Not of This Earth (Joe Satriani album)
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| Studio album by Joe Satriani | ||
| Released | 1986 | |
| Recorded | 1985 | |
| Genre | Instrumental Rock | |
| Length | 38:46 | |
| Label | Relativity Records | |
| Producer(s) | Joe Satriani & John Cuniberti | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Joe Satriani chronology | ||
| The Joe Satriani EP (?) |
Not of This Earth (1986) |
Surfing With the Alien (1987) |
Not of This Earth is the first full album by instrumental rock solo artist Joe Satriani. Numerous tracks off this album are still played live by Satriani.
The original artwork used for the first pressing of this album has been lost, and has since been replaced with the artwork shown. This artwork has been used for all releases onto CD.
Another pressing was made onto blue vinyl, which was most likely limited to 1000 copies.
A few features distinguish this album from his others. Electronic drums are used throughout, instead of Satriani's usual acoustic drums. The first track "Not Of This Earth" utilizes an unusual compositional technique he titles "Pitch Axis Theory", which consists of shifting modes underneath a pedal tone (in this case E). "The Headless Horseman" is a piece performed entirely by left and right handed finger tapping.
While recording this album John Cuniberti's car was broken into. In the process of cleaning up the glass he cut his hands, and as Satriani was paying him per hour he had to splice together a track using his bloody fingers.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Joe Satriani except 'Memories' written by John Cuniberti and Joe Satriani.
- "Not of This Earth" – 3:55
- "The Snake" – 4:40
- "Rubina" – 5:50
- "Memories" – 4:00
- "Brother John" – 2:07
- "The Enigmatic" – 3:25
- "Driving at Night" – 3:30
- "Hordes of Locusts" – 4:55
- "New Day" – 3:56
- "Headless Horseman" – 1:50
[edit] Personnel
- Joe Satriani – Guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion
- Jeff Campitelli – Drums, percussion, DX, whistles
- John Cuniberti – Percussion, vocals
- Written & Arranged by – Joe Satriani
- Producers – Joe Satriani & John Cuniberti
- Publishers – Strange Beautiful Music/ASCAP
- Recorded & Mixed at – Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco, California
- Engineering – John Cuniberti
- Mastering – Bernie Grundman
- Art Direction – David Bett
- Photography – Glen la Ferman
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