Music is always going to be something dictated to a large extent by personal choice, but for me who is a Satriani fan, there are some tracks on this album, that I think, rates with some of his best work, and so for me excellent album.
One of the guitar demi-gods playng at the top of his game.
Boogie on.
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It's well known that Satch taught Steve Vai. It's less well documented that it took the teacher longer to become a musician than the pupil. Steve arrived on his 2nd album. It took Joe three.
But boy was it worth the wait. Directly comparable with Passion and Warfare for its perfect balance of composition and technique, this is guitar playing to be reckoned with. On his 1st 2 records (with some notable exceptions) you get the impression Joe is trying to show off his talents at the expense of the tunes. On "Dream" Joe not only manages to produce stunning guitar tracks, he makes great music too. There is a vast range of tracks and he masters so many different styles, the album, stands up to repeated listening. He's come close again since, ... Read More:
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This is simply an astonishing record that demonstrates the exceptional levels of communication that four people can achieve. Yes it's jazz, but not as you know it and you will find the hairs on the back of your neck standing up over and again and the music expresses thoughts you never thought you could have. After 45 minutes of the most intense power, the set is topped off by "Peace Piece", a moment of sublime beauty with just one classical guitar.
This is the sort of music that makes you priveleged to be a member of the human race.
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This was the first "rock album" I ever bought in early 1971. I obviously still have the vinyl copy...actually I've just dug it out to look at it whilst writing this...the CD enables a casual listen in the car, at work or loaded on to the absurdly tiny 20gb music thingy my son gave me.
Each track is an exercise in individual musicial work of the highest order by a band which had yet to peak as it introduced Dave Clempson and Chris Farlowe to an eager fan base.
Sadly only 'Colosseum Live' was to come for an overly long period of time...what this band might have achieved, had they avoided piques, is anyone's guess.
To see them now is to realise that the peak was achieved. Don't believe me...watch the 1994 Reunion DVD, see ... Read More:
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When it came out in 1973 this was one of those 'never heard anything like it before moments'. I was aware of the previous The Inner Mounting Flame which had felt somewhat bitty and disconected to me (but maybe it's time I gave that another try too), but nothing prepared me for the sheer venomousness of this album. I've ummed and ahhd about reacquiring it for a while, but it arrived yesterday, and as it hit my deck it immediately plastered me to to the opposite wall.
At the time McLaughlin was an anomoly. While everyone else wore jeans and raggy tea-shirts and had hair down on their shoulders, this guy dressed in white and had a crew cut that made him look like a suspiciously friendly marine. In an age where anyone with a brain was 'looking for ... Read More:
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If you like rock and blues, expertly played with soul and passion then you can't go wrong with this album. Far from a one trick pony the full on blues/rock onslaught is lightened with such delicate celtic influenced songs as Roll Away and Stay. On this form Back Door Slam should be destined for greatness.
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Some people have been disappointed that this project did not realise its full hybrid potential, and perhaps not unduly so. However, we must remember that the music of Miles' electric period was already inflected with Indian musical structures and musicians, irrespective of the extent of explicitly Indian instrumentation (surely part of its appeal to me). On Miles From India I will concede that some tracks are more successful than others in their achievement of indo-jazz synergy. But for example, Spanish Key is absolutely incredible- a really distinctive interpretation with a pronounced Indian inflection, and reason alone to purchase this. As an obsessive about this era of Miles' music, this rendition really caught my attention, filling me with delight.
Reviews are relative by their nature. Unfortunately for Joe, he has such an outstanding back catalogue that most of his fans will have been expecting more. It's pretty boring really and 'I just wanna rock' needs to be retitled, 'I just wanna puke'. A real cheesefest. Step it up Joe, you owe us more than this.
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I think this is the best santana album (at least studio album because then theres Lotus live in Japan) and serves as a masterclass in the fusion of so many musics yet it sounds so pure and it still amazes how all the influences can be heard so clearly but at the same time everything about this album is so unique...Everytime i hear it it impresses me even more how the songs transition into one another so seamlessly and it is almost over as soon as it had began.
Anyways, highly recommended album for guitar fans, jazz fans, early santana stuff, woodstock fans...you see where im going here, worth buying by just having "all the love in the universe"
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