Steve Vai
Passion and Warfare (Relativity) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR)
For his immense talents and technique and his ability to make a guitar sound like an orchestra, Steve Vai (Whitesnake, David Lee Roth) will xciting and versatile on ”Passion and Warfare,” the 14 songs are formless mood pieces, from new age to squawk rock, with occasionally overbearing themes such as liberty, patriotism, victory and religion. ”Passion” is destined to be a guitar freak`s ambrosia (additional bonus: bass by Stu Hamm), but unfortunately, the engineering is surprisingly poor for an artist who relies so much on the pure sound of his instruments.
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