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 This is a Masterpiece! Apr 08, 2009
The Musicians involved in this project are world-class! I have listened to this one time and time again and keep finding new layers and crazy details I couldn't perceive before. "Rescue me or bury me" is one of those songs that I'll never forget. I love how Vai never conformed or sold out. He always kept going where his creativity took him and managed to tour the globe away. The only thing he sold out are concert venues including The Paramount theater in Seattle where he played with Malmsteen and Satriani. One of his songs held SO MUCH emotion I even cried. Buy this, you won't be disappointed! This is what Freedom In Music is all about!
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 STOP SCREAMING AT ME!!! Mar 29, 2009
As a musician Steve Vai has always run hot and cold with me. Albums like Passion and Warefare, Alien Love Secrets, and the Ultra Zone represent Vai at his most, and really capture his essence. Vai does nothing for me emotionally. He is not a "plug into a Marshal stack and play" type of guitarist. His albums are usually heavily orchestrated and effects driven. His overuse and abuse of the whammy bar gets old too. But every now and then all of that combines to make a fantastic and interesting album, such as the aforementioned. Every now and then however, an album like Sex & Religion gets made...
This album posed many questions to me after first listening to it 15 years ago:
1. Why is the singer screaming throughout the whole album?
2. Why do the songs suck?
3. Where are the creative instrumentals Vai fans were longing for after Passion and Warefare?
4. How could Vai release this dreck after a masterpiece like Passion and Warefare?
5. Why did Vai think that bringing in stellar musicians like Terry Bozzio and TM Stevens would make bad songs sound good?
These and other questions remain unanswered, so I chock this up as the "Vai album I'll pretend he never made." Thankfully Vai must have realized his mistake and followed this up with Alien Love Secrets, one of his best. You would have to be a die hard Vai fan to find much value in this album. For the curious and/or new to Vai's music, I would recommend you stay away. We deal with enough noise pollution every day in increasingly crowded cities, do you really want someone screaming at the top of his lungs at you for ~30 minutes as well?
 the bio says it all Feb 21, 2009
Vai's bio here says it all: "their one and only album in 1993, Sex & Religion. When the album proved to be a disappointment both critically and commercially,"... and well deservidly so.
I guess Vai is allowed a stunt, and I hope he doesnt release a vocal album ever again; a few songs here and there I might tolerate. My advice is to skip this one unless you are a hard core fan.
The best - period. Mar 06, 2008
I understand I am in the minority on this topic, but I think "Sex & Religion" is the best band album Steve ever released. Steven's & Bozzio lay down a brutal rhythm section and Devon Townsend...well, it's the best vocal work he's ever done. Then there is Steve's guitar playing, his compositions, his production.
What can I say - Steve Vai at the height of his creative powers!
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The One Vai CD Unique from all the others Sep 11, 2007
Steve Vai is an incredible guitar player. That much has been evident for quite awhile. This release shows he can also write lyrics and tell a rather compelling story. I've owned this CD since its release and to this day my jaw still drops open in awe. My favorite cuts have to be "Dirty Black Hole", "Pig", "Survive" and "Down Deep Into The Pain". The spoken part in "Down Deep Into The Pain" are a conversation between a child about to be born, and God. It really makes you think...
Steve's virtuosity on guitar is very well complemented by Devin Townsend's vocals. This is CD rests comfortably in my top 10 CD's of all time.
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