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| Released | July 24, 2015 | |||
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| Genre | Instrumental rock | |||
| Length | 64:00 | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
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Shockwave Supernova is the fifteenth studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani, released on July 24, 2015 through Sony Music Entertainment. [1] It features bassist Bryan Beller and drummer Marco Minnemann of The Aristocrats, as well as progressive rock multi-instrumentalist Mike Keneally. [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| PopMatters |   [4] |
Stephen Thomas Erlewine at AllMusic calls Shockwave Supernova "proud egghead music that grooves on its own technical acumen" and that it "feels like a collaborative record; it's as fun to hear [Satriani] play with his band as it is to hear him soar on his own." [3]
Jedd Beaudoin at PopMatters gave the album eight stars out of ten, describing it as "one of Satch's most memorable adventures" and "a record that will please the casual listener as much as the musical scholar". Praise was also given to the "crazy good" rhythm section of Minnemann and Beller, with Beaudoin saying that he hopes for Satriani to release a live album featuring the two musicians. [4]
All tracks are written by Joe Satriani.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Shockwave Supernova" | 3:49 |
| 2. | "Lost in a Memory" | 4:12 |
| 3. | "Crazy Joey" | 3:40 |
| 4. | "In My Pocket" | 4:12 |
| 5. | "On Peregrine Wings" | 5:26 |
| 6. | "Cataclysmic" | 5:02 |
| 7. | "San Francisco Blue" | 3:19 |
| 8. | "Keep on Movin'" | 4:23 |
| 9. | "All of My Life" | 4:02 |
| 10. | "A Phase I'm Going Through" | 3:59 |
| 11. | "Scarborough Stomp" | 3:59 |
| 12. | "Butterfly and Zebra" | 1:47 |
| 13. | "If There Is No Heaven" | 5:07 |
| 14. | "Stars Race Across the Sky" | 4:45 |
| 15. | "Goodbye Supernova" | 5:46 |
| Total length: | 64:00 | |
| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] | 23 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6] | 53 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [7] | 67 |
| Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [8] | 16 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [9] | 11 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [10] | 34 |
| French Albums (SNEP) [11] | 32 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12] | 40 |
| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [13] | 23 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI) [14] | 47 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] | 13 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [16] | 22 |
| US Billboard 200 [17] | 46 |
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