Tradition (Michael Angelo Batio album)

Tradition
Studio album by Michael Angelo Batio
Released 1998
Recorded Monster Mix Studio, Chicago, Illinois
Genre Heavy metal, instrumental rock, neo-classical metal
Length 56:22
Label M.A.C.E.
Producer Michael Angelo Batio
Michael Angelo Batio chronology

Planet Gemini
(1997)		 Tradition
(1998)		 Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity
(2000)

Tradition is the third studio album by American heavy metal musician Michael Angelo Batio. Produced and entirely performed by Batio, it was released in 1998 by M.A.C.E. Music as a companion to the instructional video album Jam With Angelo.[1] Five of the seven main tracks (all but "I Can't Take It No More" and "Voices of the Distant Past") were later remixed and remastered for the 2004 compilation album Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity Part 2.[2] Three songs from Tradition have also been included on instructional video albums released by Metal Method – "China" on Performance (2006),[3] "Prog" on Speed Kills 3 (2007),[4] and "The Finish Line" on Performance (2006)[3] and Speed Lives 3: The Neo Classical Zone (2009).[5][6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Michael Angelo Batio; "Prog Revisited" co-written by L. Samcyzk. 

No. Title Length
1. "China"   4:31
2. "The Finish Line"   5:24
3. "Prog"   5:27
4. "I Can't Take It No More"   5:27
5. "Video Jam"   3:37
6. "Prog Revisited"   4:21
7. "Voices of the Distant Past"   6:06
8. "Video Rhythm Track: Song One" ("Prog") 5:28
9. "Video Rhythm Track: Song Two" ("The Finish Line") 5:25
10. "Video Rhythm Track: Song Three" ("Jazz Ballad") 3:23
11. "Video Rhythm Track: Song Four" ("China") 4:32
12. "Video Rhythm Track: Song Five" ("Video Jam") 2:41
Total length:
 56:22

Personnel

Musicians
Additional personnel

References

  1. ↑ "In Review: Michael Angelo Batio "Tradition"". Guitar Nine Records. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Michael Angelo Batio "Lucid Intervals And Moments Of Clarity Part 2"". Guitar Nine Records. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Michael Angelo Batio “Performance” DVD “Hands Without Shadows”® series Vol. 1". More MAB DVDs. M.A.C.E. Music. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  4. ↑ "“Speed Kills 3” instructional DVD and on screen booklet by Michael Angelo Batio". Speed Kills DVDs. M.A.C.E. Music. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  5. ↑ "“Speed Lives 3 - The Neo Classical Zone” instructional DVD and on screen booklet by Michael Angelo Batio". Speed Lives DVDs. M.A.C.E. Music. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Speed Lives 3 - The Finish Line". Guitar Lessons by Michael Angelo Batio. Metal Method. Retrieved January 28, 2012.