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| Play | 1. Gnaahh | 3:32 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 2. Up In Flames | 4:33 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 3. Hands In The Air | 4:27 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 4. Lifestyle | 4:34 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 5. Is There Love in Space? | 4:50 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 6. If I Could Fly | 6:31 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 7. The Souls Of Distortion | 4:56 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 8. Just Look Up | 4:50 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 9. I Like The Rain | 4:00 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 10. Searching | 10:07 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 11. Bamboo | 5:45 | £0.89 |
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There's plenty of incredible playing, as you'd expect from Mr Satriani, plus two surprisingly good vocal tracks, but Satriani always manages to keep the music in front of the musicianship, several listens in and I'm still finding the trademark fluid runs in abundance. There's a good helping of Hendrix influence here, too.
Particular highlights are "Gnaah", "Is There Love In Space?" and "Bamboo".
I'll get to the point. Satch should be more memorable than this. The melodies and chord structures are usually so original and different they lodge in your mind. ITLIS just doesn't have any hook, any particular sound that unifies the album. The songs are far too formulaic (melody, solo, melody, outro solo), and the drumming isn't going to set the world on fire. Where's Jeff and Stu? If this is direction Joe intends to follow, I'm going to lose interest pretty soon. This is a sad thing, because it was the strength of his composition and playing that made me pick the guitar up in the first place. I do try to enjoy his vocals, but they seem like an attempt to cover up unimaginative writing in some cases.
But I'll probably keep buying his records to see how he progresses. Maybe in a few years time, he'll pull out something as original as Engines or "Joe Satriani" again, and create some interest. ITLIS is far too safe for my liking.
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