Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Summer Is Here!




Joe Satriani
The Extremist
1992

A Tru sign of summer. This album blasting while I cruise down Pacific Coast Highway.
Enjoy

Review
by Phil Carter
The Extremist lives up to its name, continuing Joe Satriani's tradition of exploring new musical and compositional ground. A vastly different array of musicians assists him in creating the songs displayed on this all-instrumental disc, and as such the songs are different from even the usual envelope-pushing Satriani fare. The chugging "Summer Song," the warm "Friends," the slamming "Motorcycle Driver," and the crunching "The Extremist" show Satriani's talents as a guitarist are undiminished, while the more traditional neo-folk approach to "Rubina's Blue Sky Happiness" and the bluesy "New Blues" are different from anything he has done before. So, too, is the droning rock of "War" and the plaintive, questioning funk-rock of "Why."


1 Friends
2 The Extremist
3 War
4 Cryin'
5 Rubina's Blue Sky Happiness
6 Summer Song
7 Tears in the Rain
8 Why
9 Motorcycle Driver
10 New Blues

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