Artist: JOE SATRIANI
Album: CRYSTAL PLANET (CD)

Release date: 1998
Media type: CD

Crystal Planet is a 1998 instrumental rock album from guitarist Joe Satriani. It is likened to his classic 1989 release Flying in a Blue Dream in terms of sonics (returning from the blues/jazz toned "Joe Satriani", and the "big sounds" The Extremist) and songwriting, and features his first recorded use of a 7-string guitar (an Ibanez "Universe" model - this was before Ibanez had made him a custom "JS" seven-string) on the track "Ceremony".

All songs written by Joe Satriani except where noted.

TRACKLIST:

"Up in the Sky" – 4:10
"House Full of Bullets" – 5:33
"Crystal Planet" – 4:34
"Love Thing" – 3:50
"Trundrumbalind" – 5:13
"Lights of Heaven" – 4:23
"Raspberry Jam Delta-V" – 5:21
"Ceremony" – 4:53
"With Jupiter in Mind" – 5:47
"Secret Prayer" – 4:27
"A Train of Angels" (Joe Satriani, Z.Z. Satriani) – 3:42
"A Piece of Liquid" (Joe Satriani, Z.Z. Satriani) – 3:04
"Psycho Monkey" (Joe Satriani, Z.Z. Satriani) – 4:36
"Time" – 5:05
"Z.Z.'s Song" – 3:00

LINE-UP:

Joe Satriani - Guitars, Bass, Keyboards and Harmonica
Stuart Hamm - Bass
Jeff Campitelli - Drums and Percussion
Eric Caudieux - Keyboards, Programming and Editing
Eric Valentine - Drums, Bass, Keyboards and Percussion
Rhoades Howe - Percussion
Elk Thunder - Percussion