Joe Satriani discography

Joe Satriani discography

Joe Satriani in 2005
Studio albums 15
Live albums 5
Compilation albums 4
EPs 3

This is the discography for Joe Satriani, an Italian American multi-instrumentalist, known primarily for his work as an instrumental rock guitarist, with multiple Grammy Award nominations. This discography includes all of his albums, including collaboration albums with Chickenfoot, Blue Öyster Cult, Stuart Hamm, Alice Cooper, Spinal Tap and G3 projects (see the collaborations section for more details).

Since his self-titled debut EP in 1984, Satriani has released five live albums, four compilation albums, three extended plays (one was mostly a live recording), and fourteen studio albums (one features material both recorded live and in the studio), three of which have received gold certification in the United States, while Surfing with the Alien went platinum.

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
[1]		 AUS
[2]		 FRA
[3]		 GER
[4]		 NZ
[5]		 SWE
[6]		 SWI
[7]		 UK
[8]
1986 Not of This Earth — — — — — — — — N/A N/A
1987 Surfing with the Alien
  • Released: October 1987
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP, CS, DD
 29 10 — — 16 — — —
1989 Flying in a Blue Dream
  • Released: October 1989
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP, CS, DD
 23 21 — — 7 34 — —
1992 The Extremist
  • Released: July 1992
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP, CS, DD
 22 29 13 55 16 35 11 13
1993 Time Machine 95 85 8 87 — — — 32
1995 Joe Satriani
  • Released: October 1995
  • Label: Sony Music Distribution
  • Format: CD, CS, DD
 51 72 10 — 27 — 36 21
1998 Crystal Planet
  • Released: March 3, 1998
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, CS, DD
 50 — 10 73 — — 40 32 N/A
2000 Engines of Creation
  • Released: March 14, 2000
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, SACD, CS, DD
 90 — 37 — — — 86 78
2002 Strange Beautiful Music
  • Released: June 25, 2002
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, SACD, DD
 140 — 38 92 — — 78 111 N/A
2004 Is There Love in Space?
  • Released: April 13, 2004
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, DD
 80 — 45 — — — 83 86
2006 Super Colossal
  • Released: March 14, 2006
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, DD
 86 — 86 — — — 83 107
2008 Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock
  • Released: April 1, 2008
  • Label: Epic/RED
  • Format: CD, DD
 89 64 57 92 — — 67 75
2010 Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards
  • Released: October 5, 2010
  • Label: Epic/RED
  • Format: CD, DD
 45 84 39 85 — — 34 62
2013 Unstoppable Momentum
  • Released: May 7, 2013
  • Label: Epic/RED
  • Format: CD, DD
 42 81 77 67 — 54 32 44
2015 Shockwave Supernova
  • Released: July 24, 2015
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Format: CD, LP, DD
 46 23 32 40 — — 13 22
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Extended plays

Year Album details Peak positions Sales Certifications
US
[1]		 SWE
[29]		 UK
[29]
1984 Joe Satriani
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Rubina Records
  • Format: CS, LP, DD
 — — — N/A N/A
1988 Dreaming #11
  • Released: November 1988
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP, CS, DD
 42 55 100
2000 Additional Creations
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD
 — — — N/A N/A
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilations

Year Album details Peak
GER
[4]
1993 The Beautiful Guitar 53
2003 The Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology
  • Released: November 18, 2003
  • Label: Epic/Legacy
  • Format: CD, DD
 —
2005 One Big Rush: The Genius of Joe Satriani
  • Released: November 29, 2005
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Format: CD
 —
2008 Joe Satriani Original Album Classics
  • Released: June 16, 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Format: CD, DD
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live/video albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
(Video)
[31]		 AUS
(Video)
[32]		 FRA
(Album)
[3]		 SWE
(Video)
[6]		 SWI
(Video)
[7]
1993 The Satch Tapes
  • Released: January 27, 1993
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Format: VHS, DVD
 — — — — —
  • SNEP: Gold (Video)[33]
2001 Live in San Francisco
  • Released: June 19, 2001
  • Label: Sony Music Distribution
  • Format: CD, DVD, DD
 10 9 69 13 —
  • ARIA: Gold (Video)[34]
  • BPI: Gold (Video)[11]
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum (Video)[12]
2006 Satriani Live!
  • Released: October 31, 2006
  • Label: RED
  • Format: CD, DVD, DD
 — — — — —
  • SNEP: Gold (Video)[20]
2010 Live In Paris: I Just Wanna Rock
  • Released: February 2, 2010
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Format: CD, DVD, DD
 — 29 197 — — N/A N/A
2012 Satchurated: Live in Montreal
  • Released: April 24, 2012
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Format: CD, DVD, Blu-ray, DD
 3 15 198 7 6
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Notable collaborations

