Best intro to...

[Vince]

Yesterday I was round at the neighbours, who are from Napier and listen to The Sounds FM a lot and I was amazed to discover that they had no idea who Satriani is. Same for Vai and YJM.

So I was thinking of getting some CDs for them (they're very nice to us).



What would be a good intro to Satch, Vai and YJM?

I thought of Surfing With The Alien, but it sounds a little dated. Then again, that might not matter. I'm quite fond of Strange Beautiful Music but I'm not terribly familiar with Satriani's (many) albums.

Passion and Warfare?

Arpeggios From Hell? I thought of Marching Out but the production sounds a bit shit these days. On the positive side, YJMs albums are much of a muchness and his style hasn't changed much since then.

Suggestions?

[moliere]

My first intro to Satriani was Time Machine, which had a great selection of tunes.

[StratMatt]

Crystal Planet by Satch still gets regular rotation at my house. I'd say P&W or Alien Love Secrets for Vai. Never really listened to the focking fury so can't help you there.

[willow13]

for YJM at his best then any of the first 3 albums (rising force, marching out and trilogy) but if your friends are more into "songs" then odyssey would be the way to go, its just a bit easier on the ear in a "pop" way

[Lawrence]

for Vai, what about Seventh Songs....this is Vai s most melodic stuff in one disc...

[hamo]

Fire Garden or the Vai album might fill that niche too - having words in the songs makes them more accessible it seems, like willow alluded to above.

[Molly]

You said they're nice to you. Why would you inflict this on them?

I'd say Rising Force for YJM. Passion & Warfare for Vai. And SRV for Satriani.