| SONG | TIME | LYRICS |
|---|---|---|
| An Earth Dweller's Return | 1:03 | N |
| Here & Now | 4:47 | Y |
| In My Dreams With You | 5:00 | Y |
| Still My Bleeding Heart | 6:00 | Y |
| Sex & Religion | 4:24 | Y |
| Dirty Black Hole | 4:27 | Y |
| Touching Tongues | 4:33 | N |
| State Of Grace | 1:41 | N |
| Survive | 4:46 | Y |
| Pig | 3:36 | Y |
| The Road To Mt. Calvary | 2:35 | N |
| Down Deep Into The Pain | 8:01 | Y |
| Rescue Me Or Bury Me | 8:25 | N |
Though received poorly by some critics who thought Vai's new direction was absurd and that the standardized format of the album ruined his creativity and originality, the smarter of the critics, along with myself, see Sex & Religion as a great step forward. I happen to enjoy the album very much, perhaps more so on the whole than any other Vai album. Steve Vai shows an amazing talent to orchestrate what has to be least 30 or so tracks on some of the songs, and weave them together into a fabric so complex that I'm still hearing new sonic elements after hundreds of listens.
Produced, arranged, and engineered by Steve Vai
Sex & Religion, Steve Vai's first venture into the realm of "normal"hard rock/heavy metal, and, ultimately, his last, took Vai in a new direction. For the first time, there was a heavy concentration on vocals, with Vai's guitar almost taking a back seat to them at times. Powered by the teenage fury of lead singer Devin Townsend, the masterful bass of T.M. Stevens, and the superb drumming of Terry Bozzio, the band Vai stormed onto the tour scene with their new music. Unfortunately for us who live in the wrong parts of the country, they shortly stormed off the touring scene as well. By his own admission, Vai himself had been overbearing and too set in his own ideas to let the ideas of the other band members play into things.
Additional engineering by Liz Stroka
Technical Assistance by Stan Schiller and Mark Cimino
Production Assistant -- Pam Vai
Copyright 1993 by Relativity Records
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