Paul Gilbert - Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar
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Free Music Review: Top Marks Paul
Hit: 5 Stars
Superb guitar album. Blows the Satriani effort from this year into the weeds (and I'm a huge Satch fan).Free Music Review: silence followed by a deafening roar
Hit: 5 Stars
as a big paul gilbert fan , this album is awesome - and i mean awesome. it rocks.Free Music Review: Ecclectic Melodic Fusion Guitar Mastery
Hit: 4 Stars
This is my first Paul Gilbert cd, so I didn't know what to expect before I bought it. Based on the reviews here, I bought it sound unheard. Overall, I am not disappointed. Mr. Gilbert is an incredible technician and a generally superior song writer. If you like Marty Friedman, Satriani, Vai, Eric Johnson, Vinnie Moore, Eddie Van Halen, Rush, Jeff Beck, Joey Tafolla, George Lynch, even Carlos Santana, you'll like this CD because it has shades of them all. Which makes this a unique CD among instrumental guitar rock/shred albums. Lots of rock musical influences seem to have been put on display here--almost as if Gilbert were paying tribute--and blended in an original, highly skillful way. That feature is also my only real criticism of this CD (tho it's a small one): I am left with an unsure sense of Mr. Gilbert's own melodic style. Or perhaps this ecclectic fushion blending IS his style. Certainly, I've never heard anything like it on any instrumental guitar rock/shred album. This CD definitely makes me want to go out and check out his other stuff!
Another thing about this album: Gilbert's melodic compositional quality is so high that you almost expect these tracks to become guitar solos going with vocal rock songs. Probably the best blend of technical prowess and melodic sensibility that I've ever heard in this genre, with perhaps the exception of Vinnie Moore (neoclassical shred, Mind's Eye), Marty Friedman (Dragon's Kiss) or Eric Johnson (Venus Isle).
The Album:
Track 1: shades of Rush, George Lynch (excellent)
Track 2: shades of Eddie Van Halen, NeoClassical shred (excellent)
Track 3: shades of Rush (very good)
Track 4: shades of Marty Friedman, '80s Guitar rock (good)
Track 5: shades of Satriani (good)
Track 6: shades of Led Zeppelin/Jimmy Page; '70s funk/Beck (very good)
Track 7: attempts an Eric Johnson impression--Johnson is better (this is my least favorite track)
Track 8: neoclassical shred--better than MacAlpine/Malmsteen, about as good as Vinnie Moore, with a kick that's all Gilbert (excellent)
Trck 9: shades of Santana
Track 10: shades of Vai, Eric Johnson, Satriani, Tafolla; '70s funk (excellent)
Track 11: shades of Rush, Friedman, Beck, even a little Aerosmith (excellent)
I only give five stars if I like all tracks. But that's just me.
Free Music Review: Paul Gilbert can play
Hit: 4 Stars
You can tell Paul just finished the G3 tour with John Petrucci and Joe Satriani. This is a real solid cd with great production and all you can eat guitar work by one of the best in the business. Your girlfriend will hate it because there's no vocals, but who cares? I only gave it 4 stars cause you have to listen to it a few times to warm up to it.Free Music Review: Finally...
Hit: 4 Stars
OK... Paul has a great technique, very fast and precise... but previous albums has so few real good songs.
This time I wonder he created an consistent album (more than just a couple of exercise licks).