Surfing with the Alien

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Surfing with the Alien is a landmark 1987 instrumental rock album by guitarist Joe Satriani that helped popularize shred guitar and showcased his virtuosic playing and melodic style.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf instrumental rock album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Joe Satriani ⓘ
certification RIAA Platinum ⓘ
chartPosition Billboard 200 top 30 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coverArtFeatures Marvel Comics character Silver Surfer ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed by rock and guitar magazines ⓘ
describedAs landmark guitar album of the 1980s ⓘ
genre hard rock ⓘ
instrumental rock ⓘ
shred guitar ⓘ
hasInfluenced instrumental rock guitarists ⓘ
shred guitar genre ⓘ
hasTrack Always with Me, Always with You ⓘ
Circles ⓘ
Crushing Day ⓘ
Echo ⓘ
Hill of the Skull ⓘ
Ice 9 ⓘ
Lords of Karma ⓘ
Midnight ⓘ
Satch Boogie ⓘ
Surfing with the Alien (song) ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
mainInstrument electric guitar ⓘ
nextWork Dreaming #11 ⓘ
nominatedFor Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance ⓘ
notableFor melodic instrumental compositions ⓘ
popularizing shred guitar in the late 1980s ⓘ
showcasing Joe Satriani's virtuosic guitar technique ⓘ
numberOfTracks 10 ⓘ
performer Joe Satriani ⓘ
previousWork Not of This Earth ⓘ
producer Joe Satriani ⓘ
John Cuniberti ⓘ
publicationDate 1987-10-15 ⓘ
recordedIn Alpha & Omega Recording ⓘ
linked to: Ocean Way Recording

Different Fur Studios ⓘ
Hyde Street Studios ⓘ
San Francisco ⓘ
recordLabel Epic Records ⓘ
Relativity Records ⓘ
releaseFormat cassette ⓘ
compact disc ⓘ
vinyl record ⓘ
releaseYear 1987 ⓘ
runningTime approximately 37 minutes ⓘ

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Joe Satriani → notableWork → Surfing with the Alien ⓘ
Joe Satriani → notableWork → Surfing with the Alien (album) ⓘ
linked to: Surfing with the Alien
Surfing with the Alien → hasTrack → Surfing with the Alien (song) ⓘ
linked to: Surfing with the Alien
Flying in a Blue Dream → previousWork → Surfing with the Alien ⓘ
Always with Me, Always with You → partOf → Surfing with the Alien ⓘ
Always with Me, Always with You → album → Surfing with the Alien ⓘ
Satch Boogie → includedOnAlbum → Surfing with the Alien ⓘ