Steve Vai
Fire Garden
The Story
"Fire Garden", the 1996 release from virtuoso Steve Vai, contains about half instrumental songs (Phase 1) and half vocal tunes (Phase 2), hooked together by some computer-altered vocal chatter, essentially a double CD packed into one disc. As Vai states, "Being as dense as it is, this CD may best be experienced by devouring it in pieces, but those with a strong constitution may dare to consume it whole as it is." Regardless, "Fire Garden" contains examples of some of Steve's heaviest music to date, and shows ample evidence that he will continue to grow and stretch musically in the future.
The Music
| 05:26 | There's A Fire In The House | Instrumental |
| 04:51 | The Crying Machine | Instrumental |
| 04:29 | Dyin' Day | Instrumental |
| 00:37 | Whookam | Instrumental |
| 04:03 | Blowfish | Instrumental |
| 01:01 | The Mysterious Murder Of Christian... | Instrumental |
| 05:27 | Hand On Heart | Instrumental |
| 02:47 | Bangkok | Instrumental |
| 09:59 | Fire Garden Suite | Instrumental |
| 00:48 | Deepness | Vocal |
| 06:12 | Little Alligator | Vocal |
| 04:28 | All About Eve | Vocal |
| 04:45 | Aching Hunger | Vocal |
| 05:04 | Brother | Vocal |
| 04:31 | Damn You | Vocal |
| 01:20 | When I Was A Little Boy | Instrumental |
| 04:10 | Genocide | Vocal |
| 04:06 | Warm Regards | Instrumental |
The Artists
| Steve Vai | Guitars, Background Vocals, Bass, Everything Else, Production, Arrangement, Engineering |
| Chris Frazier | Drums |
| Gregg Bissonette | Drums |
| John Avila | Bass |
| Devin Townsend | Vocals, Background Vocals |
| Deen Castronovo | Drums |
| Mike Mangini | Drums |
| C.C. White | Background Vocals |
| Tracee Lewis | Background Vocals |
| Miroslava Mendoza Escriba | Background Vocals |
| Kimberly Evans | Background Vocals |
| Robin DiMaggio | Drums |
| Fabrizio Gossi | Bass |
| Will Riley | Keyboards |
| John (Gash) Sombrotto | Background Vocals |
| Mark McCrite | Background Vocals |
| Jim Altman | Background Vocals |
| Bernie Grundman | Mastering |
| Marcelo Gomes | Engineering Assistance |
| Sergio Buss | Engineering Assistance |
| T.J. Helmerich | Engineering Assistance |
| David Coleman | Art Direction |
| Rocky Schenk | Photography |
| Rob Clayton | Illustrations |
| Pam Dancy | Production Assistance |
| Ruta Sepetys | Management |
| Gerald F. Rosenblatt | Legal Things |
| Margaret Rosley-Gelfand | Accouting Things |
| Hugo Zuccarelli | Holophonics |
| All music written by Steve Vai.
Recorded at the Mothership. |
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