Joe Satriani discography
This is the discography of Joe Satriani, an 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 collaborations with Chickenfoot, Blue Öyster Cult, Stuart Hamm, Alice Cooper, and Spinal Tap, as well as early Squares material and G3 projects (see the collaborations section for more details).
Joe Satriani discography | |
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Studio albums | 18 |
Live albums | 5 |
Compilation albums | 4 |
EPs | 3 |
Since his self-titled debut EP in 1984, Satriani has released five live albums, five compilations, four extended plays, and eighteen studio albums, 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 | ||||||||||
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US [1] |
US Hard Rock [2] |
AUS [3] |
FRA [4] |
GER [5] |
NZ [6] |
SWE [7] |
SWI [8] |
UK [9] | ||||||
1986 | Not of This Earth | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
1987 | Surfing with the Alien
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29 | — | 10 | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | ||||
1989 | Flying in a Blue Dream
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23 | — | 21 | — | — | 7 | 34 | — | — | ||||
1992 | The Extremist
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22 | — | 29 | 13 | 55 | 16 | 35 | 11 | 13 | ||||
1993 | Time Machine
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95 | — | 85 | 8 | 87 | — | — | — | 32 |
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1995 | Joe Satriani
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51 | — | 72 | 10 | — | 27 | — | 36 | 21 |
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1998 | Crystal Planet
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50 | — | — | 10 | 73 | — | — | 40 | 32 |
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2000 | Engines of Creation
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90 | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | 86 | 78 |
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2002 | Strange Beautiful Music
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80 | — | — | 45 | — | — | — | 83 | 86 | ||||
2004 | Is There Love in Space?
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80 | — | — | 45 | — | — | — | 83 | 86 | ||||
2006 | Super Colossal
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86 | — | — | 86 | — | — | — | 83 | 107 |
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2008 | Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock
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89 | — | 64 | 57 | 92 | — | — | 67 | 75 |
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2010 | Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards
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45 | 5 | 84 | 39 | 85 | — | — | 34 | 62 |
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2013 | Unstoppable Momentum
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42 | 1 | 81 | 77 | 67 | — | 54 | 32 | 44 |
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2015 | Shockwave Supernova
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46 | 3 | 23 | 32 | 40 | — | — | 13 | 22 |
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2018 | What Happens Next
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42 | 2 | 20 | — | 51 | — | — | 9 | 40 | ||||
2020 | Shapeshifting
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— | — | 28 [28] |
101 [29] |
61 | — | — | 6 | 70 | ||||
2022 | The Elephants of Mars | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | 5 | 57 | ||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Extended plays
Year | EP details | Peak positions | Certifications | ||
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US [1] |
SWE [31] |
UK [31] | |||
1984 | Joe Satriani
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— | — | — | |
1988 | Dreaming#11
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42 | 55 | 100 |
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2000 | Additional Creations
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— | — | — | |
2016 | Supernova Remix – The Free EP | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Compilations
Year | Album details | Peak | |
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GER [5] | |||
1993 | The Beautiful Guitar
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53 | |
2003 | The Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology
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2005 | One Big Rush: The Genius of Joe Satriani
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2008 | Joe Satriani Original Album Classics
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— | |
2010 | The Essential Joe Satriani
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— | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Live/video albums
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||
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US (Video) [32] |
AUS (Video) [33] |
FRA (Album) [4] |
SWE (Video) [7] |
SWI (Video) [8] | ||||
1993 | The Satch Tapes
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— | — | — | — | — |
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2001 | Live in San Francisco
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10 | 9 | 69 | 13 | — | ||
2006 | Satriani Live!
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2010 | Live in Paris: I Just Wanna Rock
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— | 29 | 197 | — | — | ||
2012 | Satchurated: Live in Montreal
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3 | 15 | 198 | 7 | 6 | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Projects and collaborations
In 1986, Satriani teamed up with Crowded House to record their eponymous studio album, Crowded House. The same year, he also recorded Love and Rock and Roll with The Greg Kihn Band. A year later, the guitarist played on Danny Gottlieb's Aquamarine. He also produced The Eyes of Horror by Possessed. In 1988, Satriani contributed to Radio Free Albemuth by Stuart Hamm and Imaginos by Blue Öyster Cult. For the last release, Satriani worked as the record's producer. In 1991, he 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. In 1997, he worked with Pat Martino on the album All Sides Now and King Biscuit Flower Hour by the Greg Kihn Band.
