Great Instrumentals
 

I have a playlist on my iPod of just fantastic instrumental songs. I'm not talking about jazz or classical. I'm talking about instrumental songs by artists who don't mainly do instrumentals - rock music.

Here's what's on my list. What's on yours?

Singalong Junk - Paul McCartney
Momma Miss America - Paul McCartney
I Love N.Y.E. - Badly Drawn Boy
Manhattan Bridge - Blues Traveler
Sparkplug Minuet - Mark Mothersbaugh
Quadrophenia - The Who
The Rock - The Who
Overture from Tommy - The Who
Sparks - The Who
Let's Go Away For A While - Beach Boys
Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band
Root Beer Rag - Billy Joel
One Mint Julip - Ray Charles
Contusion - Stevie Wonder

Fun Zone - Weird Al Yankovic (really, it is excellent)
Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson
The Grand Wazoo (album) - Frank Zappa
Rockit - Herbie Hancock
Axel F - (I don't remember)

Liquid Tension Experiment - Acid Rain
Liquid Tension Experiment - Paradigm Shift

hmm good idea

off the top of my head i can think of
dee by ozzy osbourne
mellon collie and the infinite sadness by smashing pumpkins
erm can't think of the name but the first track of wish you were here by pink floyd
lead me home by shadows fall

Allman Bros - Whipping Post (some lyrics, but the Live from Fillmore version is such an extended jam, it might as well be considered an instrumental)
Metallica - Orion
Led Zeppelin - White Summer/Black Mountin Side

Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Dreams
Dark Tranquillity - Ex Nihilo
Pain of Salvation - Falling
Dream Theater - Erotomania
Dream Theater - Overture 1928
Opeth - For Absent Friends
Opeth - Ending Credits

And you should all check out

Pain of Salvation - Dryad of the Woods
Opeth - Patterns in the Ivy

Man in the Long Black Coat by Bob Dylan (the first 1:10 only, then there's lyrics)
Didjital Vibrations by Jamiroquai

4th of July - U2

fanastie and fuge in A minor...js bach its really awesome

ah sorry...just saw the not jazz or classical part but technically bach is baroque not classical. anyway its a great instrumental

Oooh, I had forgotten about Allmans. I add "Jessica" to my list.

I had also forgotten about Jamiroquai. Ever heard "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing?" Also a great instrumental.

Fates Warning - Part VIII (from A Pleasant Shade of Gray)
Awesome.

The Tea Party - The badger
Alice in Chains - Whale and Wasp

"sandusky" - uncle tupelo

Anything ever written by Godspeed You Black Emperor

rush "yyz"

The Tea Party - Winter Solstice
Jeff Tweedy - End Credits
Led Zeppelin - Bron - Yr - Aur

Dream Theater writes some amazing Intrumentals

True, true...

If you haven't checked out Liquid Tension Experiment yet, do so.
(Petrucci + Portnoy + Rudess + Levin (amazing bass player))
I think we've already mentioned some of their songs...? Also, listen to When the Water Breaks, Biaxident and Another Dimension.

Do You Feel Like I do, Peter Frampton

"A Saucerful of Secrets" - Pink Floyd

The live version from UmmaGumma is the best.

Ive just downloaded the soundtrack of the movie a clockwork orange it got lots of great classical soundtracks. For the ones who probably seen the movie its pretty good.Same goes for the soundtrack from the movie requim for a dream, check it out.

The Venutures have good instrumentals if you are into the 60's/surfing sound. And the only group that has outsold them is the Beatles.

What about...
Frankenstein...Edgar Winter Group
Classical Gas...Mason Williams.
The better part of the Tarkus album by Emerson Lake and Palmer....

Pretty much anything by Jeff Beck or Joe Satriani. Satriani's "Summer Song" and Beck's "Guitar Shop" are both excellent.

Riviera Paradise - S.R.V.

Eruption - E.V.H.

Lots of cool instrumentals by Alan Parsons

Hellbound & Closing in by The Living End are both good.

OMG sound clips.

