Length 53:12 Release date 5 October 2010 | Artist Joe Satriani Label Epic Records | |
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Released October 5, 2010 (2010-10-05) Recorded June–August 2010 at Skywalker Sound in Nicasio; Studio 21 in San Francisco Producer Joe Satriani, Mike Fraser Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards
(2010) Satchurated Live in Montreal
(2012) Genres Instrumental rock, Progressive rock Similar Joe Satriani albums, Instrumental rock albums | ||
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Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards is the thirteenth studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani, released on October 5, 2010 through Epic Records.
Contents
Joe satriani black swans and wormhole wizards 2010 1 premonition
Release and touring
Recording for Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards took place in June–August 2010 and the title was announced on August 20. A podcast of each track was put up on Satriani's official Facebook profile and YouTube channel leading up to the album's release, with "Light Years Away" being released as a free MP3 single download on September 7, 2010 in exchange for the customer advertising it in a Facebook post or Twitter tweet. Two bonus tracks, "Heartbeats" and "Longing", were made available through Best Buy and Napster.
Touring began in Europe in October–November, followed by North America and Mexico in December to January 2011.
Critical reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine at AllMusic gave Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards three stars out of five, calling it "a mature work from one of the great rock guitarists" and "pure guitar prog, filled with compressed boogies, sci-fi synths, exotic flourishes, and all of Satch's phasers and flangers in full-tilt overdrive."
The album reached No. 45 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and remained on that chart for two weeks, as well as reaching the top 100 in ten other countries.
Track listing
All music composed by Joe Satriani.
Personnel
Songs
1Premonition3:53
2Dream Song4:49
3Pyrrhic Victoria5:08