Top Marks Paul
Superb guitar album. Blows the Satriani effort from this year into the weeds (and I'm a huge Satch fan).

Excellent ROCK GUITAR
This album was my first exposure to Paul Gilbert.Being a guitarist of 40+ years myself and an avid Joe Satriani/Steve Vai listner/fan,I was more than surprised and satisfied with the excellent quality production,great licks/riffs and great melodic playing incorporated by Paul into this album.I just ordered several more albums by Paul.Well worth the listening.

Great
Shocker to me on this is how tight the drums were with this disc.
Love it and if you like Paul instrumental playing it should please you.

Eudomania Overture = best guitar song of new millenium thus far
There is so much to like on this CD for any guitar nut. While Get Out Of My Yard was impressive from a "blazing chops" standpoint, I honestly thought of it more as "Paul jamming" than really flexing his compositional muscles. Apparently he saved that for this one, because these songs are interesting - brilliantly composed, and as others have stated, very lyrical in their themes. And don't worry shred-heads: he still rips it up as well - even moreso than Get Out Of My Yard... this album sounds to me like "what Paul Gilbert does after going on tour with Satriani and Petrucci." Seriously - a tune like "I Cannot Tell a Lie" is a beautiful solo guitar ballad that could easily find room on a playlist of Satch's best guitar ballads... meanwhile "Gargoyle" (and most of the rest of the CD) can sit alongside anything Petrucci has ever come up with, which is saying a LOT for me because I happen to think Petrucci is the most "complete package" guitar player in the world today, combining arguably the most skillful playing with arguably the most daunting compositions AND playing stuff that's listenable. Paul is the only other guy who brings everything together like that.

It also helps that the bassist and drummer on here absolutely play the snot out of their instruments also: this is some excruciatingly difficult stuff and the guys are right there with Paul all the way through. Excellent!

What a great breath of fresh air... one thing he does better than Petrucci is HAVE FUN. Amongst the 8 billion notes that still shines through. Bravo Paul! Keep 'em comin'.

silence followed by a deafening roar
as a big paul gilbert fan , this album is awesome - and i mean awesome. it rocks.