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]	NZ [4]	SWE [5]	SWI [6]	UK [7]
1986	Not of This Earth Released: 1986 Label: Epic Format: CD, LP, CS, digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1987	Surfing with the Alien Released: October 1987 Label: Epic Format: CD, LP, CS, digital download	29	10	—	16	—	—	—		BPI: Gold[8] RIAA: Platinum[9]
1989	Flying in a Blue Dream Released: October 1989 Label: Epic Format: CD, LP, CS, digital download	23	21	—	7	34	—	—		BPI: Silver[10] RIAA: Gold[11] RMNZ: Gold[12]
1992	The Extremist Released: July 1992 Label: Epic Format: CD, LP, CS, digital download	22	29	—	16	35	11	13	US: 810,000[13]	BPI: Gold[14] IFPI MAC: Gold[15] IFPI VEN: Gold[16] RIAA: Gold[17] SNEP: Gold[18]
1993	Time Machine Released: October 26, 1993 Label: Sony Music Distribution Format: CD, LP, CS, digital download	95	85	—	—	—	—	32		NVPI: Gold[19] RIAA: Gold[20]
1995	Joe Satriani Released: October 1995 Label: Sony Music Distribution Format: CD, CS, digital download	51	72	—	27	—	36	21	US: 256,422[21]
1998	Crystal Planet Released: March 3, 1998 Label: Epic Format: CD, CS, digital download	50	—	10	—	—	40	32	UK: 500,000[22] US: 202,416[21]	BPI: Gold[23]
2000	Engines of Creation Released: March 14, 2000 Label: Epic Format: CD, SACD, CS, digital download	90	—	37	—	—	86	78	US: 111,851[24] WW: 1,000,000[25]
2002	Strange Beautiful Music Released: June 25, 2002 Label: Epic Format: CD, SACD, digital download	140	—	38	—	—	78	111
2004	Is There Love in Space? Released: April 13, 2004 Label: Epic Format: CD, digital download	80	—	45	—	—	83	86
2006	Super Colossal Released: March 14, 2006 Label: Epic Format: CD, digital download	86	—	86	—	—	83	107
2008	Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock Released: April 1, 2008 Label: Epic/RED Format: CD, digital download	89	64	57	—	—	67	75
2010	Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards Released: October 5, 2010 Label: Epic/RED Format: CD, digital download	45	84	39	—	—	34	62		BPI: Gold[26]
2013	Unstoppable Momentum Released: May 7, 2013 Label: Epic/RED Format: CD, digital download	42	81	77	—	54	32	44
2015	Shockwave Supernova Released: July 24, 2015 Label: Sony Music Format: CD, digital download, LP	46	23	32	—	—	13	22
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Extended plays

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)
		US [1]
1984	Joe Satriani Released: 1984 Label: Rubina Records Format: cassette, digital download, LP	—
1988	Dreaming #11 Released: November 1988 Label: Epic Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	42	RIAA: Gold[27]
2000	Additional Creations Released: 2000 Label: Epic Format: CD	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilations

Year	Album details
1993	The Beautiful Guitar Released: 1993 Label: Relativity Records Format: CD, digital download
2003	The Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology Released: November 18, 2003 Label: Epic/Legacy Format: CD, digital download
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, digital download

Live albums

Year	Album details	Certifications
2001	Live in San Francisco Released: June 19, 2001 Label: Sony Music Distribution Format: CD, DVD, digital download	BPI: Gold[28] (Video) RIAA: 2× Platinum[29] (Video)
2006	Satriani Live! Released: October 31, 2006 Label: Red Ink Format: CD, DVD, digital download
2010	Live In Paris: I Just Wanna Rock Released: February 2, 2010 Label: Sony Music Format: CD, DVD, digital download
2012	Satchurated: Live in Montreal Released: April 24, 2012 Label: Sony Music Format: CD, DVD, Blu-ray, digital download

Collaborations

Year	Artist	Album
1986	Crowded House	Crowded House
	Greg Kihn	Love And Rock And Roll
1987	Danny Gottlieb	Aquamarine
1988	Stuart Hamm	Radio Free Albemuth
	Blue Öyster Cult	Imaginos
	Possessed	The Eyes of Horror (producer)
1991	Alice Cooper	Hey Stoopid
1992	Brian May	Back to the Light
1992	Spinal Tap	Break Like the Wind
1996	Pat Martino	All Sides Now
	Greg Kihn	King Biscuit Flower Hour
1997	Steve Vai / Eric Johnson	G3: Live in Concert
	Steve Vai / Alex Lifeson / Joe Perry	Merry Axemas Volume 1
2003	Steve Vai / Yngwie Malmsteen	G3: Rockin' in the Free World
	The Yardbirds	Birdland
2004	Jordan Rudess	Rhythm of Time
2005	Steve Vai / John Petrucci	G3: Live in Tokyo
2006	Ian Gillan	Gillan's Inn
	Particle	Transformations Live for the People
2007	John 5	The Devil Knows My Name
	Dream Theater (spoken voice only)	Systematic Chaos
	Stanley Clarke	Guitar Masters, Vol. 1
2008	Funtwo	YouTube Live
	Jason Becker	Collection
	Dave Martone	Clean
2009	Chickenfoot	Chickenfoot
2010	Steve Miller Band	Bingo!
	Tarja	What Lies Beneath
2011	Chickenfoot	Chickenfoot III
2013	Steve Hunter	The Manhattan Blues Project

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joe-satriani-mn0000805785/awards
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21. "Sludge Scan For December 1999". www.metalsludge.tv. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
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28. "British video certifications – Joe Satriani – Live in San Francisco". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Live in San Francisco in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select DVD in the field By Format. Click Search
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