Track Listing

1. An Earth Dweller's Return
2. Here & Now
3. In My Dreams With You
4. Still My Bleeding Heart
5. Sex & Religion
6. Dirty Black Hole
7. Touching Tongues
8. State Of Grace
9. Survive
10. Pig
11. The Road To Mt. Calvary
12. Down Deep Into The Pain
13. Rescue Me Or Bury Me

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #60413 in Music
• Released on: 1997-06-24
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
Japanese pressing of 1993 album, scheduled to include one bonus track. CBS. 2005.

Customer Reviews

The best - period.
I understand I am in the minority on this topic, but I think "Sex & Religion" is the best band album Steve ever released. Steven's & Bozzio lay down a brutal rhythm section and Devon Townsend...well, it's the best vocal work he's ever done. Then there is Steve's guitar playing, his compositions, his production.

What can I say - Steve Vai at the height of his creative powers!

The One Vai CD Unique from all the others
Steve Vai is an incredible guitar player. That much has been evident for quite awhile. This release shows he can also write lyrics and tell a rather compelling story. I've owned this CD since its release and to this day my jaw still drops open in awe. My favorite cuts have to be "Dirty Black Hole", "Pig", "Survive" and "Down Deep Into The Pain". The spoken part in "Down Deep Into The Pain" are a conversation between a child about to be born, and God. It really makes you think...
Steve's virtuosity on guitar is very well complemented by Devin Townsend's vocals. This is CD rests comfortably in my top 10 CD's of all time.

An amazing player, some very good songs...
First of all I'm not a guitarist, but I listen to alot of them. Steve Vai is as good as they come. Some of his stuff will put your jaw on the floor. That said, I like him better in a "group" situation, like David Lee Roth, Whitesnake and Vai. Maybe working with other great musicians brings out his best, kind of like Michael Schenker. Devin Townsend is a phenomenal vocalist and Terry Bozzio is a very good drummer.
This album is a mix of Vai's talents. It has both great and sometimes strange guitar playing - something he has always had. It also has some very good songwriting. Here & Now, In My Dreams With You, Still My Bleeding Heart and Down Deep Into The Pain all have Vai's stellar guitar work along with great lyrics and melody. Devin Townsend's vocals are nothing short of awe inspiring.
If you like Steve Vai, I don't see how you couldn't like this album.