Engines of Creation

Joe Satriani - Engines of Creation

Engines of Creation
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Artist: Joe Satriani
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-04-29
Music Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
Soundtracks:
  1. Devil's Slide
  2. Flavor Crystal 7
  3. Borg Sex
  4. Until We Say Goodbye
  5. Attack
  6. Champagne?
  7. Clouds Race Across the Sky
  8. The Power Cosmic 2000, Pt. 1
  9. The Power Cosmic 2000, Pt. 2
  10. Slow and Easy
  11. Engines of Creation

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Free Music Review: One Of My Favorite Satch Albums
Hit: 5 Stars

I don't really consider myself a "fan" of Satriani in the true sense the way others do. I appreciate some of his stuff, but he doesn't move me the way other instrumental artists such as Greg Howe, Jason Becker, Allan Holdsworth, Tony Macalpine, Shawn Lane, or Yngwie Malmsteen do for that matter.

So, with that out of the way, there are only three Satriani albums I own, and they're the only ones I find interesting to listen to; Not of This Earth, Surfing With the Alien, and Engines of Creation. As far as I'm concerned those three albums represent everything great about Satriani and I believe are his most creative.

I like this album for the same reason the die hard fans panned it, because it doesn't sound like typical Satriani. As I said already, I find typical Satriani boring. To say this album is techno with guitar on top is a huge stretch. You can't dance to anything on the album, and it would certainly not go over well at a rave at all! The standout guitar dominant songs are Devils Slide, Flavor Crystal 7, and the album highlight (IMO) Borg Sex. Borg Sex is a complete showcase for Satch's legato playing, and anyone who thinks the "real" Satriani is missing from this album just needs to listen to Borg Sex for the real deal. The ballad Until We Say Goodbye also has a well thought out guitar solo.

The album contains two other ballads in the way of Clouds Race Across the Sky and Slow and Easy. Champagne? is a great tune, with dare I say a country guitar sound. Attack, The Power Cosmic 2000 Pt.1 and Pt.2, and Engines of Creation are all fantastic songs in their own right, but are absent of the guitar solo work found on the album's first three tunes. Not a problem for me, but again I can see this being a problem for the Satch faithful.

I'm so happy Satriani went ahead with this little experiment. I think just like his first album, this was a very successful melding of drum sequencing, creative guitar layering, interesting rhythmic concepts, lush keyboard work, otherworldly guitar sounds, and fierce lead playing. I wish Satch would do another album like this, but I think this was a one-off unfortunately (for me). Great stuff, and thank you Mr. Satriani having the courage to branch out regardless of whatever backlash you knew you would have to deal with.

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