Alien Love Secrets
Alien Love Secrets
Track Listings
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1. Bad Horsie
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2. Juice
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3. Die to Live
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4. Boy from Seattle
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5. Ya-Yo Gakk
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6. Kill the Guy With the Ball/The God Eaters
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7. Tender Surrender
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Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
This specially priced, seven-track mini-album could have been titled the "Many Moods of Stevie Vai" given its stylistic sweep. "Bad Horsie" is a widescreen, effects-laden monster, "Juice" is a high-speed boogie, "The Boy from Seattle" verges on Metheny territory and "Tender Surrender" oozes with subtlety and taste. All this, plus a thrashing rocker that football coaches can motivate the troops with: "Kill the Guy with the Ball." --Jeff Bateman
Alien Love Secrets,Steve Vai,Relativity,Guitar Virtuoso,Hard Rock,Heavy Metal,Instrumental Rock,Popular Music,Rock
Average customer rating:
- Only 7 Tracks, But Great Variety And Great Songs!
- Some Genius, Some OK
- One of Vai's Very Best Releases!
- ...WOW....
- Only......about perfect.....
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Alien Love Secrets
Steve Vai
Manufacturer: Sony
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- Passion and Warfare
- Fire Garden
- The Ultra Zone
- Sex & Religion
- Flex-Able
ASIN: B000002BWR
Release Date: 1997-06-03 |
Tracks:
- Bad Horsie
- Juice
- Die To Live
- The Boy From Seattle
- Ya-Yo Gakk
- Kill The Guy With The Ball/The God Eaters
- Tender Surrender
Amazon.com
This specially priced, seven-track mini-album could have been titled the "Many Moods of Stevie Vai" given its stylistic sweep. "Bad Horsie" is a widescreen, effects-laden monster, "Juice" is a high-speed boogie, "The Boy from Seattle" verges on Metheny territory and "Tender Surrender" oozes with subtlety and taste. All this, plus a thrashing rocker that football coaches can motivate the troops with: "Kill the Guy with the Ball." --Jeff Bateman
Customer Reviews:
Only 7 Tracks, But Great Variety And Great Songs!.......2007-03-02
This album is a bit short, and VERY sweet. I also own Fire Garden, which I really like, and The Ultra Zone, which can be a bit strange at times, but that is just Vai's eccentric style. I would say that there is strangeness on this album too; the track Ya-Yo Gakk. Aside from that and a somewhat schizophrenic track Kill The Guy With The Ball/The God Eaters, it is quality musicianship and several different styles of it. Very enjoyable music from a very talented man.
Some Genius, Some OK.......2006-09-16
One thing that I love about Steve Vai is that he rarely resorts to making a song out of drums, a repeating bass line, and a guitar solo a la Yngwie Malmsteen, but keeps the melody through his songs. He has just the right amount of solo in his music, which is shown in this CD.
Alien Love Secrets has three AMAZING songs, Bad Horsie, Juice, and Tender Surrender. Tender Surrender perfectly builds tension and lets it all go in a second, perfectly. The Boy from Seattle and Kill the Guy with the Ball are both solid songs also.
Die to Live random at times, and I didn't much care for it. Ya-Yo Gakk is funny the first time you hear it, but gets annoying thereafter.
I would recommend this CD. It certainly has some 1st class music on it, and my three favorite Steve Vai songs.
One of Vai's Very Best Releases!.......2006-06-27
The only down-side of this CD is that it's short. Even so, it's easily a 5 star CD and it features some of Vai's very finest studio guitar work. Song by song:
Bad Horsie: this is a drop-tuned monster of a nightmarish tune: picture yourself riding a locomotive as though it were a steam-belching, fire-breathing steed, and that's kind of what you get here... shrieking, insane guitar, wah-pedal galore, slide guitar, whammy bar, blazing solos, etc.... on his "Live at Astoria" DVD, vai introduces this song with, "Welcome to the heavy metal portion of the evening..." which was pretty accurate: this is a HEAVY tune.
Juice: shorter, often compared to Eric Johnson's "Cliffs of Dover" because it has a similar joyous and bouncy vibe about it; but whereas Johnson plays stuff I had previously thought too beautiful to achieve with a pentatonic scale, Vai is more like "Cliffs of Dover" ON STEROIDS: no particular scale adhered to, just some fo the VERY BEST GUITAR SOLOING I've ever herad from Steve Vai, or anybody for that matter... he does that tap/hammer stuff where both hands are moving all over, and yet keep in mind: this is all done over the top of a bouncy, joyous theme. This is just a GREAT song. Amazing!
