Crystal Planet

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Crystal Planet
Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet.jpeg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 3, 1998 (1998-03-03)
Studio
Genre Instrumental rock
Length67:37
Label Epic
Producer
Joe Satriani chronology
G3: Live in Concert
(1997)
Crystal Planet
(1998)
Engines of Creation
(2000)
Singles from Crystal Planet
  1. "Ceremony"
    Released: 1998 [1]

Crystal Planet is the seventh studio album by the 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, namely the Ibanez Universe. "A Train of Angels" was nominated for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 1999 Grammy Awards, [6] Satriani's ninth such nomination.

Contents

Reissues

Crystal Planet has been reissued twice. The first was on June 16, 2008, as part of the Original Album Classics box set, [7] and most recently 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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine at AllMusic awarded Crystal Planet four stars out five, calling it "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]

Track listing

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

No.TitleLength
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

Personnel

Chart performance

Album

YearChartPosition
1998 French albums chart 10 [5]
Finnish albums chart 35 [5]
Swiss albums chart 40 [5]
Billboard 200 50 [3]
Dutch albums chart 54 [5]
German albums chart 73 [5]

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States202,416 [9]

Awards

EventTitleAwardResult
1999 Grammys "A Train of Angels" Best Rock Instrumental Performance Nominated [6]

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