In 1986, Satriani teamed up with Crowded House to record their eponymous studio album Crowded House and recorded Love And Rock And Roll together with Greg Kihn. A year later, the guitarist played on Danny Gottlieb's Aquamarine. In 1988, Satriani contributed to three albums including Radio Free Albemuth by Stuart Hamm as well as Imaginos by Blue Öyster Cult and The Eyes of Horror by the band Possessed. For the last release, Satriani worked as the producer of the album. In 1991, Satriani played guitar parts on the Alice Cooper album Hey Stoopid. The next year, he worked with Brian May on Back to the Light as well as Break Like the Wind by Spinal Tap. After a break of four years, Satriani worked with Pat Martino on the album All Sides Now and King Biscuit Flower Hour by Greg Kihn.

In 1997, Satriani recorded the album Merry Axemas Volume 1 with Steve Vai, Alex Lifeson and Joe Perry. In 2003, Satriani worked on The Yardbirds project, recording Birdland. A year later, he was a guest on Jordan Rudess' release entitled Rhythm of Time. In 2006, he American guitarist played on Gillan's Inn by Ian Gillan as well as Transformations Live for the People by Particle. The following hear saw Satriani playing on The Devil Knows My Name by John 5, Systematic Chaos by Dream Theater and Guitar Masters, Vol. 1 by Stanley Clarke. In 2008, Satriani added guitar parts on YouTube Live by Funtwo, Jason Becker's Collection album as well as Clean by Dave Martone. In 2010, the guitarist worked on Bingo! by the Steve Miller Band and What Lies Beneath by Tarja, followed 2013 by Steve Hunter's The Manhattan Blues Project.

Satriani takes part in every release by the supergroup Chickenfoot. With the band, he sold 560,000 copies of their debut studio album Chickenfoot in the United States as well as more than 40,000 copies in Canada, where the album was also certified with a Gold disc. The band's second studio album, Chickenfoot III sold 35,000 copies in the United States, according to Sammy Hagar.

G3 projects

Year Release details Peak positions Sales Certifications
US
(Album)
[35]		 FIN
(Album)
[36]		 FRA
(Album)
[37]		 GER
(Album)
[4]		 ITA
(Album)
[38]		 NED
(Album)
[39]		 SWE
(Video)
[40]		 UK
(Album)
[8]
1997 G3: Live in Concert
  • feat. Steve Vai, Eric Johnson
  • Released: June 3, 1997
  • Label: Sony Music Distribution
  • Format: CD, VHS, DVD
 108 35 20 92 — 52 — 82
  • RIAA: Platinum (Video)[12]
2003 G3: Rockin' in the Free World — — 156 — 58 — 2 —
  • RIAA: Platinum (Video)[12]
2005 G3: Live in Tokyo — — — — — — 6 —
  • ARIA: Platinum (Video)[41]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Sales figures based on certification.
  2. ↑ Sales figures for Surfing with the Alien.[9]
  3. ↑ Sales figures for Flying in a Blue Dream.[13]
  4. ↑ Sales figures for The Extremist (US).[15]
  5. ↑ Sales figures for The Extremist (France).[16]
  6. ↑ Sales figures for Joe Satriani.[19]
  7. ↑ Sales figures for Crystal Planet.[21]
  8. ↑ Sales figures for Engines of Creation.[22]
  9. ↑ Sales figures for Is There Love in Space?.[23]
  10. ↑ Sales figures for Super Colossal.[24]
  11. ↑ Sales figures for Professor Satchafunkilus.[25]
  12. ↑ Sales figures for Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards.[26]
  13. ↑ Sales figures for Unstoppable Momentum.[27]
  14. ↑ Sales figures for Shockwave Supernova.[28]
  15. ↑ Sales figures for Dreaming #11.[30]

