Crystal Planet | ||||
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Released | March 3, 1998 | |||
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Genre | Instrumental rock | |||
Length | 67:37 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
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Joe Satriani chronology | ||||
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Singles from Crystal Planet | ||||
Crystal Planet is the seventh studio album by the American guitarist Joe Satriani, released on March 3, 1998, by Epic Records. [2] It was his first album to be released on Epic, whereas his previous six albums were released by Relativity Records. Crystal Planet reached No. 50 on the U.S. Billboard 200 [3] and remained on that chart for eight weeks, [4] as well as reaching the top 100 in five other countries. [5] "Ceremony" was released as a single, reaching No. 28 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart [3] and featuring Satriani's first recorded use of a seven-string guitar, the Ibanez Universe. "A Train of Angels" was nominated for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 1999 Grammy Awards, [6] Satriani's ninth nomination.
Crystal Planet has been reissued twice. The first was on June 16, 2008, as part of the Original Album Classics box set, [7] and then again as part of The Complete Studio Recordings , released on April 22, 2014, by Legacy Recordings; this is a box set compilation containing remastered editions of every Satriani studio album from 1986 to 2013. [8]
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Source | Rating |
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine at AllMusic called Crystal Planet "an instrumental record with a difference" and Satriani's "finest all-instrumental effort since Surfing With the Alien ". He praised Satriani for "taking more chances than ever" and further developing his technique, saying that it reaches "new, uncharted waters". [2]
All music is composed by Joe Satriani, except where noted.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Up in the Sky" | 4:09 |
2. | "House Full of Bullets" | 5:33 |
3. | "Crystal Planet" | 4:34 |
4. | "Love Thing" | 3:50 |
5. | "Trundrumbalind" | 5:13 |
6. | "Lights of Heaven" | 4:23 |
7. | "Raspberry Jam Delta-v" | 5:21 |
8. | "Ceremony" | 4:53 |
9. | "With Jupiter in Mind" | 5:46 |
10. | "Secret Prayer" | 4:27 |
11. | "A Train of Angels" (J. Satriani, Z.Z. Satriani) | 3:42 |
12. | "A Piece of Liquid" (J. Satriani, Z.Z. Satriani) | 3:04 |
13. | "Psycho Monkey" (J. Satriani, Z.Z. Satriani) | 4:36 |
14. | "Time" | 5:05 |
15. | "Z.Z.'s Song" | 3:01 |
Total length: | 67:37 |
Chart (1998) | Peak position |
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Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [9] | 59 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10] | 54 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [11] | 35 |
French Albums (SNEP) [12] | 10 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13] | 73 |
Scottish Albums (OCC) [14] | 41 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] | 40 |
UK Albums (OCC) [16] | 32 |
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [17] | 1 |
US Billboard 200 [18] | 50 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States | — | 202,416 [19] |
Event | Title | Award | Result |
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1999 Grammys | "A Train of Angels" | Best Rock Instrumental Performance | Nominated [6] |