Crystal Planet is a 1998 instrumental rock

Instrumental rock

Instrumental rock is a type of rock music which emphasizes musical instruments, and which features very little or no singing.Examples of instrumental rock can be found in practically every subgenre of rock, often from musicians who specialize in the style, most notably Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Link...

 album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 from guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

 Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani

Joseph "Joe" Satriani is an American instrumental rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, with multiple Grammy Award nominations...

. It is likened to his classic 1989 release Flying in a Blue Dream

Flying in a Blue Dream

Flying in a Blue Dream is a 1989 album by instrumental rock solo artist Joe Satriani. It is his third studio album .-Album information:...

 in terms of sonics (returning from the blues/jazz toned "Joe Satriani", and the "big sounds" The Extremist

The Extremist

The Extremist is an instrumental rock album released by Joe Satriani in 1992 and re-released in 1997 with his entire Epic Records catalog....

) and songwriting, and features his first recorded use of a 7-string guitar (an Ibanez

Ibanez

is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe, as well as the first brand of guitars to mass produce...

 "Universe

Ibanez Universe

The Ibanez Universe is the world's first modern, commercial seven-string electric guitar, developed by Steve Vai and manufactured by Ibanez. The Universe is a seven-string version of the Ibanez JEM series, Vai's signature model...

" model—this was before Ibanez had made him a custom "JS" seven-string) on the track "Ceremony". The track "Raspberry Jam Delta-V" is most likely a reference to the lethal amount of g-force taken from the book Endymion, by Dan Simmons

Dan Simmons

Dan Simmons is an American author most widely known for his Hugo Award-winning science fiction series, known as the Hyperion Cantos, and for his Locus-winning Ilium/Olympos cycle....

, experienced by characters during planetary descent, which referred to the fact that if gravitational containment fields failed during descent, the crew would become likened in substance to raspberry jam.

This album is included in Joe Satriani Original Album Classics

Joe Satriani Original Album Classics

Joe Satriani Original Album Classics is a box set, released by Epic Records in 2008. It contains the following Joe Satriani albums:* Not of This Earth* Flying in a Blue Dream* The Extremist* Joe Satriani* Crystal Planet...

box set, released by Epic Records

Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...

 in 2008.

Track listing

All songs written by Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani

Joseph "Joe" Satriani is an American instrumental rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, with multiple Grammy Award nominations...

 except where noted.

1. "Up in the Sky" – 4:10
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" – 5:47
10. "Secret Prayer" – 4:27
11. "A Train of Angels" (Joe Satriani, Z.Z. Satriani) – 3:42
12. "A Piece of Liquid" (Joe Satriani, Z.Z. Satriani) – 3:04
13. "Psycho Monkey" (Joe Satriani, Z.Z. Satriani) – 4:36
14. "Time" – 5:05
15. "Z.Z.'s Song" – 3:00

Personnel

• Joe Satriani - Guitars, Bass, Keyboards and Harmonica
• Stuart Hamm
  Stuart Hamm
  Stuart "Stu" Hamm is an American bass guitar player, known for his session and live work with numerous artists as well for his unconventional playing style and solo recordings.-Beginning career:...
  
   - Bass
• Jeff Campitelli
  Jeff Campitelli
  Jeff Campitelli is a drummer who has most famously been associated with Joe Satriani on many of his albums as well as when he performs live. He currently uses Drum Workshop drums and Paiste cymbals...
  
   - Drums and Percussion
• Eric Caudieux
  Eric Caudieux
  Eric Caudieux is an accomplished player of the keyboards and rhythm guitar who has not only played for guitarist Joe Satriani on many of his albums, but is a member of Joe Satriani's backing group when he is on tour.- References :...
  
   - Keyboards, Programming and Editing
• Eric Valentine
  Eric Valentine
  Eric Valentine is an American record producer, who began his career as drummer and producer in the heavy metal band T-Ride and has subsequently produced albums for artists such as Good Charlotte, Lostprophets, Taking Back Sunday, Nickel Creek, Queens of the Stone Age, Third Eye Blind, Smash Mouth,...
  
   - Drums, Bass, Keyboards and Percussion
• Rhoades Howe - Percussion
• Elk Thunder - Percussion