Die to Live: this is also short, and for me, is an exercise in nuance and tone: I have the music for this CD and I can almost play this song... I can't play it anything like Vai, though, because he plays with just exactly the right dynamics in every situation with the amp set just perfectly, and while the song is nothing like Juice in terms of sheer shredding speed or agility, he does flow from section to section in this song with such fluid effortlessness... it's astounding! And yes, for pure listening enjoyment, it's a very beautiful song. Once again: amazing!
The Boy From Seattle: good chord-strumming kinda thing: again very difficult to play with the sort of effortlessness that Vai achieves: tonally brilliant, getting the pop and snap out of the cleaner-sounding amp that he does here. And once again, in terms of simple aesthetics: a very nice tune to listen to.
Ya-Yo Gakk: entertaining little tune featuring Vai's two year old toddler singing "Ya-Yo Gakk" which Vai then answers with his guitar, mimicking all the little nuances of the youngster's voice... entertaining, imaginative, and obviously extraordinaily difficult to accomplish, but not as fun for the listener after just a couple spins.
Kill the Guy With the Ball / the God Eaters: uptempo featuring some sort of crazy noisemaking that sounds like his guitar is making weird noises from "the back of its throat (for lack of a better way of explaining it)... heavy on the drums in this one; the end of the song has a lot of guitar effects... I'd summarize this as one of those whacked-out Vai extravaganzas that's unfortunately not quite as accessible as the rest.
Tender Surrender: brilliant instrumental ballad: just stark, flat-out amazing. The depth of emotion he achieves on this tune, particularly during the guitar solo and during the transition out of it back to the main theme: astonishing! It may be the best guitar solo he's every played: not in term of the number of notes, but just in how well it fits and where it goes emotionally. I rank this as overall the best instrumental ballad that Vai has EVER written thus far: slightly AHEAD of both "For the Love of God" and "Whispering a Prayer". He was nominated for a grammy for this song, which should tell you how accessible it is to the less-guitar-crazed listener, and yet it's still a mind-blowing technical experience as well. Brilliant! Bravo!
In summary: five GREAT songs here, and 2 that are off-the-charts mind-blowing. Even with the two somewhat weaker tunes and even with there only being 7 songs and it being a short CD, this is still an easy 5-star review: that's how good the really good tunes are: this is a must-own for any Vai fan and any guitar nut, but even beyond that it's just plain good music.
...WOW...........2006-04-06
I am not sure how it gets better as far as EP's go. Vai has created what could very well be some of the most creative music that I have ever heard. His melodies and explorations are far more interesting than that common guitar instrumentalist. He is in his own style as well. Each song on this recording is unique. Bad Horsie *originated from the movie Crossroads*, is a brilliant heavy metal tune, with a lot of wah and incredible sounds...so many things that can be said about this song...but it's probably one of the finest opening tracks on any rock cd out there. My favorite of the album is Tender Surrender, which could be my favorite '7th Song' by Vai. Amazing...
Get this album...you won't be sorry.
Only......about perfect............2006-02-05
I would have given this album only 4 stars, only when i listened all the way through and noticed that there werent any simpering Lead Singers on it, I pushed it to an astounding 5 Stars.
Musicians Rule and Singers droll...Thanks steve more then worth the cover charge......A true reflection of the work that you put into this craft....
Average customer rating:
- Only 7 Tracks, But Great Variety And Great Songs!
- Some Genius, Some OK
- One of Vai's Very Best Releases!
- ...WOW....
- Only......about perfect.....
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Alien Love Secrets
Steve Vai
Manufacturer: Relativity
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
General
| Rock Guitarists
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
Shred
| Rock Guitarists
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
General
| Hard Rock & Metal
| Styles
| Music
Hard Rock
| Hard Rock & Metal
| Styles
| Music
Similar Items:
- Passion and Warfare
- Fire Garden
- The Ultra Zone
- Sex & Religion
- Flex-Able
ASIN: B000003BYB
Release Date: 1995-03-21 |
Tracks:
- Bad Horsie
- Juice
- Die To Live
- The Boy From Seattle
- Ya-Yo Gakk
- Kill The Guy With The Ball/The God Eaters
- Tender Surrender
Amazon.com
This specially priced, seven-track mini-album could have been titled the "Many Moods of Stevie Vai" given its stylistic sweep. "Bad Horsie" is a widescreen, effects-laden monster, "Juice" is a high-speed boogie, "The Boy from Seattle" verges on Metheny territory and "Tender Surrender" oozes with subtlety and taste. All this, plus a thrashing rocker that football coaches can motivate the troops with: "Kill the Guy with the Ball." --Jeff Bateman
Customer Reviews:
Only 7 Tracks, But Great Variety And Great Songs!.......2007-03-02
This album is a bit short, and VERY sweet. I also own Fire Garden, which I really like, and The Ultra Zone, which can be a bit strange at times, but that is just Vai's eccentric style. I would say that there is strangeness on this album too; the track Ya-Yo Gakk. Aside from that and a somewhat schizophrenic track Kill The Guy With The Ball/The God Eaters, it is quality musicianship and several different styles of it. Very enjoyable music from a very talented man.
