Super Colossal [Import]

Joe Satriani | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 28, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Epic
• ASIN: B000EGCZC6
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (82 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,350,947 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

One of the most innovative voices in contemporary American music, guitarist Joe Satriani celebrates two decades as a recording artist by releasing yet another consistently strong and refreshing platter of soulful goodness. Like his former student and sometime sparring partner Steve Vai, Satriani shows his virtuosity rests not only in his command over his instrument but also in his command of composition. "It's So Good," "One Robot's Dream," and the title cut are constructed with a master's sense of harmony, melody, and rhythm. Satch still shreds without compromise, as he demonstrates on "Bedshift Riders," but he also reminds us that he can compose gentle works of soul-stirring elegance as evidenced by "Ten Words," "A Love Eternal," and "A Cool New Way." With Super Colossal Satriani holds his place as one of the most imaginative and inspired minds of his--or any--musical generation. --Jedd Beaudoin

Product Description

JOE SATRIANI Super Colossal (2006 Japanese issue 13-track CD album new LP from the legendary Satch who treats his listeners to funky bluesy and super-dry guitar sounds from the big-production title track through powerful driving tunes [Redshift Raiders] to the final track of the album Crowd Chant picture sleeve + obi-strip)

Customer Reviews

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31 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Great Satch CD, March 19, 2006

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

This review is from: Super Colossal (Audio CD)

If you're a long time Satriani fan,you won't be dissaponted with this one. The cd has excellent guitar riffs and guitar solos in the classic Satriani instrumental style that I love. The music is fresh and creative while still maintaining his trademark sound from the past. Joe plays all the instruments,except the drums(played by Simon Philips and Jeff Campitelli),and plays them very well. There isn't a bad song on this cd. It's right up there in the same league with his past 2 studio albums. All killer,no filler!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars That Is How Rock Album in 21 Century Must Sound!!!, April 8, 2006

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Sergey Lenkov "Serge" (Mother Russia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Super Colossal (Audio CD)

Joe Satriani never let us down. But I couldnt`t believe that he could record new album much interesting than his older classic CDs as "Surfing With An Alien", "Flying...", "Extremist". But he did it. As always fresh energetic driving beautiful really colossall sound!!!
Soundclips on this page couldn`t give you right impression of this record. As you know each peace by Joe is a kind of a story spoken by his guitar, a kind of a puzzle, labyrinth which listener would follow Joe till the end. First 3 songs are great but the album really starts with hard rock hit "Redshift Riders" and with this music you would follow the stream through ambiental "A Cool New Way" to rocking "Croud Chant".
So don`t wait - buy this album. Really rock album of the year!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3 1/2 stars-- a distinct improvement., April 3, 2006

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Michael Stack (North Chelmsford, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Super Colossal (Audio CD)

After the somewhat lackluster effort of "Is There Love in Space?", "Super Colossal" is somewhat of a return to form. While it lacks some of the experimental edge that the releases before "Is There Love in Space?" had, what it does bring to the plate is a sense of patience and of development. In the past, Satriani was much more up front and jumping headlong into his performances, this album has a more organic feel and lets the performances build naturally.

All of this could be an outgrowth of a heightened sense of drama and slower tempos-- title track and opener "Super Colossal" sets this up nicely-- the theme is heavy, slow, and build dramatically until an absolutely superb solo by Satriani. But the piece is also offset by a sense of subtlety in the arrangement and performance-- check the piano line pounding away way below the lead in the mix-- it's this sort of thing that makes the piece go somewhere.

And really, all the best tracks on the album have this mix of patience and subtlety driving them-- from the Morricone Western sounds of "Redshift Riders" to the layered cleantone guitars and fierce leads of "A Cool New Way" and the galloping rhythm guitars of "Made of Tears" offsetting an utterly fantastic and passionate lead line.

Still, with all this nice playing, some of the album drags a bit-- "It's So Good" is somewhat dull riff-based rock and even Satriani's exciting solo can't resurrect it, "Movin' On" sounds just a bit too familiar to me (although Satriani's solo construction, including scratches at the guitar, is superb) and while "Crowd Chant" is likely to be a highlight live, its call and response (with a crowd echoing back the guitar lines) sounds goofy on record.

While "Super Colossal" isn't as good as much of Satriani's other work, after what I felt was a bit of a lackluster effort on "Is there Love In Space?", it's nice to see a reasonable return to form. Recommended.