One of these days - Pink Floyd
Shine on you crazy diamond parts X-IX - Pink Floyd (it has lonly about 2 setances of the chorus in it, but is like 90% instrumental)
Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd
Interstellar Overrdrive - Pink Floyd
On the Run - Pink Floyd (this rocks so much)
Mogwai Fear Satan - Mogwai
My Father my King - Mogwai

trans am - motr
trans am - love commander
trans am - carboforce
trans am - night dancing
trans am - night dreaming
trans am - surrender the night
trans am - illegalize it

liquid tension - paradigm shift
liquid tension - chris and kevin's excellent adventure
liquid tension - osmosis
liquid tension - the stretch

red hot chili peppers - pretty little ditty

ray riendeau - mal funk shen

galactic - shibuya

mogwai - kids will be skeletons

anything ltj bukem

stereo modus - 10.2
stereo modus - 034

led zeppelin - white summer

pink floyde - on the run

rush - yyz

jaco pastorious - the chicken

weather report - teen town

miles davis - bitches brew

nin - a warm place

buckethead - for mom
buckethead - hills of eternity
buckethead - wishing well
buckethead - ghost
buckethead - big sur moon
buckethead - sea of expanding shapes
buckethead - my sheetz
buckethead - padmasana
buckethead - baptism of solitude
buckethead - sketches of spain (for miles)
buckethead - all in the waiting

incubus - battlestar
incubus - live improv

Eruption - Van Halen.
Truly the best

I personally like stuff from Steve Vai and Joe Satriani.

Yeah, Buckethead kicks ass. Love Big Sur Moon :cool:
Is it true that he taps using eight fingers? (I've seen it described as playin the piano on the guitar...?)

'Wild Wonderful Purgatory' and 'Almost Heathen' are two classic all-instrumental stoner rock albums by Karma To Burn. They are lovely.

yes he does i have seen it... he is fucking amazing... i havent a clue on how he does it i can only tap with 5 fingers

Hmm,
King Crimson - Larks Tongues in Aspic, Part III

I wish I could remember the name of the band, but I have some MP3s of a surf band that are just awesome: "Sands Go Vermilion", "Return of the Surfin' Headhunters", and "Faultline". Might be the Del Tones. (Turns out it's Los Mel Tones)

Iron Maiden - Losfer Words

I wholeheartedly second all Mogwai tracks mentioned and would like to add:

"May nothing but happiness come through your door" - Mogwai
"Monheim" - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
"Dead Flag Blues" - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
"Surfing with the Shaw" - Yo La Tengo
"Metro Mile End" - Exhaust
"Bulletproof Cupid - Placebo

How could I forget? Jethro Tull - Bouree.; They also do an instrumental version of Coronach live that is awesome (particularly in this, the dotage of Ian Anderson's once mighty voice.)

As for the Guitar Wizards, while I do enjoy Dream Theatre, I don't know any of their instumentals by name.

Steve Vai - Tender Surrender an For the Love of God are particularly good.

Satch - Crush of Love, Train of Angels, and Ice 9 are favorites of mine.

Zappa - G Spot Tornado and The Deathless Horsie, and, or no other reason but the name, Orrin Hatch on Skis.

I like Eric Johnson alright, but the only instrumental of his that I can name is Cliffs of Dover, which is awesome, but which has already been mentioned.

Al Di Meola is arguably jazz, but Race with the Devil on a Turkish Highway is pretty awesome.

So much for guitar wizards:

Cake - Arco Arena

Walter Murphy - Night on Disco Mountain

Metallica - Call of Ktulu

I like the older metallica instrumentals too, but I also like the '60s surfer rock as well. I was pleasantly surprised when I bought Gary Hoey's album called "Bug Alley". At the end of it, not listed on the label, is Hoey's rendition of "wipeout". It's pretty cool.

great song suggestions,

I have to add

Bela Fleck and the FLecktones : lots of their stuff but esp. Big Country (amazing steel drums) and Vic Wooten doing Improv on Amazing Grace off of their last live album, Live at the Quick.

Tim Reynolds: I also enjoy quite a few numbers by this man. I've seen him in concert twice and he's just a kick ass guitarist. my favorites are : Put the Gas Mask On, Chatterbox, and Stream. He is amazing to see live simply for the improvisations.