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Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar | 
 enlarge | Artist: Paul Gilbert
Label: Shrapnel
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 4148
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 1196
UPC: 262451196286
EAN: 0026245119628
ASIN: B0014DC0G4
Release Date: April 8, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar | | • | Eudaimonia Overture | | • | The Rhino | | • | Norwegian Cowbell | | • | I Cannot Tell A Lie | | • | Bronx 1971 | | • | Suite Modale | | • | The Gargoyle | | • | I Still Have That Other Girl | | • | Bultaco Saturno | | • | Paul vs. Godzilla |
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Product Description
Hot on the heels of his successful Get Out Of My Yard CD, Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar is the second all instrumental CD by guitarist Paul Gilbert.Last year Paul toured on the legendary G3 tour in support of Joe Satriani and confirmed to a younger audience what Gilbert fans have known for over 20 years that Paul Gilbert is simply one of the greatest guitarists on the planet today
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| Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews...
Lyrical rocking mayhem that makes you smile! November 29, 2008
Long live lyrical shred! Long live musical guitarists! Long live Paul Gilbert! Not since Tony MacAlpine's "Maximum Security" (1987)has a guitar instrumental album grabbed my interest and kept it till the end of the 42 minutes of sonic bliss.
I've not really been a follower of Paul Gilbert and am not that familiar with the Mr Big albums. However watching Paul play a large chunk of the Beatles catalogue on the Mike Portnoy private release of "Yellow Matter Custard" opened my eyes and ears. It was the reading of reviews here on Amazon that I thought I'd give "Silence followed by a deafening roar" a try. (What a cool title for a rock album!)
This album has everything that got you going thirty years ago with advent of Van Halen, Satriani, Morse and co. Except this is 2008 and so the production is now super cool. People are now more critical so tracks are super creative and amazingly melodic yet at the time still rocking. This never hits metal but runs on the hard edge of rock/ prog rock and instrumental 80's guitar albums.
The guitar always has centre focus but I reckon quite a few people will look out for the name Jeff Bowders on drums after hearing this album. Have a listen to the blistering bass pedal in 'Norwegian Cowbell' (wow!!) and the flat out 'The Gargoyle' and wait for its ending! (He probably played more on this track than on the entire Rebecca St James tour.)
I agree with other reviewers on the range of styles covered on this album. I kept on having flashbacks to other styles and guitarists - but to qualify that these were happy emotions. For those of you who know Ritchie Kotzen's 'Electic joy' which I have always liked for its inventiveness,but a tad disappointed for the production qualities, well this album has similar qualities without any disappointments...other than it eventualy came to an end.
If you liked Liquid Tension Experiment, or Petrucci's 'Suspended animation', if you like rock guitar instrumentals at all from the days of 'Surfing with the Alien' to Planet X of today - then don't hesitate. This has everything from the moving "I cannot tell a lie" ballad to the guitar genius of neoclassical musicality in the 'Eudaimonia Overture'.
I might be reminded of other guitarists, but its Paul Gilbert's style and strong musicality that stamps his authority on the flurry of cascading notes. This has got groove, this rocks, astounds and made me smile again!
 Ecclectic Melodic Fusion Guitar Mastery August 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is my first Paul Gilbert cd, so I didn't know what to expect before I bought it. Based on the reviews here, I bought it sound unheard. Overall, I am not disappointed. Mr. Gilbert is an incredible technician and a generally superior song writer. If you like Marty Friedman, Satriani, Vai, Eric Johnson, Vinnie Moore, Eddie Van Halen, Rush, Jeff Beck, Joey Tafolla, and George Lynch, you'll like this CD because it has shades of them all. Which makes this a unique CD among instrumental guitar rock/shred albums. Lots of rock musical influences seem to have been put on display here--almost as if Gilbert were paying tribute--and blended in an original, highly skillful way. That feature is also my only real criticism of this CD (tho it's a small one): I am left with an unsure sense of Mr. Gilbert's own melodic style. Or perhaps this ecclectic fushion blending IS his style. Certainly, I've never heard anything like it on any instrumental guitar rock/shred album. This CD definitely makes me want to go out and check out his other stuff!
Another thing about this album: Gilbert's melodic compositional quality is so high that you almost expect these tracks to become guitar solos going with vocal rock songs. Probably the best blend of technical prowess and melodic sensibility that I've ever heard in this genre, with perhaps the exception of Vinnie Moore (neoclassical shred, Mind's Eye), Marty Friedman (Dragon's Kiss) or Eric Johnson (Venus Isle).
The Album:
Track 1: shades of Rush, George Lynch (excellent)
Track 2: shades of Eddie Van Halen, NeoClassical shred (excellent)
Track 3: shades of Rush (very good)
Track 4: shades of Marty Friedman, '80s Guitar rock (good)
Track 5: shades of Satriani (good)
Track 6: shades of Led Zeppelin/Jimmy Page; '70s funk/Beck (very good)
Track 7: attempts an Eric Johnson impression--Johnson is better (this is my least favorite track)
Track 8: neoclassical shred--better than MacAlpine/Malmsteen, about as good as Vinnie Moore, with a kick that's all Gilbert (excellent)
Trck 9: kinda forgettable
Track 10: shades of Vai, Eric Johnson, Satriani, Tafolla; '70s funk (excellent)
Track 11: shades of Rush, Friedman, Beck, even a little Aerosmith (excellent)
I only give five stars if I like all tracks. But that's just me.
Contiuous Genius & growth from on e of the best of our time! August 22, 2008
Pauls new CD SBADR is amazing! It is an accomplishment beyond many records out there. Compositionally speaking this is his best work! GOOMY is great but this is the icing on the cake of growth by Paul. He can do anything & it shows very gracefully on this record! The record is shorter but much better written & in your face from beginning to end! And his band is amazing! They are the perfect line-up to back Paul! Don't waste your time reading all of reviews though. Just buy it & Crank it up!
Thanks,
Troy Clark
Best Paul Gilbert CD! July 24, 2008
This is the best album Paul Gilbert has played on. It's typical of Gilbert with his catchy riffs and standard rock rhythms. There are quite a few flashy parts. It's an excellent CD for any guitar lover, and his style definitely stands out among all the others in the instrumental guitar genre.
This CD is breathtaking... July 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Imagine being able to take the BEST of Satriani's soul and lyricism, Vai's inventiveness and modalities, Malmsteen's classicism, Johnson's impeccable technique, and Petrucci's progressiveness, and mix them together in just the right proportions. Add in Paul's own fire, originality and sense of fun -- and you have this CD. I bought it yesterday based purely on the reviews I read here on Amazon (I had not heard a note of it), and I listened to it end-to-end during my morning commute today. It is absolutely, positively stunning. The clasically-inspired end-section of "Eudaimonia Overture" practically moved me to tears, it was so brilliant and perfectly executed. Throughout, you can tell that Paul loves to ROCK, has a great sense of humor, truly loves what he does, and most importantly -- has taste in his compositional approach. As an example, the neoclassical diminished arpeggio runs in the middle sections of "Norwegian Cowbell" are there to support the song, as they should be. When you listen to this, and compare it, say, to a Malmsteen piece in which ALL THERE IS is a mindless series of identical diminished arpeggio runs, you truly appreciate the difference between a great composer and a pure technician. Gilbert proves on this CD that he's a great composer and arranger -- who, by the way, happens to shred, rock, and OWN so many stylistic techniques that there is not enough space to list them here, or anywhere. BUY THIS CD!
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