The Speed of Sound (album)

The Speed of Sound
Studio album by Ronnie Montrose
Released March 1988
Genre Instrumental rock
Length 38:32
Label Enigma Records
Producer Ronnie Montrose
Ronnie Montrose chronology
Mean
(1987)
The Speed of Sound
(1988)
The Diva Station
(1990)

The Speed of Sound is a 1988 all-instrumental album by American rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose, who led the bands Montrose (1973-77 & 1987) and Gamma (1979-83 & 2000) and also performed and did session work with a variety of musicians, including Van Morrison (1971–72), Herbie Hancock (1971), Beaver & Krause (1971), Boz Scaggs (1971), Edgar Winter (1972 & 1996), Gary Wright (1975), The Beau Brummels (1975), Dan Hartman (1976), Tony Williams (1978), The Neville Brothers (1987), Marc Bonilla (1991 & 1993), Sammy Hagar (1997), and Johnny Winter. In 1997, Ronnie stated that this album was his favorite instrumental record he had done so far.[1] The track titles are words and phrases referencing aviation themes.

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Track listing

  1. "Mach 1" (Ronnie Montrose) – 4:27
  2. "Black Box" (Montrose) – 4:40
  3. "Hyper-Thrust" (Montrose) – 3:25
  4. "Monolith" (Montrose) – 3:15
  5. "Zero G" (Montrose) – 4:18
  6. "Telstar" (Joe Meek / The Tornados cover) – 3:11
  7. "Sidewinder" (Montrose) – 3:54
  8. "Windshear" (Montrose) – 4:16
  9. "VTOL" (Montrose) – 3:05
  10. "Outer Marker Inbound" (Montrose) – 4:34

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