Modern Primitive (album)

Modern Primitive
Studio album by
Steve Vai
ReleasedJune 24, 2016 (2016-06-24)
StudioStucco Blue Studios
Length70:14
LabelEpic
ProducerSteve Vai
Steve Vai chronology
The Story of Light
(2012) 		Modern Primitive
(2016) 		Inviolate
(2022)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Classic Rock[1]
PopMatters7/10[2]

Modern Primitive is the ninth studio album by American guitarist Steve Vai, released on Epic Records on June 24, 2016. 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).[3]

  1. ^ Flys, Pheobe. "Steve Vai - Modern Primitive album review". Classic Rock. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  2. ^ Ezell, Brice (June 23, 2016). "Steve Vai: Passion and Warfare (25th Anniversary Edition) / Modern Primitive". PopMatters. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  3. ^ "Modern Primitive". vai.com. June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2020.