* non-USA bonus tracks now available on The Complete Studio Recordings.
MUSICIANS
Joe Satriani - Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Bass, Keyboard
Matt Bissonette - Bass
Jeff Campitelli - Drums
Eric Caudieux - Keyboards and Computer Stuff
John Cuniberti - Percussion
Produced by Joe Satriani
Co-produced by John Cuniberti & Eric Caudieux
Recorded and engineered by John Cuniberti at The Plant, Sausalito, CA
Additional Recording by Joe Satriani and Studio21
Digital Editing by Eric Caudieux
Second Engineer and Digital Editing: Justin Phelps
Mixed by John Cuniberti and Joe Satriani at The Plant
Mastered by Bernie Grundman
Tech Crew: Mike Manning, Michael Sandoval
Special Guest Musicians:
Robert Fripp: Electric Guitar
Gregg Bissonette: Drums
Pia Vai: Harp
Art Direction and Design: Rex Ray
Photography: Jay Blakesberg
Additional Photography: Eric Caudieux
Direction: Mick Brigden / BGManagement
Side-splitting laughter provided by Jason Batchko's "I'm So Happy You Called". You can enjoy some selections of this by visiting Jason's YouTube channel.
Listening Party
On June 25th, 2002 (the day of the album's worldwide release), a
listening party ran where you could listen to the entire album through
QuickTime streaming. In addition to all 14 songs on the US release,
there also were exclusive personal introductions by Joe for each
track. The listening party started at 10:00 AM (PST) and the album
looped continuously for 48 hours until 10:00 AM June 27th.
Contests
As you have probably come to expect with Joe, with a new album comes
new contests and Strange Beautiful Music was no exception! Here's a
quick rundown on the contests we lined up: