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Not of This Earth
Studio album by Joe Satriani
Released	1986
Recorded	1985
Genre	Instrumental Rock
Length	38:46
Label	Relativity
Producer	Joe Satriani & John Cuniberti
Professional reviews
All Music Guide review
Joe Satriani chronology
The Joe Satriani EP (1984) Not of This Earth (1986) Surfing with the Alien (1987)
Alternate Cover
Cover used for all reissues

Not of This Earth is the first full album by instrumental rock solo artist Joe Satriani. Numerous tracks off this album are still played live by Satriani.

The original artwork used for the first pressing of this album has been lost, and has since been replaced with the artwork shown. This artwork has been used for all releases onto CD.

Another pressing was made onto blue vinyl, which was most likely limited to 1000 copies.

A few features distinguish this album from his others. Electronic drums are used throughout, instead of Satriani's usual acoustic drums. The first track "Not of This Earth" utilizes an unusual compositional technique he titles "Pitch Axis Theory", which consists of shifting modes underneath a pedal tone (in this case E). "The Headless Horseman" is a piece performed entirely by left and right handed finger tapping.

While recording this album John Cuniberti's car was broken into. In the process of cleaning up the glass he cut his hands, and as they had to vacate the studio for the next client and were out of tape, Cuniberti made Satriani look for bits of tape in the trash which he then spliced together with his bloody fingers.

All songs written by Joe Satriani except where noted.

1. "Not of This Earth" – 3:55
2. "The Snake" – 4:40
3. "Rubina" – 5:50
4. "Memories" (Satriani, John Cuniberti) – 4:00
5. "Brother John" – 2:07

1. "The Enigmatic" – 3:25
2. "Driving at Night" – 3:30
3. "Hordes of Locusts" – 4:55
4. "New Day" – 3:56
5. "Headless Horseman" – 1:50

• Joe Satriani – Guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion
• Jeff Campitelli – Drums, percussion, DX, whistles
• John Cuniberti – Percussion, vocals

• Written & Arranged by – Joe Satriani
• Producers – Joe Satriani & John Cuniberti
• Publishers – Strange Beautiful Music/ASCAP
• Recorded & Mixed at – Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco, California
• Engineering – John Cuniberti
• Mastering – Bernie Grundman
• Art Direction – David Bett
• Photography – Glen la Ferman

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