Extremist

Joe Satriani | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 3, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002BWH
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,188 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This one is Joe's best, March 16, 2000

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djdjdjdjdjdj9 "djdjdjdjdjdj9" (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Extremist (Audio CD)

I have and love every Joe Satriani album recorded except for his latest "Engines", which is in the mail. The reason I feel this is Joe's best album is not because his best song is on it, but because the album as a whole flows nicely. There are plenty of shredding appregios and scales, such as "The Extremist", "Motorcycle Driver", and "War", and there are tunes that are more harmonic than melodic like "Why", as well as songs that are just about everything in between like "Summer Song". I must admit, the song "Rubina's Blue Sky Happiness" brings a tear to my eye when I hear the acoustic guitars. You'll love this album because if you want to hear something that shreds, it's there. If you want to hear something that soothes, it's there. Pick this one up as Joe's paramount album.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars BLUESEY HARD ROCK, December 24, 2004

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JOE BLOW (MINNEAPOLIS, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Extremist (Audio CD)

According to the album liner notes Joe plays guitar, banjos, dobros, keyboards, harmonica, mandolin, synth, and bass on this album. The liner notes have a lot of interesting photos of Joe and his band, plus some art work by Joe. The Bissonette brother's, Matt on bass and Greg on drums who were in David Lee Roth's solo band after he left Van Halen in the Mid to late 1980s, play on most of the songs. This album has the hit single "Summer Song". People who like Hard Fast Blues and Melodic rock will also like the songs: "The Extremist", "War", "Why", and "MotorCycle Driver". They may also like the mid-tempo "Friends".

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely my favorite guitar album period., January 26, 2005

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D. Lee (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Extremist (Audio CD)

Wow. I bought this album about a year ago, and it remains my absolute favorite guitar album, bar none. It must have stayed in my 5-disc CD player for like three months, and it has lingered nearby ever since. I love that guitar takes center stage and you don't get tired of the album due to the lyrics, because there arn't any! There are numerous songs that could be singles here, and only a few of the songs, and only a few songs that I don't get excited about. Most of the songs are high energy and overwhelmingly succeed at showcasing Satriani's mastery of the guitar, and musicality within the most, ah. . .extreme musical context. As of yet, I have not found another high-energy electic guitar album that remotely approaches this one as an album.