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- Artist: Steve Vai
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- Release Date: 1990 09
- Total Time: 52:43
- Type: Instrumental, Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
Review
Widely acclaimed as his best album, Passion and Warfare finds Steve Vai coming into his own as a composer, as well as bypassing vocals almost entirely. His style isn't quite as derivative of influences Frank Zappa and Joe Satriani as it was six years earlier on Flex-able; while some of Vai's sense of humor is still evident on tracks like the cock rock strut of "The Audience Is Listening," it is mostly replaced by a spiritual reflectiveness on ballads like "For the Love of God" and "Blue Powder" and dignified, committed rockers like "I Would Love To" and "Liberty." Vai is a more distinguished composer than most of his guitar-shredder contemporaries, and rather than simply showing off his technique, he isn't afraid to experiment or take chances in his playing. Thus, Passion and Warfare is arguably the richest and best hard rock guitar-virtuoso album of the '80s. ~ Steve Huey, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Liberty | Steve Vai | Steve Vai | (2:02) |
| Erotic Nightmares | Steve Vai | Steve Vai | (4:13) |
| The Animal | Steve Vai | Steve Vai | (3:55) |
| Answers | Steve Vai | Steve Vai | (2:41) |
| The Riddle | Steve Vai | Steve Vai | (6:22) |
| Ballerina 12/24 | Steve Vai | Steve Vai | (1:45) |
| For the Love of God | Steve Vai | Steve Vai | (6:02) |
| The Audience Is Listening | Steve Vai | Steve Vai | (5:30) |
| I Would Love To | Steve Vai | Steve Vai | (3:40) |
| Blue Powder | Steve Vai | Steve Vai | (4:44) |
| Greasy Kid's Stuff | Steve Vai | Steve Vai | (2:57) |
| Alien Water Kiss | Steve Vai | Steve Vai | (1:10) |
| Sisters | Steve Vai | Steve Vai | (4:07) |
| Love Secrets | Steve Vai | Steve Vai | (3:35) |
