Archives, Vol. 4 (2005)

About this title: Two years on since its last issue, Steve Vai 's fourth installment of songs from the archive includes B-sides, obscure compilation tracks, and various other goodies that will appeal to fans obsessed with collecting nearly every note Vai committed to tape in his post-Zappa years. To say this is a diverse compilation would be understating just how wonderfully erratic and inconsistent the disc is. Starting off with a B-side from his tenure in Whitesnake, Vai twists and turns his way around songs from Songs of West Side Story (a collaboration with Chick Corea), Public Image, Alice Cooper, and a ... read more

Tracks:

1. Sweet Lady Luck [Coverdale/Vandenber]
2. The Rumble [Bernstein]
3. Ease [Lydon/Bruni]
4. Home [Lydon/Laswell]
5. Western Vacation [Schwartz]
6. Noah's Ark [Bissonette]
7. Drifting [Hendrix]
8. Bold as Love [Hendrix]
9. There's Still Hope [Harris]
10. Autumn in Nepal [Harris]
11. Feed My Frankenstein [Cooper/Coler/Richar]
12. Der Holle Rache (Queen of the Night) [Mozart]
13. Gone [Lilly/Vai]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.