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).
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 US USHard Rock AUSPeaks in Australia: Top 50 peaks: Peaks 51–100 to December 2010: FRA GER NZ SWE SWI UK
1986 Not of This Earth Released: December 18, 1986 Label: Epic Format: CD, LP, CS, DD — — — — — — — — — 1987 Surfing with the Alien Released: October 15, 1987 Label: Epic Format: CD, LP, CS, DD 29 — 10 — — 16 — — — ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver RIAA: Platinum RMNZ: Gold 1989 Flying in a Blue Dream Released: October 30, 1989 Label: Epic Format: CD, LP, CS, DD 23 — 21 — — 7 34 — — US: 850,000 ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver RIAA: Gold RMNZ: Gold 1992 The Extremist Released: July 21, 1992 Label: Epic Format: CD, LP, CS, DD 22 — 29 13 55 16 35 11 13 FR: 134,000 US: 810,000 RIAA: Gold SNEP: Gold 1993 Time Machine Released: October 26, 1993 Label: Sony Music Distribution Format: CD, LP, CS, DD 95 — 85 8 87 — — — 32 FR: 122,500 RIAA: Gold 1995 Joe Satriani Released: October 1995 Label: Sony Music Distribution Format: CD, CS, DD 51 — 72 10 — 27 — 36 21 FR: 72,800 US: 256,422 1998 Crystal Planet Released: March 3, 1998 Label: Epic Format: CD, CS, DD 50 — — 10 73 — — 40 32 US: 221,000 2000 Engines of Creation Released: March 14, 2000 Label: Epic Format: CD, SACD, CS, DD 90 — — 37 — — — 86 78 US: 111,851 2002 Strange Beautiful Music Released: June 25, 2002 Label: Epic Format: CD, SACD, DD 80 — — 45 — — — 83 86 2004 Is There Love in Space? Released: April 13, 2004 Label: Epic Format: CD, DD 80 — — 45 — — — 83 86 2006 Super Colossal Released: March 14, 2006 Label: Epic Format: CD, DD 86 — — 86 — — — 83 107 US: 108,000 2008 Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock Released: April 1, 2008 Label: Epic/RED Format: CD, DD 89 — 64 57 92 — — 67 75 FR: 4,200 US: 176,000 2010 Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards Released: October 5, 2010 Label: Epic/RED Format: CD, DD 45 5 84 39 85 — — 34 62 US: 60,000 2013 Unstoppable Momentum Released: May 7, 2013 Label: Epic/RED Format: CD, DD 42 1 81 77 67 — 54 32 44 US: 50,000 2015 Shockwave Supernova Released: July 24, 2015 Label: Sony Music Format: CD, LP, DD 46 3 23 32 40 — — 13 22 US: 40,000 2018 What Happens Next Released: January 12, 2018 Label: Sony Music Format: CD, LP, DD 42 2 20 — 51 — — 9 40 2020 Shapeshifting Released: April 10, 2020 Label: Sony Music Format: CD, LP, DD — — 28 101 61 — — 6 70 2022 The Elephants of Mars Released: April 8, 2022 Label: earMUSIC Format: — — — — 22 — — 5 57 "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
EPs Year EP details Peak positions Certifications US SWE UK 1984 Joe Satriani Released: 1984 Label: Rubina Records Format: CS, LP, DD — — — 1988 Dreaming #11 Released: November 1, 1988 Label: Epic Format: CD, LP, CS, DD 42 55 100 RIAA: Gold 2000 Additional Creations Released: March 14, 2000 Label: Epic Format: CD — — — 2016 Supernova Remix – The Free EP Released: December 5, 2016 Label: Strange Beautiful Music Format: MP3, FLAC — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Compilations Year Album details Peak GER 1993 The Beautiful Guitar Released: 1993 Label: Relativity Records Format: CD, DD 53 2003 The Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology Released: November 18, 2003 Label: Epic/Legacy Format: CD, DD — 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, DD —2010The Essential Joe Satriani Released: October 26, 2010 Label: Epic/Legacy Format: CD— "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Live/video albums Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US(Video) AUS(Video)
FRA(Album) SWE(Video) SWI(Video) 1993 The Satch Tapes Released: January 27, 1993 Label: Sony Music Format: VHS, DVD — — — — — SNEP: Gold 2001 Live in San Francisco Released: June 19, 2001 Label: Sony Music Distribution Format: CD, DVD, DD 10 9 69 13 — ARIA: Gold BPI: Gold RIAA: 2× Platinum 2006 Satriani Live! Released: October 31, 2006 Label: RED Format: CD, DVD, DD — — — — — SNEP: Gold 2010 Live in Paris: I Just Wanna Rock Released: February 2, 2010 Label: Sony Music Format: CD, DVD, DD — 29 197 — — 2012 Satchurated: Live in Montreal Released: April 24, 2012 Label: Sony Music Format: CD, DVD, Blu-ray, DD 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.
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. Also in 2020, Satriani was featured on the Cory Wong song "Massive" from Wong's release The Striped Album.
In 2021, Satriani was featured on two Kitt Wakeley singles, "Conflicted" and "Forgive Me". Both are from Wakeley's album Symphony of Sinners & Saints.
G3 projects Year Release details Peak positions Sales Certifications US(Album) FIN(Album) FRA(Album) GER(Album) ITA(Album) NED(Album) SWE(Video) UK(Album) 1997 G3: Live in Concert feat. Steve Vai, Eric Johnson Released: June 3, 1997 Label: Sony Music Distribution Format: CD, VHS, DVD 108 35 20 92 — 52 — 82 US: 100,000 RIAA: Platinum 2003 G3: Rockin' in the Free World feat. Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen Released: February 17, 2004 Label: Epic Records Format: CD, DVD — — 156 — 58 — 2 — US: 100,000 RIAA: Platinum 2005 G3: Live in Tokyo feat. Steve Vai, John Petrucci Released: October 25, 2005 Label: Epic Records Format: CD, DVD — — — — — — 6 — AU: 15,000 ARIA: Platinum "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Chickenfoot Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUS AUT CAN FIN FRA NL SWE SWI UK Chickenfoot Released: June 5, 2009 Label: Redline Entertainment Formats: CD, LP, music download 4 50 36 5 36 67 25 36 11 23 US: Gold CAN: Gold Chickenfoot III Released: September 27, 2011 Label: eOne Music Formats: CD, LP, music download 9 46 11 19 41 81 36 45 12 102 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Live albums Title Album details LV Released: December 7, 2012 Label: Edel Records Formats: CD, music download
Compilations Title Album details Best + Live Released: March 10, 2017 Label: eOne Music Formats: CD, music download
Singles Year Single USMain. Album 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
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