Also in 1997, Satriani recorded the album Merry Axemas Volume 1 with Steve Vai, Alex Lifeson, and Joe Perry. In 2003, he worked on The Yardbirds album Birdland. A year later, he was a guest on Jordan Rudess' release, entitled Rhythm of Time. In 2006, the guitarist played on Gillan's Inn by Ian Gillan as well as Transformations Live for the People by Particle. The following year saw Satriani playing on The Devil Knows My Name by John 5 and Guitar Masters, Vol. 1 by Stanley Clarke. In 2008, Satriani added guitar parts to YouTube Live by Funtwo, Jason Becker's Collection, as well as Clean by Dave Martone. In 2010, he worked on Bingo! by the Steve Miller Band and What Lies Beneath by Tarja, followed in 2013 by Steve Hunter's The Manhattan Blues Project. In 2017, Satriani contributed to the tracks "The Healer", "North Bound", "Horsepower", and "Hometown" on the Marco Minnemann album Borrego.
In 2019, he released the album Squares, a collection of tracks recorded by the band Squares, which he formed with his brother-in-law Neil Sheehan in the late 1970s.[36]
Satriani has taken part in all releases by the supergroup Chickenfoot. Their debut studio album, Chickenfoot, sold 560,000 copies in the United States and more than 40,000 in Canada, where the record was also certified Gold. The band's second studio album, Chickenfoot III, sold 35,000 copies in the United States.
In 2020, Satriani played a guitar solo on the track "Get Out! Now!" from Dutch metal opera project Ayreon's tenth album, Transitus.[37] Also in 2020, Satriani was featured on the Cory Wong song "Massive" from Wong's release The Striped Album.[38]
In 2021, Satriani was featured on two Kitt Wakeley singles, "Conflicted" and "Forgive Me". Both are from Wakeley's album Symphony of Sinners & Saints.[39]
G3 projects
Year | Release details | Peak positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||
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US (Album) [40] |
FIN (Album) [41] |
FRA (Album) [42] |
GER (Album) [5] |
ITA (Album) [43] |
NED (Album) [44] |
SWE (Video) [45] |
UK (Album) [9] | ||||
1997 | G3: Live in Concert
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108 | 35 | 20 | 92 | — | 52 | — | 82 |
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2003 | G3: Rockin' in the Free World
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— | — | 156 | — | 58 | — | 2 | — |
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2005 | G3: Live in Tokyo
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — |
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||||
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US [47] |
AUS [48] |
AUT [49] |
CAN [50] |
FIN [51] |
FRA [52] |
NL [53] |
SWE [54] |
SWI [55] |
UK [56] | ||||||||||
Chickenfoot |
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4 | 50 | 36 | 5 | 36 | 67 | 25 | 36 | 11 | 23 | ||||||||
Chickenfoot III |
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9 | 46 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 81 | 36 | 45 | 12 | 102 | ||||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Live albums
Title | Album details |
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LV |
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Compilations
Title | Album details |
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Best + Live |
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Singles
Year | Single | US Main. |
Album | |
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2009 | "Oh Yeah" | 21 | Chickenfoot | |
"Soap on a Rope" | — | |||
"Sexy Little Thing" | 40 | |||
2010 | "Get It Up" | — | ||
"My Kinda Girl" | — | |||
2011 | "Big Foot" | 32 | Chickenfoot III | |
"Three and a Half Letters" | — | |||
2012 | "Different Devil" | — | ||
2013 | "Something Going Wrong" | — | LV | |
2017 | "Divine Termination" | — | Best + Live | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Notes
- Sales figures for Crystal Planet.[20]
- Sales figures for Engines of Creation.[21]
- Sales figures for Super Colossal.[22]
- Sales figures for Professor Satchafunkilus.[23]
- Sales figures for Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards.[24]
- Sales figures for Unstoppable Momentum.[25]
- Sales figures for Shockwave Supernova.[26]
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