Speed of Sound

Ronnie Montrose (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 2, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wounded Bird Records
• ASIN: B0009Y26IG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #455,264 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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The Speed of Sound by Ronnie Montrose

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Instrumental Guitar Rock Album, February 14, 2006

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Mike S (Front Royal,Virginia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Speed of Sound (Audio CD)

This cd was better than I expected to be. I remember when this came out in 1988,but I didn't buy until now when it came out in 2005 on the Wounded Bird label.The guitar work by Ronnie Montrose is excellent with great solos and guitar riffs. The music is a great blend of guitar driven instrumental rock with synthesizers with solid bass and drumming. There weren't any hits off this cd,but who cares? I like this better than the work Ronnie did with Gamma. Who needs vocals when you can play the guitar like Montrose does.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Futuristic Guitar Mind Exploration, November 25, 2006

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Joel Israel "Professional Shark Wrestler" (Cedar City, UT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Speed of Sound (Audio CD)

Awesome! This album is finally available again! I remember wearing this cassette out in my car back in the day- at the time I was a huge fan of instrumental guitar albums after hearing the mighty Joe Satriani, and had also picked up most of the Shrapnel records solo artists. This one was so different, original, and compelling, and remains so to this day.

While certainly full of amazing, incendiary guitar solos, what really captured my imagination is the enigmatic "space-rock" feel of this album- from the song titles ("Telstar", "Monolith") to the near-ambient, futuristic and mysterious vibe of the compositions, this is really a standout instrumental album in the genre, finally in print again. Ronnie Montrose' tone and phrasing as a soloist are phenomenal- it feels like a hybrid of the Gilmour-esque spacey feeling-oriented rock fused with a forward-thinking approach far ahead of it's time....recommended!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ronnie at his best., March 9, 2006

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The Wedge "wedgeworld" (Santa Barbara, ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Speed of Sound (Audio CD)

One of the most creative instrumental guitar albums I have heard. One of Ronnie's best. I was a big fan of the Gamma albums featuring Ronnie, and my favorite was Gamma 3. Though this is instrumental and Gamma has vocals both are classic. I also recommend Territory (though it is not as strong of an album) The Diva Station (currently out of print) and Anti-m Positively Negative -remastered (Ronnie plays on a handful of tracks but the song Security rocks). And visit Ronnies Website RonnieMontrose.com and get on his email list.