Next Planet Please

Next Planet Please

Track Listings

1. Project Transformation

2. Next Planet Please

3. Realization

4. Fusion Delusion

5. Forever Searching

6. Sophisticated Debruchery

7. Dunk the Funk

8. Blame It on the Rio

9. Homage to an Unknown Hero

10. Watching Time Go By

Tracks:

Project Transformation
Next Planet Please
Realization
Fusion Delusion
Forever Searching
Sophisticated Debauchery
Dunk The Funk
Blame It On Rio
Homage To An Unknown Hero
Watching Time Go By

Customer Reviews:

Chastain's futile "attempt" at fusion.......2003-01-05

Charting the path of Chastain's albums you can see he went from style to style starting with neoclassical to shred to fusion to acoustic and all points in between. My first experience started with Elegant Seduction, which was great. The songs were to the point, had great melodies and great shred. However, on Next Planet Please it seemed Dave was trying out an effects processor. Sure, some of the riffs are pretty cool, although very simplistic, and he gets a pretty nice glassy sound on his cleans but there are no real song structures and the solos are endless. I wouldn't mind if they were good solos but he just noodles the night away as he tries to find his way back to the main melody/riff. I would recommend Elegant Seduction as a first album if you're just getting into Chastain. If you're looking for fusion go with Tribal Tech, Weather Report, Allan Holdsworth, Gambale/Hamm/Smith.

Underrated!.......2002-03-16

David Chastain is not a household name and that's too bad. The guitar playing on this CD is nothing short of fantastic. I recently purchased this disc and thought that it may be somewhat dated since it was released a little better than 8 years ago. I was wrong. The music is as fresh today as it was back then. This is one that should be owned by guitarist everywhere whether Rock, Fusion, or Jazz.