Satellite | ||||
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Released | September 11, 2001 | |||
Recorded | March – May 2001 | |||
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Length | 53:04 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Howard Benson | |||
P.O.D. chronology | ||||
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Singles from Satellite | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [6] |
Cross Rhythms | [7] |
Entertainment.ie | [8] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+ [9] |
Jesus Freak Hideout | [10] |
Los Angeles Times | [11] |
NME | [12] |
Rolling Stone | [13] |
Satellite is the fourth studio album by American Christian nu metal band P.O.D. The album was released on September 11, 2001 debuting at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart with over 133,000 copies sold. It spent five consecutive weeks in the top 10 of that chart. It was the band's last album to feature guitarist Marcos Curiel until 2008's When Angels and Serpents Dance .
It went on to sell over three million copies in the U.S., and over seven million worldwide, [14] making it the band's highest-selling album. Satellite was placed at No. 137 on the Billboard's top 200 albums of the decade (2000–2009). [15] It was the 117th best-selling album of 2001 [16] and the 26th best-selling album of 2002 in the United States. [17]
Satellite produced four singles with music videos; "Alive", "Youth of the Nation", "Boom", and title track, "Satellite".
"Alive" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. Although not released as a single, "Portrait" was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 2003 Grammy Awards. "Youth of the Nation" also earned a nomination in 2003 for "Best Hard Rock Performance".
All tracks are written by Sonny Sandoval, Marcos Curiel, Traa Daniels, Wuv Bernardo.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Set It Off" | 4:16 |
2. | "Alive" | 3:23 |
3. | "Boom" | 3:08 |
4. | "Youth of the Nation" | 4:19 |
5. | "Celestial" | 1:24 |
6. | "Satellite" | 3:30 |
7. | "Ridiculous" (featuring Eek-a-Mouse) | 4:17 |
8. | "The Messenjah" | 4:19 |
9. | "Guitarras de Amor" | 1:14 |
10. | "Anything Right" (featuring Christian Lindskog) | 4:17 |
11. | "Ghetto" | 3:37 |
12. | "Masterpiece Conspiracy" | 3:11 |
13. | "Without Jah, Nothin" (featuring H.R.) | 3:42 |
14. | "Thinking About Forever" | 3:46 |
15. | "Portrait" | 4:32 |
Total length: | 53:04 |
No. | Title | Length |
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16. | "Whatever It Takes" (originally featured in the movie Any Given Sunday ) | 4:02 |
No. | Title | Length |
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16. | "Rock the Party (RTP Remix)" | 3:58 |
No. | Title | Length |
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16. | "Alive (Semi-Acoustic Remix)" | 3:25 |
17. | "Youth of the Nation (Conjure One Remix)" | 3:55 |
18. | "Boom (The Crystal Method Remix)" | 3:17 |
No. | Title | Length |
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19. | "Set It Off" (live) | 4:42 |
20. | "Without Jah, Nothin'" | 2:47 |
21. | "Youth of the Nation" (live) | 4:18 |
22. | "Outkast" (live) | 5:22 |
23. | "Into the Satellite" (behind-the-scenes documentary) | 6:25 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Ridiculous" (demo) | 4:22 |
2. | "Hold You Again" (demo) | 4:12 |
3. | "Don't Try to Play Me Out" (School of Hard Knocks demo) | 4:19 |
4. | "Armageddon" (demo) | 4:21 |
5. | "Critic" (2021 re-release) | 2:43 |
6. | "Sabbath" (track previously released on The Warriors - EP) | 4:32 |
7. | "School of Hard Knocks" (originally featured in the movie Little Nicky ) | 4:06 |
8. | "Alive (Semi-Acoustic Remix)" | 3:25 |
9. | "Rock the Party (RTP Remix)" | 3:58 |
10. | "Youth of the Nation (Conjure One Remix)" | 3:55 |
11. | "Youth of the Nation (Mike$ki Remix)" | 4:08 |
12. | "Boom (The Crystal Method Remix)" | 3:17 |
Weekly charts
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Decade-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [58] | Gold | 35,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada) [59] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Germany (BVMI) [60] | Gold | 150,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [61] | Gold | 7,500^ |
Sweden (GLF) [62] | Gold | 40,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [63] | Gold | 20,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [64] | Gold | 100,000* |
United States (RIAA) [65] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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