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Alien Love Secrets is an EP made by Steve Vai in 1995. It was written as a stripped-down guitar, bass and drums record with minimal keyboards. Alien Love Secrets was released in the middle of the recording process of the 1996 album Fire Garden, as Vai wished to keep a steady output, and the 70 plus minutes of Fire Garden were taking too long to release at an acceptable interval after Sex and Religion. Notable tracks include 'Bad Horsie' (derived… read more
Tracklist
Track number | Play | Loved | Track name | Buy | Options | Duration | Listeners |
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1 | Bad Horsie | 5:52 | 57,253 listeners | ||||
2 | Juice | 3:44 | 35,247 listeners | ||||
3 | Die To Live | 3:52 | 38,207 listeners | ||||
4 | The Boy From Seattle | 5:01 | 21,722 listeners | ||||
5 | Ya-Yo Gakk | 2:52 | 19,710 listeners | ||||
6 | Kill the Guy With the Ball | 4:30 | 14,225 listeners | ||||
7 | Tender Surrender | 5:09 | 84,340 listeners |
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Alien Love Secrets | ||||
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Released | March 21, 1995[1] | |||
Recorded | The Mothership Studio in Hollywood Hills | |||
Genre | Instrumental rock | |||
Length | 33:26[2] | |||
Label | Relativity | |||
Producer | Steve Vai | |||
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Alien Love Secrets is an EP by guitarist Steve Vai, released on March 21, 1995 through Relativity Records. The EP reached No. 125 on the U.S. Billboard 200[3] and remained on that chart for two weeks,[4] as well as reaching No. 72 on the Dutch albums chart.[5]
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Overview[edit]
Alien Love Secrets was written and recorded in less than six weeks as a stripped-down guitar, bass and drums record with minimal keyboards. According to Vai, he had wished to maintain a steady output of material following his 1993 album Sex & Religion, but the recording process for the 70+ minutes of his subsequent 1996 album Fire Garden was taking too long. The EP was therefore purposely released in anticipation of Fire Garden.[6] Stylistically Alien Love Secrets marks a return to the more familiar instrumental rock of Vai's 1990 album Passion and Warfare, following the highly mixed reception to Sex & Religion.[1]
Notable tracks include 'Bad Horsie', which was derived from a riff played by Vai during the final scenes of the 1986 film Crossroads; 'Juice' was featured on the soundtrack of the 1996 PlayStation video game Formula 1; 'Ya-Yo Gakk' is a call and response interplay with vocal recordings of Vai's young son Julian; 'Tender Surrender', one of Vai's most popular songs, bases itself around a familiar sound, structure and tempo as Jimi Hendrix's 'Villanova Junction Blues' from his 1999 live album Live at Woodstock, although written in a different key; and 'The Boy from Seattle', which is a tribute to Hendrix written by Vai.
Critical reception[edit]
Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Stephen Thomas Erlewine at AllMusic gave Alien Love Secrets three stars out of five, calling it a 'moodier, more atmospheric collection' than Passion and Warfare. He also praised his 'fluid technique, which manages to never become completely mechanical.'[1]
Track listing[edit]
All music composed by Steve Vai.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | 'Bad Horsie' | 5:51 |
2. | 'Juice' | 3:44 |
3. | 'Die to Live' | 3:53 |
4. | 'The Boy from Seattle' | 5:03 |
5. | 'Ya-Yo Gakk' | 2:52 |
6. |
'Kill the Guy with the Ball'
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7:02 |
7. | 'Tender Surrender' | 5:01 |
Total length: | 33:26 |
Personnel[edit]
- Steve Vai – guitar, keyboard, Eventide H3000harmonizer, drumprogramming, bass, engineering, production
- Tommy Mars – organ (track 7)
- Deen Castronovo – drums (tracks 3, 4, 6, 7)
- Julian Vai – baby vocals (track 5)
- Sergio Buss – engineering assistance
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
- Pam Daney – production assistance
Chart performance[edit]
Year | Chart | Position |
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1995 | Dutch albums chart | 72[5] |
Billboard 200 | 125[3] |
References[edit]
- ^ abcdErlewine, Stephen Thomas. 'Alien Love Secrets - Steve Vai'. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
- ^Alien Love Secrets (CD release 'Rel 478586 2').
- ^ ab'Alien Love Secrets - Steve Vai | Awards'. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
- ^'Steve Vai - Chart history'. Billboard. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
- ^ ab'Steve Vai - Alien Love Secrets (album)'. finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
- ^Vai, Steve. 'Alien Love Secrets (1995)'. vai.com. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
External links[edit]
- Guitar Nine Records - In Review: Steve Vai 'Alien Love Secrets' at Guitar Nine Records
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