Rock Garden

Ty Tabor | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 29, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Inside Out U.S.
• ASIN: B000GIW8T2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,610 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #47 in Music > Christian > Hard Rock & Metal

Editorial Reviews

Inside Out Music presents the third official solo work by King’s X guitarist Ty Tabor. Rock Garden is again an album worth of unabashed Lennon/McCartney-esque pop. With his new solo album, Tabor proves that he is the one who knows what the world ‘melody’ means. After the success of the latest King’s X album, Ogre Tones, the talented guitarist and songwriter continues to amaze his loyal fans throughout the world.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great release from this guitar guru, August 30, 2006

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Torman Grant (Utah, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rock Garden (Audio CD)

This album is much heavier and more rocking than the 2 previous releases. I guess that's why Ty called it Rock Garden. It's a nice contrast to Safety, which was more focused on melody and even bordered on folk music at times. Don't get me wrong, Rock Garden is definitely not short on melody, but the crunching guitars and blazing solos definitely showcase Ty's rock and roll side and are a testament to his diversity. Simply stated, it's a much edgier album than his other two solo efforts. Rock Garden is a personal album, but not overtly so. For the most part Ty writes in the first person, but the themes are universal. Despite dark overtones, the underlying theme is one of guarded optimism. I highly recommend this album to anyone who enjoys thoughtful lyrics set to thunderous guitars.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Rock from The Garden, August 31, 2006

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The Old Rocker (SF Bay Area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rock Garden (Audio CD)

I've played through this CD several times over the last few days and I'm happy to say this is just a great, solid effort from Ty Tabor. He's spun around 180 degrees from the Safety CD to deliver an energetic album of (mostly) upbeat rock. And I really liked Safety.

While Safety was an intensely emotional and personal album, this is Ty having fun. While technically dead-on as ever, there's a looseness about this album that indicates Ty has put his demons (and ex-wife) behind him and is just having fun.

Lyrically this is more optimistic than anything he's done in a while, although there are some somber songs. It wouldn't be Ty Tabor if he didn't question and second guess everything he does! But the music is the real uplifting factor here; everything is perfectly arranged and played with some of the best soloing he has done in years. And I've never been much into opinion that he (and King's X) can be "Beatle-esque" but I have to say that on songs like Beautiful Sky and She's A Tree he does seem to tap into some White Album-John Lennon groove to deliver some almost ethereal sounds.

Bottom line, this guy never ceases to amaze me. If you've liked anything this guy has ever done, you need to get this CD.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfectly titled..., September 18, 2006

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W. R. Richards "drrock" (Cary, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock Garden (Audio CD)

Rock Garden is perfectly titled. A great place to retreat to with headphones on... a place that really rocks. The guitar sounds on this are, to me, much more King's X-like. While I love The Jelly Jam work of Ty, the guitar nuances on Rock Garden are much stronger. There's some great guitar sounds, riffs, melodic lines, soloing, vocals, song-writing... to me it's got it all. I keep playing these cuts over and over.

Most of the time, I've found solo efforts to be a disappointment, mainly because your expectations are rooted in the parent. This work however, stands completely on it's own. If I'd never heard of King's X, this album would still be awesome. I just love his guitar work... (I hear Phil Keaggy all over it...)

While I'd be hard pressed to rate the cuts, Afraid is the cut that IMHO should be getting serious airplay. Stalker has a great feel, the lyrics are cool on She's a Tree and Thankful. Seems like every song has a unique strength.

Awesome work, man!!! Don't know if Ty sees these reviews, but mega-kudos to him for this project. Hope he keeps doing solos things like this, maybe solo touring as well...

Enjoy!