収録曲
1. Liberty
2. Erotic Nightmares
3. Animal
4. Answers
5. Riddle
6. Ballerina 12/24
7. For the Love of God
8. Audience Is Listening
9. I Would Love To
10. Blue Powder
11. Greasy Kid's Stuff
12. Alien Water Kiss
13. Sisters
14. Love Secrets
メンバー
- Steve Vai – guitar, Eventide H3000, keyboard (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 11), bass (tracks 1, 8, 9, 11), arrangement, engineering, production
- David Rosenthal – keyboard (tracks 2, 9, 13), background vocals
- Pia Maiocco (credited as Pia Vai) – keyboard on one chord (track 4)
- Bob Harris – keyboard (track 10), background vocals
- Chris Frazier – drums (tracks 1–5, 8, 10, 11, 13)
- Tris Imboden – drums (tracks 7, 9)
- Stuart Hamm – bass (tracks 2–5, 7, 10, 13)
- Nancy Fagen – "vocals & hysteria" (track 8)
- Jamie Firlotte – boy vocals (track 8)
- David Coverdale – background vocals
- Rudy Sarzo – background vocals
- Adrian Vandenberg – background vocals
- Pascal Fillet – background vocals
- Laurel Fishman – background vocals
- Lillian Vai – background vocals
- Pam Vai – background vocals
- Joel Kaith – background vocals
- Corky Tanassy – background vocals
- Jamie Kornberg – background vocals
- Lauren Kornberg – background vocals
- Corinne Larue – background vocals
- Famin' – background vocals
- Darla Albright – background vocals
- Laura Gross – background vocals
- Rupert Henry – background vocals
- Suzanna Harris – background vocals
- Julian Angel Vai – background vocals
感想
このアルバムが発売された時の印象としてはさすがにSTEVE VAIは一味違うなと思いました。
インスト物で飽きさせずに最後まで聞かせる作品はそんなに多く無いと思います。
間違いなく彼にしか作れない作品ですね。
テクニック的なことはギターをやってる人がこの作品についてたくさん書かれてるので、そちらを参考にしてください。
インスト物のギターアルバムとしては名盤だと自分は思ってます。
いまだにTVなどでこのアルバムの曲が流れたりしますしね。