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Music CD - Steve Stevens: Memory Crash
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Music CD: Memory Crash
Artist: Steve Stevens
List Price: $17.98
Our Price: $10.99
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Manufacturer: Magna Carta
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1. Heavy Horizon
2. Hellcats Take The Highway
3. Memory Crash
4. Water On Ares
5. Day Of The Eagle
6. Small Arms Fire
7. Cherry Vanilla
8. Joshua Light Show
9. Prime Mover
10. Josephine
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0614286909522
Label: Magna Carta
Manufacturer: Magna Carta
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Magna Carta
Release Date: 2008-03-04
Studio: Magna Carta
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Album
Comment: Great album from the Billy Idol`s guitar hero, Steve Stevens in the past recorded alone his album "atomic playboys"(instrumental)...good album but this new album i think that it`s better, i love the album Jerusalem Slim "jerusalem slim" from 1992 where Steve Stevens play the guitar like the devil (the singer is Michael Monroe from Hanoi Rocks)...for me one of the greatest hard rock albums ever recorded...but the people don`t knows it.
This album is 80% instrumental, the songs with voice perhaps are the worse, there are a few nice songs with spanish guitar, one of them very well performed, and the 50% of the songs of the album are fasts, with the bass changing of notes very fast under the guitars, many awesome effects (moogerfoguers, ring modulators, flangers, tremolos,...) really fantastic, and the great solos from the best Steve Stevens like in his great album in Jerusalem Slim.
Perhaps not a 10/10, but yes a 8,5/10, i enjoyed this album very much!
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Summary: Crash and Burn ¡¡¡
Comment: Great delivery Billy Idol's partner in crime-guitar virtuoso Steve Stevens releases to the rock n' roll lovers. All the tunes are specially welll-crafted by this underrated guitar genius. Most remarkable is the support of one of the King's X guys, one of the best bands in the world without doubt. His participation means a lot. This work is in the same line of previous efforts of Stevens like Atomic Playboys. If you like great guitar players, Stevens is the man.
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Summary: Really enjoyed this one . . .
Comment: Before I begin, let me say that when reviewing a CD like this, I put it up against similar offerings by Eric Johnson, Satch, Steve Morse and the likes.
Having said that, I disagree with those who say this is one of the Greatest Guitar Instrumental CD's of all time, however it really is great stuff. I particulalry like Cherry Vanilla and the title Track. The track with Doug Pinnick of King's X is also noteworthy.
Steve has GREAT tone. Some tracks here remind me of the rock cuts by the Dregs in the "Industry Standard" timeframe (ie. Bloodsucking Leeches). He also has quirkiness (in a good way) that give him his own identity. The melodies are good. The "Josephine" track is a little strange, however other than this track there are few tracks that don't merit repeated listens.
I bought this on a whim after reading his interview in Guitar Player and enjoying his playing on the "Top Gun" theme. If you're on the edge of buying this - go ahead - you'll likely be glad you did!
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Summary: Excellent guitar record
Comment: This guy is a great musician, which you may not know from Billy Idol. Water on Ares, Small Arms Fire, Cherry Vanilla and Prime Mover are amazing songs.
His acoustic playing is great too, a little on this record, check out Flamingo a Go Go.
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Summary: A hero for the guitar
Comment: What a great album. Beautiful playing, atmospheric, shredulicious and the songwriting is excellent, completely original. what more could you ask for. In an age when the guitar hero seems to be all but dead there's steve. thank you.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Billy Idol guitarist s new solo album
With help from King s X bass wizard / vocalist dUg Pinnick (performing Robin Trower s Day Of The Eagle )
Featuring drummer Brian Tichy (Billy Idol, Derek Sherinian)
Special Digipak Edition
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I think the time is right for me to make a record that is totally me my world, Stevens says of Memory Crash.
Boasting such tracks as Water on Ares , Hellcats Take the Highway , Small Arms Fire , an interpretation of Robin Trower s Day of the Eagle (featuring Dug Pinnick of King s X), and the rousing/psychedelic Cherry Vanilla , Memory Crash is a journey through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind , to steal a line from Rod Serling. It s virtually musical cinema. I have a lot of weird little segues going on with this record, Stevens says. I ve always loved that about the prog records, like Dark Side of the Moon. You enter this little theater of the mind. It s a true headphone experience.
Nothing encapsulates this more than the sizzling wah-wah- and flanger-inflected instrumental Cherry Vanilla. I just happened to have a recorder with me when I was on my way to an appointment, says Stevens. There were these women walking by, talking amongst themselves, so I caught them on tape. I just wanted to capture this moment of people s everyday lives and problems. On the track you also hear this other voice that says, Hey, man, can you dig what is going on in the world today , or something to that effect. He goes on to say, Man, you just gotta play a stone groove. Other words, when all else fails, just play a good guitar groove.
Indeed. A freaked-out, Hendrix-meets-Stevens vibe is prevalent in the interpretation of Robin Trower s Day of the Eagle , a tune Stevens says Dug Pinnick takes to church with a Sly Stone spin.
Jimi wasn t the only influence that crept up on Stevens. He revisited a cast of legendary characters, from Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, and Yes, to Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Bo Diddley, and Jeff Beck. Yet, despite the presence and interplay of diverse and distinct musical elements, Stevens never surrenders his own creative identity.
I spent a long time before making this record watching old archival footage and retrospectives on bands like Pink Floyd and Yes, just soaking up what made them tick, Stevens says. But this record is not a retro gimmick at all. It s still very much a Steve Stevens record.
Steve Stevens, the wizard of guitar effects and longtime musical partner of fist-pumpin , punk-pop bad boy Billy Idol, is one of the most refreshingly creative guitarists in all of rockdom.
Prepare to have your mind blown, again, when the atomic playboy drops his first solo record in nearly eight years, Memory Crash -- an electro-centric sonic tour de force that makes a serious musical impact. No gimmicks. No over-the-top production. No compromising. It s just Steve Stevens, his guitar, and his beloved effects all the ingredients that have made him a global star.
Stevens says. At the end of the day, this instrument, the guitar, has been with me since I was a kid, and it still fascinates me. I still have a love affair with the guitar.
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