best Steve Vai album after P&W

[Triumph]

i have two vai albums, Passion & Warfare and Sex and Religion. i love P&W, amazing album. i hate S&R, terrible album. anytime he sings, forget about it. so what other Vai albums should i pick up?

same goes for eric johnson recommendations. i love his guitar playing. hate his singing.

 

[Rudee]

The Ultra Zone. Alive in an Ultra World

 

[TechBoyJK]

Alien Love Secrets? Bad Horsie (opening track) is pretty damn sick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKMVi6TEPCQ

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Sex & Religion is the best, blasphemer. It's a Steve Vai album that actually sounds like a band's work rather than a platform for one man's masturbation.

 

[WilliamM2]

Them or Us.

 

[bradley]

I genuinely lost interest in Steve Vai after Passion and Warfare, which is absolutely brilliant to the core. Especially after Alien Love Secrets he went over-the-top into the self-indulgent and self-conscious category. Therefore I would also pick up his first: Flex-able.

 

[BUTCH1]

Meh, OK, but I'll stick with "Iron Butterfly"....

 

[Cerb]

Them or Us.

Dammit. But yes, he absolutely needs a spanking. D:

 

[Triumph]

Sex & Religion is the best, blasphemer. It's a Steve Vai album that actually sounds like a band's work rather than a platform for one man's masturbation.

I understand the critique, but in my experience, you either like guitar virtuosos like vai, or you don't. There's really no point in asking for a recommendation from someone if they don't like Vai/Yngwie/Satch/Petrucci/etc.

 

[pontifex]

just go with Joe Satriani instead.

 

[TechBoyJK]

JoeJohn Satriprettucivai?