Tony MacAlpine "Freedom To Fly"

Freedom to Fly is the third studio album by guitarist Tony MacAlpine, released in 1992 through Shrapnel Records (United States) and Roadrunner Records (Europe).

Track listing

All music is composed by Tony MacAlpine, except where noted

1. "Ice Princess" 4:48
2. "Box Office Poison" 4:51
3. "Salvation" 5:25
4. "Freedom to Fly" 3:47
5. "Champion" 5:12
6. "Stream Dream" 4:23
7. "Albania" 4:37
8. "Chopin Etude #2 Opus #25" (Frédéric Chopin) 1:33
9. "Disciples of Fear" 4:11
10. "Capistrano" 4:20

Total length: 43:07

M.A.R.S. "Project Driver"

Project: Driver is a studio album by the heavy metal supergroup M.A.R.S., released in 1986 through Shrapnel Records (United States) and Roadrunner Records (Europe). The band's name is made up of the initial of each musician's last name: guitarist Tony MacAlpine, drummer Tommy Aldridge, singer Rob Rock, and bassist Rudy Sarzo. Craig Goldy was their original guitarist, but he left after joining Dio.

In a very positive contemporary review, Rock Hard called the album "exemplary" and associated the music to Yngwie Malmsteen's 1984 album Rising Force, "not only because of the breathtaking solos of Tony MacAlpine, but also because of some songwriting parallels", offering "a colorful bouquet of musical diversity" with "something for everyone."

Modern reviews are less positive. Andy Hinds at AllMusic wrote that "while it masquerades as a Whitesnake-styled group effort, Project: Driver seems like another MacAlpine album with vocals added." Rob Rock was criticized as embodying "all the big-hair clichés of '80s heavy metal", while songs such as "Slave to My Touch", "Stand Up and Fight" and "Fantasy" were labeled "cheesy" and "cringe-inducing." Praise was given to MacAlpine's guitar playing, which Hinds described as "dizzying" and interesting. Canadian journalist Martin Popoff defined the project as "one of those doomed and hasty assemblages of rock journeymen utterly without synergy" and called the music "unbranded ear-splitting speed metal".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tony MacAlpine, Tommy Aldridge, Rob Rock and Rudy Sarzo.

Side one

1. "Nations on Fire" 2:52
2. "Writings on the Wall" 3:03
3. "Stand Up and Fight" 3:52
4. "Nostradamus" 6:14

Side two

1. "Unknown Survivor" 3:41
2. "Fantasy" 3:30
3. "Slave to My Touch" 3:35
4. "I Can See It in Your Eyes" 4:34
5. "You and I" 3:56

Total length: 35:17

Mike Varney – producer

Steve Fontano – engineer

Dino Alden, Randy Vance – assistant engineers

George Horn – mastering at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California

Additional background vocals by Project Driver and Tommy Cosgrove.

Photography by Pat Johnson, S.F., CA, assisted by Billy.

Recording information:

- Recorded at Praire Sun Studios, Cotati, CA.

- Mastered at Fantasy Studios.

MacAlpine "Eyes Of The World"

Eyes of the World is studio album by the band MacAlpine, released in 1990 through PolyGram. MacAlpine was a short-lived project by guitarist Tony MacAlpine, and the album is a departure from his previous work in that it is more commercially oriented, with none of his usual instrumental tracks in the style of neoclassical metal or piano études. According to MacAlpine himself, the project was indeed an attempt to emulate other hard rock acts at the time.

Track listing

1. "The World We Live In" Alan Sehorn, Steve Fontano Tony MacAlpine 4:06
2. "The Hard Way" Sehorn, Fontano MacAlpine 4:14
3. "Escape the Hell" Sehorn MacAlpine 5:00
4. "Heartache Calling" Sehorn MacAlpine 5:07
5. "Tear It Down" Sehorn, Fontano MacAlpine 4:40
6. "Take Me Back" MacAlpine Sehorn 4:47
7. "Wild Ride" Sehorn, Fontano MacAlpine 3:39
8. "Cry a Tear" Gina Demos MacAlpine 4:48
9. "Wrong to Love" Demos MacAlpine 5:31
10. "Summer's Gone" Demos MacAlpine 4:33
11. "Urban Days" Sehorn MacAlpine 5:00

Total length: 51:25

The only Tony MacAlpine album with no instrumental tracks.

Vinnie Moore "The Maze"

The Maze is the fifth studio album by guitarist Vinnie Moore, released on March 23, 1999 through Shrapnel Records. On some import versions of the album, the final two tracks, "In the Healing Garden" and "Fear and Trepidation", are printed in reverse order on the back cover.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Vinnie Moore.

1. "The Maze" 8:42
2. "King of Kings" 5:48
3. "Cryptic Dreams" 5:33
4. "Never Been to Barcelona" 4:21
5. "Watching from the Light" 4:45
6. "The Thinking Machine" 4:42
7. "Eye of the Beholder" 6:00
8. "Rain" 4:26
9. "In the Healing Garden" 6:35
10. "Fear and Trepidation" 8:12

Total length: 59:04