ROCKIN' STEADY
IN HER DADDY'S CAR
SHE GOT THE STEREO
WITH THE BIG GUITARS
Skyscraper
is the second
full-length
studio album by
released during
his solo career
after his
departure from
Van Halen.
It was released on
January 21, 1988,
on Warner Bros. Records,
shortly after
the commercially
and critically successful
Eat 'Em and Smile Tour
of
1986–1987.
BACKGROUND
"Damn Good"
is based
on a song
that
Steve Vai
composed when
he was
14 years old.
In the recording,
in addition to a
standard electric guitar,
he used a
six-string acoustic guitar
and a
twelve-string acoustic guitar
from the
Guild Guitar Company,
as well as a
Coral sitar.
The album cover
features a photograph of
Roth climbing
Half Dome in
Yosemite Valley,
taken by adventure
photographer
Galen Rowell.
After the
recording was
completed,
Billy Sheehan
left the band.
In a
2013 interview
with
ultimateclassicrock.com,
Sheehan reflected,
"Skyscraper sounded
a bit overproduced to me,
and it is not
my favorite album.
" Matt Bissonette,
the brother of
Gregg Bissonette,
subsequently
joined as
the new bassist.
Development
In a
2022 interview
with
Eonmusic,
Vai said that the song
"Damn Good"
was developed
from a piece called
"Scandinavian Air Solo",
originally slated to appear
on his
Passion and Warfare
album.
TRACKLIST
Just Like Paradise
The Bottom Line
Skyscraper
Damn Good
Hot Dog And A Shake
Stand Up
Hina
Perfect Timing
Two Fools A Minute
BONUS
Baker Street [*]
Mustang Sally [*]
California Girls
Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody
Just Like Paradise
(Remix)
Damn Good
(Remix)
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