Where the Wild Things Are (Album)
Where the Wild Things Are | ||||
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Live album by Steve Vai | ||||
Publication |
September 2009 |
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admission |
2007 |
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Label (s) | Favored Nations | |||
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
77:49 |
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Where the Wild Things Are is a live album by American rock musician Steve Vai . It was released in June 2009 under his own label, Epic Records .
Trivia
The album was recorded during the Sound Theories Vol. I & II world tour in Minneapolis . The 160-minute set list included new pieces and orchestrated pieces from Vai's catalog. The DVD was released with the same name.
reception
The music website Allmusic awarded 3.5 stars out of 5 for the album. Allmusic critic Jason Lymangrover described Vai's performance as an emotional, flawless and otherworldly guitar playing .
Professional reviews | |
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source | rating |
Allmusic |
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Track list
All songs were composed by Steve Vai .
CD
- Paint Me Your Face
- Now We Run
- Oooo
- Building The Church
- Tender surrender
- Band intros
- Fire wall
- Freak Show Excess
- The To Live
- All about Eve
- Gary 7
- Treasure Island
- Angel food
- Taurus Bulba
- Par Brahm
DVD / Blu-ray
- Paint Me Your Face
- Now We Run
- Oooo
- Building the Church
- Tender surrender
- Band intros
- Firewall
- The crying machine
- Shove the Sun Aside
- I'm becoming
- The to Live
- Freak Show Excess
- Apples in Paradise
- All about Eve
- Gary 7
- Beastly rap
- Treasure Island
- Angel food
- Earthquake Sky
- The audience is listening
- The Murder
- Juice
- Whispering a prayer
- Taurus Bulba
- Liberty
- Answers
- For the Love of God
- Band interviews
- Behind-the-Scenes
- Ibanez Jemini Distortion Demo
Sales
country | Certification | Sales |
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gold | +50,000 |
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gold | +40,000 |
Where the Other Wild Things Are
The pre-order orders of CD and DVD as well as the first 400 Blu-ray orders received access to a free download of an additional album called Where the Other Wild Things Are , available as MP3 and WAV files. The bonus CD contains the songs that were released on the DVD, but not on the original CD.
reception
Professional reviews | |
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source | rating |
Allmusic |
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The music website Allmusic also awarded 3.5 out of 5 stars for the bonus album. Critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine found that it would have been better if all the material had been released as a double album, but it is still very good to have the entire work on CD . Musically, Erlewine rated the bonus album as high quality and saw it as Vai's highlight .
Track list
- The crying machine
- The audience is listening
- The Murder
- Juice
- Whispering a prayer
- Apples in Paradise
- I'm becoming
- Beastly rap
- Earthquake Sky
- Liberty
- Answers
- For the Love of God
- Kiss my ear