Strange Beautiful Music

Strange Beautiful Music
Studio album by
Joe Satriani
ReleasedJune 25, 2002 (2002-06-25)
RecordedEarly 2002
StudioThe Plant in Sausalito, California; Studio 21 in San Francisco
GenreInstrumental rock
Length60:22
LabelEpic
ProducerJoe Satriani, Eric Caudieux, John Cuniberti
Joe Satriani chronology
Live in San Francisco
(2001) 		Strange Beautiful Music
(2002) 		The Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology
(2003)
Singles from Strange Beautiful Music
  1. "Starry Night"
    Released: June 10, 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

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]

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  4. ^ "Strange Beautiful Music - Joe Satriani | Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  5. ^ "Joe Satriani - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  6. ^ "Joe Satriani - Strange Beautiful Music (album)". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  7. ^ Webmaster (2002-06-09). "New Album and New Site". satriani.com. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  8. ^ "45th Grammy Awards - 2003". Rock On The Net. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
  9. ^ Newton, Steve (2015-02-15). "Joe Satriani's Strange Beautiful Music grew from a cathartic Hendrix experience". earofnewt.com. Retrieved 2020-12-08.