No Boundaries (Michael Angelo Batio album)

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No Boundaries
Studio album by Michael Angelo
Released	September 1, 1995
Recorded	M.A.C.E. Studios, Chicago, Illinois
Genre	Instrumental rock, neo-classical metal, shred
Length	48:16
Label	Thermometer Sound Surface
Producer	Michael Angelo
Michael Angelo chronology
No Boundaries (1995) Planet Gemini (1997)

No Boundaries is the debut studio album by American shred guitarist Michael Angelo Batio, credited as Michael Angelo. The album, being his first solo, was Batio's first chance to truly showcase his advanced guitar skills, including speed picking, arpeggios, string skipping and cross-string tapping^[1], and it slowly edged him into the media spotlight as one of the greatest guitar shredders in the modern world. No Boundaries was released through one of M.A.C.E.'s external distributors, Thermometer Sound Surface.

All tracks from No Boundaries - excluding "Intro" and "The Finish Line" - were remixed and remastered with real drums for the 2007 compilation album 2 X Again. The album was also re-released on August 1, 2000 on the Perris Records label^[2].

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Credits[3] 3 Trivia 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Track listing

All songs were written and arranged by Michael Angelo.

1. "Intro: This CD is Dedicated to You" – 1:54
2. "Rain Forest" – 6:29
3. "Science Fiction" – 6:31
4. "Peace" – 6:28
5. "I Do for You" – 5:48
6. "The Jam Game" – 5:34
7. "2X Again" – 5:27
8. "No Boundaries" – 3:43
9. "The Finish Line" – 2:01
10. "Outsideinside" – 4:20

[edit] Credits^[3]

• Michael Angelo – all electric guitars, acoustic guitars, bass guitars, keyboards, percussion programming, additional drums, production, engineering, mixing
• Rob Ross – drums on "Rain Forest", "Science Fiction" and "2X Again"
• Jason Rau – mastering
• Gary Mankus – photography
• Rich Siegle – art direction and design

[edit] Trivia

• The title track of the album contains an arrangement of Caprice No. 5 composed by virtuoso violinist Niccolò Paganini, heard between 2:21 and 2:38.
• On the back cover of the album, the title is spelt No Boundries.^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• No Boundaries on Guitar Nine Records

v • d • e Michael Angelo Batio Studio albums No Boundaries · Planet Gemini · Tradition · Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity · Holiday Strings · Hands Without Shadows Compilation albums Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity Part 2 · 2 X Again Videos/DVDs Jam With Angelo · Speed Kills · Speed Lives · Performance · Speed Kills 2 · 25 Jazz Progressions · MAB Jam Session · Speed Kills 3 with Artists Jim Gillette (Proud to Be Loud) · Katrina Johansson (Guitarsongs Volume 1) Bands Holland (Little Monsters, Wake Up the Neighbourhood) · Nitro (O.F.R., Nitro II: H.W.D.W.S., Gunnin' for Glory) · C4 (Call to Arms) Related articles Discography · Dean Guitars · M.A.C.E. Music · Neo-classical metal