Strange Beautiful Music | ||||
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Released | June 25, 2002 | |||
Recorded | Early 2002 | |||
Studio | The Plant in Sausalito, California; Studio 21 in San Francisco | |||
Genre | Instrumental rock | |||
Length | 60:22 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Joe Satriani, Eric Caudieux, John Cuniberti | |||
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Strange Beautiful Music is the ninth studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani, released on June 25, 2002, through Epic Records;[2] a Super Audio CD edition was released on September 10.[3] The album reached No. 140 on the United States Billboard 200[4] and remained on that chart for a week,[5] as well as reaching the top 100 in four other countries.[6]
"Starry Night" was released as a single on June 10[7] and received a nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 2003 Grammy Awards,[8] Satriani's twelfth such nomination.
The title Strange Beautiful Music is also the name of Satriani's publishing company, as well as a lyric from "Third Stone from the Sun", a song by Jimi Hendrix, whom Satriani has cited as his main inspiration to start playing the guitar in his youth.[9]