Customer Reviews
satriani's finest hour - By: for whom the bell tolls, 01 Jan 2008 
in my opinion, this & super colossal is joe satriani's finest hour. this is even better than the extremist & surfing with the alien which were great albums too. the first four songs on this cd especiallly cool #9 are some of the best satriani songs ever!! look my way is the only track that has vocals but is a pretty good song. slow down blues is one of the satrianis longest songs. buy this cd for the greatness of this album. joe satriani rocks forever!
Neat stuff - By: Mr. S. Crook, 20 Mar 2006 I like this album for many of the reasons that many other JS fans don't. It's slower paced, less focussed & sounds like Joe & a bunch of like minded friends got together for an extended jamming session, & as a result it has the warmth that some people feel is missing from his other albums. He's not trying to 'push the envelope' on sound or technique, but shows that Joe can play with a band rather than leading it.
Don't be put off by the those who say you've got to be a guitarist to appreciate JS, sure, there's stunning technique, but it's used to produce MUSIC, & I'm one of those that doesn't reallly care *how* he does it but I love the results. Buy this & buy the 3 disc boxed set, you won't be disappointed.
Interesting - By: , 30 Dec 2002 
Not Satriani at his best but an interesting album. This album covers different styles from rock to be-bop. I found some songs slightly boring but I can't help but like Slow Down Blues & Home. Both brilliant tracks. Not a great album as an introductory to Satch but a fine piece of work.
It's Satriani, Jim, but not as we know him. - By: , 20 Nov 2002 Supposedly the brief for this album was to get away from the high-tech, multi-layered style for which Satch is known, (e.g., Flying in a Blue Dream, The Extremist) & focus more on feel, which has successfully been done. The vibe of the album is almost 'world' with the range of percussion used & some of the scales employed. Once again Satch sings through a telephone for 'Look My Way' which is almost 'Phone Calll Part II'.
It feels like more of an improvisational work-out than most of his albums, & some of the tunes are less focused than his previous work, but Satriani is a master of melody - Check out 'Home for proof. This is perhaps more of a Satriani album for Satriani, enjoying hanging out with musicians, rather than impressing the air-guitarists at the front of the auditorium, & in that way it might even be more 'honest'. Not the best introduction to his work but for those who have heard other albums it demonstrates the versatility & feel of a player often categorised with the tuneless shred-heads of the 80's. And that just isn't fair.
The most soulful album he ever did - By: , 06 Jan 2001 Ok, so Joe isn't exactly blazing away on this record, but what he does is with such an intense feeling not captured on any of his other albums. Just listen to Down, down, down. You can feel he's down alright.
Secondly, the faster tracks or much more groovy because he is actuallly playing with a whole band this time (including a second rythm guitar player).
I agree that the bluesy numbers could have been left out (not that they are bad), but don't keep that away from buying this album.
I'm a huge fan & this is the record I've been listening most to the past year. Absolutely groovy! I actuallly got a bit disappointed with 'Crystal Planet' after listening to this for a long time (I know I should not have said that...), but I still love his earlier records.