Some Genius, Some OK.......2006-09-16
One thing that I love about Steve Vai is that he rarely resorts to making a song out of drums, a repeating bass line, and a guitar solo a la Yngwie Malmsteen, but keeps the melody through his songs. He has just the right amount of solo in his music, which is shown in this CD.
Alien Love Secrets has three AMAZING songs, Bad Horsie, Juice, and Tender Surrender. Tender Surrender perfectly builds tension and lets it all go in a second, perfectly. The Boy from Seattle and Kill the Guy with the Ball are both solid songs also.
Die to Live random at times, and I didn't much care for it. Ya-Yo Gakk is funny the first time you hear it, but gets annoying thereafter.
I would recommend this CD. It certainly has some 1st class music on it, and my three favorite Steve Vai songs.
One of Vai's Very Best Releases!.......2006-06-27
The only down-side of this CD is that it's short. Even so, it's easily a 5 star CD and it features some of Vai's very finest studio guitar work. Song by song:
Bad Horsie: this is a drop-tuned monster of a nightmarish tune: picture yourself riding a locomotive as though it were a steam-belching, fire-breathing steed, and that's kind of what you get here... shrieking, insane guitar, wah-pedal galore, slide guitar, whammy bar, blazing solos, etc.... on his "Live at Astoria" DVD, vai introduces this song with, "Welcome to the heavy metal portion of the evening..." which was pretty accurate: this is a HEAVY tune.
Juice: shorter, often compared to Eric Johnson's "Cliffs of Dover" because it has a similar joyous and bouncy vibe about it; but whereas Johnson plays stuff I had previously thought too beautiful to achieve with a pentatonic scale, Vai is more like "Cliffs of Dover" ON STEROIDS: no particular scale adhered to, just some fo the VERY BEST GUITAR SOLOING I've ever herad from Steve Vai, or anybody for that matter... he does that tap/hammer stuff where both hands are moving all over, and yet keep in mind: this is all done over the top of a bouncy, joyous theme. This is just a GREAT song. Amazing!
Die to Live: this is also short, and for me, is an exercise in nuance and tone: I have the music for this CD and I can almost play this song... I can't play it anything like Vai, though, because he plays with just exactly the right dynamics in every situation with the amp set just perfectly, and while the song is nothing like Juice in terms of sheer shredding speed or agility, he does flow from section to section in this song with such fluid effortlessness... it's astounding! And yes, for pure listening enjoyment, it's a very beautiful song. Once again: amazing!
The Boy From Seattle: good chord-strumming kinda thing: again very difficult to play with the sort of effortlessness that Vai achieves: tonally brilliant, getting the pop and snap out of the cleaner-sounding amp that he does here. And once again, in terms of simple aesthetics: a very nice tune to listen to.
Ya-Yo Gakk: entertaining little tune featuring Vai's two year old toddler singing "Ya-Yo Gakk" which Vai then answers with his guitar, mimicking all the little nuances of the youngster's voice... entertaining, imaginative, and obviously extraordinaily difficult to accomplish, but not as fun for the listener after just a couple spins.
Kill the Guy With the Ball / the God Eaters: uptempo featuring some sort of crazy noisemaking that sounds like his guitar is making weird noises from "the back of its throat (for lack of a better way of explaining it)... heavy on the drums in this one; the end of the song has a lot of guitar effects... I'd summarize this as one of those whacked-out Vai extravaganzas that's unfortunately not quite as accessible as the rest.
Tender Surrender: brilliant instrumental ballad: just stark, flat-out amazing. The depth of emotion he achieves on this tune, particularly during the guitar solo and during the transition out of it back to the main theme: astonishing! It may be the best guitar solo he's every played: not in term of the number of notes, but just in how well it fits and where it goes emotionally. I rank this as overall the best instrumental ballad that Vai has EVER written thus far: slightly AHEAD of both "For the Love of God" and "Whispering a Prayer". He was nominated for a grammy for this song, which should tell you how accessible it is to the less-guitar-crazed listener, and yet it's still a mind-blowing technical experience as well. Brilliant! Bravo!
In summary: five GREAT songs here, and 2 that are off-the-charts mind-blowing. Even with the two somewhat weaker tunes and even with there only being 7 songs and it being a short CD, this is still an easy 5-star review: that's how good the really good tunes are: this is a must-own for any Vai fan and any guitar nut, but even beyond that it's just plain good music.
