The legendary Journey guitarist Neal Schon has finished his sixth solo album, titled as 'I on U'. For over three decades Schon has honed his playing and composing skills by playing with various artists. For example, Schon is known from his work with Journey, Carlos Santana and Jan Hammer. As Neil Schon says it himself, "this is the first album that encompasses everything and makes it brand new".

I on U contains beautiful soundscapes, passionate guitar playing and soaring melodies. At all times the music remains quite good, but occasionally it reaches inexplicable heights... Those highlights make up for the few less-successful sections of the album. Besides, Neil Schon's soft guitar tone crowns the album.

This album has been produced quite well. The sounds are full and atmospheric. However, few clips occurred, but otherwise the recordings are clean. For drums Schon has used samples and loops, but to give recordings a human touch, services of a session drummer Omar Hakim had to be used.

All in all, Schon's sixth solo release 'I on U' is rather good album. At times this album is splendid, but the mood flags few times during its one-hour length. In case you're into dreamy instrumental guitar music, you should check out I on U. One way of listening to 'I on U' is using the music as a soundtrack on your imaginary movie. You only need to close your eyes and enjoy the journey (no pun intended).

Release date: 22.02.2005

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- MAGE (08.02.2005)

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LINE-UP:
Schon, Neal: All Guitars, Synth Solos & Bass (on Tracks 6 & 9) Len, Igor: All Keyboards and Sequencing Hakim, Omar: Drums (on Tracks 2-5, 7-8, 10-12) Cirimelli, Gary: Drum Programming (Tracks 6 & 9)
Producer:	Len, Igor; Schon, Neal & Cirimelli, Gary (Tracks 1, 6 & 9)
Mixing by:	Cirimelli, Gary
Mastering by:	Cirimelli, Gary

	TRACKLIST:
	01. Blue Passion 02. I on U 03. Timeless Motion 04. The Chamber 05. Urban Angel 06. Moon Dust 07. Loner's Dream 08. Burning Bridges 09. Highland 10. It Will Happen 11. Taken There 12. Father