Modern Primitive (album)

Modern Primitive
Studio album by Steve Vai
Released	June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24)
Studio	Stucco Blue Studios
Genre	Hard rock, progressive metal
Length	70:14
Label	Epic Records
Producer	Steve Vai
Steve Vai chronology
The Story of Light (2012) Modern Primitive (2016)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Classic Rock
PopMatters	7/10

Modern Primitive is the ninth studio album by American guitarist Steve Vai, released 24 June 2016 on Epic Records. According to his website, the material on the album was "based on song sketches and works-in-progress penned and recorded by Vai following the release of Flex-Able, his debut album, in January 1984." He sees this material as a link between the stylistically different Flex-Able and Passion and Warfare (1990). The name of the album refers to his "modern" finishing of some of his oldest, most "primitive" works (when he was then in his mid-20s).

Track listing

All music is composed by Steve Vai, except where noted

Modern Primitive

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bop!"		5:37
2.	"Dark Matter"		3:53
3.	"Mighty Messengers"		3:57
4.	"The Lost Chord"	Steve Vai, Devin Townsend	4:10
5.	"Upanishads"		4:37
6.	"Fast Note People"	Martin Schwartz, Bob Harris, Vai	5:53
7.	"And We Are One"		5:22
8.	"Never Forever"		5:16
9.	"Lights Are On"		6:26
10.	"No Pockets"

Pink and Blows Over

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Part I"		3:22
12.	"Part II (Mars Attack)"	Vai, Thomas Mariano	13:16
13.	"Part III"		3:31

Personnel

• Steve Vai – guitars
• Mohini Dey – bass (1)
• Jeremy Colson – drums (2, 7)
• Alvin Chea – backing vocals (3, 6-8, 10-13)
• Antonio Sol – backing vocals (3, 6-8, 10-13)
• Fletcher Sheridan – backing vocals (3, 6-8, 10-13)
• Mandy Vajar – backing vocals (3, 6-8, 10-13)
• Nayanna Holley – backing vocals (3, 6-8, 10-13)
• Stu Hamm – bass (3-6, 9-13)
• Chris Frazier – drums (3-6, 9-13)
• Devin Townsend – vocals (4)
• Philip Bynoe – bass (7-8)
• Mike Mangini – drums (8)
• Mike Keneally – keyboards (8)
• Dave Weiner – sitar (8)
• Tommy Mars – keyboards* (11-13)
• Jazz James – vocals (11-13)
• Greg Wurth – "performer" (5)
• Marpran Cassiopeia Vai – "performer" (11-13)