Surfing with the Alien

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instrumental rock album studio album

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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Surfing with the Alien (album)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	instrumental rock album ⓘ studio album ⓘ
artist	Joe Satriani NERFINISHED ⓘ
certification	RIAA Platinum ⓘ
chartPosition	Billboard 200 top 30 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coverArtFeatures	Marvel Comics character Silver Surfer NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Circles NERFINISHED ⓘ Crushing Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Echo NERFINISHED ⓘ Hill of the Skull NERFINISHED ⓘ Ice 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ Lords of Karma NERFINISHED ⓘ Midnight NERFINISHED ⓘ Satch Boogie NERFINISHED ⓘ Surfing with the Alien (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	instrumental ⓘ
mainInstrument	electric guitar ⓘ
nextWork	Dreaming #11 NERFINISHED ⓘ
nominatedFor	Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	melodic instrumental compositions ⓘ popularizing shred guitar in the late 1980s ⓘ showcasing Joe Satriani's virtuosic guitar technique ⓘ
numberOfTracks	10 ⓘ
performer	Joe Satriani NERFINISHED ⓘ
previousWork	Not of This Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	Joe Satriani NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cuniberti NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate	1987-10-15 ⓘ
recordedIn	Alpha & Omega Recording NERFINISHED ⓘ Different Fur Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ Hyde Street Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	Epic Records ⓘ Relativity Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseFormat	cassette ⓘ compact disc ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ
releaseYear	1987 ⓘ
runningTime	approximately 37 minutes ⓘ

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