Edge of Insanity

Edge of Insanity

Track Listings

1. Wheel of Fortune

2. Stranger

3. Quarter to Midnight [Live]

4. Agrionia

5. [Interlude]

6. Empire in the Sky

7. Which and the Priest

8. Taker

9. Chopin Prelude 16, Opus 28

10. Edge of Insanity

11. Raven

12. No Place in Time

Tracks:

Wheel Of Fortune
The Stranger
Quarter To Midnight (Live Solo)
Agrionia
Empire In The Sky
The Witch And The Priest
The Taker
Chopin Prelude 16, Opus 28
Edge Of Insanity
The Raven
No Place In Time
Track 12

Customer Reviews:

The Greatest album of it's genre.......2006-02-28

If there was one album i had to pick that should be heard by everyone i would have to choose edge of insanity. Not because it is the greatest album ever (which it very near is) but because not only have most people not been exposed to good neo-classical or shred music (which there is not very much of) but because edge of insanity is the only shred album which i would rank with the likes of bethoven or chopin. If someone asked me to name just one album that has been the most influencial in my life it would be this album. This is the album that me and my long time friends grew up listening to and falling in love with. Tony opens doors that have never been walked near and explores worlds you never imagined. BUY BUY BUY!

A natural flow.......2004-06-22

I have many records by Tony Macalpine and whenever I feel like listening to some killer guitar I usually stick this album in the sterio. What is amazing about this guy is that he can play classical piano to a high degree as well as the guitar. If anybody recently watched the Live at Astori, London DVD by Steve Vai, Mr Macalpine is in the band and he make an excellent contribution. My only critism about Tony Macalpine's style on the guitar is that I find a lot of his music flows kind of robotically and whilst you can cram speed in at any time, holding a note and bending a note compliments both. I hope though from a fans view, that he continues to work with Vai.

Killin'.......2004-01-24

This CD is killin, Tony MacAlpine is the MAN. Every track is stupid good and his technique is unbelieveable. His musical vocabulary is way bigger than even Yngwie's ever was. A few of u may have a hard time stomaching that, but it's the real deal, just like this CD. If u wanna hear a ferocious attack on virtuosic guitar, buy this album!

The best album you've never heard.......2003-12-03

Putting Tony Macalpine together with Billy Sheehan put this album over the top. While other bassists such as Tony Franklin serve well as a backdrop to Macalpine's virtuoso assault on guitar and keyboard, Sheehan takes it to the next level with acrobatic bass counters. How Macalpine has never gotten more press is one of the great mysteries.....

Not for the weak: Intense and frantic.......2003-11-16

Some people just don't "get" this CD. This is guitar playing compositional excellence. It is fast and furious, but unlike many other similar guitarits, it is NOT a "fast for fast's sake" endless repetition of scale after high-speed scale. The songs are very well written, complex, multilayered compositions.

The classical influence is obvious, and his skill is considerable. As someone that enjoys music from speed metal to pop to going to an orchestra now and then, I see this music for what it is, highly skilled songwriting played by an excellent performer. I was absorbed by this CD the moment I first heard it almost 20 years ago, it is like Beethoven on crack. The title of the CD is rather appropriate.