Crystal Planet

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Crystal Planet is the seventh studio album by the American guitarist Joe Satriani, released on March 3, 1998, by Epic Records.[1] 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[2] and remained on that chart for eight weeks,[3] as well as reaching the top 100 in five other countries.[4] "Ceremony" was released as a single, reaching No. 28 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart[2] 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,[5] 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,[6] 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.[7]

Critical reception

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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".[1]

Track listing

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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

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Sales

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Awards

Event Title Award Result
1999 Grammys "A Train of Angels" Best Rock Instrumental Performance Nominated[5]

References

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  1. a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Crystal Planet - Joe Satriani". AllMusic. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
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  3. [[[:Template:BillboardURLbyName]] "Joe Satriani - Chart history"]. Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  4. "Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet (album)". Finnishcharts. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  5. a b "41st Grammy Awards - 1999". Rock On The Net. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  6. "Original Album Classics - Joe Satriani". AllMusic. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  7. Bosso, Joe (April 8, 2014). "Joe Satriani talks The Complete Studio Recordings album by album | Surfing With The Alien (1987)". MusicRadar. Future plc. Retrieved April 17, 2020.

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