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Out There
"Not of This Earth" is one of the first releases from Joe Satriani, and from this album you can hear why he has been embraced by hordes of listeners. Satch took music back to the focus on the guitar after such pioneers as Don Wilson and Bob Bodle of The Ventures and Dick Dale - no singing, just instrumentals fronted by the guitar. When Satch picked up the guitar, people listened.

The album starts off with the spacey title track, that leads us on a journey of far out music. Although fairly mainstream today, this was a very experimental music when it first came out, and the title track hits right upon that. "Rubina" first appears on this album. The song for his wife moved him in a large step towards his own fame. The slow, well phrased song is a powerful example of Satch's composing ability, and rises the expectations for future releases from him. Another of his slow songs is "Brother John", the echoing guitar becomes a playground for his ability to solo alone without anyone else. Not only can he be slow and soulful, but he can turn up the notch and get crazy with "The Enigmatic" and the galloping rhythm and speed of "The Headless Horseman". "Hordes of Locusts" fits the Heavy Metal feel of the day.

With this album, Satch already proves to us there is nothing that he cannot do. To start one's solo career on such a high note, you can hear how he had nowhere else to go but up. Satch's wonderful career pretty much starts here, and is worth a listen.

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Out of this world and still ahead of its time!
The first time I was ever subjected to Joe, it was back in 88' one afternoon while watching MTV in the middle of the day (you know, when they aired "music" not "muzak"?) and the video "Always With Me, Always With You" came on (you can see this video and many others on the 1992 VHS cassette titled, "The Satch Tapes", which is available through the Net and most music stores today). Watching Joe play those loving licks through a stark white Ibanez guitar in the middle of a Californian desert (along with an almost unnoticeable view of none other than Stu Hamm playing a stand-up bass) at the tender age of 13 was all I needed to see and hear. From that point forward, Joe changed not only the music I listened to, and how I listened to it, but he also changed my life and influenced me to pick up the guitar less than a year later.

In regards to the album at hand, "Not Of This Earth", it obviously wasn't the first disc I purchased from Joe, but it certainly is still one of the discs I most often listen to today. I only gave this album 4 stars because I'm not moved by "The Enigmatic" or "Hordes Of Locusts" as some metalheads are, but the remainder of the album definitely requires a listen if you're at all into fusion, jazz-rock, instrumental rock, whatever you wish to categorize it as. From the hypnotic title track to the heartbeat-like emotion of "Rubina" to the patriotic march of "New Day", this album arguably remains the most neglected record of Joe's career. It was left in the dust when "Surfing With The Alien" showed up a year later, but hey, for a record funded by a Visa with a $5,000 limit, there wasn't much funding left for advertisements after production costs. However, with a digital remastered version now available, thanks to Joe's newest label Epic, it sounds better than ever and despite some of the drum and synth bass effects sounding a bit dated, they still fill in precisely where they need to, leaving Joe to really show us what he's all about - the guitar. As he states best in the liner notes, "Not Of This Earth can be an amazing audio experience so turn it up!"

Thank you, Joe. For everything you've done and continue to do.

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Old Satriani, good music.
This album came out back in the late 80s, just when Joe was apparently comming out & seeing the light. When I bought this album, I was a bit dissapointed because it was not exactly what I had expected. By the time I bought this album, I had listened to other of his work, including Crystal Planet, Surfing...etc, so I was expecting this album to be in that style.
Nonetheless, it's worth every penny that I paid for it. Even though the tone and the sound is different from his latest work, this cd still does not get left behind.
Rubina is a beautiful track, nicely written, and played by the Master.
Here you can also hear some serious tapping, and clean guitar.
The drums sound very clear, and of course, have that 80's sound.
If you're a Satriani fan, this one can't miss it in your collection. If you like guitar music, make sure you add this one to your cd list.
You will enjoy it from start to end.