Earthquake

Uli Jon Roth | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 2, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Original Masters UK
• ASIN: B00004SB0F
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,299 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Electric Sun

2. Lilac

3. Burning Wheels Turning

4. Japanese Dream

5. Sundown

6. Winterdays [Instrumental]

7. Still So Many Miles Away

8. Earthquake [Instrumental]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Under rated axe meister!, May 6, 2003

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John Barbieri (Wilmington, De. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Earthquake (Audio CD)

Being a huge fan of the "Master of the Stratocaster" Jimi Hendrix, I easily gravitated to the sounds of Robin Trower & Mahogany Rush in the early/mid 70's to fill the void. They were the closest to Jimi's spirit as you could get. Enter Uli Jon Roth, Scorpions axe man(where I first heard his playing on the Tokyo Tapes live album)and felt the Hendrix vibes throughout and then taken to the max on "Fly to the Rainbow". I picked up the "Earthquake" Electric Sun album back in '79 and was stunned by some of the best virtuoso and technical guitar playing I have heard in awhile. If you you love that Hendrix sound, Uli delivers the goods and puts a smile in your ears. From the opening track "Electric Sun" to the closing title track of "Earthquake" Uli Jon Roth paints a melodic soundscape of guitar "meisterwerk" that would influence the next crop of rock guitarists to come in the 80's. This album is an instant guitar hero classic and it takes you to another level. The only downside are the vocals but they'll grow on you and don't take away from his monster guitarwork. Keep your rap and alternative...and give me a real musician, a stratocaster and a stack of Marshalls and I'm one happy rock n roll camper! Rock On brothers!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great diverse playing!, February 23, 2000

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Jack Gold "Jack Gold-Molina" (Seattle, Washington United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Earthquake (Audio CD)

When I first got this album on import vinyl in 1979 or so, I was looking for a great progressive acid rock sound and I got that and more! Since then it has been one of my favorite albums because of the quality of the musicianship and of the music itself. Today great rock is rarely found to be so diverse, from the poetic lyrics and hypnotic guitar work of "Japanese Dream" to the mind blowing molten feedback progressions of the title track. I have always respected Uli for his devotion to his music, and this album is true to form

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars BLOWN AWAY!, December 24, 1999

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DAVID AUSTIN (tennesee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Earthquake (Audio CD)

IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS OR SO SINCE I LAST HEARD THIS RECORD, WHEN I FINALY GOT THE CD I PLAYED IT AND PURE BRILIANCE CAME FROM MY SPEAKERS ULI IS BY FAR THE MOST UNDER APPRECIATED GUITAR PLAYER IN THE WORLD HE IS ONE OF A KIND THE ONLY REASON I DID NOT GIVE THIS 5 STARS IS BECAUSE ULI NEEDS TO STICK TO THE GUITAR AND LEAVE THE VOCALS AT HOME EXCEPT ON POLAR NIGHTS AND DARK LADY FROM THE OLD SCORPS DAYS.