Live in San Francisco (Joe Satriani album)

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Live in San Francisco
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Live album by
Joe Satriani
ReleasedJune 19, 2001
RecordedDecember 28 and/or December 29, 2000
Venue The Fillmore (San Francisco)
Genre Instrumental rock
Length147:32
Label Sony
Producer Joe Satriani
Joe Satriani chronology
Engines of Creation
(2000)		Live in San Francisco
(2001)		 Strange Beautiful Music
(2002)
Professional ratings
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Live in San Francisco is a 2001 live album by instrumental rock solo artist Joe Satriani. Also available on DVD, including non-performance bonus footage (backstage, etc.).

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Joe Satriani except where noted.

Disc one

  1. "Time" – 8:10
  2. "Devil's Slide" – 4:44
  3. "The Crush of Love" (Satriani, John Cuniberti) – 5:04
  4. "Satch Boogie" – 5:28
  5. "Borg Sex" – 5:28
  6. "Flying in a Blue Dream" – 6:41
  7. "Ice 9" – 4:54
  8. "Cool #9" – 6:16
  9. "Circles" – 4:20
  10. "Until We Say Goodbye" – 5:36
  11. "Ceremony" – 5:57
  12. "The Extremist" – 3:39
  13. "Summer Song" – 8:45

Disc two

  1. "House Full of Bullets" – 6:55
  2. "One Big Rush" – 4:06
  3. "Raspberry Jam Delta-V" – 6:53
  4. "Crystal Planet" – 6:02
  5. "Love Thing" – 3:48
  6. "Bass Solo" (Stuart Hamm) – 6:28
  7. "The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing" – 6:24
  8. "Always with Me, Always with You" – 3:50
  9. "Big Bad Moon" – 6:32
  10. "Friends" – 4:07
  11. "Surfing with the Alien" – 9:17
  12. "Rubina" – 8:08

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Live in San Francisco
Chart (2001–06)Peak
position
Argentine Music DVD (CAPIF) [3] 11
Australian Music DVD (ARIA) [4] 9
French Albums (SNEP) [5] 69
New Zealand Music DVD (RMNZ) [6] 5
Swedish Music DVD (Sverigetopplistan) [7] 13
US Top Music Videos (Billboard) [8] 10

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [9] Gold25,000*
United States (RIAA) [10] 2× Platinum200,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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