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| Released | March 3, 1998 (1998-03-03) | |||
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| Genre | Instrumental rock | |||
| Length | 67:37 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
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Crystal Planet is the seventh studio album by the guitarist Joe Satriani, released on March 3, 1998, by Epic Records.[2] 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[3] and remained on that chart for eight weeks,[4] as well as reaching the top 100 in five other countries.[5] "Ceremony" was released as a single, reaching No. 28 on Billboard'sMainstream Rock chart[3] and featuring Satriani's first recorded use of a seven-string guitar, namely the Ibanez Universe. "A Train of Angels" was nominated for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 1999 Grammy Awards,[6] Satriani's ninth such nomination.
Crystal Planet has been reissued twice. The first was on June 16, 2008, as part of the Original Album Classics box set,[7] and most recently 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.[8]
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
Stephen Thomas ErlewineatAllMusic awarded Crystal Planet four stars out five, calling it "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".[2]
All music is composed by Joe Satriani, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Up in the Sky" | 4:09 |
| 2. | "House Full of Bullets" | 5:33 |
| 3. | "Crystal Planet" | 4:34 |
| 4. | "Love Thing" | 3:50 |
| 5. | "Trundrumbalind" | 5:13 |
| 6. | "Lights of Heaven" | 4:23 |
| 7. | "Raspberry Jam Delta-v" | 5:21 |
| 8. | "Ceremony" | 4:53 |
| 9. | "With Jupiter in Mind" | 5:46 |
| 10. | "Secret Prayer" | 4:27 |
| 11. | "A Train of Angels" (J. Satriani, Z.Z. Satriani) | 3:42 |
| 12. | "A Piece of Liquid" (J. Satriani, Z.Z. Satriani) | 3:04 |
| 13. | "Psycho Monkey" (J. Satriani, Z.Z. Satriani) | 4:36 |
| 14. | "Time" | 5:05 |
| 15. | "Z.Z.'s Song" | 3:01 |
| Total length: | 67:37 | |
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1998 | French albums chart | 10[5] |
| Finnish albums chart | 35[5] | |
| Swiss albums chart | 40[5] | |
| Billboard 200 | 50[3] | |
| Dutch albums chart | 54[5] | |
| German albums chart | 73[5] |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States | — | 202,416[9] |
| Event | Title | Award | Result |
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| 1999 Grammys | "A Train of Angels" | Best Rock Instrumental Performance | Nominated[6] |
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