Customer Reviews

Spacial Disorientation

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This album is a masterpiece. Whether you are new to Dick Dale music or a long time fan you will be amazed by his artistry and unique guitar playing. There are hard driving electric guitar pieces and in addition there are magnificient acoustic pieces. It is very rare in one album to go from high energy,hard driving unique electric guitar pieces to south of the border acoustics guitar to blues in one cohesive album. He even throws a few great vocal pieces. Most of the material is newly composed and Dick Dale never stops to amaze. He just keeps getting better and better which is hard to imagine, since he is one of the greatest innovators of guitar playing in the history. This album is next best thing to see him play live.

If you are new to Dick Dale or just getting reacquainted then don't buy this album first. Try "Tribal Thunder" instead and then come back to Spacial Disorientation.

If you are a fan or are into to guitar music in general then definitely pick up this album. Dick spreads out and plays out and around from the surf sound that made him a king.

Dick proves that he can play well anything he wants to in any style or genre.

If you are looking just for hardcore surf guitar this album will disappoint you but if you want to hear a great musician groove outside of his standard fare then dig in.

It's taken nearly forty years for Dick Dale to be recognized beyond the California borders as the true Guitar-God that he is. Dick Dale was able to create a sound that other artists, like the Ventures, were only able to dream about.

Spatial Disorientation is the best of his "Comeback Part III" efforts. It's a must for any guitar instrumental lover.

What really needs to be released on CD is his early '80's "live" epic, "The Tiger's Loose." It's a crime the Rhino has not re-released it!

The most recent album from Dick Dale is a sure winner. It's certainly made for playing air guitar and shaking your booty around your living room. Usually when a rock band or musician puts out albums 20 or 30+ years into their career, the recent albums can't hold a candle to their classic material. Dick Dale is one of the very few exceptions tp this rule. The guy's like a fine wine that just gets better with age. Lots of hard rockin' surf instrumentals, as you can imagine. There's even a few detours into some spanish guitar numbers. Tambien, el es muy bueno!!! The only negative would be the same thing that affects pretty much all of Dick Dale's albums, and that would be the songs where he sings. This is just personal taste, but I can't stand vocals in surf rock. Dale communicates best with his guitar, and that's why we all love him. So, as Frank Zappa put it: Shut Up And Play Your Guitar. This, like most of Dale's albums, is a good place to start for a newcomer as well as the hardcore fan. Really, you can't go wrong with him. He's one of the few artists that consistently puts out quality work. I'm really not telling you anything you don't already know, so I'll stop now.

I wish you would make Tiger's loose AND Live at Ciros. I have all the other ones. Have been going to his stomps since 1961

This album has a little of everything. Blazing electric guitars to melodic acoustical tracks. A great cover of "Smoke On The Water" too.

I have over the years been a fan from afar of Dick Dale. I say this because his music is often very difficult to find in Australia. This album is my latest purchase of his work and shows that music and musicians too like good wine get better with age. This is an awesome album and I have listened to it many times since I purchased it through Amazon. The tracks are smooth and demonstrate great musicianship from not only Dick Dale but the other musicians on this album. If you are looking for an album that has the power to lift up your feelings, to excite you and to carry you away to somehwere else then this could be just the ticket.

This is a fantastic CD. The variety of material, from kick ass rock & roll to the gentle, latin flavored ballads, can't be beat. If you're new to Dick Dale's music or a longtime fan, you should definitely add this to your collection.

Dick dale is back. Better than ever and this might be his best one yet..Never heard him play acoustic guitar + sound so good.

I hesitate to use hyperbole here but, honestly, this is an incredible performance by Dick. I have seen him several times in person so I know what he is capable of. But this disk is absolutely excellent from start to finish. If you have a semi-decent audio system, buy this, crank it up and enjoy. I have bought many discs based on reviews written in these pages but not many have put as big a smile on my face as this one.