Sex & Religion

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All tracks are written by Steve Vai, except where noted

Sex & Religion
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Studio album by
Vai
ReleasedJuly 27, 1993 (1993-7-27) [1]
StudioMothership (Hollywood Hills)
Genre
Length59:18
Label Relativity
Producer Steve Vai
Steve Vai chronology
Passion and Warfare
(1990)
Sex & Religion
(1993)
Alien Love Secrets
(1995)
Devin Townsend chronology
Sex & Religion
(1993)
Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing
(1995)
No.TitleLength
1."An Earth Dweller's Return"1:04
2."Here & Now"4:47
3."In My Dreams with You" (Vai, Desmond Child, Roger Greenawalt)5:01
4."Still My Bleeding Heart"6:00
5."Sex & Religion"4:24
6."Dirty Black Hole"4:27
7."Touching Tongues"5:33
8."State of Grace"1:41
9."Survive"4:46
10."Pig" (Vai, Devin Townsend)3:36
11."The Road to Mt. Calvary"2:35
12."Down Deep into the Pain"8:01
13."Rescue Me or Bury Me"8:25
Total length:60:25
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Just Cartilage" (Vai, Townsend)4:19

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart performance for Sex & Religion
Chart (1993)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 67
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 26
European Albums (IFPI) [8] 22
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [9] 14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 53
Icelandic Albums (Tónlist) [11] 10
Spanish Albums (AFYVE) [12] 34
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [13] 41
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] 26
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 17
US Billboard 200 [16] 48

References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Sex & Religion - Steve Vai | Awards". AllMusic . All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  3. "Vai, Steve Vai – Down Deep into the Pain (1993, CD)". Discogs .
  4. "Steve Vai - Sex & Religion (album)". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  5. "Sex & Religion (1993)" Archived 2015-12-25 at the Wayback Machine . vai.com. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  6. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mount Martha, Melbourne, Victoria: Moonlight Publishing. p. 292.
  7. "Dutchcharts.nl – Steve Vai – Sex & Religion" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  8. "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. 28 August 1993. p. 22.
  9. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 263. ISBN   978-951-1-21053-5.
  10. "Offiziellecharts.de – Steve Vai – Sex & Religion" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  11. "Dagblaðið Vísir — Tónlist Topp 40" (in Icelandic). Dagblaðið Vísir. 26 August 1993: 20.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. Salaverri, Fernando (2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (3rd ed.). Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN   84-8048-639-2.
  13. "Swedishcharts.com – Steve Vai – Sex & Religion". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  14. "Swisscharts.com – Steve Vai – Sex & Religion". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  15. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  16. "The Billboard 200 for Week Ending August 14, 1993" (PDF). Billboard. 14 August 1993. p. 80.