathers
2 Frank
3 Boston Rain Melody
4 Kittens Got Claws
5 Lighter Shade of Green
6 Giant Balls of Gold
7 Whispering a Prayer
8 Jibboom
9 Windows to the Soul
10 Brandos Costumes (Gentle Ways)
11 The Reaper
12 Christmas Time Is Here
13 Essence
14 Rescue Me or Bury Me
15 Burnin' Down the Mountain
