Crystal Planet
{{Infobox album
| name = Crystal Planet
| type = studio
| artist = Joe Satriani
| cover = Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet.jpeg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1998|3|3}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = {{hlist|The Plant Studios (Sausalito)|The Site|H.O.S. Recording|Hyde Street (San Francisco)|Fantasy (Berkeley)}}
| genre = Instrumental rock
| length = 67:37
| label = Epic
| producer = {{hlist|Joe Satriani|Eric Valentine|Mike Fraser|John Cuniberti}}
| prev_title = G3: Live in Concert
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Engines of Creation
| next_year = 2000
| misc = {{singles
| name = Crystal Planet
| type = studio
| single1 = Ceremony
| single1date = 1998[https://www.discogs.com/Joe-Satriani-Ceremony/release/4203783 "Joe Satriani – Ceremony"]. Discogs. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
}}
}}
Crystal Planet is the seventh studio album by the American guitarist Joe Satriani, released on March 3, 1998, by Epic Records.Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. [https://www.allmusic.com/album/crystal-planet-mw0000033630 "Crystal Planet - Joe Satriani"]. AllMusic. Retrieved April 17, 2020. 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{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/crystal-planet-mw0000033630/awards |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310060204/http://www.allmusic.com/album/crystal-planet-mw0000033630/awards |title=Crystal Planet - Joe Satriani |website=AllMusic |archivedate=March 10, 2016 |accessdate=April 17, 2020}} and remained on that chart for eight weeks,[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=joe satriani|chart=all}} "Joe Satriani - Chart history"]. Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2020. as well as reaching the top 100 in five other countries.[https://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Joe+Satriani&titel=Crystal+Planet&cat=a "Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet (album)"]. Finnishcharts. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 17, 2020. "Ceremony" was released as a single, reaching No. 28 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart and featuring Satriani's first recorded use of a seven-string guitar, the Ibanez Universe. "A Train of Angels" was nominated for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 1999 Grammy Awards,[http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1999/grammys.htm "41st Grammy Awards - 1999"]. Rock On The Net. Retrieved April 17, 2020. Satriani's ninth nomination.
Reissues
Crystal Planet has been reissued twice. The first was on June 16, 2008, as part of the Original Album Classics box set,[https://www.allmusic.com/album/original-album-classics-mw0000809887 "Original Album Classics - Joe Satriani"]. AllMusic. Retrieved April 17, 2020. and then again 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.Bosso, Joe (April 8, 2014). [https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/joe-satriani-talks-the-complete-studio-recordings-album-by-album-597821 "Joe Satriani talks The Complete Studio Recordings album by album | Surfing With The Alien (1987)"]. MusicRadar. Future plc. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine at AllMusic called Crystal Planet "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".
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_music = Joe Satriani, except where noted
| title1 = Up in the Sky
| length1 = 4:09
| title2 = House Full of Bullets
| length2 = 5:33
| title3 = Crystal Planet
| length3 = 4:34
| title4 = Love Thing
| length4 = 3:50
| title5 = Trundrumbalind
| length5 = 5:13
| title6 = Lights of Heaven
| length6 = 4:23
| title7 = Raspberry Jam Delta-v
| length7 = 5:21
| title8 = Ceremony
| length8 = 4:53
| title9 = With Jupiter in Mind
| length9 = 5:46
| title10 = Secret Prayer
| length10 = 4:27
| title11 = A Train of Angels
| note11 = J. Satriani, Z.Z. Satriani
| length11 = 3:42
| title12 = A Piece of Liquid
| note12 = J. Satriani, Z.Z. Satriani
| length12 = 3:04
| title13 = Psycho Monkey
| note13 = J. Satriani, Z.Z. Satriani
| length13 = 4:36
| title14 = Time
| length14 = 5:05
| title15 = Z.Z.'s Song
| length15 = 3:01
| total_length = 67:37
}}
Personnel
- Joe Satriani – guitar, guitar synthesizer, keyboard (tracks 5, 7, 13, 14), bass (tracks 2, 13, 14), harmonica, clapping (track 7), mixing (tracks 14, 15), producer (tracks 13–15)
- Eric Caudieux – keyboard (tracks 3, 7, 9, 12), programming, orchestration, editing
- Eric Valentine – keyboard (track 14), drums (tracks 13, 14), percussion (tracks 13, 14), bass (track 14), engineering (tracks 13, 14), mixing (track 14), production (tracks 13, 14)
- Jeff Campitelli – drums (tracks 1–12), percussion (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8–12), clapping (track 7)
- Elk Thunder – percussion (track 8)
- Rhoades Howe – percussion (track 14), engineering assistance (tracks 13, 14)
- Stuart Hamm – bass (tracks 1, 3–12)
- Mike Manning – clapping (track 7)
- Mike Fraser – clapping (track 7), engineering (tracks 1–13), mixing (tracks 1–13), production (tracks 1–13)
- John Cuniberti – engineering (tracks 14, 15), mixing (tracks 15), production (tracks 14, 15)
- Kent Matcke – engineering assistance (tracks 1–10, 12)
- Kevin Scott – engineering assistance (tracks 1–12), mixing assistance (track 14)
- Stephen Hart – engineering assistance (track 15)
- Judy Kirschner – engineering assistance
- Zac Allentuck – mixing assistance (tracks 1–10, 12, 13)
- George Marino – mastering
Charts
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Crystal Planet|artist=Joe Satriani|type=album|nocert=true|relyear=1998|salesamount=202,416|salesref={{cite web|url=http://www.metalsludge.tv/?p=30333 |title=Sludge Scan For December 1999 |website=Metal Sludge |accessdate=10 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819082331/http://www.metalsludge.tv/?p=30333 |archivedate=August 19, 2014 }}}}
{{Table end}}
Awards
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Event | Title | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 Grammys
|"A Train of Angels" |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.satriani.com/discography/Crystal_Planet/ Crystal Planet] at satriani.com
- [https://www.guitar9.com/column/joe-satriani-crystal-planet Joe Satriani "Crystal Planet"] album review at Guitar Nine
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Category:Albums produced by Mike Fraser
Category:Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance