Strange Beautiful Music

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Strange Beautiful Music
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Studio album by
Joe Satriani
ReleasedJune 25, 2002 (2002-06-25)
RecordedEarly 2002
Studio The Plant in Sausalito, California; Studio 21 in San Francisco
Genre Instrumental rock
Length60:22
Label Epic
Producer Joe Satriani, Eric Caudieux, John Cuniberti
Joe Satriani chronology
Live in San Francisco
(2001)		Strange Beautiful Music
(2002)		 The Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology
(2003)
Singles from Strange Beautiful Music
  1. "Starry Night"
    Released: June 10, 2002
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Strange Beautiful Music is the ninth studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani, released on June 25, 2002, through Epic Records; [2] a Super Audio CD edition was released on September 10. [3] The album reached No. 140 on the United States Billboard 200 [4] and remained on that chart for a week, [5] as well as reaching the top 100 in four other countries. [6]

Contents

"Starry Night" was released as a single on June 10 [7] and received a nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 2003 Grammy Awards, [8] Satriani's twelfth such nomination.

The title Strange Beautiful Music is also the name of Satriani's publishing company, as well as a lyric from "Third Stone from the Sun", a song by Jimi Hendrix, whom Satriani has cited as his main inspiration to start playing the guitar in his youth. [9]

Release and tour

Recording for Strange Beautiful Music began in January 2002 and the title was announced on March 25. [7] Worldwide touring began in Europe in July, followed by North America from August to September, East Asia in October, additional dates in North America from November through to February 2003, Central America in March, and concluding in South America in April. [10]

Track listing

All music is composed by Joe Satriani, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Oriental Melody"3:56
2."Belly Dancer"5:02
3."Starry Night"3:55
4."Chords of Life"4:13
5."Mind Storm"4:12
6."Sleep Walk" (Santo Farina, Johnny Farina)2:46
7."New Last Jam"4:19
8."Mountain Song"3:31
9."What Breaks a Heart"5:20
10."Seven String"4:02
11."Hill Groove"4:10
12."The Journey"4:09
13."The Traveler"5:39
14."You Saved My Life"5:02
Total length:60:22
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
15."The Eight Steps"5:44
16."Slick"3:41

Personnel

Chart performance

YearChartPosition
2002 French albums chart 38 [6]
Swiss albums chart 78 [6]
Dutch albums chart 84 [6]
German albums chart 92 [6]
Billboard 200 140 [5]

Awards

EventTitleAwardResult
2003 Grammys "Starry Night" Best Rock Instrumental Performance Nominated [8]

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