"The 7th Song, Enchanting Guitar Melodies (Archives Vol. 1)" is a 2000 album

Album

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 by guitarist

Guitarist

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 Steve Vai

Steve Vai

Steven Siro "Steve" Vai is a three time Grammy Award-winning American guitarist, songwriter and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. Steve Vai is widely known as a flamboyant guitar virtuoso....

. It is his first compilation album, but unlike a standard "greatest hits" or "best of" album, all of the songs on it (save for the three new tracks and the hidden track) can be found on one of Vai's previous albums as the 7th track. The 7th track on each of his albums is meant to be the most emotional and well articulated piece on the album. "Christmas Time is Here", while not previously released on a Vai album, can nonetheless be found as the 7th track on the 1996 Christmas compilation, Merry Axemas.

The new songs on this album are "Melissa's Garden" (which does occupy the 7th track), "The Wall of Light", and "Boston Rain Melody". The track for "Boston Rain Melody" continues on to contain the unlisted song "Warm Regards", the instrumental finale to Vai's 1996 album, Fire Garden

Fire Garden

Fire Garden is a 1996 album from guitarist Steve Vai. This is his fourth solo album, as Alien Love Secrets is an EP.Fire Garden is divided into two "phases"...

. It is believed that Vai originally planned for the song to be the seventh track of the second disc, but when he discovered 80 minute CDs, he restructured the album to fit on one disc.

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Vai

Steve Vai

Steven Siro "Steve" Vai is a three time Grammy Award-winning American guitarist, songwriter and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. Steve Vai is widely known as a flamboyant guitar virtuoso....

except "Christmas Time is Here" by Vince Guaraldi

Vince Guaraldi

Vincent Anthony "Vince" Guaraldi was an Italian American jazz musician and pianist noted for his innovative compositions and arrangements and for composing music for animated adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip...

, Lee Mendelson

Lee Mendelson

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1. "For the Love of God" – 6:09 (from "Passion and Warfare
   Passion and Warfare
   Passion and Warfare is a 1990 instrumental album from guitarist Steve Vai. It has been certified Gold by the RIAA. It was written based on a series of dream sequences that Vai had when he was younger, and in the guitar music book of the album, Vai sums it up as 'Jimi Hendrix meets Jesus Christ at a...
   
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2. "Touching Tongues" – 5:32 (from "Sex and Religion")
3. "Windows to the Soul" – 6:25 (from "The Ultra Zone
   The Ultra Zone
   The Ultra Zone is a 1999 album from guitarist Steve Vai.The Ultra Zone is structurally similar to Vai's previous album, Fire Garden, in that the first half of the album consists mainly of instrumentals, and the second half mainly of vocal songs; however, unlike Fire Garden, The Ultra Zone is not...
   
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4. "Burnin' Down the Mountain" – 4:19 (from "Flex-Able Leftovers
   Flex-Able Leftovers (1998 Album)
   The Flex-Able Leftovers album, released on November 10, 1998 on Sony Records, contains five bonus tracks and is quite different to the original Flex-Able Leftovers EP...
   
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5. "Tender Surrender" – 5:10 (from "Alien Love Secrets
   Alien Love Secrets
   Alien Love Secrets is an EP made by Steve Vai in 1995. It was written as a stripped-down guitar, bass and drums record with minimal keyboards...
   
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6. "Hand on Heart" – 5:26 (from "Fire Garden
   Fire Garden
   Fire Garden is a 1996 album from guitarist Steve Vai. This is his fourth solo album, as Alien Love Secrets is an EP.Fire Garden is divided into two "phases"...
   
   ")
7. "Melissa's Garden" – 7:54 (previously unreleased)
8. "Call it Sleep" – 5:04 (from "Flex-Able
   Flex-Able
   Flex-Able is an album by Steve Vai. This was his first as a solo artist, and was created in Stucco Blue, a shed converted into a studio in Vai's old back garden. It is very different from many of his other albums, and is largely influenced by Frank Zappa...
   
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9. "Christmas Time is Here" – 4:13 (from the Compilation : "Merry Axemas: A Guitar Christmas")
10. "The Wall of Light" – 2:38 (previously unreleased)
11. "Boston Rain Melody" – 4:39 (previously unreleased)