2003 год подарил нам альбом такой же Stratovarius, каким он был еще в прошлом веке, начиная с "Episode" и кончая "Infinite". Один продавец в музыкальном магазине сказал: "Они все ПРИНЦИПИАЛЬНО отличаться не могут". И действительно. Звучание осталось таким же, почти все музыкальные обороты тоже – в общем, кардинально новых решений ребята не находили. А может быть, и не надо? (Лично меня такой Stratovarius с красивым, мощным голосом Timo Kotipelto и виртуозной игрой Tolkki и Johansson-а вполне устраивает). В общем, первое впечатление было двоякое: с одной стороны – банальное "повторение пройденного", с другой стороны – техничный, красивый power metal опус, который с удовольствием слушаешь снова и снова. Можно отметить несколько вещей. Самая первая, "Eagleheart" – среднетемповая композиция, торжественно-заводная, оставила ощущение этакого "дежа вю" ("где-то-я-уже-это-слышал"... Где? Да ведь "Hunting High And Low" же!!!) Красивая и оригинальная "Fantasia", классический Stratovarius-"быстрячок" "Learning To Fly" – все эти песни укрепили положительное, в общем-то, впечатление от альбома. А вот инструменталка – "Stratofortress" – оказалась скучноватой. Следующие за ней первые секунды восьмого трека... ух, я тоже круто испугался. Нет, господа, это не дописка в виде Nightwish. Это заглавная композиция – "Elements". Ей пять баллов за красоту и эмоциональность. А всему диску – четверка (можно с плюсом или с минусом, но это уж кому как...) К прослушиванию рекомендуется всем поклонникам "самовариуса" и хорошего пауэр-металла.

Core is the debut studio album by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, released on September 29, 1992 through Atlantic Records. The album, which peaked at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and #3 on the Billboard 200, was certified 8x platinum by the RIAA on December 18, 2001, making it the band's best-selling album.

Stomu Yamashta - is a Japanese percussionist, keyboardist and composer. He is best known for pioneering and popularising a fusion of traditional Japanese percussive music with Western progressive rock music in the 1960s and 1970s.
In the latter part of the 1970s, he led the supergroup "Go" with Steve Winwood, Al Di Meola, Klaus Schulze, and Michael Shrieve.

The Infinite Steve Vai: An Anthology is Steve Vai's compilation album that was released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). This two-disc compilation spans Vai's entire solo career, featuring the best tracks from most of his albums including Fire Garden, Passion and Warfare, Alien Love Secrets and The Ultra Zone. One song is even included from his Whitesnake days ("Kittens Got Claws") and one from his Alcatrazz days ("Lighter Shade of Green"). The songs on the album do not appear chronologically relative to Vai's career.

Passion and Warfare is the second studio album by guitarist Steve Vai, released in September 1990 through Relativity and Epic Records. It has been certified Gold by the RIAA. It was written based on a series of dream sequences that Vai had when he was younger, and in the guitar music book of the album, Vai sums it up as "Jimi Hendrix meets Jesus Christ at a party that Ben Hur threw for Mel Blanc". It was all recorded in The Mothership studio at his home in the Hollywood Hills, a 1,600-square-foot (150 m2) building in which his guitar parts for Whitesnake's 1989 album Slip of the Tongue were also recorded. As such, Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale has small spoken parts on Passion and Warfare.

Fire Garden is the fourth studio album by guitarist Steve Vai, released on September 17, 1996 through Epic Records. The album reached No. 106 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and remained on that chart for two weeks, as well as reaching the top 100 in three other countries.

Pull the Pin è il sesto album studio del gruppo indie rock gallese Stereophonics, pubblicato il 1º ottobre 2007.
La copertina fu mostrata in anteprima sia a coloro che avevano sottoscritto la newsletter degli Stereophonics che agli utenti di MySpace iscritti ai bollettini elettronici della band.

Performance and Cocktails — второй студийный альбом уэльской рок-группы Stereophonics, вышедший 8 марта 1999 года на лейбле V2 Records. Продюсерами были Steve Bush и Marshall Bird (Bird & Bush). Альбом достиг № 1 в британском хит-параде UK Albums Chart, а по итогам всего 1999 года занял № 5 в Великобритании, был продан тиражом более 2,5 млн экз. и получил 5-кратный платиновый статус BPI в Соединённом Королевстве. Лучший альбом 1999 года по версии журнала Kerrang!.

Language. Sex. Violence. Other? is the fifth studio album by alternative rock band Stereophonics. Produced by Kelly Jones and Jim Lowe, it was released on 14 March 2005 (22 March 2005 in the U.S.) on V2 Records. After the band's two previous albums, which contained much more acoustic music and an overall mellower sound, the band brought back the harder and more abrasive alternative rock and indie rock sound they were known for and songs such as "Doorman" and "Brother" are some of the band's most aggressive songs. A new wave influence is also prevalent on the album.

Just Enough Education to Perform is the third studio album by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. Released on 11 April 2001, the album topped the UK Albums Chart with 140,000 copies sold. and spawned three top-ten singles in the form of "Mr. Writer", "Have a Nice Day" and "Handbags and Gladrags".

Buzz is the third studio album by British pop group Steps, released on 25 October 2000. It reached number four on the UK Albums Chart. The album saw the group edging away from the PWL sound to a more mature sound, working with producers from Sweden and songwriters such as Cyndi Lauper. This more mature sound was also echoed in the new material from Gold:Greatest Hits.

Wonderful music by a brilliant artist, I have yet to be disappointed by anything this amazing artist has given us, an amazing musician.