I love Paul Gilbert, I love his humour, I love his self-designed/cheap looking website (until recently when it went professional www.paulgilbert.com) and I love his music. Or loved.
But after listening to his latest album, "I Can Destroy", I am left wondering if this is just another album that will fade into mediocrity. The songs are average, and the instrumentals just uninspiring. One of the features I used to look forward to on his albums was his cover versions, which were either an exact duplicate of the original or something far more interesting.
His last album "Stone Pushing Uphill Man" suffered from equally disappointing sounds, and like the most recent one I will not be going back for a 2nd listen.
Its difficult for a solo artist to maintain quality output especially as they write/compose on their own without outside influence, but to say that the last good Paul Gilbert album was back in 2005 with his "Space Ship One" is a sad state of affairs.
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