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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A MUST For Vai And Satch Fans, October 2, 2006
I had never heard of Andy Timmons until very recently. I recall seeing his picture in a guitar magazine and thinking that he was a blues player, how wrong I was. In a recent interview with Joe Satriani he raved about Resolution, so I looked Timmons up and discovered that he was on Steve Vai's label Favored Nations. I downloaded a sample clip and the first thing that hit me was not his playing or his songwriting, but how sweet his tone was, thick and pure. I ordered the cd and was not disappointed. This guy is the real deal, great tone, a great songwriter and he sure does ripe on the guitar. Resolution is a great guitar instrumental release that has a nice mix of fast paced rockers, slow emotional ballads and loads of tasty, tuneful shreding. The best way I would describe him would be huge doses of Satch and Vai, along with sprinkles of Van Halen and Hendrix mixed together slowly and cooked on high. I should also mention that his band, this is The Andy Timmons Band, provide a solid foundation for Timmons to play away. I look forward to his next release and I would love to see him rip it up live.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Andy is great !, July 7, 2006
If a teen guy would ask me what is rock guitar, rock guitar with balls, I'd answear "take this kid, listen to this stuff, this is rock guitar as it should be played". Andy plays only with a bass player and a drummer here, showing his abilities to deliver consistent rock guitar solos that means something. A lot of rock players can't do this. They play scale after scale at best (or meaningless mostly pentatonic up and down cliches) and say nothing. Not Andy. I follow Andy since his days in Danger Danger. He has always been a very technical but melodical player, and this is what separate him from the rest. This album in my opinion deserves four stars and a half if it would be an option, simply because it has less memorable riffs and songs than the precedent "That was then this is now". That album had some unforgettable tunes like "Super 70" or "Cry for you" that have the right to be considered among the best guitar songs ever from any player. This album has less memorable stuff but it is highly enjoyable from its beginning to its end. It is "consistent". I can't pick up a song. They're all very good, not absolutly memorable, but VERY good. Few cats can release a rock record honest, pure, true like this one. Andy is really one of the few rock guitarists that I still listen to (Andy Timmons, Steve Lukather, Michael Lee Firkins, Greg Howe, Shawn Lane, Prashant Aswani and few more). He's not only a shredder. Considering Andy a simple shredder from the eighties would be a very misleading judgement. Sure his music is based on chops, but he plays very deep music. A lot of players in the past had chops but they weren't considered lesser players for this reason, on the contrary they were great even for the chops! (Chopin, Listz, Shawn Lane, Charlie Parker, Dizzie Gillespie, John Coltrane, Eddie Van Halen, Leo Kottke, Michael Hedges etc etc). Chops are fantastic if they are used to play music and not simply to impress. Take your time and listen to this album few times and you'll understand what I'm saying. Andy's guitar playing do communicate feelings.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
straight-up rock instrumental album , February 15, 2007
The Good
"Deliver Us" focuses on melodic guitar runs and tight rhythms. "Ghost of You" starts of tame and subdued, but drives up the distortion at various intervals. There's nothing too complicated on "Resolution," just a simple down tempo progressive accented by organ tones. "Redemption" barrels along with lots of speed and energy, and displays some of Timmons' most technical and intricate abilities. "Lydia" is an emotional instrumental ballad. Emotions continue to remain somber on the moving track "Gone (9/11/01)." Timmons channels his Danger Danger days on the over-the-top rocker "Move On."
The Bad
Nothing notable
The Verdict
Resolution is a straight-up rock instrumental album with plenty of guitar flash and flare, tight rhythms, and emotional ballad pieces.
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