Crystal Planet

Crystal Planet
Studio album by Joe Satriani
Released	March 3, 1998 (1998-03-03)
Recorded	The Plant Studios in Sausalito, California; The Site; H.O.S. Recording; Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco, California; Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California
Genre	Instrumental rock
Length	67:37
Label	Epic
Producer	Joe Satriani, Eric Valentine, Mike Fraser, John Cuniberti
Joe Satriani chronology
G3: Live in Concert (1997) Crystal Planet (1998) Engines of Creation (2000)

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Crystal Planet is the seventh studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani, released on March 3, 1998 through Epic Records. The eighth track, "Ceremony", features Satriani's first recorded use of a seven-string guitar, namely the Ibanez Universe. The album is included as part of Satriani's 2008 box set, Joe Satriani Original Album Classics.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Joe Satriani, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
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

Personnel

• Joe Satriani – guitar, guitar synthesizer, keyboard (tracks 5, 7, 13, 14), bass (tracks 2, 13, 14), harmonica, clapping (track 7), mixing, production
• 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, mixing, production
• 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
• Stuart Hamm – bass (tracks 1, 3–12)
• Mike Manning – clapping (track 7)
• Mike Fraser – clapping (track 7), engineering, mixing, production
• Kent Matcke – engineering
• Kevin Scott – engineering, mixing
• John Cuniberti – engineering, mixing, production
• Stephen Hart – engineering
• Judy Kirschner – engineering
• Zac Allentuck – mixing
• George Marino – mastering