Shapeshifting (LP)

 
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Joe Satriani
Shapeshifting (LP)

[ Sony Music / LP ]

Release Date: Friday 22 May 2020

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Shapeshifting was co-produced by Satriani and Jim Scott (Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) with longtime associate John Cuniberti on board handling the mastering duties. Satriani enlisted a wide range of collaborators, both old and new, to help him bring the songs to life. Legendary drummer Kenny Aronoff (John Fogerty), bassist Chris Chaney (Jane's Addiction) and keyboardist Eric Caudieux were the core musicians on the new album with additional contributions coming from Lisa Coleman (The Revolution) and Christopher Guest.

The retro feeling sounds of first single, "Nineteen Eighty" finds Satriani spiritually revisiting the time period when he was working with his first band, the Squares. The future guitar hero the world came to know less than a decade later, would have to wait. He recalls that in those early days, they "dialed back the guitar solos and histrionics to try to create a cooler new wave vibe." Decades removed from those goals, he was free to go forward and attempt to recapture what was on his mind in 1980.

Staying true to the sounds of the time, he even used a vintage MXR EVH phaser. "I've always been a huge fan of Eddie Van Halen," Satriani says. "In my mind, he just crystallized that era. The late '70s and early '80s, he kind of saved rock guitar. So that's what I would have been doing."

Tracks:

1 Shapeshifting
2 Big Distortion
3 All For Love
4 Ali Farka, Dick Dale, An Alien And Me
5 Teardrops
6 Perfect Dust
7 Nineteen Eighty
8 All My Friends Are Here
9 Spirits, Ghosts And Outlaws
10 Falling Stars
11 Waiting
12 Here The Blue River
13 Yesterday's Yesterday

Nineteen Eighty