The Ultra Zone
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| Studio album by Steve Vai | ||||
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Publication |
September 1999 |
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| Label (s) | Epic | |||
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Title (number) |
13 |
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running time |
68:45 |
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The Ultra Zone is guitarist Steve Vai's sixth studio album . It was released in 1999 by Epic Records and is similar to the album Fire Garden . There are both instrumental and vocal songs on the album.
Trivia
Two guitarists are honored on the album. On the one hand Frank Zappa with the track Frank , on the other hand Stevie Ray Vaughan with the song Jibboom . The members of the Japanese band B'z Kōshi Inaba and Tak Matsumoto played on the song Asian Sky .
This was Vai's last studio album until 2005 when Real Illusions: Reflections was released. In between, Vai released both compilation albums and live albums .
Track list
All songs were composed by Steve Vai .
- The Blood & Tears - 4:26 (Instrumental)
- The Ultra Zone - 4:52 (Instrumental)
- Oooo - 5:12 (instrumental)
- Frank - 5:09 (instrumental) ( homage to Frank Zappa )
- Jibboom - 3:46 (instrumental) ( Homage to Stevie Ray Vaughan )
- Voodoo Acid - 6:25
- Windows to the Soul - 6:25 (Instrumental)
- The Silent Within - 5:00
- I'll Be Around - 4:57
- Lucky Charms - 6:44 (Instrumental)
- Fever Dream - 6:03 (Instrumental)
- Here I Am - 4:12
- Asian Sky - 5:34
reception
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| Allmusic |
 
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The music website Allmusic awarded four stars out of five for the album. Allmusic critic Tom Schulte rated the album as an incredible representation of 6-string talent .
The album peaked at number 121 on the Billboard 200 in 1999.