Shockwave Supernova [LP]

by Joe Satriani

Overview

Joe Satriani may have retained the services of keyboardist Mike Keneally for Shockwave Supernova, the guitarist's 15th studio album -- Keneally has been in Satch's orbit for a while now -- but he chose to invite bassist Bryan Beller and drummer Marco Minnemann (from the inventive instrumental rock band the Aristocrats) to be his rhythm section for the bulk of the record. This slight shakeup reinvigorates Satriani, who already sounded spry on Unstoppable Momentum. Where that record hearkened back to his '80s heyday, splitting time between arena-friendly riffing and lyrical solos, Shockwave Supernova exists in the heady world of intricate time signatures and elastic instrumental interplay; it is more the child of pre-MTV AOR -- a world where Rush and Allan Holdsworth split time on the stereo of MAD Magazine readers. It's proud egghead music that grooves on its own technical acumen, where Satch and company love to mess with expectations by sliding into a swinging blues groove or dabbling in a bit of bossa nova. What matters, as it always does on a Satriani album, is the instruments, but more so than on his other records, Shockwave Supernova feels like a collaborative record; it's as fun to hear him play with his band as it is to hear him soar on his own. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	07/24/2015
Label:	Sony Music
UPC:	0888751029019
Rank:	52113

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Shockwave Supernova
2. Lost in a Memory
3. Crazy Joey
4. In My Pocket
5. On Peregrine Wings
6. Cataclysmic
7. San Francisco Blue
8. Keep on Movin'

Disc 2

9. All of My Life
10. A Phase I'm Going Through
11. Scarborough Stomp
12. Butterfly and Zebra
13. If There Is No Heaven
14. Stars Race Across the Sky
15. Goodbye Supernova

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Joe Satriani   Primary Artist,Bass,Guitar,Harmonica,Keyboards
Chris Chaney   Bass
John Cuniberti   Percussion
Mike Keneally   Keyboards,Guitar (Rhythm)
Bryan Beller   Bass
Marco Minnemann   Drums
Vinnie Colaiuta   Drums
Bobby Vega   Bass
Tony Menjivar   Bongos,Congas,Percussion

Technical Credits

John Cuniberti   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Mastering
Mike Fraser   Engineer,Producer
Judy Kirschner   Assistant
Joe Satriani   Arranger,Composer,Engineer,Producer
Dann Michael Thompson   Assistant
Chapman Baehler   Photography
Mick Brigden   Direction
Todd Gallopo   Design,Art Direction
Robert Gatley   Assistant
Scott Bergstrom   Editing,Assistant
Josh Hernandez   Design