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Surfing With the Alien

~ Joe Satriani
4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (10 Jan 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sony
  • ASIN: B000025N63
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,557 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Surfing With The Alien
2. Ice 9
3. Crushing Day
4. Always With Me Always With You
5. Satch Boogie
6. Hill Of The Skull
7. Circles
8. Lords Of Karma
9. Midnight
10. Echo

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The LED ZEPPELIN IV of instrumental rock albums, 1987's SURFING WITH THE ALIEN cemented Joe Satriani's status as a top-tier virtuoso axe man. Although Satriani (a teacher to such famous students as Steve Vai and Metallica's Kirk Hammett) began getting recognition following his solo debut, NOT OF THIS EARTH, it was this subsequent record that truly sent the guitarist's career into the stratosphere. With the majority of the album performed by Satch himself (including bass, keyboard, and most drum parts), this is an outing that prominently displays his overall musical talent, while keeping the focus on his amazingly deft, blistering leads. The New York-born guitarist also impresses with his eclectic array of styles, ranging from the fierce hard rock of the title track to the delicate pop of "Always with Me, Always with You" to thebold blues of "Satch Boogie". For those curious about the revered shredder, this is a great introduction, and, for aspiring heavy-metal/hard-rock guitarists, SURFING WITH THE ALIEN is absolutely essential.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Time makes a Classic..., 28 Oct 2003
By Saranjit Dosanjh "Saz" (Brussels, Belgium) - See all my reviews
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Sometimes you can think an album is going to be a classic when it's released, but you can't really know until many years later. Surfing With the Alien is still mentioned in the same breath as Satriani's name. It is the most highly recommended of his albums, I myself bought it on the strength of a recommendation 10 years ago. At the time I was into all sorts of metal and goth from 70's onwards, anything guitar based really, but I resisted the instrumentalists because I thought it a bit geeky. I was surprised and instantly impressed with this album and thought straight away it had the potential to be a classic. While I never became an avid collector of instro albums, I picked up a few over the years. However, this is the one that gets the most play and that, after 10 years, it what makes it classic to me. The fact that many other people share that feeling is what makes this a classic of rock music. This isn't just for metalheads or guitar freaks, anyone who prefers rock to pop should be able to get something out of this music. But if you are metalhead or guitar freak - YOU WILL LOVE IT !!!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An unknown classic, 7 May 2003
By Trelloskilos - See all my reviews
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Surfing with the Alien is without doubt one of the finest 'Guitar' albums that you'll ever find. It was released at just the right time, and despite being associated with the poodle-haired widdlers of the time, this album showed a sophistication, technique and composition that very few people could match, and less attempted to emulate.

Almost 15 years on, "Surfing" has become a sought-after album by most aspiring rock guitarists, and is frequently referenced by mainstream music magasines using terms such as "Influential", "Original", "Innovative" etc.

Satriani has a knack of making the mundane sound interesting, and the interesting sound stratospherically fascinating. It's not just a showy jumble of notes played really fast. there are tasteful phrases, riffs, and some astounding acoustic moments, and of course, some good ol' toe-tapping RAWK!

It's not for everybody. Westlife fans will hate it. However, anyone open to music played well, no matter what genre will love this album.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A classic, 25 Oct 2004
By David Fox (London) - See all my reviews
Joe Satriani (or Satch to his fans) has consistantly delivered innovitave and constantly-changing styles of music. Where his later albums like "Strange Beautiful Music" produced more thought-provoking sounds and did a good job of separating himself from other so-called "stunt guitarists", Surfing With The Alien really is a showcase of Joe's skills more than anything.

It does absolutely rock of course and sounds awesome played loud but I don't think it will do as much for people who aren't fans of instrumental guitar music.

So what are all the big Satch fans loving about this? Well, it starts off with the amazing, can't sit still, highspeed "Crushing Day" followed straight away with one of the most beautiful instrumental ballads "Always With Me, Always With You" and the innovative "Midnight" which sounds great through a good hi-fi.

If you enjoy this, you should of course check out the rest of Joe's releases but in particular (and relating to SWTA) I would recommend The Extremist, Crystal Planet (in my opinion, Satch's greatest work), Flying In A Blue Dream and his latest, "Is There Love In Space?".

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5.0 out of 5 stars It's Joe Satriani! ! ! !
Well I'm not a long term fan of this amazing guitar player but I have this and Crystal Planet and I must say they are both fantastic instrumental albums. Read more
Published 6 months ago by MrMetalheadO'Hagan

5.0 out of 5 stars a masterpiece from a legendary rocker
surfing with the alien is joe satriani's best selling album and one of his greatest albums, i like every song here except always with me always with you that song is week and but... Read more
Published 17 months ago by for whom the bell tolls

5.0 out of 5 stars What a ride!!
His first, and to many arguably his best. This is my second copy of it, after playing the first one till it was ruined. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Golf Maniac

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing from start to finish
Joe satriani is no doubt an amazing guitar player. On Surfing with the Alien, he clearly shows that he can shred with the best of them but he also displays an incredible... Read more
Published 23 months ago by The Conman

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellant 2nd Album . . .
. . . and a fine way to start listening to Satch. Try this one first then go back and get the first album. Read more
Published on 17 Mar 2004 by David Cranson

5.0 out of 5 stars A stone-cold classic
To say that Joe Satriani is a technical virtuoso who has forgotten more chops than the rest of us will ever know is to do him a terrible injustice. Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2004 by Metaller

5.0 out of 5 stars Surfing beats them all
This is probably the greatset guitar album of all time. It is a timeless classic and an album that everyone should own. Surfing is perfect. Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2003 by the_master36

5.0 out of 5 stars The quintessential Satriani album
If you don't own this album ... I pity your sad life. It's instrumental rock at it's utter finest, although it sounds a little dated now, it's still my favourite CD in my... Read more
Published on 24 Aug 2003 by Jon

4.0 out of 5 stars Satriani's original masterpiece
A 12 track CD lasting 37 minutes which nevertheless delivers all you could expect.

Songs vary from over-the-top crunchy chords to spooky, haunting melodies; finger-wrenching... Read more

Published on 6 May 2003 by mahoo38

5.0 out of 5 stars The album that made the legend that is Satch
This is the album that started the phenominal appeal of Joe Satriani. In my opinion the greatest guitarist in the world today, Satriani sets high standards with this... Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2002 by Mr S G Johnson

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