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Chickenfoot [CD]
Chickenfoot [CD]
 
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Disappointing
on July 12, 2009
Posted by: bergerej
from New York, NY
Forget about Michael Anthony and Chad Smith. When you put Joe Satriani, one of the greatest guitar players of his generation, and Sammy Hagar, one of the greatest singers with one of the best vocal ranges on the planet, together you expect a landmark album. Unfortunately, Chickenfoot is nothing much more than a collection of some catchy riffs set to Hagar's typical sexy lyric lines.
Throughout the album, I listened to the songs waiting for Satch to breakout into one of his classic, technically proficient, yet soulful extended solos. That never came. What makes this album merely a good album, rather than a great or unique album, is its constant loyalty to the rock-song format. Satch is controlled and never lets loose. This by itself makes the album disappointing.
As for the others, Chad Smith is good but does not have the chops for this style of music and is not as proficient as Alex Van Halen, an obvious comparison. Michael Anthony is solid as always, but there is not enough of his voice, no doubt a conscious effort to separate Chickenfoot's sound from Van Halen's. And as for Sammy, the author and singer of "There's only one way to rock and "Dreams," he simply does not have the range anymore to sing the soaring vocal lines he used to. Instead, you can hear that he has to resort to lower-octave, more bluesy melodies to maintain his voice. I would love to hear Sammy sing a blues album, but that was clearly not the goal of Chickenfoot.
Successful rock supergroups come along rarely. Think of Asia and the ever-changing lineup of King Crimson. Unfortunately, Chickenfoot is not one of them. With less controlled, less rigidly-structured songs and more outside-the-box playing and soloing by Satriani, they could be the next great supergroup. For now, they are another Sammy Hagar solo band with a guitar gunslinger who will not take both of his .44 Magnums out of his holsters at the same time.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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