Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet (1998) [Full Album]

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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. 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 and remained on that chart for eight weeks, as well as reaching the top 100 in five other countries. "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, Satriani's ninth nomination.

I've included an alternate version of "ZZ's Song" for anyone who is interested in hearing it.

Tracklist:
1. Up In The Sky (0:00)
2. House Full Of Bullets (4:10)
3. Crystal Planet (9:43)
4. Love Thing (14:18)
5. Trundrumbalind (18:08)
6. Lights Of Heaven (23:22)
7. Raspberry Jam Delta-V (27:46)
8. Ceremony (33:08)
9. With Jupiter In Mind (38:01)
10. Secret Prayer (43:48)
11. A Train Of Angels (48:16)
12. A Piece Of Liquid (51:58)
13. Psycho Monkey (55:02)
14. Time (59:39)
15. ZZ's Song (1:04:44)
16. ZZ's Song (Alternate) (1:07:45)

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

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