The Infinite Steve Vai: An Anthology is Steve Vai

Steve Vai

Steven Siro "Steve" Vai is a three time Grammy Award-winning American guitarist, songwriter and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. Steve Vai is widely known as a flamboyant guitar virtuoso....

's compilation album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 that was released in 2003 (see 2003 in music

2003 in music

-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...

). This two-disc compilation spans Vai's entire solo career, featuring the best tracks from most of his albums including Fire Garden

Fire Garden

Fire Garden is a 1996 album from guitarist Steve Vai. This is his fourth solo album, as Alien Love Secrets is an EP.Fire Garden is divided into two "phases"...

, Passion and Warfare

Passion and Warfare

Passion and Warfare is a 1990 instrumental album from guitarist Steve Vai. It has been certified Gold by the RIAA. It was written based on a series of dream sequences that Vai had when he was younger, and in the guitar music book of the album, Vai sums it up as 'Jimi Hendrix meets Jesus Christ at a...

, Alien Love Secrets

Alien Love Secrets

Alien Love Secrets is an EP made by Steve Vai in 1995. It was written as a stripped-down guitar, bass and drums record with minimal keyboards...

and The Ultra Zone

The Ultra Zone

The Ultra Zone is a 1999 album from guitarist Steve Vai.The Ultra Zone is structurally similar to Vai's previous album, Fire Garden, in that the first half of the album consists mainly of instrumentals, and the second half mainly of vocal songs; however, unlike Fire Garden, The Ultra Zone is not...

. One song is even included from his Whitesnake

Whitesnake

Whitesnake are an English rock band, founded in 1978 by David Coverdale after his departure from his previous band, Deep Purple. The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple, but by the mid 1980s they had moved to a more commercial hard rock style...

 days ("Kittens Got Claws") and one from his Alcatrazz

Alcatrazz

Alcatrazz is an American heavy metal band formed in 1983 by Graham Bonnet, Jimmy Waldo and Gary Shea.-History:The band's initial line-up consisted of former Rainbow frontman Graham Bonnet, young Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen who had recently left American band Steeler, Gary Shea and Jimmy...

 days ("Lighter Shade of Green"). The songs on the album do not appear chronologically relative to Vai's career.

This album mirrors Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani

Joseph "Joe" Satriani is an American instrumental rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, with multiple Grammy Award nominations...

's album The Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology

The Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology

The Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology is an album by guitarist Joe Satriani, released in 2003. It consists of two CDs consisting of a collection of the best of Satriani's electric guitar tracks remastered...

. This is because both artists styles are very distinctive, but similar too, and Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani

Joseph "Joe" Satriani is an American instrumental rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, with multiple Grammy Award nominations...

 was Steve Vai's teacher at one point, which influenced his style.

Disc one

1. "Liberty" – 2:04
2. "Die to Live" – 3:53
3. "The Attitude Song
   The Attitude Song
   The Attitude Song is the sixth song of guitarist Steve Vai's debut solo album Flex-Able which was released in 1984. One of Vai's most live performed songs, it appears on the G3: Live in Concert DVD, on the Live at Astoria DVD , and in orchestral form with the Netherlands Metropole Orchestra on...
   
   " – 3:22
4. "Salamanders in the Sun" – 2:25
5. "The Animal" – 4:02
6. "The Riddle" – 6:26
7. "For the Love of God" – 6:03
8. "Bangkok" (Björn Ulvaeus
   Björn Ulvaeus
   Björn Kristian Ulvaeus is a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, writer, producer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA , and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!...
   
   , Tim Rice
   Tim Rice
   Sir Timothy Miles Bindon "Tim" Rice is an British lyricist and author.An Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, Rice is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus...
   
   ) – 2:46
9. "Fire Garden Suite: Bull Whip/Pusa Road/Angel Food/Taurus Bulba" – 9:56
10. "Ya-Yo Gakk" – 2:54
11. "Blue Powder" – 4:44
12. "Bad Horsie" – 5:52
13. "Tender Surrender" – 5:05
14. "All About Eve" – 4:38
15. "Dyin' Day" – 4:29
16. "The Blood & Tears" – 4:25
17. "The Silent Within" – 5:00

Disc two

1. "Feathers" – 5:11
2. "Frank" – 5:08
3. "Boston Rain Melody" – 4:39
4. "Kittens Got Claws" (David Coverdale
   David Coverdale
   David 'Jack' Coverdale is an English rock singer, most famous for his work with the his own hard rock band Whitesnake which achieved massive commercial success.-Early life:...
   
   , Adrian Vandenberg
   Adrian Vandenberg
   Adrian van den Berg is a Dutch rock guitarist, best known for his tenure as one of the guitarists in Whitesnake during their successful late 1980s period.-Early years:...
   
   ) – 4:59
5. "Lighter Shade of Green" – 0:47
6. "Giant Balls of Gold" – 4:45
7. "Whispering a Prayer" – 8:47
8. "Jibboom" – 3:45
9. "Windows to the Soul" – 6:26
10. "Brandos Costumes (Gentle Ways)" – 6:05
11. "The Reaper" – 3:26 (From Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey)
12. "Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi
    Vince Guaraldi
    Vincent Anthony "Vince" Guaraldi was an Italian American jazz musician and pianist noted for his innovative compositions and arrangements and for composing music for animated adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip...
    
    , Lee Mendelson
    Lee Mendelson
    Lee Mendelson is an American television producer. He is best known as the executive producer of the many Peanuts animated specials....
    
    ) – 4:21
13. "Essence" – 5:51
14. "Rescue Me or Bury Me" – 8:26
15. "Burnin' Down the Mountain" – 4:21