Izdavač: Ostalo
Žanr: Hard Rok i Metal, Rok
Poreklo: Strani izvođač

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Studio album by Joe Satriani
Released October 15, 1987
Studio
Alpha & Omega (San Francisco)Hyde Street (San Francisco)
Genre
Instrumental rockhard rockjazz fusion
Length 37:37
Label Relativity
Producer Joe Satriani, John Cuniberti
Joe Satriani chronology
Not of This Earth
(1986) Surfing with the Alien
(1987) Dreaming #11
(1988)
Surfing with the Alien is the second studio album by American rock guitarist Joe Satriani. It was released on October 15, 1987, by Relativity Records. The album is one of Satriani`s most successful to date and helped establish his reputation as a respected rock guitarist.[4]

Recording
The album was recorded on a budget of $13,000.[5] Satriani`s equipment was limited by the budget, consisting of two Kramer Pacer guitars and an adapted Stratocaster guitar, for which he would change the pickups to get different sounds.[5] His guitar effects included a Roland JC-120, a Marshall `68 half-stack, and a Rockman.[6]

Due to the limited budget, Satriani had to use whatever studio time and rooms were available, and as a result printed his effects to tape while tracking. This proved fortuitous for `Surfing with the Alien`, whose solo was recorded with a malfunctioning Eventide H949 as his allotted studio time nearly ended.[6]

To save money, the album heavily used drum machines, programmed by Bongo Bob Smith, with Jeff Campitelli recording overdubs of hi-hats, cymbals, toms and snares. Satriani stated this gave the music an `awkward charm`, and maintained the combination of loose guitar playing and machine-like drum programming.[5]

`Satch Boogie` is the only song to fully feature live drums, played by Campitelli.[5] The song was originally recorded to a drum machine pattern, and the quick fade-out disguised the sound of the drum machine being picked up by the amplifier at the end.[5]

Composition
Satriani described the arrangements of the album as follows:

`Even though my sensibilities were driving me to be very succinct on the record—with very obvious chorus, bridge, and verse sections—after I tracked the outro to “Surfing,” I dug it so much that it set the template for the rest of the record. As a result, the outros turned into the spots where I could relax a little bit and go nuts.`[6]

The heavy metal-influenced `Crushing Day` contains the only solo on the album that was worked out beforehand, due to its length; the others are improvised. Satriani expressed regret for this decision later, as he felt constrained when having to play the song on stage.[5]

A Casio CZ-101 was used to record the flute and orchestral instruments on `Midnight`.[5]

It contains fast and complex songs such as the title track and `Satch Boogie`, which helped to further popularize shred guitar during that time.[6] By contrast slower, melodic songs such as `Always with Me, Always with You` and `Echo` provide a change of pace. `Midnight` utilizes the technique of two-handed tapping at high tempo,[6] evoking a Spanish fingerstyle effect. `Ice 9` references the fictional apocalyptic substance from Kurt Vonnegut`s 1963 novel Cat`s Cradle.[7]

Artwork
The cover art of the original release depicts the Marvel Comics character Silver Surfer on the front, with the hand of Galactus on the back cover. The artwork, which was licensed from the publisher,[8][9] is taken from a panel from Silver Surfer #1 (1982), drawn by John Byrne.[10] Byrne did not receive a royalty for the art`s use on the album cover.[10][11] Satriani was unfamiliar with the Silver Surfer and had named the album and title track without the character in mind.[8][11][12] However, Jim Kozlowski, the production manager for Relativity Records, was a comic book fan and had used the nickname `The Silver Surfer` as a radio DJ name.[8][11] He suggested using the character for the album cover. Kozlowski presented the album to Marvel and obtained permission to use the character.[8][11] Subsequently, Marvel Comics has paid homage to Satriani in Silver Surfer comics (`the planet Satriani`) and Satriani has named later compositions after other elements of the Silver Surfer mythos (`Back to Shalla-Bal`, `The Power Cosmic 2000`).

The original license to use the character artwork was time-limited. Though the license was renewed multiple times, in 2018, Satriani and Marvel could not come to terms on a price, and so the cover art was replaced.[8] As of 2018, digital retailers such as iTunes and Spotify display an alternative artwork that does not feature the Silver Surfer.[13][14] In 2019 a limited deluxe edition of the album was released featuring a silver guitar headstock in place of the Silver Surfer. The background and font of this new artwork is very similar to the original with minor differences.

All music is composed by Joe Satriani.

No. Title Length
1. `Surfing with the Alien` 4:25
2. `Ice 9` 4:00
3. `Crushing Day` 5:14
4. `Always with Me, Always with You` 3:22
5. `Satch Boogie` 3:13
6. `Hill of the Skull` 1:48
7. `Circles` 3:28
8. `Lords of Karma` 4:48
9. `Midnight` 1:42
10. `Echo` 5:37
Total length: 37:37

Personnel
Joe Satriani – guitar, electric sitar,[5] keyboard, drum programming, percussion, bass, arrangement, production
Bongo Bob Smith – drum programming, percussion, sound design
Jeff Campitelli – drums, percussion
John Cuniberti – percussion, engineering, remastering (reissue), production
Jeff Kreegar – pre-production programming, sound design
Bernie Grundman – mastering