perfect guitar albums

[Gitfiddler]

michael lee firkins' first album

 

[Roffe]

michael landau - tales from the bulge

 

[amiller]

Man, there's a lot of great stuff in this thread. In case I missed it, here's a link to Steffen Schackinger's website. If you haven't heard this guy I think you'll be surprised. The first CD, ElectriGuitartistry, is my favorite.

http://steffenschackinger.com/

 

[shredhead7]

only list end to end burners

Steve Morse - high tension wires- the penultimate of his work
Uli Jon Roth - earthquake - blueprint for every 'shred' album to come - if you can deal with the vocals
Yngwie - Rising force - the earthquake blueprint now expanded upon and a total game changer.
Chris Poland - return to metalopolis - under the radar bogner fish tech jazz thrash with class tone orgasm
Greg Howe - first solo lp - swing,chops,feel,post VH technique upgrade-next level
Allan Holdsworth - entire discography but - Metal Fatigue if i have to pick one

You can't go wrong with Uli, and I'm willing to hear his vocals to get to those incredible solos. Regarding Morse, I prefer Southern Steel, a little more rocking and the title cut is killer. I also love Holdsworth, but I prefer his 90's output, plus All Night Wrong (was that still the 90's). I like hearing him in a more traditional jazz context, and it's unfortunate that we will never hear him live again.

As to your topic:

Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn - incredible technique, wonderful melodies and harmonies, whimsical, and he was 17-18 years old.
Joey Taffola - Infra Blue - probably because I was so into guitar at that point, but similar to Greg Howe's debut, great songs and lots of swinging guitar
Charlie Christian - The Genius of the electric guitar - I know that it's a compilation, but damn is it the blueprint for jazz guitar soloing, and the whole band is one or two takes live.
Racer X - Street Lethal - because there is always someone, bigger, faster, stronger and hot damned if Paul can't play
Steve Vai - Alive in an Ultra World - you thought that I was going to say Passion and Warfare. Well, Alive tracks in at almost two hours, so it's forgivable that there are three tracks that could be left off. With that said, the rest is Steve (mostly live) boiling his songwriting down to it's basic elements and playing his ass off. And it gave us his new standard, Whispering a Prayer.

 

[Deleted member 13074]

I would add:
TNT - Tales of the Seven Sees
Iron Maiden - Peace of Mind

I wouldn't usually bring our the Spelling Police, but on the Maiden it makes all the difference
They are not so interested in the TNT, but I've never heard of this one
there is a 'Seven Seas' track on 'Nights of the New Thudder'

 

[Mr. Willy]

Extreme's Pornografitti is easily in my top 5.

Lots of great albums already mentioned, but this is the one that came to my mind. Pornograffiti has so much awesome guitar on it that it's actually exhausting. I'm not even a huge Nuno fan either.

 

[Jeff Hilligan]

Fair Warning...strike that poor boy down!

 

[gbsmusic]

Um Hello...Steve Vai: Passion and Warfare

The greatest to me!!

 

[Red_Label]

UFO - Strangers in the Night

Go Bob!

How about "Friday Night in San Francisco" by Mclaughlin, Di Meola, & Delucia?

I'm a Paco fanatic (I gig my own nuevo flamenco stuff), but never cared for his work with the trio. I dig Di Miola and McLaughlin as well, but always felt like they watered down Paco's playing in that trio and kept his magnificent playing from really shining there.

Anyways... music is in the ear of the beholder and you get points from me by mentioning Paco period. Every time some internet thread crops up discussing "the best guitarist ever" and rock players command all the attention, it's not even a serious discussion. Jazz, classical, and flamenco players are worlds ahead of rock players as a group. No contest. And more than a few rock and jazz icons have mentioned Paco's name themselves in that discussion during interviews over the years. The guy was really a friggin guitar superhero.

 

[shredhead7]

UFO - Strangers in the Night

Go Bob!

How about "Friday Night in San Francisco" by Mclaughlin, Di Meola, & Delucia?

I'm a Paco fanatic (I gig my own nuevo flamenco stuff), but never cared for his work with the trio. I dig Di Miola and McLaughlin as well, but always felt like they watered down Paco's playing in that trio and kept his magnificent playing from really shining there.

Anyways... music is in the ear of the beholder and you get points from me by mentioning Paco period. Every time some internet thread crops up discussing "the best guitarist ever" and rock players command all the attention, it's not even a serious discussion. Jazz, classical, and flamenco players are worlds ahead of rock players as a group. No contest. And more than a few rock and jazz icons have mentioned Paco's name themselves in that discussion during interviews over the years. The guy was really a friggin guitar superhero.

The tour was a little different, as they each had their own solo spots, so when they came together it was a nice change of pace.

 

[Red_Label]

The tour was a little different, as they each had their own solo spots, so when they came together it was a nice change of pace.

Now that would have been great! Because I like them all individually. So basically, it was G3 before there was a G3!

 

[harsh59]

There was a guy on the Carvin forum , named Richard James . he did an instrumental album called Breaking Point .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9CFwvKfxH4

 

[Speeddemon]

Clapton bores me to death. I never "got it"...

This is boring?

I think you'd better off making your point with this one:

not to mention, his 'From the Cradle' version of "It hurts me too" is one of the best out there, IMO.

 

[romanianreaper]

Guns N Roses Appetite is the album that made having a Les Paul cool again. There is so much great raw guitar energy on that.

As others mentioned above, Boston debut and Van Halen debut just awesome from start to finish.