Derek Sherinian "The Phoenix (USA, InsideOut Music, 19739783232)"

The Phoenix is the eighth studio album by keyboardist Derek Sherinian, released on 18 September 2020. It is Sherinian's first solo studio album since Oceana, which was released in 2011.

The Phoenix has been critically well received. Bosco Aguilar of Prog Report stated that "when I finished listening to the album for the first time, I found myself excited for everyone to listen to it. Fantastic production, catchy and powerful songs, each guitarist's personality shined across the album, and of course a Derek Sherinian who shows again why he is one of the greatest prog keyboardists". Rodrigo Altaf Sonic Perspectives stated that "true to their vision, Derek and Simon achieved what is seemingly impossible for an album with so many guests: a unified sound and a clear direction. Perhaps inadvertently, they created THE guitar album of 2020, even though keyboards and drums are the main driving force throughout the compositions". Steph Warren stated that "the riffs and melodies on these tracks are very reminiscent of early Led Zeppelin with great rolling waves of guitar and keyboard, the mix of different inputs create a wide space of sound". Laurence Todd stated that the album will "have a definite appeal to prog fans, given when Sherinian made his name, but it should also appeal to anyone with a fondness for exceptional musicianship of a modern fusion persuasion with some crunching guitar included just for good measure". David Pearce of Rock Poser stated that the album "cements the already high reputation of Derek Sherinian and confirms him as one of the foremost keyboardists of this or any other era".

Track listing

1. "The Phoenix" – 5:24 (Sherinian)
2. "Empyrean Sky" – 3:56 (Sherinian/Phillips)
3. "Clouds of Ganymede" – 6:02 (Sherinian)
4. "Dragonfly" – 3:46 (Sherinian/Phillips)
5. "Temple of Helios" – 6:01 (Sherinian/Phillips)
6. "Them Changes" – 5:28 (Buddy Miles)
7. "Octopus Pedigree" – 5:04 (Sherinian/Phillips)
8. "Pesadelo" – 6:55 (Sherinian/Loureiro/Phillips)

Time:  42:33

Recording information:

Mixed at Phantom Recordings, Ojai, California.

Mastered at Red Mastering.

Simon Philips, Joe Bonamassa and Ernest Tibbs recorded at Carbonite Sound, Ojai, California.

Steve Vai recorded at Harmony Hut.

Ron Thal recorded at Bumblefoot Studios, Princeton, New Jersey.

Kiko Loureiro recorded at his house in Helsinki, Finland.

Billy Sheehan recorded in Nashville, Tennessee.

Zakk Wylde recorded at The Black Vatican.

Derek Sherinian recorded at Beachwood Manor Studios, Burbank, California.

Whitesnake "The Rock Album (Remastered, USA, Rhino Records, 190295273255)"

The Rock Album is a compilation album by British hard rock band Whitesnake, released on 19 June 2020 through Rhino Records. The album contains "revisited, remixed and remastered" versions of previously released songs, and is the first in a series called Red, White and Blues Trilogy including also red's Love Songs (2020) and blue's The Blues Album (2021).

According to the album's executive producer David Coverdale, some songs "have been musically embellished where my co-producer Michael McIntyre, my new mixer Christopher Collier and I felt it appropriate or necessary to bring out the best in these songs."

The Rock Album includes a new song, "Always the Same", originally recorded for the band's 2019 album Flesh & Blood.

Track listing

1. "Still of the Night (2020 Remix)" Whitesnake 6:49
2. "Best Years (2020 Remix)" Good to Be Bad 5:16
3. "Tell Me How (2020 Remix)" Forevermore 5:28
4. "Love Ain't No Stranger (2020 Remix)" Slide It In 4:15
5. "All or Nothing (2020 Remix)" Slide It In 3:48
6. "Give Me All Your Love (2020 Remix)" Whitesnake 3:27
7. "Can You Hear the Wind Blow (2020 Remix)" Good to Be Bad 5:07
8. "Restless Heart (2020 Remix)" Restless Heart 4:52
9. "Anything You Want (2020 Remix)" Restless Heart 4:12
10. "Here I Go Again (2020 Remix)" Whitesnake 4:32
11. "Judgement Day (2020 Remix)" Slip of the Tongue 5:19
12. "She Give Me (2020 Remix)" Into the Light 4:12
13. "Crying (2020 Remix)" Restless Heart 5:39
14. "Can't Stop Now (2020 Remix)" Restless Heart 3:26
15. "Always the Same (2020 Remix)" Previously unreleased-Flesh & Blood 4:46
16. "Forevermore (2020 Remix)" Forevermore 7:07

Total Running Time: 78:18

Gatefold, sticker.

Part One of the Red, White, & Blues Trilogy: All New 2020 Mixes.

Always The Same, track 15 is the only Unreleased new song. All other songs have been Revisited, Remixed, and Remastered.

Recording information:

Producer – Michael McIntyre

Product Manager – Brian Dodd

Production Manager – Ellys Airey

Remix, Mastered By – Chris Collier

Executive Producer – David Coverdale

A&R, Art Direction, Design – Hugh Gilmour

Engineer – Jeremiah Wynn, Tom Gordon

Alcatrazz "Disturbing The Peace"

Disturbing the Peace is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Alcatrazz, and is the only one featuring Steve Vai on guitar. The album remained for 7 weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart, peaking at No. 145.

The album was re-released in 2001 as Vol.02 of Steve Vai's The Secret Jewel Box and as a remastered, expanded version with a different cover in 2013 on Polish label Metal Mind.

Track listing

All songs by Graham Bonnet and Steve Vai, except where noted.

Side one

1. "God Blessed Video" - 3:30
2. "Mercy" (Bonnet, Vai, Jimmy Waldo, Gary Shea, Jan Uvena) - 4:22
3. "Will You Be Home Tonight" (Bonnet, Vai, Waldo) - 5:03
4. "Wire and Wood" - 3:29
5. "Desert Diamond" - 4:20

Side two

1. "Stripper" - 3:52
2. "Painted Lover" - 3:23
3. "Lighter Shade of Green" [instrumental] (Vai) - 0:46
4. "Sons and Lovers" - 3:37
5. "Skyfire" - 3:54
6. "Breaking the Heart of the City" - 4:59

2011 Expanded Edition Disc 2, previously unreleased live album

Recorded October 10, 1984, at Shinjuku Koseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan

1. "Opening" - 2:08
2. "Breaking the Heart of the City" - 6:18
3. "Jet to Jet" - 4:38
4. "Skyfire" - 3:54
5. "Sons and Lovers" - 3:03
6. "Hiroshima Mon Amour" - 3:52
7. "God Blessed Video" - 4:58
8. "Will You Be Home Tonight" - 5:07
9. "Kree Nakoorie" - 9:09
10. "Since You've Been Gone" - 3:20
11. "Painted Lover" - 3:40
12. "Suffer Me" - 6:08
13. "Stripper" - 3:56
14. "Too Young to Die, Too Drunk to Live" - 4:46
15. "Koujou No Tsuki (The Moon over the Lake)" - 2:01
16. "Night Games" - 3:04
17. "All Night Long" - 8:55

Produced for Remarkable Productions.

Managed for The De Novo Music Group, Inc..