...WOW...........2006-04-06
I am not sure how it gets better as far as EP's go. Vai has created what could very well be some of the most creative music that I have ever heard. His melodies and explorations are far more interesting than that common guitar instrumentalist. He is in his own style as well. Each song on this recording is unique. Bad Horsie *originated from the movie Crossroads*, is a brilliant heavy metal tune, with a lot of wah and incredible sounds...so many things that can be said about this song...but it's probably one of the finest opening tracks on any rock cd out there. My favorite of the album is Tender Surrender, which could be my favorite '7th Song' by Vai. Amazing...
Get this album...you won't be sorry.
Only......about perfect............2006-02-05
I would have given this album only 4 stars, only when i listened all the way through and noticed that there werent any simpering Lead Singers on it, I pushed it to an astounding 5 Stars.
Musicians Rule and Singers droll...Thanks steve more then worth the cover charge......A true reflection of the work that you put into this craft....
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Alien Love Secrets
Steve Vai
Manufacturer: Sbme Special Mkts.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000TV4QV4
Release Date: 2007-06-26 |
Tracks:
- Bad Horsie
- Juice
- Die to Live
- Boy from Seattle
- Ya-Yo Gakk
- Kill the Guy with the Ball/The God Eaters
- Tender Surrender
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Sex & Religion/Alien Love Secrets
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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Pop Rock
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ASIN: B00009OOLO
Release Date: 2006-06-20 |
Album Description
Australian two CD set featuring two albums by this guitar virtuoso (1993's Sex & Religion and 1995's Alien Love Secrets) for one great price! Comprised of 21 total tracks including 'Here & Now', 'Still My Bleeding Heart', 'Touching Tongues', 'Juice', 'Ya-yo Gakk', 'Tender Surrender' and more. Rajon.
Average customer rating:
- Worth picking up...
- The Air Jordan of Guitar! A Complete Musician at his Best!!
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Alien Love Secrets
Steve Vai
Manufacturer: Relat
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
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Shred
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ASIN: B0000074PS
Release Date: 1997-01-29 |
Tracks:
- Bad Horsie
- Juice
- Die To Live
- Boy From Seattle
- Ya-Yo Gakk
- Kill The Guy With The Bal
- Tender Surrender
- San-San-Nana-Byoushi (+ B
Album Details
Japanese Release featuring a Bonus Track: "San San Nana Byoushi".
Customer Reviews:
Worth picking up..........2000-01-16
If you're a died-in-the-wool Vai fan you should pick this one up. There's only one extra track, and it may not be for all, but it's interesting, lighter than most rock guitar material, and more than enjoyable once gotten used to. Incidentally, the name of the extra track is in Japanese and translates to "three, three, seven rythm", which explains what the handclaps are doing... Still, the most compelling reasons for me to buy this album would be Bad Horsie and Tender Surrender, both of which are more than worth the purchase of the disc. If you want to see Steve playing these cuts, definitely buy the DVD by this same title. Quite entertaining, and good study for all you guitarists out there!
The Air Jordan of Guitar! A Complete Musician at his Best!!.......1998-07-24
Steve Vai has evolved the guitar in the direction that music should flow. True craftsmanship...the good ones remain. Chuck Berry, then Jimi Hendrix then Eddie Van Halen, then Yngwie Malmsteen, then there is Steve Vai. Can the guitar keep evolving these exceptional players? Will we ever see another Michael Jordan, Steve Montana? Will we ever see another Steve Vai? I hope music continues to flow in the right direction for the true guitar players!!
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Alien Love Secrets
Steve Vai
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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Rock
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ASIN: B000793EE8
Release Date: 2005-03-07 |
Tracks:
- Bad Horsie
- Juice
- Die To Live
- Boy From Seattle
- Ya-Yo Gakk
- Kill The Guy With The Ball In The Easter
- Tender Surrender
- San-San-Nana- Brouhdi'
Album Description
Japanese pressing of 1995 album, scheduled to include one bonus track. CBS. 2005.
Album Details
Japanese Re-issue of the 1995 Release. Includes the Bonus Track: "San San Nana Byoushi".
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Alien Love Secrets
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000A29ECI
Release Date: 2001-04-25 |
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Alien Love Secrets [Japan Import +1 Bonus Track
Steve Vai
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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Shred
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ASIN: B000MCD3UK |
Product Description
1993, Sony records Japan. Featuring one exclusive bonus track for Japan. Out of print.
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Alien Love Secrets
Steve Vai
Manufacturer: Msi Music Corp
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B0002BAAHA
Release Date: 2002-09-04 |
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Alien Love Secrets [DVD Video]
Vai , and Steve
Manufacturer: independent
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000LWIXOM |
Music Track:
- All That Remains [Import]
- An Accidental Collision of Atoms: The Best of Extreme [Import]
- Anthem [Original recording remastered] [Import]
- As the Flower Withers
- Back to Basics
- Bad English
- Battle Hymns [Import]
- Black [Import]
- Bomber [Original recording remastered]
- Bones Club: The Best Of
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