Michael Schenker - Thank You [Steamhammer/SPV]

The first of many instrumental and alternately arranged forays into more dynamic musical realms, Thank You is Teutonic shredhead Michael Schenker's acoustic side trip into the warm and fuzzy soft rock landscape. During the harmonic high notes ("Courage and Confidence," "Love and Kindness"), Schenker does his best to squeeze out some rapid solos and generally treats his acoustic guitar as if it were anything but. The overdubbed picking exercises on "Endless Possibilities" take the tendency toward spatially challenged 16th-note misappropriation to its most uncomfortable extreme. Read More