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Passion and Warfare
by: Steve Vai

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EAN: 5099746710927
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: October 11, 1993
Studio: Sony
Sales Rank: 9811

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From Amazon.com:
The second solo album from Steve Vai shows the guitarist coming into his own as a composer, matching his prodigious talent as a performer. The result is an entertaining mix. The hilarious "Audience is Listening" complements more reflective pieces such as "For the Love of God." The high-powered "Animal" and "Greasy Kid's Stuff" are balanced by "Blue Powder" and "Alien Water Kiss." Unlike most guitar-god solo recordings, Passion & Warfare avoids the sort of technical noodling that is uninteresting to everyone except other guitarists, opting instead for a collection of high-quality music that is full of compositional experimentation without ever getting out of control. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- It's Instrumental Rock how can you not like it?
Well Usually i dont like a band or album because of the vocals, but i dont have that problem with this album cause it's just instrumental awesome rock. This album is filled with great solos and songs. No filler just all killer. If you like rock music and you're curious about this just buy it.

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- Landmark in guitar writing, perfomance and production
Showcasing a wonderful sense of range and versatility, a skillful mix of funky fast playing and a genuine sense of feeling, this is clearly among the best instrumental guitar albums of all time.
It's exciting and funny, mysterious, atmospheric, complex, full of breath taking twists and turns, and there is always something new to hear with each listening. This album finds Steve coming into his own as a composer, matching his prodigious talent as a performer, with deeply spiritual subject matter and some very emotive playing. While full of compositional experimentation, dynamics, unworldly speed, awsome techniques and great musical ideas, he avoids the sort of technical noodling, pointless guitar chops and messy shredding that is uninteresting ... Read More:

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- Indulgent and very dated
After being very impressed with another of Mr. Vai's albums, 'Alien Love Secrets', I quickly hunted down his most highly regarded album, Passion and Warfare. After an initial listen I wasn't very impressed, and after several listens I was even less impressed.

The problem with Passion and Warfare is that there is not much to offer anyone who isn't listening for guitar technique. Make no mistake, this is grade A shred guitar, but unfortuantly the song structure doesn't match Vai's pyrotechnics on his instrument. What this results in is a series of very confusing and difficult instrumentals. Surfing with the Alien this most definately is not (although that isn't what the album is trying to be). Whilst this style of songwriting was shown to ... Read More:

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- HIS MOST CONSISTENT AND BEST
I have no doubt whatever that this is Steve Vai's best solo cd. Why? Because on this one the staggering guitar technique is matched by the quality of the compositions. This is true, in my view, on all but two of the fourteen tracks. The experimental 'Alien Water Music' and 'Love Secrets' I have never been able to appreciate, my loss perhaps. But the other twelve? Absolutely awesome! Hard rock, heavy metal and one or two slower but still gripping pieces, 'For The Love Of God' is worth the price alone.Strangely the two tracks I fail to get into gave rise to the title of my second favourite Steve Vai cd, the all too short 'Alien Love Secrets' (at least I think they did) There are many brilliant tracks on his other cds, but not with the consistent high standard ... Read More:

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- The one that changed everything
There was never anything quite like this - before or since. Even the great man himself has never matched this masterpiece. The greatest instrumental guitar album ever, by some way too.

Absolutely crammed with ideas, technique, feel, style and melody, and of course stamped with Steves' trademark eccentricity and humour. It sounds like every guitarist who has ever lived has turned up at the studio to play six notes each. There's never a dull moment, and there certainly isn't a weak track.

If you were an alien who had just landed on this planet and wanted to know what a guitar is for and what it does, this is all you'd need.

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