References

  1. 1 2
  2. ↑
  3. 1 2
  4. 1 2 3 "Joe Satriani > Top Alben". GfK Entertainment (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  5. ↑ "New Zealand Charts Portal". Steffen Hung. Charts NZ. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  6. 1 2
  7. 1 2 "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community". Steffen Hung (in German). Swiss Charts. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  8. 1 2
  9. ↑ "Declarations of the Independent" (PDF). Billboard Magagzine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1996-11-02. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  10. ↑ "ARIA Gold Sales Award". Eil.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  11. 1 2 3 "British certifications – Joe Satriani". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2016-07-19. Enter Joe Satriani in the field Search. Select Artist in the field Search by. Click Search
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "American certifications – Joe Satriani". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  13. ↑ "Satriani, Vai & Others Gain Sales Figures!" (PDF). Billboard Magagzine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1992-08-15. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  14. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart — 13 May 1990". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  15. ↑ "Ask Billboard: Steve Vai, Jay-Z, Radiohead". Billboard Magagzine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  16. ↑ "Les Certifications Officielles des Albums au Niveau Or" (in French). InfoDisc.fr. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  17. ↑ "Les Certifications (Albums) du SNEP". Info Disc. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  18. ↑ "Accreditation Awards". Australian Music Report. Christopher Dean. 2011-04-07. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  19. ↑ "Sludge Scan For December 1999". www.metalsludge.tv. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  20. 1 2 "Mit dem Außerirdischen im Wasser: Gitarren-Gott Joe Satriani wird 60". Berliner Nachrichten. Media Consulting Group. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  21. ↑ "Red's Success" (PDF). Billboard Magagzine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2000-01-29. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  22. ↑ "Sludge Scans For August 2001". www.metalsludge.tv. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  23. ↑ "Epic's Best-selling New Albums" (PDF). Billboard Magagzine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2004-05-08. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  24. ↑ "Just No Vocals Needed" (PDF). Billboard Magagzine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2007-06-16. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  25. ↑ "Being a Guitar Hero" (PDF). Billboard Magagzine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  26. ↑ "Metal By Numbers 10/13: A Hell Of A Low Week For Sales". Metal Insider. 2010-10-13. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  27. ↑ "'Unstoppable Momentum' First-Week Sales Revealed". Artist Direct. 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  28. ↑ "Maroon 5's 'V' Is Band's Fifth Million-Selling Album". Billboard Magagzine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  29. 1 2 "The World's Music Charts > Joe Satriani". T Sort Music. Steve Hawtin. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  30. ↑ "Bryan Adams Single Reached Platinum Plateau" (PDF). Billboard Magagzine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1991-09-14. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  31. ↑
    • "Top Music Videos" (PDF). Billboard Magazine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2001-09-08. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
    • "Music Video Sales". Billboard Magazine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2012-05-12. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  32. ↑
  33. ↑ "French video certifications – Joe Satriani" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  34. ↑ "Gold DVDs" (PDF). ARIA Charts. Pandora Archive. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  35. ↑ "G3: Live in Concert". AllMusic Network. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  36. ↑ "G3 – Live In Concert" (in Finnish). IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  37. ↑
  38. ↑ "G3: Rockin' in the Free World". Italian Charts Portal. Steffen Hung. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  39. ↑ "G3 – Live In Concert". Dutch Charts Portal. Steffen Hung. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  40. ↑ "Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan.se (in Swedish). Swedish Recording Industry Association. Search for "G3" and press "Sök". Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  41. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2013 DVD". Australian Recording Industry Association. ARIA Charts. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
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